Author: Heinz van Kempen
Date: 07:01:19 01/16/06
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On January 16, 2006 at 09:01:28, Albert Silver wrote: >On January 16, 2006 at 08:33:03, Heinz van Kempen wrote: > >>On January 16, 2006 at 05:43:38, Henrik Dinesen wrote: >> >>>On the "CEGT 40/40 repeated best version > 300 games" >>>Shredder 9 is represented with both deep and normal version. >>>Why is it so, since other engines is only showed in one version (Junior 9, Fritz >>>8)? >>> >>>Regards >>>Henrik >> >>Hi Henrik and Martin, >> >>it was the wish of some CEGT testers to show a deep version and a single version >>in the best version list. There are also two Rybka versions for example with >>64-bit and 32-bit. I will propose to vote about that how it should be handled in >>the future. This can only be done after the new lists this evening. There will >>also be again a pure rating list again showing only single versions with the >>games only played against one another. >> >>For the moment it is also a bit complicated with deep versions, 64-bit and >>32-bit versions and more and more versions clutter up the lists, so proposals >>are always welcome here. >> >>Best Regards >>Heinz > >My only opinion is that the Deep versions should have rigorously the same types >of setups. In other words, even if a version can accept 4 CPUs, but 8 in 10 >testers can only use 2, then the last two should also only test with 2 CPUs. On >a similar note, I would want it to be clear when a Deep Fritz 8 was running on >only 1 CPU. Apart from that, I'd regard them as different versions simply >because the purpose of the list is to answer that eternal question: who is >strongest and where do the others stand in this hierarchy? > >Sure, there are two versions of Rybka (not withstanding the settings), the >32-bit version and the 64-bit version. They both run on the same hardware but >yield different results depending on the OS. I don't mind considering them as >different, though settings are another story. Same with the Deep versions. > > Albert Hi Albert, you can be sure that versions using 1 or 2 CPU will always be kept separately. For 32-bit and 64-bit I am giving separate ratings as long as there is a considerable difference in performance and when my tests give no speed increase or only a bit more speed (less than 10%). Best Regards Heinz
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