Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:09:01 11/19/00
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On November 19, 2000 at 17:45:52, Steve Schooler wrote: >Running Windows 95 on a Pentium (I) 166 MHz, with 128 Mb memory; getting the >following (approximate) node per second (nps) speeds: > >Software NPS >------------------------------------------- ------- >Fritz5 (16 bit) within Chessbase Light 140,000 > >Crafty v17.14 (alone in dos shell) 25,000 > hash/hashp sizes of 48M/10M > >Crafty v17.14 within Winboard v4.1.0 25,000 > > >1. Why is Crafty slower? Do the results suggest that I'm doing something wrong Why is crafty slower than Fritz you are asking? _Everybody_ is slower than fritz. Fortunately, NPS is not the only thing that determines how a program plays... >(i.e. correctible)? Are there any (other) tuning parameters (for Crafty within >Winboard or Crafty alone) that I can set to (dramatically) enhance performance? > >2. Can hash/hashp sizes be controlled when using Crafty within Winboard (versus >Crafty alone in a dos shell)? > >3. I'm thinking of buying Fritz6. For those of you who have experimented with >Fritz6 (32 bit), Fritz5 (16 bit, within Chessbase Light) and Crafty (on the same >hardware), what nps speed should I expect from Fritz6 (based on the nps speeds >charted above)? > >4. Any guesses on Fritz7 ETA?
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