Howdy
Does anyone know how fast The RNG actually is ? For instance how many times
does 52 cards shuffle in a second .
The Curious Grump
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Hi Grump,
You have a common misperception. The RNG does not shuffle 52 cards either figuratively or literally. What is does is pick pseudo-random numbers between 1 and 52. It is doing this continuously. Occasionally (when the "deal" or "draw" button is pressed) the game program requests a string of numbers. It displays a card that corresponds to the number with a check routine so if the RNG sends the number "10" more than once the game program ignores that card and obtains another.
The numbers are cycling quickly, certainly hundreds and maybe thousands of times each second. The precise RNG cycle and way it communicates with the game program are trade secrets so this is the most specific answer that can be given (and no, I am not privy to those secrets).
Hope this helps,
Bill
At 12:58 PM 8/18/2007, you wrote:
Howdy
Does anyone know how fast The RNG actually is ? For instance how many times
does 52 cards shuffle in a second .The Curious Grump
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On a 1 GHz intel processor I can generate 1 million numbers/second.
Vven if the processor in a VP machine is slower, this gives you a good
feeling that the hands are flying by pretty quickly.
Dick
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The numbers are cycling quickly, certainly hundreds and maybe
thousands of times each second.