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Subject: Re: Will I be able to finsh a 40 /2 game witth a Dell Axim x5 on its battery

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.
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>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.


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>On October 18, 2003 at 18:11:03, Mike Byrne wrote:
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>>On October 18, 2003 at 16:36:09, Joseph Merolle wrote:
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>>>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.
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>>You can purchase adapters that draw power from the pc, from an outlet or from
>>the car.
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>>>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?
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>>Thanks buy the way for the huge responce on my last post you guyes are the best
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>>>Regards Jospeh



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