Author: Aloisio Ponti Lopes
Date: 06:24:07 11/22/00
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On November 21, 2000 at 04:06:32, Harald Faber wrote: >Sure. I have no faster computer. :-) >The next tourney is in March 2001, everyone feel free to provide me with the >latest hardware so that I can start with GT on 1.3GHz or so. Or collect money so >that I can afford to upgrade my computer to at least 1GHz. >If you don't then don't complain about the hardware. All the critics here and in >the German Gambitsoft forum are invited to play themselves on fast machines. >BTW maybe I missed that I could have used an Athlon 1000 for extra money, >provided by the tournament director. Don't know, will figure this out for the >tourney in March. But the several system crashes of all these fast machines >showed that it was better to use the K7-500 (which didn't crash even once) if >you look at the final result... I also run Tiger on a K7-600 (only! ;-) ) at my local FICS server (jogo.cex.org.br - the account handle is Tiger ). Now it is rated #1 at bullet and #2 at Blitz, but raising the rating very fast. I was only surprised when I saw my other comp. account (Shredder - runs Shredder 3.0 winboard) winning most of the bullet games, and the blitz games with increment (like 5 3 for instance). Maybe running the 2 engines at the same time with my K7-600 (only! ;-)) is not a good idea, because both of them need great amount of RAM to do their best. Maybe it's time to think about buying a dual system ! I also notice that the K7 processor does not crash, and my system got even more reliable after I read here about Win 98 Lite (posts of C. Theron and Fernando). I just think that Tournament results in the web must contain some info about the Tournament itself, like if it is an amateur tournament where people are playing with their own machines or the companies are playing with their machines. Now I understand the results and the reasons why Tiger was playing with only ;-) a K7-500. Thanks! A. Ponti
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