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Subject: Re: A Possible Experiment to test Dr Hyatts 100X factor

Author: John Merlino

Date: 13:23:53 09/06/02

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On September 06, 2002 at 16:13:40, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On September 06, 2002 at 16:04:58, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote:
>
>>From the Threads here I am assuming that professor Hyatt beleives that 100X
>>factor in speed (NPS) would be too much to overcome with software improvement
>>factor.I am proposing the following possible match:Time control 40/2 6
>>games : GNU chess 5.04 on a pentium 4 at 2.4 Gigahertz vs Chessmaster2 original
>>playstation (33 Mhz).This is actually a 73 factor in terms of processor speed
>>which is not 100 but close.On the original playstation Chessmaster2 gets about
>>1100 Nps.
>
>
>Why gnuchess?  I don't know much about it, and it might be perfectly ok.
>
>But you are also misinterpreting what I said.  I did say that a factor of
>100x, between programs that are "close" is overwhelming.  Obviously a bad
>program at 100X will be better, but it might not be much better.
>
>In any case, give your test a go and see what happens first...

If you want a program that is as close as possible to Chessmaster2 for the PSX,
go with either Chessmaster 4000 or 5000.

jm




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