Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 19:45:07 05/30/01
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On May 30, 2001 at 18:50:21, K. Burcham wrote:
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>do you ever see the big dogs using 450 mhz in a top tournament.
>if they are, they may be a big dog---but they are losing big dogs.
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>why is this posted here with such old hardware.
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>are the top programs exactly proportional to a mhz increase.
>have we proven this with lots of games.
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>in other words, is tiger on 1000 mhz twice as strong as tiger on
>500 mhz, is tiger on 1500 mhz three times as strong as tiger on 500 mhz.
>please dont reply with estimated elo increase for mhz increase---i have read all
>of those posts and am aware of the opinions on this.
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>i think you understand my point. maybe some programs strength will increase more
>with more mhz. for example maybe tiger on 1500 mhz amd will win more games
>against a certain program also on 1500 mhz. but if both programs are on 500 mhz,
>maybe they draw.
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>i know this logic has been discussed here and this is a repeat of posts.
>but those antique 450 processors-----oh well
I'm happy to learn that the computer I work on everyday is antique.
If there is a difference in elo increase between programs, it is likely to be
under the error margin you can expect from 200 games, so you won't be able to
detect it by comparing the results on 450MHz computers with the results on
1500MHz.
If you really believe that the SSDF is way off by testing on 450MHz computers,
you are living with illusions.
But they know that there are people like you, so they're going to update their
hardware soon.
That won't change a thing, except that next year you are going to complain about
those antique 1500MHz computers.
Meanwhile, a year without barking at the SSDF hardware level is something we are
all going to enjoy.
Christophe
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