Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 21:25:18 07/10/01
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On July 10, 2001 at 14:19:02, Bas Hamstra wrote: >On July 10, 2001 at 11:52:38, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>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. > >Exactly. Of course it matters. And they made it not easy for you guys, agreed. I >still hope you will come. I have to pay a couple of hunderd bucks to apply, >where is that money going anyway? IMO part of it should be used to finance the >tickets... > >Bas. What tickets? I'm probably the only one not in Europe who'd go. I have to buy all my computers from Gateway International, because they have to be switchable to 220 VAC. bruce
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