Author: Uri Blass
Date: 03:01:13 03/15/04
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On March 15, 2004 at 05:34:36, Harald Faber wrote: >On March 15, 2004 at 01:30:55, Kurt Utzinger wrote: > >>Hi John >>Comparing the results: >>CM9 vs Tao 5.6 (ponder=off) 13,5-6,5 >>CM9 vs Tao 5.6 (ponder=on) 15,0-5,0 >>we see (as usual) no significant difference as far as results are concerned >>whether playing with ponder on/off and that's why I do no longer see any >>reason to use two PC's for computer matches. True, the games are not the >>same but this "disadvantage" is overcompensated by the fact that you can >>play much more games with two computers. And in this way you have statistically >>spoken more reliable results. >>Kurt > >A) It is well-known that CM uses clearly more than 50% of the CPU. So when pb-on >and pb-off do not make any difference in CPU usage of about 90% by theKing, I do >not see why Tao could/should perform better with pb. It is not well known and I guess that it is dependent on the opponent and the conditions that you test. I do not know if CM used more than 50% of the CPU in the relevant test. The better result of Tao with ponder off suggests that CM did not use more than 50% of the cpu with ponder off. Uri
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