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Subject: Re: Gandalf 6 Test ends with 6.5-13.5 vs. Shredder 8 (German)

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 09:32:30 01/02/05

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On January 02, 2005 at 12:06:24, Thomas Lagershausen wrote:

>On January 02, 2005 at 11:43:59, Harald Faber wrote:
>
>>On January 02, 2005 at 09:31:12, Thomas Lagershausen wrote:
>>
>>>On January 02, 2005 at 09:19:07, Harald Faber wrote:
>>>
>>>>Moin,
>>>>gegen Shredder 8 gab es wie gegen Junior 9 nichts zu bestellen f�r Gandalf.
>>>>Erneut ein klares 6.5-13.5 lassen Gandalf den 120-Partien-Test mit 52.5 Punkten
>>>>(=43.75%) beenden.
>>>>
>>>>Partien wie immer auf meiner Homepage http://www.harald-faber.de
>>>>
>>>>Gandalf 6 auf dem Celeron 1539MHz 200MB hash, permanent brain an und eigenes
>>>>Buch.
>>>>Shredder 8 auf dem XP1800+ mit 192MB hash, permanent brain an und eigenem Buch.
>>>>
>>>>Bedenkzeit: 2 Stunden pro Spieler pro Partie.
>>>
>>>Wird die Hardware noch getauscht in diesem Test?
>>
>>
>>No, the hardware will not be switched, the test is complete.
>>
>>
>>>F�r Gandalf, ProDeo, King ist z.B. ein Celeron 2,4 Ghz nicht einmal halb so
>>>schnell wie ein Athlon 2200+.
>>>
>>>TL
>>
>>
>>All my former comparisons show that the XP1800+ (=1533MHz) is <= 10% faster than
>>the Celeron 1400, running on 1539MHz. Since several months I do not test the
>>difference with all programs, so I did not compare Gandalf 6.
>>Maybe, when I am in a good manner and you tell me how to compare them with only
>>small efforts, I might do it.
>
>Well, you switch your thread to english . Ok i will reply in english. As i
>pointed out before programs like Gandalf, ProDeo and King suffer under the
>architecture of the celeron processor with its small first level cache.


You are absolutely right! I have them running now, Gandalf 6 doing 230knps in
the Celeron, but crushing 260knps on the XP1800+!! This is really a lot! ROFL


>If you can�t change the hardware your tests are meaningless for this programs,
>because experts choose other processors for chess. Sorry for the bad news.
>
>TL


The only bad news is that your opinion is meaningless, not my tests.



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