Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 01:29:23 12/08/02
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On December 08, 2002 at 00:50:31, stuart taylor wrote: >If I keep with my AMD 1.4 (266) and the few top programs which I'll see about >within the next 2-3 months. Withing the next three months you would NOT see much improvement over Deep Fritz in (Comp vs Comp) >I wonder if I'll be missing much during the next few years. And over the next few years, you will NOT see much improvement over Fritz 8 in Computer vs Humans either, except that Fritz 10 might play 50 Elo points stronger when facing a human plus another 80 point by using a Xeon or MP which is 4x stronger than what it was used against Kramnik. >IF I hang out for a next generation Hammer computer, and the next generation of >programs, if written with that in mind, will that give me a great plus over what >I have (and intend to have) now? And that would take another year, If I'm lucky! > Then I'll want the final hammer version, with the programs of then. That will be >about 5 years from now, if lucky. And will THAT be so much greater? Yes of course, your bank account will be a few thousand dollars more if you save that amount every time you think of buying a new computer just for chess, or a few hundred dollars if you don't upgrade your system. :) Pichard > >Now, If what I want is greater insights into chess, OK so I occasionally allow >up to 2 hours per move with what I (will) have. That is already more insight >than the computer side of the recent Kramnik/DF match, and the upcoming >Kasparov/DJ match. > Can I be sure that in 5 years from now, things will look so much different in >quality of computerchess? Actual quality of insight? >S.Taylor
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