Author: Mark Young
Date: 14:13:57 06/25/98
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On June 25, 1998 at 13:31:30, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >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. I have found the same to be true. As time controls get longer you need more of a speed advantage to show the same rating advantage. A 25% speed advantage at 5 min chess is huge. At 3 min. a move is not much at all. >bruce
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