Any first impressions friends about the new DF14? What are the changes regarding the GUI and/or the Engine style?
Please care to elaborate?
For those of you who have bought it via download - it is available online - is it a good idea to get the box or better to d/l? AFAIK there was no difference before but since this is a new product the packaging may have changed?
First Impressions (Deep Fritz 14)?
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Re: First Impressions (Deep Fritz 14)?
The GUI is unchanged other than the fact it already contains the patches published over the past year. The overall package contents are the new engine, the updated database, and the new opening book by Alexander Kure.Mithu wrote:Any first impressions friends about the new DF14? What are the changes regarding the GUI and/or the Engine style?
Please care to elaborate?
For those of you who have bought it via download - it is available online - is it a good idea to get the box or better to d/l? AFAIK there was no difference before but since this is a new product the packaging may have changed?
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Re: First Impressions (Deep Fritz 14)?
Albert Silver wrote:The GUI is unchanged other than the fact it already contains the patches published over the past year. The overall package contents are the new engine, the updated database, and the new opening book by Alexander Kure.Mithu wrote:Any first impressions friends about the new DF14? What are the changes regarding the GUI and/or the Engine style?
Please care to elaborate?
For those of you who have bought it via download - it is available online - is it a good idea to get the box or better to d/l? AFAIK there was no difference before but since this is a new product the packaging may have changed?
I don't think this is accurate. The new GUI is offered in 64-bit which is apparently required by the 64-bit version of new engine by mr. Horvath. I have already hit snags with it running engine matches which did not occur with the previous version. I agree that functionally it seems equivalent (at least in intetent).
Please note that new 64-bit engine won't run in an older CB GUI which I find annoying (as it is possible to run any 64-bit UCI engine there).
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Re: First Impressions (Deep Fritz 14)?
Any feeling about Fr_andix?
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Hi what problems have you had with engine matches
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Re: First Impressions (Deep Fritz 14)?
Occasional crashes in matches against stable engines. I don't think I had a single crash in matches between DF12/DF13 against engines like Shredder 12 or Zappa. In my early tests under DF14 GUI I got the GUI to crash a few times in the first week of testing. I stress that it is sporadic.Hurnavich wrote:Hi what problems have you had with engine matches
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You should send them an email they may work on a patch update
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Any idea if the GUI alone (of course not the 64-bit Pandix engine) runs on a 32-bit system, in particular with the previous Fritz and 32-bit UCI engines?Albert Silver wrote:The GUI is unchanged other than the fact it already contains the patches published over the past year.
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There are both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of the GUI>
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Thank you my dear friends for all the helpful responses! Unfortunately they are throwing a lot more questions whether I must buy it or not!Albert Silver wrote: The GUI is unchanged other than the fact it already contains the patches published over the past year. The overall package contents are the new engine, the updated database, and the new opening book by Alexander Kure.
Which means that I will never be able to run DF14 in F13 GUI? Have you tried it in CB12?kasinp wrote: I don't think this is accurate. The new GUI is offered in 64-bit which is apparently required by the 64-bit version of new engine by mr. Horvath. I have already hit snags with it running engine matches which did not occur with the previous version. I agree that functionally it seems equivalent (at least in intetent).
Please note that new 64-bit engine won't run in an older CB GUI which I find annoying (as it is possible to run any 64-bit UCI engine there).
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THAT is a serious problem for me now.