Author: Melissa Reese
Date: 11:45:06 11/05/03
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On November 05, 2003 at 14:27:29, John Merlino wrote: >Just to let you know that a GeForce 2 is still a pretty old card (although you >can certainly buy them cheaply these days). Yes...he told me it was an older model, but since this was just sort of an experiment for me, I didn't want to spend much more (I got this one - new - for $50 USD...including the three minutes of driving for him to get here and ten minutes of labor for installation! :-)). >As for using the low priority setting, you should understand that this might >noticeably decrease the quality of play of your chess program, especially if >you are a strong player and you are playing blitz games. Hee hee! I think my chess programs (at least at their higher rated "personalities") can squish me with their brains tied behind their backs! :-) I also don't like to play blitz games (at all), because chess, for me, is a leisurely pursuit...with *lots* of time for me to think about each move. >I have known programs set at this priority to get less than 50% of the CPU, >depending on how well they are engineered to "work and play well" with the >Windows OS. I'll keep an eye on the CPU usage, and see what I can see. Thanks for the warning. If I begin to notice the computer playing less well against me, or if I just want to test myslef against the engines at their strongest, I guess I'll just close other programs and set the priority back to "normal" or better. Thanks for your comments John! Melissa
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