Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 20:47:24 12/03/00
Go up one level in this thread
On December 03, 2000 at 17:12:13, Paul Doire wrote:
>On December 03, 2000 at 17:03:32, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>
>>On December 03, 2000 at 16:59:59, Paul Doire wrote:
>>
>>>On December 03, 2000 at 15:34:48, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 03, 2000 at 13:25:00, Paul Doire wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I am attempting same pc engine matches. It has been brought to my attention
>>>>>that Didziz has a page that describes the procedure for proper comparison.
>>>>>I have attempted to implement his suggestions(comparing think times with other
>>>>>prog running in background).
>>>>>But CM6000 doesn't have ability in "think lines" to measure nodes, only depth
>>>>>such as 4/09,5/10.Rebel 11 and CM8000 do have the ability to measure nodes.
>>>>>Is there a universal nodes measurement utility available so I can properly
>>>>>gauge nodes per second???
>>>>>
>>>>>I have attempted "Depth" searches but am unsure if accurate,Chess Tiger
>>>>>searches to depth of ten with CM6000 running in background in only 2.6 secs.
>>>>>While CM6000 takes 42 secs to get to 5/10 with Chess Tiger in background.
>>>>>Is it possible for Chess Tiger to search over 16 times faster???
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>Paul
>>>>
>>>>Does one card whose engine is turning 4500 RPM's go 1.5 times faster than one
>>>>whose engine is turning 3500 RPM's?
>>>>
>>>>The RPM figure is useful, but only in context of gear ratio.
>>>>
>>>>It is very difficult for chess programmers to supply you with gear ratio
>>>>figures, but RPM's are easy.
>>>>
>>>>You can't compare them, because the gear ratio isn't supplied.
>>>>
>>>>Perhaps some programs have search in their eval. You do less nodes if you count
>>>>a three-ply search as one node.
>>>>
>>>>Who knows?
>>>>
>>>>bruce
>>>
>>>I guess a better term to use is each progs CPU usage regardless of task
>>>at hand,then one could allocate proper time based on each progs cpu"hoggage"!!??
>>>
>>>Paul
>>
>>That's the thing, they are all using 100% of it constantly.
>>
>>bruce
> Than is the info I received incorrect?? Is there no way to run engine-engine
>matches on same pc with accuracy.Everyone tells me CM6000 is cpu dominant,is
>there no way around this issue except separate machine matches?
>
>Paul
You'll get some info about how to play engine matches on a single computer here:
http://www.konts.lv/usr/Didzis/
Christophe
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.