Author: Charles Worthington
Date: 08:29:25 02/22/03
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On February 22, 2003 at 11:17:20, Yen Art Tham wrote: >On February 22, 2003 at 03:18:32, Matt Taylor wrote: > >>On February 22, 2003 at 00:31:38, Charles Worthington wrote: >> >>>On February 21, 2003 at 23:52:51, Charles Worthington wrote: >>> >>>>On Febronuary 21, 2003 at 23:48:41, Charles Worthington wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 21, 2003 at 19:57:10, Aaron Gordon wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On February 21, 2003 at 18:02:39, Charles Worthington wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On February 21, 2003 at 17:37:35, Aaron Gordon wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On February 21, 2003 at 08:04:18, Mike Byrne wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>On February 21, 2003 at 08:02:34, Mike Byrne wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>On February 21, 2003 at 07:14:47, Charles Worthington wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>On February 21, 2003 at 07:05:22, Charles Worthington wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>On February 21, 2003 at 06:47:11, Mike Byrne wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>On February 21, 2003 at 04:46:53, Charles Worthington wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Bob what program is required for me to conduct benchmark tests with Crafty? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Could you please e-mail it or post a link here to it? Thank you. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>Charles, >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>You have it, the "crafty" program has a built in benchmark ....start crafty in >>>>>>>>>>>>>dos mode (console) with no crafty.rc file ( a plain taxt file you create with >>>>>>>>>>>>>engine parameters - but in this case - do not have a crafty.rc file in the same >>>>>>>>>>>>>directory as crafty). >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>Type word "bench" at the command prompt. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>Mike >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>Thanks Mike. I haven't set the Crafty you sent me up yet so I didn't know. In >>>>>>>>>>>>all honesty I have no Idea how to set it up to run on the Chessbase server. The >>>>>>>>>>>>Crafty that comes with fritz is already set up so I have never had to set one up >>>>>>>>>>>>yet. The other foreign progs are easy just drop in the eng and dll and you are >>>>>>>>>>>>done. This does not look so easy. :-) >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>640 kNs.....Not good :-) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>on your new machine?? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>ok I see it in your title ...that is respectable for 1.2Ghz Celeron -- it's in >>>>>>>>>the ballpark -- I think a dual 3 Ghz will get 3M nps.... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Hyatts Dual xeon 2.8GHz only gets 2.1 million in the benchmark.. >>>>>>>>If you scale it up to 3.06x2 + HT you'll only see about 2.3 million. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Crafty v19.4 (1 cpus) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>White(1): mt=4 >>>>>>>>max threads set to 4 >>>>>>>>White(1): bench >>>>>>>>Running benchmark. . . >>>>>>>>...... >>>>>>>>Total nodes: 104415743 >>>>>>>>Raw nodes per second: 2130933 >>>>>>>>Total elapsed time: 49 >>>>>>>>SMP time-to-ply measurement: 13.061224 >>>>>>>>White(1): end >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Thats good to know aaron but i never said i would pull 3 million with crafty. I >>>>>>>run fritz primarily. I may experiment some with crafty though. where are u >>>>>>>getting a 3000kNs figure? >>>>>> >>>>>>Mike mentioned 3000kN/s. By the way, from what I've seen Crafty will get more >>>>>>kN/s than Fritz will. Crafty has better support for HT, too. The only way you >>>>>>will come close to 3 million is by using an AMD system. Those don't need HT and >>>>>>are fast already. Crafty gets 1.3 million nodes/sec on a P4-3.06GHz with HT, >>>>>>1.8x speedup and you've got just over 2.3 million nodes/sec, just as Hyatt has >>>>>>shown us here with his 2.8's. Now, you don't get to use HT (well, it's not >>>>>>useful yet) in Deep Fritz. Take my CPU for example. I get about 1.6 million >>>>>>nodes/sec in crafty's benchmark. 1.6 million * 1.7 speedup = 2.72 million >>>>>>nodes/sec. This will also be quick for Deep Fritz, too. If you want speed and >>>>>>don't mind pushing your chips a little (only 10% overlock, not much at all) >>>>>>you'll have the fastest box. >>>>>> >>>>>>Considering the motherboard will be $150 and each chip is less than $100 thats a >>>>>>pretty good deal. ~$1000 for a system that gets 2.72 million nodes/sec without >>>>>>any HT help OR $4000-5000 for a system that gets 2.31 million and has to support >>>>>>HT. I don't know about you but the decision is pretty clear to me.. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>well actually aaron i just watched one of the guys from ccc here in playchess >>>>>with a dual 2600mp and he was pulling 1995 kNs with deep fritz 7 and was >>>>>overclocked to over 2800...I saved the game and the kNs posted by the >>>>>server...and it was more than one game as he was getting demolished by a 2.2 ghz >>>>>p4 single. Oh and BTW i dont need 3.06 to beat that...Bob's 2.8's will pull 2250 >>>>>themselves. You guys can make all the wild claims here you like but the fritz >>>>>server tells on you every time. The 3.06 dual will be here next week so If an >>>>>amd system here can get a higher kNs i want to see it on the server where it >>>>>counts but u had better do a whole bunch of overclocking and get those cpu's >>>>>steaming. You would have to be dilusional to believe that AMD 2600MP is superior >>>>>to a high end Intel Workstation. And I don't need a Degree in computer science >>>>>to figure that one out. Just a little observation on the server will do. So if >>>>>you can outpost the xeons dont tell me...come show me..then i will be the first >>>>>to come back here and congratulate you... :-) Of course it wont happen so... >>>> >>>> >>>>Oh and also i almost forgot There were others from here that witnessed it too >>>>along with the speed he claimed to get here...the two wern't even close. >>> >>> >>>Oh and i also believe that if AMD had the technology or the research funds to >>>have invented hyperthreading technology...they would have. it doesnt take a >>>rocket scientist to see that two threads are better than one for multiple >>>applications. So i will keep the 2600 dollar pair of xeons if you don't mind. >>>Besides i wasnt looking to save money i was looking for a good machine that >>>didn't_have_to be overclocked to get 2500 kNs. Had I been searching for an >>>economical system i would have chosen the AMD. But I would have lived with what >>>I had and not tried to fry eggs on it. :-)) Not everyone here wants 100.00 >>>cpu's. Thats why there are two markets... >> >>AMD has a patent on a Hyperthreading-like technology. It is the same thing, but >>not the same name. >> >>Also, certain positions are slower in Chess than others. He may have had an >>unlucky position. 2000 kN/s sounds low for a dual 2600 MP. >> >>BTW, your Xeons put out much more heat than any Athlon does. >> >>-Matt > > >Yes, in some openings duals has the same nps as a single cpu machine. His nps sounded low to me too but they were the_average_ nps over a period of three games. Perhaps his hash was too large. I have already stated that a dual 2600 should get 2275 kNs easilly. Based on the 2600xp fritzmark that Sara ran yesterday for me.
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