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Subject: Re: How about a computer tournament on ICC ?

Author: Eugene Nalimov

Date: 10:06:23 11/13/99

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I believe they said that 133MHz bus is too fast for 4-way systems. And right now
the only 100MHz Xeons are the old ones.

On Monday I'll ask our SQL Server guys.

Eugene

On November 13, 1999 at 09:37:15, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On November 13, 1999 at 01:13:19, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>
>>There cannot be quad 733, if you did not overclocked 550MHz processor. The
>>fastest 4-way-capable Xeon is 550MHz.
>>
>>Eugene
>
>Intel has announced 'xeon' processors all the way to 733 mhz.  And claim that
>they can go to 8-way configurations just like the current xeons.  I haven't
>seen one myself, yet...  although Dell has a couple on the 'books'.  But since
>I haven't even seen a price for any xeon > 550mhz, I don't know that they are
>shipping anything yet.
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>>On November 12, 1999 at 23:24:50, Peter Kappler wrote:
>>
>>>On November 12, 1999 at 22:56:31, amasad_eli wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>could you wait another two weeks.  My crafty quad 733's  Quantex, wont be in
>>>>till then. And i will need a week just to get comfortable with system.
>>>>
>>>>                     thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>No schedule has been set.  I'm just trying to get feedback, to see if the idea
>>>is even feasible.
>>>
>>>I must warn you that this type of event is usually restricted to one entry per
>>>program, with the author of the program being the preferred operator.  Without
>>>this restriction, we'd get 100 participants, and 90 of them would be running
>>>Crafty.
>>>
>>>A quad-733 is an interesting machine.  I just checked the Quantex website, and
>>>didn't see anything faster than a quad Xeon 550, so one of us is missing
>>>something.  Can you point me to a URL?
>>>
>>>The bottom line is that Bob Hyatt would have final say on who operates Crafty in
>>>this tournament.  My guess is he would prefer to operate it himself, using his
>>>own machine.
>>>
>>>--Peter



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