Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 08:25:26 10/01/03
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On October 01, 2003 at 07:44:03, Peter Skinner wrote: >On October 01, 2003 at 03:11:15, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On September 30, 2003 at 19:44:02, Peter Skinner wrote: >> >>>I think those would be good. >> >>I'd scratch all single-CPU programs. Not having SMP support is likely >>going to be a major problem in a tournament where the average number >>of cpus per program will be way over 2. :) > >Bigger doesn't always mean better. While I am sure Vincent will do well on 500 >processors, but I don't think he is a lock to win because of speed. > >Shredder proved in the past a single processor system can beat the >multi-processor systems. I see it all the time online. I use a single processor >system online and I like longer time controls, usually greater than 90 mins per >side and I win a great number of the games. Do next compare online. Get pocketfritz at a 50Mhz. Now get something 500 times faster ugh, 25Ghz and play with that online against pocketfritz. Oh well even that is not a good compare, pc's too slow for this compare. >I didn't pick your program to place higher than Brutus because of processors. I >picked it due to the strength in longer games. I feel it is one of the best at >tournament time controls. > >Peter.
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