Author: walter irvin
Date: 13:54:39 09/28/99
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On September 28, 1999 at 16:52:15, Dann Corbit wrote:
>On September 28, 1999 at 16:43:20, walter irvin wrote:
>[snip]
>>i'm just being fair , logical . the test at 450 mhz was a waste of time . yes a
>>waste of time .YOUR error is in ASSuming that faster and faster hardware is
>>needed .
>People screamed bloody murder about using only 200MHz machines when faster ones
>were available. I guess you can't please everybody.
>
>>given your logic before the first game could be completed you would have
>>to upgrade the computer every 5 min .or better yet have the programmers
>>themselves send you updates and patches through out the game .what if there
>>realy has not been that much improvement over the years .
>> so fritz 5.32 scored highest , so what does that mean???? well that means
>>fritz 5.32 is stronger than cm 6000
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>>dont know do we .why not do more test at 200 mhz which more of the members have
>>???????????? that would have been better .
>I actually like that idea {*excellent* scientific merit to it}, but I suspect
>that if you had an [OPINION POLL] then you will find that almost everybody wants
>to see the tests on faster hardware.
>There have been plenty of screams for this in the past. Now that it is being
>delivered, we hear screams in the other direction.
>
>The big problem (as I see it) is that nobody buys 200MHz Pentium machines any
>more. I know I would not. Would you? I can see the point of wanting the tests
>on faster hardware because the faster hardware is what people have or are
>considering buying.
why not simply adjust upward for faster hardware ????????
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