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Subject: Re: Opinions? A Crafty experiment...

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 11:12:10 05/24/04

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On May 24, 2004 at 14:09:56, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On May 24, 2004 at 12:56:56, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>On May 24, 2004 at 12:29:04, Russell Reagan wrote:
>>
>>>On May 24, 2004 at 12:06:46, Slater Wold wrote:
>>>
>>>>In a thread below, there is a post about Blargh, ICCs top computer.  It has won
>>>>60% of its games at standard time controls, and only lost 16% in almost 3,000
>>>>games!
>>>>
>>>>I am interested to know the OoO (opinion of outcome) of EVERYONE at the
>>>>following experiment, I will be in contact with the operator of Blargh, and will
>>>>try to set this up.
>>>>
>>>>Crafty 19.13 on an AMD FX53 (64-bit) vs Shredder 8 on a Dual Opteron 2.2Ghz
>>>>(32-bit)
>>>>
>>>>10 game match.  120/0.
>>>>
>>>>Opinions?
>>>
>>>Crafty on equal hardware probably doesn't stand a realistic chance against
>>>Shredder. Only Fritz scores at least 45% against Shredder on the latest SSDF.
>>>Junior and Hiarcs score at least 40%. Crafty would be behind those engines on
>>>equal hardware by a non-trivial margin (take the Junior-Crafty 10x experiment
>>>for example).
>>
>>OoO please...
>>
>>>What is interesting about a Shredder-Crafty match where Crafty is at a hardware
>>>_disadvantage_?
>>>
>>>BTW, that really explains a lot about why he is #1 on ICC. You have a freakin'
>>>FX53 and you're at a hardware disadvantage! Wow...
>>
>>It's a disadvantage, but a small one.  How small?
>
>It is at least 2x disadvantage.
>
>You did notice that box is a _dual_???

Dual.  And 32-bit.

>Shredder has an SMP version which I would assume he is using...
>
>>Crafty on a 2.2Ghz Opteron in 32-bit gets about 1.5M NPS.  With a 1.89 speedup,
>>we get 2.8M nps.  My FX53 (64-bit) will do 2.6M.  It's at a 8% HW disadvantage.
>>
>>8% means nothing in a 120/0 game.
>
>Where are those numbers coming from?
>
>
>Crafty on a 2.2ghz opteron gets >2M on linux with GCC.  With windows it is
>closer to 2.3M on a single opteron CPU...

My 2.4Ghz FX doesn't get 2.3M 32-bit.  Where are you getting these numbers?



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