Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 00:17:07 09/19/02
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On September 19, 2002 at 02:03:00, Mike Byrne wrote: >On September 18, 2002 at 20:21:31, John Merlino wrote: > >>On September 18, 2002 at 19:34:03, Javier Ros Padilla wrote: >> >>>The default selective search in CM9000 is 9, while it was 6 in CM8000. >>>So it seems that default settings are changing in the direction of Kurt Utzinger >>>ones. >> >>The reason is that the average CPU is getting faster. Most of Kurt's testing (as >>well as the testing of just about everybody else who is a computer chess >>hobbyist) was done with top-end CPUs (for the time). The default selective >>search setting for CM has always been a bit behind the cutting-edge because our >>typical user does NOT have a cutting-edge CPU. But, now that P4s are more >>common, we split the difference and went with 9 (Kurt used 12 almost >>exclusively, I believe). >> > >John, > >Are you suggesting, that if you have a top end CPU - 1.5 Ghz+ , that selective >search of 12 might be better? > >Mike > > ><snip.> >>jm I do no think that John can give you an answer to this question for the time being. Hundred of games against various programs are necessary to find out if selective search 12 might be better. Kurt
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