Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 17:20:40 12/10/00
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On December 10, 2000 at 19:42:15, Paul Doire wrote: >On December 10, 2000 at 18:27:43, Jason Williamson wrote: > >>On December 10, 2000 at 18:00:20, Paul Doire wrote: >> >>>The utility I used for this was Binary Work CPU Controller 1.0 >>>it is available at www.tweakbase.com,as I mentioned in my previous post. >>>My hardware is Celeron 541(overclocked 433), 128MB RAM, Win98SE. >>>*This test was to see if CM6000 and CM8000 CPU control could be limited >>> to allow fair, same PC matches.I tested it against Gambit Tiger 1.0 in this >>> instance* >>> >>>Settings Gambit Tiger1.0-NoBook-Brain ON-1 MB Hash >>> Set At 12 ply Fixed Depth >>> CM8000-NoOBK-PonderOn-Default 1MB Hash >>> Infinite Time >>> CM6000-NoOBK-PonderOn-Default 1MB Hash >>> Infinite Time >>>Objective-Note time Gambit Tiger takes to solve 12 ply running alone,>>> then with CM8000 in background,then CM6000 in background. >>> >>>All tests were run from inside utility! >>> >>>Gambit set to "normal" alone time= 44.5 seconds >>>CM8000 set to normal in background= 52.8 seconds >>>CM6000 set to normal in background= 50.5 seconds >>> >>>Gambit set to "normal" alone time= 44.5 seconds >>>CM8000 set to "minimum"in background= 46.5 seconds >>>CM6000 set to minimum in background= 45.5 seconds >>> >>>Gambit set to "high" alone time= 44.5 seconds >>>CM8000 set to minimum in background= 45 seconds >>>CM6000 set to minimum in background= 44.5 seconds >>> >>>Conclusion: Using this utility it is possible to stop CM's >>>influence on Gambit's thinking. >>>I will play some matches to verify results. >>> >>>Regards,Paul >> >>Chessmaster 8000 doesn't use CPU outside of its thinking. That problem is with >>CM6000 and CM7000. > >Based on these results IMHO it does ,and it clearly shows in this >test suite. >Cordially Yours, >Paul I run windows 2000, and I have my task manager running when I do engine tests. The Chessmaster.exe (which is the gui, as the engine is THe King.exe) ONLY uses cpu power during a screen update, that is if it has move or such. This lasts less then a second, and doesn't go above 10% of one of my 2 cpus. JW
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