Author: Aaron Tay
Date: 10:25:59 10/15/03
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On October 15, 2003 at 11:11:34, Peter Skinner wrote: >On October 15, 2003 at 10:23:56, Thorsten Czub wrote: > >>it is as old as computerchess, we were able to measure it in the old times >>of dedicated chess computers, and it has IMO not changed on the PC: >> >>chess programs do profit from time DIFFERENT. >> >>some are better on fast levels. others are better on slow time controls. >> >>As far as i remember there are only a few people outside believing that >>the programs strength is linear increasing function concerning time controls / >>cpu-speed. > >In Chess Tiger's case I have matched it against itself using two different sets >of hardware to see how well it scaled. > >I used a PIII 900 vs a PIV 2.6 Ghz. The match of 200 blitz games ended in a dead >draw. The reason I did the test was that I have used Tiger since version 11.9, >and my hardware gets upgraded atleast once a year. I have noticed no rating >difference while playing online when using different hardware. > >Other programs like Crafty, Ruffian, Gandalf do indeed profit more from better >hardware. I just don't think that Tiger is one of them. This could possibly be >the reason for Christophe's thoughts on the time control difference. >Peter. The last doesn't make sense, if Tiger does not gain from time control differences, but it's opponents do, then Tiger's relative performace would vary, and Christophe would indeed notice :)
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