Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 15:34:20 09/03/05
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On September 03, 2005 at 18:00:41, Christos Gitsis wrote: >On September 03, 2005 at 16:28:08, Peter Skinner wrote: > >>On September 03, 2005 at 15:42:21, Robert Hollay wrote: >> >>> Don't have all Crafty v20.0 versions (DC,PS,BH) identical sources? >>>If yes, then these results only prove how small number of games can be >>>misleading in estimating playing strengths. Especially bad results >>>of Crafty 20.0 BH suprise me, because AFAIK BH's compiles are the fastest >>>around. >>> >>>Robert >> >>Actually I have benched all the different compiles out there, and mine is close >>to 10% faster than all the others. >> >>Dan makes some changes to the code as well for epd files and fen positions I >>think. Maybe that does something to the final build. >> >>I know Bryan used to remove the epd support to gain a speed edge, but I don't >>know if he still does that. >> >>I worked very hard to find the best set of compile options for Crafty with the >>VS Studio 2005 Beta 2 compiler. >> >>All I know if of all the builds, mine is the fastest on my system and many have >>reported the same regarding their systems. And it shows.. the number of >>downloads from my site in 7 days is staggering. >> >>If you look at those numbers from the site you have to remember that I also >>switched from PHP-Nuke 7.8 to 7.6 and had to reset all the stats. So the numbers >>are even larger. 19.20 for instance had almost 250 downloads the first day it >>was released, and then I switched the version number.... >> >>Peter > >Hello Peter, > >On my Athlon 64, Crafty 20.0 BH is 4% faster than the DC and PS versions. > >Regards, >Christos Are you using a 64-bit build? If so that is why it is faster. Peter
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