Author: Garry Evans
Date: 12:51:14 11/06/00
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On November 06, 2000 at 15:23:50, Roy Brunjes wrote: >On November 06, 2000 at 14:57:05, Garry Evans wrote: > >> >> >> Comparately speaking, Is an Athlon 550 decent hardware to run chess programs? > >This is kind of like asking "how long is a piece of string"? Fast enough to do >what? Beat you 95 times out of 100? That depends on how strong a player you >are. If you are not a titled player (NM, FM, IM, GM) then I would say Yes, >providing you run a commercial program. Even some freeware (Crafty comes to >mind) will most likely thrash you on that hardware 95 out of 100 times (perhaps >even more than 95% of the time). > >Or did you not want to play the computer but rather use it for other purposes >such as Analysis of GM/IM games, playing your favorite program vs other programs >on the Internet (or in your home if you have 2 PCs)? ... the list is rather >varied. > >If you want to challenge other computers on the Internet, then speed is your >biggest asset (and perhaps Gambit Tiger ;^) There are folks out there running >1.2 Ghz machines that will out perform your 550 MHz by a good bit. Does that >mean your program won't have a chance? Not necessarily so. If you were running >on a Pentium at 90 MHz vs 1.2 Ghz, then I would say your program would suffer >miserably vs such mammoth hardware. But at 550 MHz you are likely to be at a >2:1 disadvantage and that is worth somewhere between 30 and 75 ELO points >depending on who's opinion you believe and what program you are running. > >I myself use a 500 MHz laptop to analyse GM games. Is the analysis perfect? Of >course not, that is not possible today (if ever). Does the program show me why >move xyz is not as good as the move played by a GM? Very often, yes, the answer >is clearly displayed in under a minute (usually). Sometimes, the program has >*no clue* as to why your suggested alternative move is good (or not good) and >then you shrug and make a note of it so you can later post here to ask the >collection of very bright people that frequent this bulletin board. > >Have I answered your question? Probably not! Have I helped you at all? I hope >so, > >Roy Yes, my question was kind of vague, let me be more specific. I am interested in whatever I can expect grandmaster play on this hardware? Will the qality of my analysis be decent?
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