Author: Chris Carson
Date: 07:53:41 03/29/02
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On March 29, 2002 at 07:42:37, Ed Schröder wrote: >Better formatting... (I hope) > > >Dear CCC, > >This posting is dedicated to Thorsten in the first place being the absolute >opponent against statistics. He might change opinions after this conclusive >posting, Thorsten you will love this one! > >It's also dedicated to those who still believe that there is no performance >increase/decrease when playing on different time controls. (Hi Christophe!) > >The below data is taken from the latest SSDF list and measures the differences >between the used hardware, that is Athlon 1200 Mhz versus the AMD 450, roughly >being a factor of 3. > > 2 Chess Tiger 14.0 CB 256MB Athlon 1200 2714 460 +82 > 13 Chess Tiger 14.0 CB 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2632 585 > > 3 Deep Fritz 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2709 447 +55 > 9 Deep Fritz 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2654 901 > > 4 Gambit Tiger 2.0 256MB Athlon 1200 2708 381 +67 > 11 Gambit Tiger 2.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2641 592 > > 6 Junior 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2684 436 +53 > 14 Junior 7.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2631 717 > > 7 Rebel Century 4.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2680 407 +104 > 21 Rebel Century 4.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2576 105 > > 8 Shredder 5.32 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2662 498 +56 > 17 Shredder 5.32 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2606 545 > > 10 Gandalf 4.32h 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2649 430 +130 > 32 Gandalf 4.32h 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2519 378 > >Based on the above comparison the 2004 SSDF list running on 3600 Mhz hardware >might looks as follows: > > 1. Chess Tiger 14.0 CB 256MB Athlon 1200 2714 + 82 = 2796 > 2. Rebel Century 4.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2680 + 104 = 2784 > 3. Gandalf 4.32h 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2649 + 130 = 2779 > 4. Gambit Tiger 2.0 256MB Athlon 1200 2708 + 67 = 2777 > 5. Deep Fritz 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2709 + 55 = 2764 > 6. Junior 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2684 + 53 = 2737 > 7. Shredder 5.32 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2662 + 56 = 2718 > >I love this list :) > >Unknown entries because of no comparison material. > > 1 Fritz 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2748 38 -35 395 68% 2616 > 5 Shredder 6.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2706 37 -36 379 61% 2626 > 16 Crafty 18.12/CB 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2613 33 -32 459 54% 2587 > 23 Nimzo 8.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2554 24 -24 824 53% 2531 > 29 Hiarcs 7.32 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2526 21 -22 1051 48% 2537 > 34 Chessmaster 8000 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2517 44 -45 251 45% 2550 > >A couple of notes: > >1) Rebel Century 4 (AMD-450) has played to less games yet (105) to make it a >reliable comparison. However the result (+104) doesn't surprise me, Rebel is >tuned for longer time controls. > >2) It has to be seen if Fritz7 and Shredder6 have not improved playing on faster >hardware. Since there is no comparison material yet this remains unknown for the >moment. > >3) I don't think the above is a scientific conclusion, neither a 100% valid >prediction, but IMHO it isn't 100% nonsense also. > >4) You are invited to shoot the above into pieces. > >Ed Nice list, I can not wait for the faster HW and also the next round of SW improvements!
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