Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 16:01:09 06/14/99
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On June 14, 1999 at 17:20:46, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: > >On June 14, 1999 at 00:15:00, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On June 13, 1999 at 23:44:04, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: >> >>> >>>On June 13, 1999 at 18:53:37, Tomas Casanovas Martinez wrote: >>> >>>>...sorry, Mel. I forgot to say that both programmes play with 32 M. hash tables. >>> >>>Tomas, >>> >>>If you read the Fritz manual, you should know the formula for HT size. 32 megs >>>for Fritz is less than half what he needs on your processor. Fritz needs more >>>than 72 megs on your hardware if you're testing at 40/2? I forgot to look back >>>but if you're testing at 40/2, then that's another problem besides using the >>>wrong book. >>> >>>Mel >> >>Let's keep things straight here: it's a problem with Fritz, not his computer. > >Hello Dave, > >He is reporting a test result between two programs. I believe that when you are >taking the responsibility of testing and reporting, you shouldn't mislead people >with results based on unfair testing. If you don't mind looking at test results AFAIK he hasn't misled anyone. Just because the manual says "use 144 megs for a hash table when playing at 40/2" doesn't make the recommendation any less ridiculous. You can't blindly bow to everything that you read. >done under his kind of disregard for proper things like the HT size or proper >book (I've seen a test result here where someone was using Hiarcs 7.32 book for >both Hiarcs and Fritz) well, if you want to encourage this kind of testing and >reporting, that is your perogative. However, I don't see it, as you stated >above, a problem with Fritz - I see it as a problem with the tester! > >Regards, >Mel >>For instance: Fritz is playing the GMs on a quad machine with 4 gigs of ram. >>I'm sure that in 10 years we'll all think that 4 gigs is peanuts, but today the >>story is different. Meanwhile, those of us in reality with a limited paycheque >>will notice that other chess software doesn't ask for a similar amount of >>memory, and send the complaints to where they belong. >> >>Dave Dave
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