Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 17:10:29 04/08/99
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On April 08, 1999 at 18:43:30, Peter McKenzie wrote: >I think 2x-3x is much closer to the truth, although I've never tested it - >perhaps its even better than 2x. I'm basing my opinion on the performance of >the java chess program Grok on ICC (by Peter Kappler who would probably partake >in this thread if he were around). I doubt Grok would be able to achieve its >2300+ rating with a 40x speed handicap!! > >Peter Yeah, 40x is way too high. I'd guess that 1.5x is about right, at least for a chess program. This assumes you're using a good JIT (I use Microsoft's). Grok gets around 25knps in a normal middlegame on my K6/300, and I have never been terribly concerned with raw search speed, so with some tweaking it could probably run quite a bit faster. --Peter
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