Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 15:58:07 02/24/01
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On February 24, 2001 at 17:20:10, Fernando Villegas wrote: >The point is the sheer size of the jump from one kind of hardware to another. Of >course I know, as everydoby else, about improvements due to equipment, but this >one is so large that, looking things from a reverse point of view, It could be >said that the negative jump from a very fast hardware to a more average one is >too great. And if the negative jump is too great, then I have certain ground to >consider that when the product was commercially released they did not put >enough concern in how the thing was going to run in an average kind of machine >proper of the average consummer, even in CCC. Or to say again in another way: >delivery was premature at the cost of the purchaser. My idea is that even in >chess programming, as in fact practically does almost every company of >programmer, you ensure that the release will be enough good for the average >machine proper of time. That's the reason that we, with machines from 90 to 800 >Mhz, all can say this or that product is very good, etc, although recognizing >that with the fastest one is better. The point is they give us something good >even when running in no so fast equipment. So we not complain about Tiber or >Rebel on the ground that they only run OK when loaded in a 1,2 Giga monster. >I hope my point is clear, Mogens Yes, I do understand what you're saying. The point just isn't a valid concern in my opinion. To my knowledge all top chess programs performs at a high level on less than impressive hardware. There may be problems with certain processors or/and very low clock speeds, but nothing that spoils the experience of a good chess program AFAIK. The ones that don't, comparatively speaking, do so because of the way they're constructed by the author. A prime example would probably be CS Tal, even though I've never tried the program. It would be a shame if that project had been compromised or cancelled due to speculations about processor speed. Requirement of certain conditions that needs to be fulfilled imposes a limitation on ideas IMO. That isn't a sound development for the consumer or the program authors. So I honestly don't see a problem lurking in the horizon. Regards, Mogens
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