Author: Christopher A. Morgan
Date: 00:08:54 12/31/02
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Bob, Are you saying a P4 chip with HT enabled should run 20-30% faster than a P4 chip with the same GHz that does not have HT, or anyway to use HT, at least in Crafty, and presumably in other chess engines as well? Thanks. On December 30, 2002 at 22:13:43, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On December 30, 2002 at 19:39:23, Frank Koenig wrote: > >>Two questions. >> >>One) Will Intel's HT technology be able to help chess programs above and beyond >>just allowing one CPU to appear as two? >> >>Second) If you are running XP, will HT require XP Pro instead of XP Home to take >>advantage of it? >> >>Thanks, >> >>Frank > > >I can't answer the last question.... As to the first, you can expect a parallel >searcher to run 20-30% faster using two "virtual cpus" than using one real cpu. > >YMMV depending on the program however, as my numbers are numbers produced only >by Crafty on a 2.8ghz xeon...
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