Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:37:21 09/01/99
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On September 01, 1999 at 09:25:12, odell hall wrote: >On September 01, 1999 at 07:35:47, Shep wrote: > >>On September 01, 1999 at 06:11:23, odell hall wrote: >> >>>Hi >>> >>> >>> Is there a huge difference in terms of elo points between rebel 10 on the >>>K6-600 amd and what my system K6-II350 ? The rebel page suggest that the >>>diffence is very minor, 2554 for k6-amd and 2576 for k6600? The reason I am >>>asking is because i am getting a little obssesed with the need to have the >>>strongest program, even though I could not beat rebel on my 486!!! I am >>>wondering if it would really be worth it to upgrade? What's a few rating points? >>>I probally would not notice the difference anyway. I notice also that my rebel >>>found all the moves of schroeders Amdk6 600 in the last grandmaster challenge. >> >>One of the problems of the Rebel benchmark is that current systems are already >>very close to the maximum 2600. Thus the results for the fastest machines are >>probably a little too low compared to the slower ones. >>22 ELO seems a little low for doubling the speed. >>40-60 seems more reasonable even at these high levels. (See also the Louguet >>test suite which gives 40-65 points difference typically). >> >>BTW, if you're thinking about upgrading to the fastest, the Kryotech K7-800 is >>ready for shipping (www.kryotech.com). :-) >> >>--- >>Shep > > >Thanks for the info, I just might order one of those things. I suspect I could >probally get a blitz rating on ICC using CM6555 of over 3500!!! and a standard >rating of well over 2800! 3500 ain't going to happen. There is _no_ way you can beat all computers there at a rate of roughly 24 wins for every loss. 2800 standard is _already_ done.
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