Author: John Merlino
Date: 21:25:48 11/14/00
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On November 14, 2000 at 22:21:27, Paul Doire wrote: >I received CM 8000 today. After install I immediately played 8 games at work >,got home played 6 games against CM6000. Results 13-.5-.5. >The hash is adjustable on CM 8000 and comes set at only 1MB. I don't know what >the hash is on CM 6000 factory install, but I'm hoping it is substantially >higher than 1MB,and that is why CM 8000 loses badly to CM 6000. >To say I'm disappointed would be an understatement, after all THE KING took >second place at the DUTCH 2000. >My matches were on the same machine-2 windows open.Hardware 542Mhz Celeron,128MB >ram, >20 Gig HD,8MB Video on Win98 SE O/S. >I tried CM 8000 at factory 1MB Hash,and the last 3 games were at 2MB Hash > >Any Comments ,Help would be appreciated >Thanks >Paul Doire The problem is that you are playing your games on a single machine. Versions of Chessmaster BEFORE 8000 had the engine embedded directly in the main program, meaning no task switching had to occur and the engine got a larger percentage of the CPU time that the main program got. Also, as mentioned in another reply to your post, CM6000 is a CPU hog and is not kind to ANY other program running. Chessmaster 8000 is actually TWO programs (the main app and the Winboard engine), which are communicating with each other. Therefore, the engine in CM8000 is not getting as much CPU time as the CM6000 version. One other person has already reported this (actually he was INCENSED and claimed foul), and then, after he was set straight about the problem with one machine, he started testing with two machines. He wrote back to say that he was no longer angry and was pleased with the results (and, the program in general). Hopefully, this answers your concerns, jm
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