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Subject: Re: According to this Benchmark Rebel doesn't benefit beyond A 800 MHz ?!

Author: Albert Silver

Date: 18:06:25 12/17/01

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On December 17, 2001 at 20:47:05, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On December 17, 2001 at 20:29:52, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On December 17, 2001 at 20:07:20, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>I wonder if Rebel 4 is solving these positions much faster, since Beyond an
>>>Athlon 800 MHz there doesn't seems to be much benefit at all. Also how fast are
>>>others programs solving these positions using comparative hardware.
>>>
>>>http://www.rebel.nl/bench.htm
>>
>>I don't understand. The link shows a pretty old benchmark for Rebel 10.
>>Furthermore, the gains in speed for solution times seem completely proportional
>>for the Kryotech 1 Ghz. What exactly is the gripe?
>>
>
>Yes the Benchmark is probably 2 years old, but comparing the performance gain
>from a Pentium III 800 Mhz and a Kryotech 1 Ghz ( which was an Athlon using a
>special cooling systen like a refridgerator which allowed the Athlon to be
>overclocked) was only 2 points gain.  Now the question is does Rebel Century 4
>proportionaly show an increase in performance, or does it truncate when it
>reaches certain microprocessor speed.?

2 points? I wouldn't pay any attention to those Elo ratings. Here is what I see:

ATHLON 800           0:05    0:25    0:42
KryoTech 1 Ghz       0:04    0:20    0:33

The results are proportional to the speeds.

Remember that it also states: "The maximum performance for your Pc is set to
2600."

                                        Albert



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