Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 01:10:10 05/31/01
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On May 30, 2001 at 23:58:04, K. Burcham wrote:
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>i can take my 550 pentium lll and tiger 14 or gambit tiger, go to chess.net,
>icc, or yahoo advanced. play the top programs at each site, and lose most games
>against the 1200-1300-1500amds and 1500-1700pentium4's. they will crush my tiger
>14 or gambit tiger on the 550 with 256 megs ram with win98.
Hey K., you miss my point completely.
Christophe
>but with my 1500 and tiger 14 or gambit tiger, i can beat or have beaten---nope
>in this forum i am not going to finish that statement. but i can tell you this,
>at the chess servers, against the top operators, tiger on a 550 cannot play
>against the top ids. but with the 1500 it can beat or sometimes draw, any id.
>that statement is from experience.
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>that is something i have noticed about the guys that post here.
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>the gamers that play a lot of games at these sites that know all of this,
>i dont see them posting here. but we are not supposed to--right. the intent for
>this site was program and code discussion. so you might be right--maybe i should
>not post here and only read.
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>hey---but i am just a gamer. thats all.
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>and i think this site is cool.
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>the only thing i am saying is----i wont use my 550 at any site anymore---i go to
>win, not to have fun, i go for blood,yup if my mouse is not wet fron sweat, the
>game was to easy----i try to play the top rated programs in standard games. i
>cant win with the antique 550. my wife uses it to see what happen on the soap
>operas she missed that day. it is outdated for playing the top ids at any
>server.
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>when will the 1500 be outdated----not sure.if i am still spending my money on
>the latest programs and the latest hardware then i will know.
>i like to build hot rod computers, overclock them, go to the chess servers with
>one of the strongest programs and test, test, test, test, 100's of games----nope
>most of the top gamers that i know have 1000's of games.
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>gamers cant write code, gamers cant program, but the top gamers,,,man they sure
>can play a mean comp-comp game.
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>wanna know something else i have learned about hardware.
>when i used to play 1000's of games with my 550 against humans---they could draw
>alot and win some. not anymore.
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>the masters have been left behind with the 1500 and the new programs.
>i have a friend that is a master that could play a very good game with my old
>fritz 5.32 or shredder4, both on the 550 pentium lll.
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>but with the new 1500 and the latest programs, he cant handle 1500 and gambit
>tiger at all. when i watch him try the new system it is obvious. completely
>different level of chess.
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>oh well. i have said to much.
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>good luck.
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>thanks
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