Author: Sam Lloyd
Date: 07:02:14 04/21/04
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On April 20, 2004 at 21:06:09, Sam Lloyd wrote: >Video Shared Memory. > >I may be able to buy it for even less, at cost. > >Thoughtful comments appreciated. > >Here's the link. > > >http://www.radioshack.ca/estore/Product.aspx?language=en-CA&product=2511408&category=CPUs&catalog=RadioShack > > >Terry Thanks to John Merlino, Dann and Dan and Ricardo for all the helpful advice! I'm not sure yet what I'll get, I may wait a bit longer, as it appears the 64 bit Athlon is coming down in price with HP and Compaq, and no shared video memory:) And of course Steven...a little humour is always nice;-) I figured shared video memory would take a hit, and it appears to be enough to be concerned about it. For chess, (The Main Purpose) isn't too bad, but 20% does look a bit ugly. For games other than chess it looks like the loss of speed could be substantial maybe 40-60% ouch! I'm running a pretty old machine, an IBM Aptiva P-III 500 with 128 SDRAM with a tiny 12Gig HD, 100MGH Bus and a lousy 8MB of Video, so it's time to seriously consider a new machine! So even the Compaq I was considering looks good!:o) Will a 64 bit Athlon boost my 32 bit ChessBase software, over a 32 bit machine at the same Gigahertz, or might I actually lose some performance? Or will it stay basically the same? All informed opinions and good advice welcomed! Terry
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