Author: Timothy J. Frohlick
Date: 22:23:52 10/14/99
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On October 14, 1999 at 23:26:57, Dennis A. Bourgerie wrote: > Just wondering? If I have a 133 Mhz Pentium with 16 MB ram and I allow 3 >minutes per move, will I get the same result as running a 400 Mhz Pentium with >64 MB ram for 1 minute. Is the relationship 3 to 1 because the processor speeds >are roughly 3 to 1. It's probably not that simple. How long do I have to run >the 133 Mhz to get the same result as running a 400 Mhz computer? (Assume that >both computers are running the same program, for example Rebel 10). The real reason that you are getting the faster computer is to speed up the game play. A tripling of speed would be 100 elo points. That means you would win more games on the slower machine. What you would notice is a better played end game with the faster machine--especially if you had a gigabyte of SDRAM to enable the six man tablebases; provided that the program uses tablebases. I have a game called World Champion Checkers by Gil Dodgen on my 133Mhz PII with 32MB of RAM . It has six men tablebases and announces a win in 80 to 90 moves in two seconds or less. Checkers doesn't need as much RAM for a given number of men on the board because of the lesser number of combinations. I have never beat it. One disadvantage to getting more RAM is the cost and the higher probability of cosmic ray hit interference. As RAM becomes faster you will have to throw out all the old stuff anyway. In short, I think that you will be quite pleased with the game play of Rebel 10 on a Pentium 133Mhz. I would recommend at least 32 to 64MB of RAM however. Tim Frohlick
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