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Subject: Re: Which version of Crafty played in Maastricht?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 11:07:55 08/27/01

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On August 27, 2001 at 14:03:16, Slater Wold wrote:

>On August 27, 2001 at 13:17:09, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On August 27, 2001 at 12:41:10, Slater Wold wrote:
>>
>>>On August 27, 2001 at 10:46:20, Ulf Flörsheimer wrote:
>>>
>>>>In the notations it usually has been told of version 18.10x. What does x mean?
>>>>Was it Crafty 18.10 or 18.10 with a special opening book? Or was it a unreleased
>>>>version 18.11? If so, when will it be ready for download.
>>>>
>>>>I like both style and playing strength of crafty. Its Maastricht-games were
>>>>really impressive. In my opinion Crafty is one of the most underestimated
>>>>programs. It definitively prooved in Maastricht once more its legitimate
>>>>placement among all the professional programs.
>>>>
>>>>I hope that crafty's further developement will be as successful as it has been
>>>>in the past.
>>>>
>>>>Good luck for Bob Hyatt and a big "thank you" for the fun he has given to me
>>>>with crafty!
>>>>
>>>>Ulf Floersheimer
>>>
>>>Bob said earlier, it's the _SAME_ exact version running on ICC now.
>>>
>>>However, it was on a 2x1.4Ghz AMD, which is a _LOT_ faster than his 4x700.
>>>
>>>So it packed a little more punch than usual.
>>>
>>>
>>>Slate
>>
>>
>>The 2x AMD is roughly the same as my quad 700.
>>
>>quad benchmark is 1.2M nodes per second (gcc/linux)
>>dual AMD is 1.2M using MSVC/win2000.
>>
>>Actually, that makes my quad about 10% faster, since gcc is about 10%
>>slower than MSVC...
>
>Weird.  My AMD 1.2Ghz gets about 800k nps.  I thought for sure a 2x1.4Ghz would
>do better.  At least 1.5M.  That's the beauty of SMP!
>
>
>Slate


The one we had would only do 1.2M...  no idea if there are better ones
around, of course...

I don't quite follow the math to think that 2x1.4 would be more than 50%
faster than 2x1.2 however...



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