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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