Author: Melvin S. Schwartz
Date: 08:24:22 05/30/99
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On May 30, 1999 at 04:22:59, Micheal Cummings 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 Regardless, Hiarcs 6 is outdated by Hiarcs 7 and 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 > >Mel you must be new here, this is an old topic. Simply put when the calculations >are done. Hiarcs6 has played many games, and they know how strong it is on a >P90. So just because Nimzo99 is beating it easily, say for i9nstance 20:5 for >Nimzo99 over Hiarcs6, when the calulations are done, it might end up hurting >Nimzo99, cause it should have beaten it say 20:2 to actually gain any points >improvements. So it may actually lose points beating the program 20:5. Hello Micheal I still disagree. When you say they know of the variables associated with playing programs on processors of different speeds, I see conclusions based on speculation. How accurate is their theory of applying value to A versus B on slow versus fast processors? It is in my opinion still speculation. I feel testing software must be done on equal terms to get meaningful results. I don't like to use the hypothetical when reality exists. It is not impossible to do testing with computers of equal strength. > >You have a point, but in the end it all works out pretty close. Close maybe but it's still not the best way to compare software. > >Kasparov taking on a player ranked around 2000 elo, will not improve his ranking >say if he beats someone around 2700, then it will. > >So just because it is on slower hardware, and the other is killing it, does not >mean that the winning program is going to get great points improvement. The amount of points you speak of is of a hypothetical nature. If you like comparing software with A at B speed and C at D speed, then we just simply disagree. Regards, Mel >Regards > >Micheal
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