Spark 0.3a (mp) released

[swami]

Tested a Gcc Compile. It does better.

Spark-0.3a-gcc32-mp
by Allard Siemelink, Holland.

Strategic Test Suite Conditions:

Arena GUI
10 seconds per position
800 positions
Core2Quad 32 bits, Q6600, 2 GB RAM, 2.4GHZ
Engine uses 139 Mb Hash.
Engine uses 2 Cores

Subject-wise Scores:

STS (v1.0) - Undermining:
89/100, Grade: S

STS (v2.1) - Open Files and Diagonals:
77/100, Grade: A

STS (v3.0) - Knight Outposts/Centralization/Repositioning:
82/100, Grade: A+

STS (v4.1) - Square Vacancy:
75/100, Grade: A

STS (v5.0) - Bishop vs Knight:
78/100, Grade: A

STS (v6.0) - Re-Capturing:
78/100, Grade: A

STS (v7.0) - Offer of Simplification:
71/100, Grade: A-

STS (v8.1) - Advancement of f/g/h Pawns:
68/100, Grade: B+

Overall Performance:

Total Score: 618/800

Overall Average: 77.25 %

Grade: A

Regards,
Swami

[alpha123]

Thanks a lot for the MP Spark!

Which version is faster: GCC64 or VC64?

Thanks,
Peter

[DomLeste]

Thanks a lot for the MP Spark!

Which version is faster: GCC64 or VC64?

Thanks,
Peter

Which ever is faster on your PC you use it Pick a position and see the difference between the 2 GCC64 and VC64

[alpha123]

Thanks a lot for the MP Spark!

Which version is faster: GCC64 or VC64?

Thanks,
Peter

Which ever is faster on your PC you use it Pick a position and see the difference between the 2 GCC64 and VC64

The GCC version seems to be faster, thanks . (~2800kN/s vs ~3000kN/s)

Peter

[perejaslav]

The case with me is the reverse
vc64 does it much better

[Graham Banks]

Thanks. - Do you have a Spark 0.3 result for comparison, from the same conditions (except single/dual)?

Might just be bad luck over a small number of games so far, but I am getting worse results for Spark 0.3a than I had for Spark 0.3.

[alpha123]

Thanks. - Do you have a Spark 0.3 result for comparison, from the same conditions (except single/dual)?

Might just be bad luck over a small number of games so far, but I am getting worse results for Spark 0.3a than I had for Spark 0.3.

Which version are you using? GCC or VC? Because the VC version doesn't seem to do so well over here.....

Peter

[Graham Banks]

Thanks. - Do you have a Spark 0.3 result for comparison, from the same conditions (except single/dual)?

Might just be bad luck over a small number of games so far, but I am getting worse results for Spark 0.3a than I had for Spark 0.3.

Which version are you using? GCC or VC? Because the VC version doesn't seem to do so well over here.....

Peter

I'm using the GCC version.

[alpha123]

Thanks. - Do you have a Spark 0.3 result for comparison, from the same conditions (except single/dual)?

Might just be bad luck over a small number of games so far, but I am getting worse results for Spark 0.3a than I had for Spark 0.3.

Which version are you using? GCC or VC? Because the VC version doesn't seem to do so well over here.....

Peter

I'm using the GCC version.

Huh. Where you sure to set the 'Threads' option to 4 (Assuming you have a quad)? Because I think it is at 1 by default.

BTW Does Spark use Scorpio bitbases?

Peter

[Graham Banks]

Thanks. - Do you have a Spark 0.3 result for comparison, from the same conditions (except single/dual)?

Might just be bad luck over a small number of games so far, but I am getting worse results for Spark 0.3a than I had for Spark 0.3.

Which version are you using? GCC or VC? Because the VC version doesn't seem to do so well over here.....

Peter

I'm using the GCC version.

Huh. Where you sure to set the 'Threads' option to 4 (Assuming you have a quad)? Because I think it is at 1 by default.

BTW Does Spark use Scorpio bitbases?

Peter

I'm doing single core testing.

Cheers,
Graham.