Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 11:18:34 05/18/03
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On May 18, 2003 at 14:16:00, Uri Blass wrote:
>On May 18, 2003 at 14:00:24, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>On May 18, 2003 at 13:16:09, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On May 18, 2003 at 13:13:01, Thomas Lagershausen wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 18, 2003 at 13:01:45, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi Johan
>>>>>
>>>>>My congratulatations! The King has played some very fine games and I am happy
>>>>>that people will now understand [what I know for a long time already] that your
>>>>>engine belongs to the absolute top programs.
>>>>>
>>>>>Kind regards
>>>>>Kurt
>>>>
>>>>As you know this comes as no surprise for us.
>>>>
>>>>Thomas
>>>
>>>I think that it is a small surprise because the king does not support smp when
>>>shredder and Fritz and Sjeng used 2 processors and at least shredder and Fritz
>>>were considered to be at similiar level to the king on one processor.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>> Hi Uri
>> It's still my opinion that hardware is overestimated provided the
>> there is not too much difference. Program X losing most of the time
>> on both P3/650 will still not win if it can use a P4/1800.
>> Kurt
>
>I said small surprise and I do not know that shredder or Fritz lose most of the
>time to the king on equal hardware.
>
>I agree that a program that get less than 45% may get still less than 50% with 2
>processors but Fritz or shredder get more than 45% against the king on equal
>hardware.
>
>Uri
OK, that's surely correct.
Kurt
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