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Subject: Re: SSDF rating list in 2004 on 3600 Mhz PC's

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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