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Subject: Re: Analysis runs slower and slower on my computer

Author: Andreas Stabel

Date: 07:35:40 11/18/03

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On November 18, 2003 at 09:51:29, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On November 18, 2003 at 09:17:09, Andreas Stabel wrote:
>
>>I've got a strange problem with my computer.
>>I'm running a 3GHz machine with 1GB memory and Windows XP Professional.
>>The machine is hyperthreaded, but my versions of Crafty and Ruffian are
>>single threaded.
>>
>>When I start analysis the machine runs with full speed, but already after
>>ca. 4-5 mins. it is running with the speed of a 2GHz machine and it is
>>still slowing down.
>>
>>I also noticed that it runs the same programs with big variations in speed.
>>I've tried stopping all other programs and turning off virus checking, but
>>nothing seems to help.
>>
>>I've upgraded from XP Home to XP Professional - I don't know if that is
>>releveant.
>>
>>Anybody got an idea how to help fix my problem ?
>>
>>Best regards
>>Andreas Stabel
>
>
>If you disable hyper-threading, do you still see this?  SMT can make the
>CPU appear slower, because it makes it look like two CPUs.  The sum total
>of the computing power of both logical CPUs is greater than a single physical
>CPU.  But one of those logical CPUs will certainly appear slower than the real
>CPU...

Thank you for the tip, but I don't think it is a hyperthreading problem.
The thing is that the computer runs slower than a single-cpu (no hyperthreading)
2 GHz machine. I've also compared with another computer of the same kind, which
run with normal speed, so there is something wrong with my computer.

Best regards
Andreas Stabel



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