Author: Ian Osgood
Date: 16:00:45 08/31/01
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On August 30, 2001 at 17:30:52, Roy Eassa wrote: >On August 30, 2001 at 17:00:16, Ian Osgood wrote: > >>In my testing, ChessGenius for the Palm is somewhat weaker than the Novag >>Sapphire II. This is more noticable as the time control increases (Genius is >>actually stronger at 1 or 2-seconds per move). The Sapphire II has hash tables >>and Palm Genius does not. >> > > >What speed was the Palm running at? Was it anywhere near the 54MHz that >Christope Theron says many units can run at? Was it at least the 33 MHz that >newer units begin at? Or was it the 16 or 20 MHz that older ones run at from >the factory? I'd think that a slim victory for Sapphire II against a 16 MHz >Palm would turn into a slime victory for Palm Genius on a 40+ MHz Palm. I believe it was overclocked to 28Mhz (Palm IIIe). Without hash tables a, factor of two increase in speed may gain very little. Certainly only a fraction of a ply in extra depth.
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