Author: Frank Wies
Date: 06:00:52 01/28/06
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On January 27, 2006 at 13:07:50, Martin Andersen2 wrote: >On January 27, 2006 at 12:44:59, Frank Wies wrote: > >>On January 27, 2006 at 10:16:02, Ted Summers wrote: >> >>>Gateway Model GT5034 >>>AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ >>> >>>www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7623896&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat60700050019&id=1130986103611 >> >>There are some things you should consider. First, what is the speed of the >>memory. If it is not DDR400 or PC 3200 it will gate the performance of the CPU. >> >It's PC 3200 as you can see. >>The hard drive should be spinning at least 7200 RPM and if possible have 8M >>Cache for faster tablebase transfers during endgames. The Western Digital Raptor >>is spinning at 10K and has the best data transfer rate available. >Harddrives has been spinning at least 7200 for several years now. Only >laptops has slower drives. One of the ways companies are able to sell computers at low prices is that they put less expensive components in the computers. The point here was to make sure that the HDD is at least 7200 RPM. >> >>Get the best video card that you can afford. A high end video card offloads the >>CPU to tend to more important matters :-) >No, only if you are going to play the latest 3D games is it necessary >with a high end card. With a low end "shared memory" card, as is present in the system, the main system memory is shared with the video card. It limits your hash table size. The main CPU is also more involved in calculations with lower end video cards, so it will take CPU cycles away from the program you are running. >> >>If you can spend more for the CPU and the other hardware related issues are >>resoloved, it will future proof you for a few months. >> >>The last thing to mention is that DDR2 533 will be in high volume production >>this year. The same Athlon CPU with the DDR2 533 may improve performance by >>as much as 30% with no other changes, so you may want to wait until that >>transition takes place. >That's not correct, faster ram can't give such boosts. http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2676&p=1 Here is a link to an article on the impact of DDR2 on performance. Performance increase are CPU archtecture dependent. Both AMD and Intel will be able to take advantage of these speed increases. Enjoy the read! Frank >>Hope that this helps. >>Frank > >Martin.
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