Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:55:14 04/28/00
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On April 28, 2000 at 15:36:59, Christophe Theron wrote: [snip] >While I think the ponder=off experiment is a valid one (at least to see how >program strength varies with time controls), I have doubts about ponder=on on >one CPU. > >If you can, I would suggest you use 2 computers. But if you do not have 2 >identical computers, ponder=on on one CPU will maybe tell us something too... Here I agree. Which program dominates will depend largely on how effectively a program grabs all of the CPU. If a program had an occasional yield()/sleep()/whatever in it so that other programs could get a chip of CPU from time to time or at least the mouse moved freely, it might crush that program in that setting. I don't think the machines have to be equal, as long as you alternate and play at least 4 games. E.g. with Winboard, use /mg 4. However, if the machines are totally lopsided (e.g. p5 against AMD Athlon) then that would harm results also. But as long as the machines are within 2x of each other, I think you would still get data of some value.
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