Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 08:16:22 05/29/99
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On May 29, 1999 at 10:09:02, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: > >I don't understand how you can seriously give credence to this match when you >are running Nimzo on superior hardware. The advantage of Nimzo on a Pentium 200 >MMX is not to be taken lightly. Regardless, Hiarcs 6 is outdated by Hiarcs 7 and >the Hash tables in Hiarcs 7 is much higher than what you listed for Hiarcs 6. My >main point is that when testing chess programs, you should test them on the SAME >type of computer. > >Regards, >Mel No, he shouldn't. He should report the speed of the processor and the version of the software, just as he has. "Hiarcs 6, P90", "Hiarcs 7, P200MMX", and "Hiarcs 7, K2-450" are all different entities that can be expected to have significantly different ratings. That a newer hardware/software combination exists does not make it invalid or even useless to assess the strength of an older one. Dave
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