Author: Melvin S. Schwartz
Date: 10:00:48 06/01/99
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On May 31, 1999 at 20:06:48, Manuel J. Petit de Gabriel wrote: > >On May 31, 1999 at 19:33:28, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: > > >>best. As for ratings, I also believe testing programs on equal hardware is the >>optimum way to achieve the most accurate results. > >The question then could be, on what hardware? > >There are a lot of knowledgable here than can correct me if I'm wrong, >but I think that the relative strength of engines is dependant on >the box you run them. Program A can be better than program B when running >on a given computer, but when run on a box twice as fast program B can be >stronger. > >I feel that root processors will lose relative strength to programs that >does full evaluations at the end of the search when the CPU speed is doubled. >Am I right? Or am I missing something? > > >manuel, Hi Manuel! When I speak of comparing program A against program B on equal hardware - I am referring to running both programs on identical computers! Mel
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