Author: Peter Berger
Date: 11:51:49 02/10/05
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On February 10, 2005 at 14:04:35, Anthony Cozzie wrote: >On February 10, 2005 at 13:40:42, Peter Berger wrote: > >>On February 09, 2005 at 22:58:34, Mike Byrne wrote: >> >>>The dual Opteron 244 is still in process of being built. The company has >>>promised me that it will be overnighted tomorrow - to arrive on Friday. Little >>>time left for testing.,etc. >>> >>>So at this point in time, the Crafty Classic code has not been optimized for 64 >>>bits. Fortunately, I have received two different Crafty 19.18 Xp Pro 64 >>>compiliations for running Crafty (thanks to both kind souls) and I have the Win >>>Pro 64 OS installation disk (downloaded from MS) ready to go. So far , I know >>>one of the 64 bit execuables will do 3.1M+/nps on the Crafty bench test in the >>>planned configuration. The other 64 bit executable could be faster or slower, >>>but at this time it is not tested. >>> >>>My tests comparing 19.18 to Crafty Classic shows that 19.18 is stronger than >>>Classic , so it is likely I will go with stock Crafty 19.18 64-bit with just >>>some of my favorite Crafty parameter settings. (will be revealed until after >>>tournament ends). >>> >>>I do not want to think about plan b should the box not ship tomorrow or should >>>it not work. Although all reports are that the latest Win Xp Pro 64 is one of >>>the most stabled OS betas ever in MS history. >>> >>>Isn't living life on the edge grand... >> >>Just a tip: don't forget that you have to build new opening books on the >>Opteron. The 32-bit books are not compatible, but it is not obvious at first >>sight, because they *kind of* work (only content is completely screwed up :) ). >> >>Peter > >Does this mean Crafty will run with a special Berger Book? > >anthony Nope. It was just a reminder for Mike (or anyone using 64bit OS and Crafty) to not forget to rebuild whatever opening book he has prepared for the event. I like the term "special Berger Book" ;) Cheers Peter
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