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Subject: Re: Computer Chess is pointless

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 13:56:46 01/07/02

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On January 07, 2002 at 14:53:25, Bas Hamstra wrote:

>On January 07, 2002 at 13:44:43, Joshua Lee wrote:
>
>>you are Ill informed .   As much as i think the SSDF is Inaccurate in it's
>>ratings it does a few things that are consistent:
>>1 Shows which programs are stronger than others and on what hardware
>>
>>This is the only point i need to make to totally bust your argument because
>>if you look at the estimated ammounts they give for each of their hardware
>>increases or if you take the averages from one set of hardware to another you
>>should see clearly that in reality there is a definite increase in most newer
>>versions.  I don't know how the program authors do it but they do.....
>>look at Junior 6 and 7 on a K6-2 450.
>
>I dont see your point. I am not saying that programs don't improve. But I do say
>that Junior 7 does not stand a chance against Junior 6 on 2x slower hardware.
>Can you find 1 program where a newer version beats an older on 2x slower
>hardware?
>
>Bas.

Yes

Fritz7 on old hardware beats Fritz3 on fast hardware
if the hardware adavantage is 2:1

I am not sure about Fritz7b and Fritz6 but
it may be interesting to test.

Uri



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