Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 17:55:19 06/25/98
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On June 25, 1998 at 17:13:57, Mark Young wrote: >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. Yes good that you point that out to the audience bruce, note that Ferret gets *huge* depths even in blitz. What level do you already hit 12 ply average in opening/middlegame with Ferret Bruce? >>bruce
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