Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 08:09:17 09/04/05
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On September 04, 2005 at 06:58:52, Christos Gitsis wrote: >On September 03, 2005 at 18:34:20, Peter Skinner wrote: > >>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 > >Oh, no, I only have 32-bit Windows. I forgot to mention that. > >Christos Possibly this is just one of those cases where YMMV applies. I will bench them all again and see what happens. Peter
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