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Subject: Re: Novag Diamond, over rated?

Author: Peter Hegger

Date: 09:15:28 11/04/99

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On November 04, 1999 at 06:47:47, Luis E. Cabral M. wrote:

>I think, from what I heard in a few days, ( and it works) that if you set
>your Diamond at level 8 in tournaments, ext on, hash on, book on, pas on
>and act on you wont have any chance to win or draw it.
>
>On the other hand, if you are an International Master or above may be
>you' have the chance.
>
>Is it Diamond or Diamond II? Bear in mind that Diamond II is an upgrade of
>Diamond.
>Luis

The computer I purchased is the "Diamond 1". I have it on all the highest
settings except for level 8 tournament, which I find takes too long to move.
Another poster pointed out the ssdf ratings for several Novag models and I'm
pretty sure that mine is #104 on the list with a rating of 2090. This of course
is almost 300 points lower than the advertised action rating of 2383 stated by
the CRA.(computer rating agency). I suppose it's likely that there could be a
300 point gap between G/30 and 40/2 but I assumed that a difference like that
would only be seen in blitz versus 40/20.
In all fairness to the Diamond though, once I played it for a while and got to
know its weaknesses, my results improved alot.
I also have "Rebel decade 2.0" on my pc (a 166MMX 32 Mb. ram) and it mops the
floor with the Diamond time after time regardless of levels.
Regards,
Peter




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