Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 08:45:29 07/26/01
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On July 26, 2001 at 11:09:02, Chessfun wrote: >On July 26, 2001 at 10:43:45, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On July 26, 2001 at 09:56:24, Matthias Gemuh wrote: >> >>> >>>Hi Robert, >>> >>>I think you just wanted to make a joke. We all know that PONDER OFF hurts nobody >>>(Fritz used its full time). PONDER ON on one CPU is very appropriate to arrive >>>at wrong engine comparasons. >>> >>>Regards, >>>Matthias. >> >> >>Nope... no joke at all. Two programs, one machine, my preference is ponder=on. >>both will get 1/2 of the machine and the time controls won't be screwed up. >> >>ponder=off exposes the opportunity for a program to get into time trouble >>because it assumes it will save time with ponder=on when it really can't since >>it is disabled... >> >>ponder=on is the right way to test _everything_ IMHO, unless you have so little >>memory that both programs won't fit at the same time. > >Didn't Volker Pittlik do some tests with on v off a while back and found the >differences minimal. Does anyone have the url for the page?. > >Sarah. I'd like to read that article too Sarah. I doubt time trouble is that serious an issue with ponder off. Besides, it goes for both programs tested right? It should balance out. Regardless, unless you have alot of RAM ponder on only creates it's own problems. Although they may not be all that serious. And why divide the processor power by 50%? *Permanent brain: You can specify whether the engines should continue working while the opponent is thinking. This, however, means that each engine will be using 50% of the processing power. *From Fritz help files. Terry
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