Author: Albert Silver
Date: 14:49:05 09/16/05
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On September 16, 2005 at 14:14:34, Dann Corbit wrote:
>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.
I would have guessed less than that based on both the SSDF and the results on
diminishing returns. Right now I am guessing that 1 extra ply brings about
roughly 50-60 elo, if that much, and that it takes about 2.5x speed to achieve
that, if one presumes a branching factor of 2.5.
Albert
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