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Subject: Re: I fully agree!

Author: blass uri

Date: 03:11:59 05/22/00

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On May 22, 2000 at 04:31:58, Jouni Uski wrote:

>On May 22, 2000 at 03:34:28, blass uri wrote:
>
>>On May 22, 2000 at 01:38:12, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>
>>>On May 22, 2000 at 01:27:53, blass uri wrote:
>>>>
>>>>They do not indicate it because you do not know what is the rating improvement
>>>>from 4 processors relative to single 450Mhz.
>>>>
>>>But I know, it's at least 100 points as comp-comp games have indicated!
>>>
>>>Jouni
>>
>>You cannot know because the difference in comp-comp games does not have to be
>>the same as comp-human games and I am also not sure that the difference in
>>comp-comp games is 100 points because the ssdf did not test the new hardware.
>>
>>We can know the difference between p200 and K6-450 but we cannot know the
>>difference between k6-450 and better hardware because it is possible that there
>>is diminishing returns from hardware.
>>
>
>Hasn't Heinz new book conclusion: there is no proof about  diminishing returns
>so far...
>
>Jouni

There is no proof so we do not know if there is diminishing return or there is
not.

Uri





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