Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 13:31:43 11/04/00
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On November 04, 2000 at 13:48:29, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On November 04, 2000 at 12:30:41, Christopher A. Morgan wrote: > >> >> According to the latest SSDF rating list, 10/27/00, the number 16 and 17 >>programs had an average rating of 2475 (16. Fritz 5.32 64MB P200 MMX 2476, >>and 17. Hiarcs 7.32 64MB P200 MMX 2473). When we go up a generation in >>microprocessor, double the size of the hash table, double + the speed, then the >>same two programs now have an average rating of 2541, an increase of 66 points >>(5. Fritz 5.32 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2552 , and 9. Hiarcs 7.32 128MB K6-2 450 >>MHz 2530). >> >> The number 1 and 2 programs had an average rating of 2611 (1. Fritz 6.0 128MB >>K6-2 450 MHz 2630, and 2. Junior 6.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2592) >> >> If we once again go up a generation in microprocessor to Pent III, or AMD >>Athlon, double the size of the hash table to 256MB, and double + the speed to >>1,000 MHz, should we expect an increase in average rating or around 66 points to >>2677 or thereabouts? > >The increase in rating point doesn't remain 66 Points when you double the speed >of the Microprocessor or double the memory size. I just finished playing a small >match of 50 games at G/60 with Fritz 6a using an AMD K6-II 500 Mhz with 128 >SDRAM vs my other AMD Athlon 800 Mhz with 256 SDRAM and to my surprise the >Athlon only scored 27.5 out of 50 games. This does not even reflect >40 rating >points increase. But certain programs benefit more than other such as Nimzo >7.32, I am in the middle of my next match of 50 games where the Athlon 800 >MHz is scoring 20 games out of 32 so far and 18 more games to play. I am almost 95% sure that the new Nimzo 8 will have a higher SSDF rating than Fritz 6, as long as it is rated using 800 MHz computers. >Pichard. > >> My more basic question is have we reached the point in computer chess >>programming where the programs can play at the super elite level, 2700+, if they >>can run fast enough or have multi processors re Deep Junior with 4 processors >>which appears to now play at the super elite level. Can more be done with >>programming? Obviously, re Deep Blue we can use brute force and play at or near >>world champion level. I am not asking about that level of hardware. >> >>Thanks!
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