Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 11:19:16 12/15/00
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On December 15, 2000 at 14:03:51, Paul Doire wrote: >I can get Dual 933 intel system, for only 200.00 US more than single processor >same machine. >If chess program is not designed for dual processors,will overall speed and >strength still be increased with the use of two processors?? > No, unless the chess engine is optimized to use the dual or quad processor, also you'll need an OS which supports a dual processor system, such as Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, Linux, Solaris, BeOS. >Is this a waste or should I get 1.25-1.4 single processor system, to get best >performance from chess programs not designed for dual systems??? > It depends, a dual processor will allow allocation of CPU time usage, such as one can burn a CD, surf the web at the same time. So it would be possible to run two chess engines in a dual processor and not worry about one chess engine hogging all the processor time which happens in a single processor. There are many other benefits besides using the dual processor for chess alone. Regards, Laurence
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