Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 08:52:38 07/10/01
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On July 10, 2001 at 02:46:24, Tony Werten wrote: >>What if I had bought a computer for this last week? Suddenly I get there and >>I'm not competitive because I assumed, with a month left, that it was a >>single-processor event. > >I have to disagree. Last year multiprocessors machines were not banished from >the event. The just had to show they were only using one processor.( Diep and >Junior if I remember correctly ) > >If your program benefits from multiprocessor and you want to play at tournaments >and you then buy a single processor, then your choice was wrong. I don't understand this. In my house I have a 550 mhz P3. I have a Quad 450 Xeon. The first is not competitive, the second is too big to consider taking on an airplane again. The event has been a single-processor event. If I had ordered a computer last week, a single-processor machine, because this is a single-processor event, I would have potentially spent a lot of money on an uncompetitive machine. >Second, for most people the difference between a single and a multiprocessor >does not make the difference between being competitive or not. It's the same >discussion every year before such an event. Program A is going to win because >the processor is 50% faster than program B. It's just not true, as is shown >every year after the event. Of course, faster (or more) processors help. But not >that much. This is bull. You ask what Chessbase is going to bring. You ask what everyone is going to bring. All the commercials will be on the hottest stuff they can find, and it does matter a whole lot. People spend months trying to scrape 10% performance out of their engine, and yet a speed factor of 2 or 3 doesn't matter? No. People want to take this event seriously, and it's seriously screwed that the organizers don't. bruce
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