Author: Micheal Cummings
Date: 16:52:40 01/05/99
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On January 05, 1999 at 14:56:43, John Merlino wrote: >On January 05, 1999 at 12:45:31, D Ridge wrote: > >>Greetings >>Can anyone help me with these three questions regarding CM5000 & 6000? >> >>1) Does CM5000 and/or CM6000 take advantage of higher resolution capabilities of >>a 17 inch monitor or is it simply a bigger picture? Yes it does take advantage of higher resolutions, eg 640x480, 800x600 etc >> >>2) I am well familiar with the additional features of CM6000 over CM5000 but can >>anyone tell me if 6000 actually plays any stronger? There has not been enough testing done on this, so at the moment it does range a bit, but I think maybe 100 points better. that is what mindscaqpe think >> >>3) How much disc space does a full installation of CM6000 take? Full instillation takes about 440 MB, not over one 1GB. It does state this either in the manual or in the instillation process. >> >>Thanks >>Dave > >Here's your answers: >1) Both Chessmaster 5000 and 6000 are 256-color applications only. Higher >resolutions will only give you more room for the support windows. > >2) It is believed, through several tournaments that have been played here and >elsewhere between CM6000 and other computer chess programs, that CM6000 plays >anywhere from 50 to 150 rating points better than CM5000. The highest rating >that I've seen for it (with a top-end processor) is around 2650. > >3) A FULL installation? Well, it's a 2-CD application, and, if you want >EVERYTHING on your hard drive, it's well over 1 GB. The TYPICAL installation is >only 45 MB, and the setup program allows customization of which portions of the >program (apart from the tutorials, which are on CD 2) that you want to install. > >jm
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