Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 10:25:58 09/30/98
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On September 30, 1998 at 05:36:03, Alessio Iacovoni wrote: >I have Fritz 16 bit and Hiarcs 16 bit. There is a great fuss around the 32 bit >version and the wonders it will offer. Now.. since it will not be compatible to >Hiarcs 16 engine I will not *ever* buy it... But the question I wanted to ask >the list is of a more general sort: these engines (Crafty, Fritz, the so called >"fast" ones but also the more positiona ones) rely heavily on the hardware >supported.. so in terms of playing strength, is it worthwile to buy a new engine >that is say 50 points stronger than the preceeding one? couldn't the same >strength improvement be achieved with a hardare upgrade that would have the >added bonus of raising the performace of windows and other programs as well. > >So the question is: why bother and buy the latest engine when the one you >already have could be just as strong with some minor harware improvements (say >+16 or +32meg of memory to increase hash tables). > >Also I have a doubt? Is the overall elo increase of SSDF lists due to better >hardare adopted in testing or to just software improvements? What's your >opinion? Dear Alessio: The sheer fact you come here and post and read post about chess computers is the answer: you are amad as a horse like all of us. Why, then purchase newer software? Because in our madness we are in delight when a new package arrives Fernando
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