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Subject: Re: Computer for Kramnik Match: 64-bit Deep Fritz for Unix?

Author: pavel

Date: 07:37:22 06/18/02

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On June 18, 2002 at 09:51:04, Chris Carson wrote:

>The last time I checked, chessbase said that DFritz on the 8-way box would
>search an average of 6M nodes/sec.  That sounds like an 8x1.5GHZ Win/Tel box.
>
>I really wonder how much stronger the 8x  box will be than a single proc at the
>end of this year (Intel usually releases in Nov and Jan).  Today we can get a
>2.5GHZ Intel (or 2200+ AMD).  Fritz on the fastest single box gets 2M+ Nodes/sec



>(perhaps 2.25M nodes/sex),

hmm interesting... ;)



 by the end of this year it will most likely get 3M+
>nodes on the fastest single Intel or AMD box.  That means the 8x box will be
>just a factor of 2x faster than the top of the line single proc box.  The 8x box
>may be only 70 ELO points stronger than the single proc box for chess programs.
>
>By the end of next year, we can buy a single proc Win/Tel box for $799 US that
>will out perform the 8x for this match, add the price of
>Fritz/Junior/Tiger/Hiarcs/Rebel and for about $1,000 US you can play 5 super
>GM's.



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