Author: Albert Silver
Date: 06:36:41 11/06/03
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On November 05, 2003 at 14:45:06, Melissa Reese wrote:
>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
Don't forget to download and install the latest drivers from the nVidia site:
http://www.nvidia.com
Albert
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