Author: Peter Berger
Date: 14:10:33 01/02/01
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On January 02, 2001 at 10:57:32, Frank Quisinsky wrote: <snip> >Yes, I think not a good idea to start with Deep Fritz under an AMD processor ! >I hope the SSDF will used in the future not "Neanderthal" processors ! > >Gandalf 4.32g or Crafty also not very good under an AMD processor. For Gandalf >4.32g 10-20 ELO ! The new version is maybe 30 ELO better. I believe for Crafty a >little bit more than 10-20 ELO ! > >I think interesting for the SSDF are Pentium III 800 MHz processors and >dual-systems. But 10 dual system are very expensiv :-)) > >Best >Frank I couldn't disagree more ! Why should I buy a new computer only to be able to run a _chessprogram_ on it ? I am very happy with the ones I currently own and don't have the slightest idea why I should upgrade them : they work very well ! An SSDF running programs on some expensive "very modern" processors or Dual-Boards would be of zero interest to me as I wouldn't have the slightest idea how the programs later will perform on my more normal ones . This gets even worse when I hear : "yeah , the program sucks a little on your miserable hardware ; to see it play in a reasonable way you should run it on some Mega Athlon ." I am happy there are still some that play very well on a P233 , too ! I also think Chessbase must have gone completely mad to only release an extremely expensive single engine as their Christmas product that is optimized for Dual boards : they seem to have lost their lucky thoughts ; first the "Young Talents" , now "Deep Fritz" . Please don't take this as an offense , it isn't intended to be at all . I simply think some of you have lost contact to ground a little ; or maybe better : there are others with different interests and funds, too . Most friendly greetings. pete
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