Author: odell hall
Date: 07:16:48 09/01/99
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On September 01, 1999 at 09:37:21, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. I could do it easily if I limited the program to play only humans, but ofcourse i don't believe in snobbery
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