Author: Chris Carson
Date: 09:52:29 05/14/01
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On May 14, 2001 at 08:47:43, Uri Blass wrote: >On May 14, 2001 at 08:20:45, Joshua Lee wrote: > >>700Mhz x 5.9 = 4130Mhz 4130/450 = 9.177777778 hello!!! you are wrong, i am not >>just making up things that i want to believe. Ya know those ratings still are >>not acurate for 1 simple reason they are not FIDE or USCF rated so it is just >>like if i wanted to give them any rating i want and say Chessmaster 3000 is >>rated 2950!!! Sorry but it doesn't matter unless it's official besides the math >>just doesn't work there are some programs which are accurate and some that are >>NOT i will give you that but the difference between an 8way 700Mhz machine and a >>450Mhz K6-2 is 9+ times like i said before so there is atleast 180points >>difference between the two weather you agree or not if not you better go get a >>new calculator . Thanks > >I do not think that there are at least 180 points difference because of the >following reasons: > >1)The difference against humans is not identical to the difference against >computers. >2)Even in comp-comp the difference may be less than 180 elo because of >diminishing returns from deeper search. > >We do not know if there is significant diminishing returns from deeper search >because it was never tested in these speeds. > >We know that at small depth there is not significant diminishing returns but >things may be different at high depthes and it is possible that the difference >in comp-comp games between 450 Mhz and 8*700 Mhz is only 100 elo. > >The only way to know is testing. > >Uri Well said Uri. :) Best Regards, Chris Carson
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