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Subject: Re: H7 using a g3/233 for the match?

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 21:25:42 03/18/99

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On March 18, 1999 at 18:51:20, Micheal Cummings wrote:

>
>On March 18, 1999 at 18:24:22, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>
>>Matt,
>>
>>I see you'll be using a g3/233.  From my experience with H6 on the G3 series, I
>>find it benefits quite a lot from faster hardware.  You might pick up quite a
>>rating boost if you were to use a g3/400 (main bus at 100mhz(?) vs 66 for the
>>older 233).
>>
>>Have you considered renting/leasing a g3/400 for the match?  Should'nt be very
>>expensive.
>>
>>Will
>
>
>I agree, I would have thought if you were going to play a game like this and
>make it a big deal for the chess community that you would try and go for the
>fastest PC on the market, maybe not the new PIII chips but at least a PII 450. I
>think Hiarcs 7 will get its butt whipped. I think the hardware used will make
>this a pretty easy kill for the human player.

How fast is a Power PC 233 thing when compared to a Pentium II?  What is the
approximately equivalent Pentium II chip?

bruce



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