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Subject: Re: NPS for Palm and Pocket PC's

Author: Chris Carson

Date: 14:45:50 03/15/03

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On March 15, 2003 at 14:54:20, Alastair Scott wrote:

>Chess Tiger is probably best for PalmOS because it offers full engine statistics
>as a menu option after the computer move has been made (unlike Genius).
>
>A problem with PalmOS machines is the ease of overclocking (much easier than any
>other platform); my Zire can be stably overclocked to twice the notional clock
>speed (32MHz rather than 16MHz). That makes comparisons tricky.

I would like both the overclocked and regular NPS.  Chess Tiger is fine.  Just
state the hz and overclocking along with the other information.

I would also like Chess Tiger NPS for the Athalon 1.2 GHZ if possible, for
comparison.

>
>I am amused to see that, even at 32MHz, Tiger 15.0 manages about 400 nodes per
>second. Yace Paderborn on my Athlon 2.4GHz manages over three orders of
>magnitude more (roughly 500,000 per second) yet Tiger can still whip me more
>often than not ;)
>
>Alastair


Yes, but I plan to compare Chess Tiger on Palm to Chess Tiger on PC, not program
to program.  NPS comparison between programs is not that useful, however, same
program on different HW does have relevance and I am curious.  I find Ruffian
gets about 5000 NPS on my IPAQ 3600 206MHZ with 500K Hash Tables, I need to take
a measurement on my Athalon 1Ghz for comparison, but is will be about 100+ times
as fast or about 500 ELO difference.  My PC kills me, but I am a little better
than my Pocket PC.  ;)

I think I will post a Win At Chess position, I just have not decided which one,
post any suggestions, that will make the NPS on all HW more relevant.

Thanks,
Chris



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