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Subject: Re: Comp vs Comp

Author: James Robertson

Date: 08:08:18 04/15/99

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On April 15, 1999 at 10:55:10, Steve Coladonato wrote:

>I have noticed that many computer chess tournaments are run on differing CPU's.
>I don't understand how the results of ProgramX runnning on a P200 against
>ProgramY running on a P90 are meaningful.  I think the hardware environment
>affects the results quite substantially.  For example, given Fritz5 running on a
>486 66mz and Fritz5 running on a Pentium 450, I would think that a game analysis
>done on the Pentium 450 at 30 seconds per move would be more thorough than a
>game analysis done on the 486 at 3 minutes per move.
>
>Am I way off here?

If the only difference is speed, then yes.

James



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