Author: Chuck
Date: 09:39:26 07/16/99
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On July 16, 1999 at 05:56:28, Paulo Soares wrote: >On July 16, 1999 at 01:51:01, Tina Long wrote: > >>On July 15, 1999 at 21:04:39, Chuck wrote: >> >>>On July 15, 1999 at 20:52:37, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: >>> >>>[snip] >>> >>>> >>>>According to the formula for Fritz, the amount of megs for hash tables should be >>>>144 at 40/2 and on a 400MHz processor. This formula is stated in the manual for >>>>Fritz, and I would say that 64 megs is quite insufficient at your time control >>>>and processor speed. >>>> >>>>Regards, >>>>Mel >>> >>>So what? It is not the publics' fault that Fritz was programmed with such >>>specific hardware limitations (that it's search is so affected by less than >>>gargantuan hash tables). IMO, to fairly test 2 chess engines they should be >>>running on equal hardware, i.e., uniform platforms. And the hardware should be >>>relatively top-notch but commercially available and reasonably affordable. It >>>should NOT cater to the specific desires of 1 programmer so he can tweak his >>>engine for the match. This is exactly why Fritz is not the best choice for most >>>chess program purchasers, because it slows way down when it runs out of >>>megabytes of memory. >>> >>>Chuck >>Rubbish, >>Hash or no hash Fritz still plays extremely strong. >>It will search quicker & a BIT deeper with the optimum hash. >>Who are you to say Fritz is not the best choice for purchasers? >>It's number one on ssdf http://home3.swipnet.se/~w-36794/ssdf/ with 64 meg RAM! >> >>Hi guys >>Tina Long > >Uau!!! Wise words, Tina. > >Paulo Soares Yes, you are mostly right. I wouldn't say Fritz is a bad choice, I just don't think it's the best choice for a general user. 1) Their primary design goals are for winning major comp-comp matchups and 2) if you want to improve or evaluate the openings you play, you want super-deep analysis and as much knowledge as possible..Hiarcs is probably a better choice (though I would always recommend using at least 2 programs). The Chessbase interfaces are very good for this because they'll give you the top several lines and evaluations at once. But my main point was the hardware issue. All programs should expect to play games on equal hardware, and if this is the case, no one should complain. Rebel doesn't specify that you should boot to DOS to run it in comp-comp games, even though this would surely speed it up about 10%.
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