Author: CLiebert
Date: 16:02:11 02/05/00
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On February 05, 2000 at 13:05:47, Christophe Theron wrote: >On February 05, 2000 at 06:21:59, CLiebert wrote: > >>> >>>>First of all let me say that my testing method is not for those of us who have >>>>several fast computers for their games. I have one 200MMX only. >>>> >>>>Both programs are put in equally bad, but constant, conditions. >> >>This isn´t true. For example playing hiarcs against fritz with 16mb ram/ht >>is not the same. fritz suffers much more using small tables than hiarcs. The >>same case in a smaller way with tiger and the faster junior which needs more Ht >>s. I assume that tiger is a litte bit in favour playing under these conditions >> >>Christian > > >Fair testing is about giving each program the same amount of RESOURCE. > >That means same CPU, and same amount of RAM, amongst other things. On principle you are right. >If a program performs less well than its opponent with the same amount of RAM, >that's a design flaw. Why would you reward this program by giving it more hash >tables? > >So Didzis is right: the programs are in equally bad conditions. Ok. But I think these conditions are not suitable today. 60m/Games with 16 MB RAM ... >Anyway, double the amount of hash tables for both programs, and all you'll see >is that their relative playing strength remains constant. Are you sure about it? That´s the main question: does an in/decrease of ht s has the same effect to every program (I would assume: no) ! Christian
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