Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 19:28:17 10/18/03
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On October 18, 2003 at 19:03:35, Joseph Merolle wrote: >Mike you have been great thanks for the help. I guess you know what will be >under the tree this Christmas. > >Regards Joseph My Christmas came early. I am now playing Game/60 - Pockey Fritz 2 vs Chess Genius 1.5 on the Dell. Pondering in this case must be off. It's not the best way to play a match. It's an interesting game - GC has the advantage , but the win is not clear. > > > > >On October 18, 2003 at 18:11:03, Mike Byrne wrote: > >>On October 18, 2003 at 16:36:09, Joseph Merolle wrote: >> >>>If not is there a way to use it while pluged in? I know i been asking alot of >>>questions about it but i want to cover the bases before purchasing. >> >> >>You can purchase adapters that draw power from the pc, from an outlet or from >>the car. >>> >>>Also asked this before but never understud the answer, with the advanced x5 400 >>>mhz 64 mg sdram where would it fall on the ssdf. Is there a way to highten its >>>play? >> >>My best guess is that it may be between 2450 - 2550 SSDF. But I don't believe >>in adding +200 to SSDF to get to USCF. That is all subjective of course. I do >>know it can play with Genius 3 on P4 1.7 Ghz that is 12x to 16x (or possibly >>more) faster than a P90. Genius 3 on a P90 is rated about 2300 SSDF. If you >>assume doubling is worth 50 points (some people believe it is more, others say >>it is worth less), that would put Genius 3 near 2500 SSDF on P4 1.7 Ghz machine. >> >>On my Dell Axim, I am unable to say which program is strongest - PF2, PGM or >>CGv1.5. They seem to very be close to me. >> >>If you use pondering "on", it will use the battery much faster. This is true >>with any PDA as the processor is going 100% all the time. If you overclock, >>battery charge will go down faster. If you overclock to 120% - expect battery >>life to be reduced by ~20%. Personally I have not played a game at 40/2 without >>it being plugged in so I don't know the answer. If I'm uncertain how long I >>will be before the next charge, I would set pondering "OFF". I have played Game >>30/with pondering on and over clocking to 472 Mhg and the charge went down about >>20%. So I would not expect the Axim to last around 5 hours with procsssor going >>full speed for all 5 hours. For ordinary use, there is hardly a drain at on the >>Axim. They also have longer charge battery for about $60. That may be worth >>getting just for the benifit of having two batteries. My Ipaq and Palm did not >>have replaceable batteries - although I am sure they have versions that do now. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> >>>Thanks buy the way for the huge responce on my last post you guyes are the best >>> >>> >>>Regards Jospeh
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