Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:23:51 01/13/06
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On January 13, 2006 at 17:07:23, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 13, 2006 at 15:11:43, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On January 13, 2006 at 13:34:52, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> >>>On January 13, 2006 at 11:46:19, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On January 13, 2006 at 03:52:34, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >>>> >>>>>On January 13, 2006 at 01:07:52, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Did someone test this? >>>>>> >>>>>>A. Ponti >>>>> >>>>>I saw CEGT is now testing dual programs and had Shredder 9.12x64 SMP on top of >>>>>the ratingslist (but with few games). >>>>> >>>>>I hope they can more as it will be interesting to see the actual ELO gain from >>>>>SMP. >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>GCP >>>> >>>> >>>>I don't see why it would be any different at all, than just comparing to a CPU >>>>that is X times faster, since that is all SMP does. I'd expect my dual 2.8 to >>>>be about as fast as a single 5ghz processor, assuming everything else (memory, >>>>cache, processor internals, etc) are identical... >>> >>>Bugs. >>> >>>-- >>>GCP >> >> >>I ignore that angle. As bugs could come in any flavor, including a non-SMP >>program... > >Of course bugs can also be in non smp programs but there are bugs that are only >in smp version so the only way to know how much smp version is stronger is to >test the smp version and not to test faster processor that you believe to be the >same. > >I can add that different programs get different speed improvements from 2 >processors. > >Uri That's certainly true enough. But if you allow the existance of bugs, then no comparison is possible. I've played enough games with my program to know that it doesn't do strange things. If someone shows up with an untested program, who cares how it does. I've seen non-SMP programs do bizarre things due to a lack of testing as well. But allowing that into the discussion negates everything.
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