Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:25:41 09/06/02
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On September 06, 2002 at 22:06:25, Slater Wold wrote: >On September 06, 2002 at 18:47:44, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>>I don't think so. >>> >>>If you take the position of WAC41 you will see there is a 1.19x NPS speedup. >>>However, there is a 16x speedup to ply 11! >>> >> >>I'm not talking NPS at _all_ here. I am talking about how long it takes to >>complete depth X with 1 cpu and with 2 cpus. Divide the 2cpu time into the 1 >>cpu time and that's the number... >> >> >>>Then again, if you take the position of WAC76 you will see there is a 1.62x NPS >>>speedup. However, there is a 1.44x speedup to ply 11. > >I understand that. It's just not reliable IMO. I don't understand your reservation. This is the most reliable form of testing possible. Because it is reproducible time after time since the N-cpu tests will be forced to search to the same depth exactly as the 1-cpu test, which means that the only variable is time...
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