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Subject: Re: Would the authors of each program tell us what processor to use?

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 15:10:36 02/16/00

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On February 16, 2000 at 12:39:08, Tom Kerrigan wrote:

>On February 16, 2000 at 10:40:42, Randy Schmidt wrote:
>
>>I tried to ask this in an earlier post and while some good comments
>>were made, the question is still begging for an answer!
>>
>>So now I ask the program's authors....what processor is the best
>>one IN YOUR OPINION, to run your program?  Surely the chess author's
>>would have a very good feel for this question!
>>
>>Thanks.
>
>I'm not sure this question warrants this much effort.
>
>You can pretty much just go and buy a fast processor. Then your programs will
>run fast.
>
>It's not like Rebel will run 10 times faster on the Athlon than on the
>Pentium... (or whatever)
>
>-Tom

Hello Tom,
That last statement is true of course but if Rebel runs 75% faster on a K6-3-450
 than on a PIII500 and you are a Rebel fan then certainly you would want to
consider the K6-3 since it is also much cheaper.
Jim Walker



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