To have a good chance (like 86%) that a speed increase of (say) 21%, (~21 Elo or 3% result improvement, i.e. expected match result 53%) would result in winning a match you would need about 170 games.
That's too many to do manually. Even if I manage to get them to play each other automatically, I would have to start each game manually. I figure that in terms of clock speed, the two CPUs are close enough that neither will have much advantage over the other. While the new computer can boot up faster and operate more responsively, this is due to improvements other than clock speed. Back when Zillions-of-Games came out, clock speeds were increasing very quickly, and I was hoping it would get more powerful on newer computers. But clock speeds have now reached a plateau where other improvements, such as adding new cores or instructions to the CPU, are more cost effective. So, as far as using Zillions-of-Games goes, I don't think my new computer is significantly better.
That's too many to do manually. Even if I manage to get them to play each other automatically, I would have to start each game manually. I figure that in terms of clock speed, the two CPUs are close enough that neither will have much advantage over the other. While the new computer can boot up faster and operate more responsively, this is due to improvements other than clock speed. Back when Zillions-of-Games came out, clock speeds were increasing very quickly, and I was hoping it would get more powerful on newer computers. But clock speeds have now reached a plateau where other improvements, such as adding new cores or instructions to the CPU, are more cost effective. So, as far as using Zillions-of-Games goes, I don't think my new computer is significantly better.