Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 13:24:32 09/08/03
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On September 08, 2003 at 16:19:06, Bruce A Rhoades wrote: >"In other words, Fritz 5.32 will always play the same on a P90 so we can >reproduce the results. > >What do you expect the results to mean?" > > Perhaps that's what I don't understand. The SSDF listing appears to indicate >for instance: > > Fritz 6 running on xyz pentium 1 cpu > Shredder 7 running on wxy pentium 111 cpu > > etc. > > If the programs are not running on PC's with the same >configuration/capabilities how can the SSDF list makes sense? Because there is no other way to do it that makes sense. For instance, the above rating would tell you a rough expectation for: Fritz 6 running on xyz pentium 1 cpu running against Shredder 7 running on wxy pentium 111 cpu using an autoplayer. Nothing more, nothing less. Will we throw out 99% of the useful data when a new CPU comes out? That is simply absurd. Every strength rating is a combination of program+hardware+timecontrol+playmode along with any other relevant conditions. You cannot extrapolate it to any other condition set (except as a non-mathematical but perhaps reasonable guess). The programs with the most games played produce the most accurate data for calibrations.
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