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Subject: Re: Question Re Athlon-Slight correction

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 17:47:00 01/09/00

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On January 09, 2000 at 18:04:52, stuart taylor wrote:

>On January 09, 2000 at 06:53:47, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>
>>On January 08, 2000 at 20:19:45, stuart taylor wrote:
>>
>>>  I wonder if anyone esp. computer expert can tell me if Athlon 500mhz.
>>>is definately quicker than amd k6-3 400mhz.  with all chess programs.
>>>   If so, would the same go for athlon 500 vs k6-3 450?
>>>Is it true that with same mhz. athlon is slower?
>>>  Stuart Taylor
>>
>>Hard to say. I expect it varies between programs. I wouldn't be surprised if the
>>K6 is faster than the Athlon (at equal clock speeds) for most programs.
>>-Tom
>
>
>Thank you very much for your answer, but since no one else has answered
>anything-I would like to ask for clarification-from you or anyone.
>By "hard to say" do you mean its hard to say if athlon at 500mhz. is not
>definately atleast as fast as k6-3 400 mhz. for all programs?Or maybe not even that?!
>  And why would you not be surprised if k6 is sometimes faster than Athlon?
>I mean-isn't Athlon a much more advanced chip to k6?
>  And if it makes things any easier, since many more people have k6-2, should
>athlon
>500mhz always be not slower for chess than k6-2 450?
>      I personally want to change my k6-3 400mhz for Athlon 550mhz. for
>reasons besides chess. But I want to be completely sure, that it is also
>atleast a clear speed increase for all chess programs-even if only slight.
> Many thanks for any answers!
>S.Taylor



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