Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 10:31:30 06/25/98
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On June 25, 1998 at 12:15:09, Robert Hyatt wrote: >I pointed out to Vincent last week here that he was not doing well playing >against Crafty. He pointed out (factually, by the way) that Crafty has a >hardware advantage with the 4 processor ALR. But he's going to have to take >a stand on one side of the fence or the other. Either speed is important, and >his note about me having faster hardware does explain why crafty wins most of >the games played on ICC, or speed is not important and doesn't explain crafty's >win/lose ratio vs the various DiepX programs on ICC. This is a fascinating point. Some people might argue that speed doesn't matter, but I've yet to see one of them show up at a WMCCC on a crusty old 486 because they don't think it's worth the bother of copying their software to a faster machine. I'll take faster hardware any time, on ICC it's like a shot of adrenaline. I get the idea that it matters less as the time controls slow down, but my experience is based upon pretty small hardware advantages. bruce
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