Author: Frank Quisinsky
Date: 14:54:28 01/02/01
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On January 02, 2001 at 17:10:33, Peter Berger wrote: >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 think a dual version is at the moment the best hardware alternative. All stand in my Deep Fritz review (but it is in German) ! >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" . Young Talents was the best from all Chess-Base CDs ! Very good price and 7 very interesting amateur programs. The reason is clear that I say the best from all Chess-Base CDs ! The amateur programs from today are the TOP programs from tomorrow ! When firms see that and make a good CD for interest people is this for me the best CD ! The amateur programmers have fun and the user have fun. The amateur programmer try to make the programs better and user can played with more and more programs. You can see that Goliath and SOS are top programs. The other YT engines are also very strong ! The Deep Fritz version is not expensiv. Chess Base invested a lot of work and time in the dual version and the engine is stronger with one processor as the number 1 from the SSDF, the little brother Fritz 6a ! OK, this is my opinion. >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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