Author: paul bedrey
Date: 09:28:15 08/30/05
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On August 30, 2005 at 12:06:38, Albert Silver wrote: >On August 30, 2005 at 11:32:00, paul bedrey wrote: > >>On August 30, 2005 at 10:18:36, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On August 30, 2005 at 09:52:40, Joachim Rang wrote: >>> >>>>On August 30, 2005 at 09:33:02, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >>>> >>>>>On August 30, 2005 at 09:16:14, paul bedrey wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On August 30, 2005 at 09:09:25, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On August 30, 2005 at 08:48:38, paul bedrey wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On August 30, 2005 at 07:59:50, Shaley wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Of course, the Hydra's hardware seems to be more powerful, so I think this match >>>>>>>>>will be a win for Hydra with some score advantage, may be 1-1.5 points. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>At least according to Walter Eigenmann latest list. After 512 games its rated at >>>>>>>>2864 and S9 at 2702. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Where are those 512 games, no doubt played under valid conditions? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>-- >>>>>>>GCP >>>>>> >>>>>>I believe all games can be downloaded from his site. Beware its a database of >>>>>>277,000 games. I too was wondering where they were played. Since people have >>>>>>mentioned playing Hydra online I assumed that the games were stored somewhere. >>>>> >>>>>Online play? So essentially this list is all different hardwares?? >>>>> >>>>>What a joke... >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>GCP >>>> >>>> >>>>but a good one. It seems to reflect the overall playing strength rather well. >>>> >>>>regards Joachim >>> >>>No >>> >>>I guess that Deep Shredder9 on 4 processors is significantly stronger than >>>Shredder9 on the same machine but the list does not reflect it. >>> >>>Uri >> >>And what if Deep Shredder 9 was played using only one processor? I seem to >>recall that Deep Junior 8 scored lower than Junior 8 on the SSDF list. >> >>Paul > >Frankly, I can't even begin to understand such testing. You take an engine that >has been especially modified to run on a multiple CPU environment, and >deliberately make it play on one CPU, and expect to draw conclusions from this? >Might as well test Deep Junior running on a 4-way box, and plain vanilla >single-CPU Shredder also running on a 4-way box, and claim that Shredder (not >Deep) doesn't play especially well with 4 CPUs. > >To put it bluntly, it's retarded. > > Albert I agree. I don't know why someone would purchase a Deep anything unless they had at least a dual. It seems to me that in the case of Deep Shredder that its a waste of 604 games... but the SSDF has been doing this for years so there is a precedent. I don't think they (SSDF) test without the authors permision (I'm not positive though) so if the author does not object why should I. Apparently the author is relying on the publics common sense to see the flaw in logic and treat the results with a grain of salt. Paul
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