Author: Craig Stevens
Date: 07:16:34 04/23/99
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On April 22, 1999 at 23:14:48, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >On April 22, 1999 at 15:25:10, Craig Stevens wrote: > >>I am going to upgrade my computer and am wondering how much of a difference >>processor speed and RAM make in the strength of Fritz 5.32? >>I am using Fritz only for analysis...not to actually play against! >>Anyway, here are my options: >>AMD K62-350/400/450 >>64/128/192mb RAM >>Any suggestions? And is it worth the extra $$ for more RAM/speed? What is the >>approximate difference between these options as far as strength? >>THANKS!! :) > >64MB of RAM is enough. 400 MHZ is fast enough. I assume that you are not rated >even near 2600 elo. If you are into video games get a Diamond Viper 550 AGP >video card with 16 MB of videoRAM. > >Sincerely, > >Tim Frohlick I wonder if 64MB is enough with Fritz. In the manual it notes that on a Pentium 200, Fritz can fill 100MB of hash tables in 2 minutes (I could be way off on that but that is what I recall were the #'s). So that still leaves the question: Is it worth the $ for the extra RAM and how much difference does it make in playing strength?
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