Author: Ray Rogers
Date: 15:03:48 05/03/03
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On May 03, 2003 at 17:58:18, Ray Rogers wrote: >On May 02, 2003 at 18:49:53, J. C. Boco wrote: > >>On May 02, 2003 at 12:51:59, Ray Rogers wrote: >> >>>On May 02, 2003 at 08:47:53, J. C. Boco wrote: >>> >>>>On May 02, 2003 at 06:32:43, Jorge Pichard wrote: >>>> >>>>>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1051739,00.asp >>>> >>>>As someone else pointed out already, ChessTiger isn't native for the processor >>>>yet. But your point is well taken. It also drives yet another nail into the >>>>dedicated-chess-computer market, which is really too bad. I've always had a >>>>soft spot for the dedicateds. >>> >>>I don’t go with this “……nail in the coffin of dedicated chess computer” stuff. >>>Clearly there is still a market with people like myself just waiting for the >>>right product. Playing strength isn’t everything. I’ve two new fast PC’s plus >>>Fritz 8 etc. but I won’t be selling my R30 even for the £500 I‘ve been offered. >> >>In a way I'm waiting for the right product to come along also. When the Star >>Sappire or Star Diamond finally come (if they ever do) I will be tempted to buy >>one simply because they will be the strongest on the market, perhaps not >>counting your R30. By the way, what is the estimated rating of your R30? >> >>But as for "Waiting for the right product", well, just what new products have >>there been in the dedicated market the past few years of rating 1800+? The two >>computers I mentioned above have been expected for two years now, and they may >>never materialize. I just don't think we really can wait until the right >>product comes along. I think that the Novag Star Sapphire/Diamond are going to >>be the last, because they won't make much money from them. I just don't see any >>product down the pipeline to wait for. >> >>What I hope happens is that perhaps Novag will throw a better chip into the >>Sapphire/Diamond. I can tell you that I belive the right product will have come >>along if they just find a 100MHz chip to toss into the Sapphire/Diamond. Then >>you would have a nice dedicated with a significant increase in strength, and I >>would probably buy it. What is the reason, and I am presupposing there is one, >>why you can't find a similar chip to the one already in use and use a faster >>version? I would even pay for an expensive dedicated chess computer which had a >>crappy slow notebook PC chip in it (something which wouldn't require cooling). >>There are hardware tricks Novag can do to try to enliven the dedicated market, >>but even with high-quality people like me (ahem) and you, they probably just >>wouldn't make enough money doing it. R30 about 2300 I think (2400 USCF?) but a real pleasure to play. Plays less like a computer than other DCM's so difficult for the likes of me to use any anti-computer tactics to kid myself.
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