"Alf Peake" <alf### [at] peake42freeservecouk> wrote in message
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> Just found this, probably old-news for some, which uses ntreal.pov and
> chess2.pov:
>
> http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2001q4/athlonxp-1900/index.x?pg=5
>
> Working myself up for a rebuild and having always used Intel, I'm now
> convincing myself that perhaps an Athlon is worth a try this time.

I seriously considered Athlon when I finally got a notebook computer but it
was just plain unavailable for what I could manage to buy (DELL) and still
get all the stuff I wanted to go into one.

That benchmarking sure shows how must the compiler trims times down.  And of
course Athlon proves to be the chip with a significant difference.  I'd
really like to see that kind of improvement in person so I could believe it
once and for all.

bob h

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