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Subject: Re: HyperThreading & Comp v Comp matches

Author: Jason Kent

Date: 09:28:37 11/22/04

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On November 22, 2004 at 12:11:58, Steve Maughan wrote:

>Bob,
>
>Thanks for the reply
>
>>It is difficult for _any_ program to figure out what is going on, since
>>hyper-threading makes the O/S think there are two equal CPUs, when there
>>really is not...  for engine vs engine you should turn it off in the BIOS...
>
>I tried to turn it off in the Bios and it didn't seem to be possible.
>
>Steve

I've run tournaments with and without HT.  Don't use multi-processor engines
(shredder, deep fritz, etc.) with HT on.

There is a setting in my BIOS that lets me turn HT on and off, maybe you missed
the setting when you checked.



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