Author: John Merlino
Date: 12:13:26 03/17/04
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On March 17, 2004 at 13:22:35, Graham Banks wrote: >On March 17, 2004 at 12:35:08, John Merlino wrote: > >> >>It's really a question of how you decide if these custom settings are "better" >>or not. Under the parameters of the tests (which typically involve a specific >>time control on specific hardware), almost invariably the custom settings >>perform better than the default. I don't think people would be posting their >>results if they were not noticeably better than the default under the same >>situation. >> >>But, most of the time, these new settings perform no better than (or sometimes >>even worse) than the default settings on significantly different hardware with >>significantly different time controls (tournament vs. blitz, for example). So >>that is why most of these new settings come with caveats that make it clear that >>the settings are only for certain situations. >> >>The default settings are designed to be as good as possible for the hugely >>divergent hardware and gaming requirements of the hundreds of thousands of >>Chessmaster users. Obviously, then, there must be some way to make minor (or >>even significant) improvements if all you are concerned about is maximizing the >>strength of the engine on YOUR computer and with YOUR favorite time control. > >Hi John, >I'm well aware of what you're pointing out. However, it's highly unlikely that >the default settings are the very best even taking such considerations into >account. This is true. What I was saying is that, given any SPECIFIC choice of hardware and time control, you can almost certainly find a setting that performs better than the default. However, given the test set of ALL possible hardware that our users might have, and ALL possible time controls that a user might (reasonably) like to use, the default settings are believed to be the best. Go ahead and prove me wrong. :-) jm
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