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Subject: Re: What will be a rating difference between different computers, same prog?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 11:14:34 09/16/05

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On September 16, 2005 at 12:52:13, Êèðèëë Îñåëåäåö wrote:

>Hi, I am curious how much stronger a faster computer will be for the same
>program. Is there any formula for a program rating change depending on the
>system?

A rough rule of thumb is 50-70 Elo for each doubling of CPU speed.

But there is a lot of debate as to how well the rule holds, especially at
extreme depths.

So you would really have to carefully test to know the answer.



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