Author: Hans Christian Lykke
Date: 12:06:14 05/29/99
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On May 29, 1999 at 14:05:29, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: > >On May 29, 1999 at 11:16:22, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>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 Regardless, Hiarcs 6 is outdated by Hiarcs 7 and 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. > >If you support this kind of testing, good luck on trying to get meaningful >evaluations. I think you're getting into more of a hypothetical circumstance >here with uneven testing. > > >>"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. > >I believe Nimzo 99 is a newer program than Hiarcs 6. If that is the case, it >would futher support uneven testing. How many people would be interested in how >Hiarcs 6 does against..as opposed to Hiarcs 7 against...?. Furthermore, who is >still selling Hiarcs 6??? > >I'm not saying there is absolutely no purpose in testing outdated software, but >rather time and testing could be put to better use. > I have two P200MMX computers and one P90 Sometimes I use one of the P200 to other things than playing SSDF games. To get more SSDF games, I then play P200 against P90. I will continue that way, no matter what you say. Venlig hilsen Hans Chr. Lykke http://home3.inet.tele.dk/hclykke/
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