Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:10:07 07/26/99
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On July 26, 1999 at 21:23:52, odell hall wrote: >Hi CCC > > This is just my impression, I am not claiming to have any facts to back it up, >perhaps someone could shed some information on this topic, It appears to me that >computers are not doing to much better against humans now than they did on >pentium 90 machines. It is clear that in computer vs computer games processor >speed plays a very large role, against humans I don't think this is as true. For >example Back in "84" pentium 90 genius 3 was beating supergrandmasters at >game\30 on a regular basis, Now that we have pentium 500 the computers seem to >be doing slightly better. Genius 3 on pentium 500 would no doubt slaughter >Genius 3 on a pent 90, but against humans we may see only a 20-30 pt difference >if that? I am nuts? opinions welcome. I am running such a test on ICC. scrappy = 1/2 the speed of crafty.. same programs (except scrappy has a few missing egtbs to test the new 'missing egtb' code more thoroughly. watch their ratings... this will show what 2x faster does, over time...
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