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Re: Speedometer Results Overrated?
In article <4e1aoj$ji8@news.voicenet.com>,
chessman@voicenet.com (ChessMan) wrote:
>Although Speedometer makes it look like that Executor is running at say -- 25
>mhz 68040 speed on a 90 mhz pentium - other CPU intensive programs may not
>fare as well. I got MACCHESS 2.0 to run (quite well) on Executor and for the
>same settings and position, it took MACCHESS almost 3x as long on Executor to
>arrive at the same result - 124 seconds to 43 seconds for my Daystar
>accelerated 68040 40 mhz IIvx. Indicating a comparable speed of 14-15 mhz
>68040. Still impressive for an emulation program, but not quite as
impressive
>as some of the Speedometer results.
>
>Mike B.
For those would like to perform the same test, the settings were:
New game Position
Black & White mode
Level - 8 ply
Opening book off
Make the move h2h4 and time how long the response is:
The program will analyse 550,000 chess positions and then makes it move . My
times for this are stated above. I obtained my best times in 'REAL DOS' mode.
Mike B.
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