Author: James T. Walker
Date: 05:50:30 02/01/06
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On February 01, 2006 at 04:42:56, Ryan B. wrote: >On February 01, 2006 at 02:17:40, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On February 01, 2006 at 01:50:23, Ryan B. wrote: >> >>>On January 31, 2006 at 23:07:08, walt irvin wrote: >>> >>>>in a rybka vs hydra match ,,,with rybka using a athlon 3800 12 game match 40 >>>>moves in 2 hours what is the predicted score ??????????? >>>> >>>>mine is hydra 9/3 >>>> >>>>walter >>> >>>I think your prediction is very good. What I think many people fail to realize >>>about Hydra is that it is a dedicated chess machine so it does not suffer the >>>same overheads that PC chess engines have. Also Software optimized for just one >>>exact platform can be very fast compared to traditional PC programs. >>> >>>Ryan >> >>I do not agree. >> >>By that logic Crafty with 8 processors can also beat Rybka with one processor >>but it is probably not the case. >> >>The fact that hardware that is dedicated for one task has a potential advantage >>does not prove that hydra is better. >> >>The facts are that Rybka is leading the CEGT list even if you consider only 32 >>bits and not one of the better hardware participants. >> >>This is from the CEGT rating list. >> >>2 Rybka 1.01 Beta 13-13b 32-bit 2886 45 45 189 74.1 % 2704 28.6 % >>6 Deep Shredder 9.12 x64 2CPU 2822 35 34 283 64.7 % 2717 31.1 % >> >>14 Shredder 9 2754 8 8 4776 63.3 % 2660 31.8 % >>34 Crafty Cito 1.4.2 64-bit 2CPU 2695 59 58 106 63.7 % 2598 27.4 % >> >>As you can see even the combination of 64 bits and 2 cpu does not help when you >>have inferior program. >> >>If 64 bits+2 cpu gives does the program 3 times faster then you have: >> >>Crafty*3<Shredder >>Shredder*3<Rybka and in other words >> >>Crafty*9<Rybka. >> >>Uri > >I have no idea how anything I said had anything to do with crafty. Because we >do have a Hydra sitting around to test out in our homes we go by what e believe. > Based on what I have read here including posts by Chrilly and results of games >Hydra has played in the past I believe Hydra to be much stronger than Rybka or >any other known chess entity at this time. I hope to see Zappa take that crown >in the future though. > >Ryan You have a Hydra sitting around in your home? You believe what Chrilly says about his own program? Chrilly is just patting himself on the back. I believe nothing he says. Hydra is nothing but Nimzo (poor program) with fast hardware. (my opinion) Only thing that counts is results. Jim
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