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Subject: Re: How do you know?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:38:27 02/25/01

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On February 25, 2001 at 11:02:55, Pete Galati wrote:

>On February 25, 2001 at 10:17:53, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>
>Now that you mention it, I don't know.  But I have always heard that SMP
>programs don't do as well as the non SMP versions on single CPU computers.
>
>It could be that Deep Fritz has a way around that, or it could be that Chessbase
>claims that Deep Fritz is better on single cpu machines for no other reason than
>they get to sell them for more.
>
>Are there tests (not by Chessbase!!) indicating that Deep Fritz is the stronger
>program on single cpu computers?
>
>Pete


I think most of this is founded in mythology.  IE take crafty and crafty-smp
off my web site and compare them on one processor.  The speed difference is
a fraction of one percent.  I don't think that difference can be measured in
terms of Elo.



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