Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 03:57:12 12/06/02
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On December 06, 2002 at 06:29:55, Uri Blass wrote: >On December 06, 2002 at 06:10:01, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>On December 06, 2002 at 04:57:01, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On December 06, 2002 at 04:44:05, Jorge Pichard wrote: >>> >>>>On December 06, 2002 at 04:18:38, Uri Blass wrote: >>>> >>>>>On December 06, 2002 at 03:47:31, Jorge Pichard wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On December 05, 2002 at 16:52:06, Roy Eassa wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>1200 MHz Athlon results only: >>>>>> >>>>>>I read several times that doubling the speed account for at least 50 Rating >>>>>>points, but if you consider Chess Tiger 15 performance on a mere K6 450 Mhz >>>>>>which is less than half the speed of an AMD Athlon 1.2 Ghz, the difference is >>>>>>less than that. >>>>> >>>>>I think that you miss the statistical error and it is also not clear that >>>>>you get always at least 50 elo from doubling the speed when the hardware get >>>>>faster. >>>>> >>>>>Diminishing returns is possible. >>>>> >>>>>Uri >>>> >>>>That is true, but it would be interesting to find out what is the breaking point >>>>where the diminishing returns take effect, there has to be a breaking point in >>>>hardware's speed where the difference in speed no longer is important. >>>> >>>>Pichard. >>> >>>I do not believe in one breaking point. >>> >>>I guess that this is a process and I also believe that it is a slow process. >>>The difference may get down from 50 to 45 and from 45 to 40 but you are not >>>going to see close to 0 returns in the near future. >>> >> >>The difference has already decreased from 50 to 45 and even lower than 40 if you >>take into consideration Chess Tiger 15 from K6-450 Mhz to 1.2 Ghz. Doubling the hardware's speed would be from a K6-450 Mhz to an AMD 900 Mhz, but you are considering from K6 450 to 1.2 Ghz which is almost 3x times faster. Pichard. >I think that there is a bigger statical error and I expect the difference to be >more than 50 even for tiger in the next list > >The difference for Deep Fritz7 is 110 elo and the right gain is probably in the >middle. > >(110+52)/2=81 is an estimate for the gain from the new hardware(52 is for tiger) > >It is possible to calculate better estimate by using more programs but I am too >lazy to do it at this moment. > >Uri
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