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Subject: Re: typical nps on single cpus - 1038 nps/MHz for MacChess 5.01 on G3

Author: Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)

Date: 15:14:16 02/13/00

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On February 13, 2000 at 03:35:50, Will Singleton wrote:

>I am always interested in the nps kibitzed by programs playing on ICC.  You can
>never be sure as to the accuracy, since one can fiddle with the numbers.  But I
>was surprised the other day to see an amateur program getting in excess of 1
>million nps on a 700mhz machine.  Many amateur progs get around 100knps or less.
>
>Just wondering.  Anybody get close to or more than 1000 nps per mhz?
>
>Will

Yes, on a G3/400, MacChess 5.01 averaged 1038 nps/MHz (415,000 nps)
on the first 6 problems from the LCTII at 4.5 minutes/problem,
per my notes.

The engine for MacChess 5.01 is written in assembly language.

Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)
http://dmoz.org/Games/Board_Games/Chess/Software/Macintosh/



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