Author: Wayne Lowrance
Date: 16:19:40 11/06/00
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On November 06, 2000 at 11:20:56, Christophe Theron wrote: >On November 06, 2000 at 08:54:36, Bertil Eklund wrote: > >>On November 06, 2000 at 01:40:47, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On November 05, 2000 at 14:10:11, K. Burcham wrote: >>> >>>>chris, that was funny. but the first chance i get, i will upgrade to the new >>>>dual athlon motherboards, with the dual athlon mb--you should get a minimum of 3 >>>>gig mhz, or sys.com is advertising a new 1.6 at their site (kyro), dual 1 gigs >>>>are all over the internet, i have (dual processor) diep, dj, and will get deep >>>>shredder as soon as it is available, i also have most of the single proc. >>>>programs. i have ordered rebel 11, the new millinium package, cm8000, and i have >>>>the powerbook, nalimov and ken thompsons tbs. i see that the 1.5 gig p4 is >>>>available on the internet. this should be available with a dual mb by jan. or >>>>feb. with a 3 gig dual setup with my dj---you should get about 1650 kns. like i >>>>said, when i read about all this hardware, i start sweating, and then i call my >>>>boss and tell him i need to work some overtime. i dont do drugs and i dont drink >>>>thunderbird, but i enjoy these programs, and overclocking my processor to see >>>>how it responds. my 1050 is boring because i want to see what gambit-tiger will >>>>do running on an 1800 mhz k7 or k8 with about 4 sticks of 128 megs of the new >>>>ddr ram. i am very aware that there is more to comp chess than just hardware, >>>>and i am very aware of the accomplishments of robert, chris, amar, shay, stefan, >>>>ed, etc., but i am having a blast. >>> >>> >>> >>>If your pleasure is on hardware, great. Personally the hardware evolution makes >>>me dizzy. >>> >>>I still test Tiger on 386sx-20MHz (if you know what it is :), and my dream is to >>>make Tiger the strongest program in the world on that hardware. >>> >>>I play "mine is bigger than yours" with software only. Knowing that my processor >>>is going to consume in just one day more Watts than some people in the third >>>world will use in their whole lifetime does not make me especially happy. >>> >>>So you can guess what I think about multiprocessor computers. >>> >>>Sorry to spoil the Gigahertz party. I'm not mother Theresa, but sometimes I feel >>>a little bit guilty. Which does nothing to solve the problem, I know, I know... >> >>Hi! >> >>Can your program win against Genius in blitz on a 386? >> >>It's better than Genius in blitz on todays computers but not with a large >>margin. It's of course clearly better on all longer time-controls. >> >>Bertil > > > >I don't have enough games, but last time I tried (6 months ago), Genius5 and >Tiger 12.4 were apparently equal on this hardware. > >That was game in 10 minutes. I played 20 games or so. > >This is also why I still admire Richard's work. If hardware did not have >improved as significantly during the past 10 years, Richard's old programs would >still be on top! > >I wonder if there is any program that could beat Genius5 in blitz on such >hardware. > >I must add that there have been significant changes between Tiger 12.4 and Tiger >13.0, so maybe it's better now. But I have not tested. > Oooops,Tiger 12.4 ? i have Tiger 12.0e. Have I missed upgrades available to me ? Not important now cause I am ordering new Tiger programs tomorrow, but to the extent that I am missing upgrades would be of concern. Bye the way the dialog between you and Bruce was terrific. Wished all of the crafty crap would go away. Thank you Wayne > > > Christophe
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