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Subject: Re: question

Author: Odd Gunnar Malin

Date: 05:25:07 12/17/04

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On December 17, 2004 at 05:37:07, Gordon Rattray wrote:

>On December 16, 2004 at 23:23:12, K. Burcham wrote:
>
>>On December 16, 2004 at 22:37:54, Gordon Rattray wrote:
>>
>>>The extra CPU activity relates to using a DGT board.  I didn't expect this to
>>>account for the extra 50%, but it is. However, engine performance is not
>>>significantly affected, as far as I can tell.
>>>
>>>Gordon
>>
>>Gordon, was this 50% increase in cpu usage by the DGT board with no increase in
>>kns.
>
>I couldn't see any noticable difference.
>
>I re-installed DF8.  Ran GUI.  Got about 0% CPU usage.  Started analysis with
>DF8 -> CPU 100%.  Stopped -> CPU 0%. So far, no issues.  Ran "Tools -> DGT
>Board..." to setup my board; my board didn't initialise properly.  CPU moved to
>50%.  But further analysis didn't appear to be affected.
>
>I need to check out my DGT driver, etc.
>
>Gordon
>
>>
>>kburcham

This is a known issue, you should download the latest driver from
http://www.dgtprojects.com and use it instead (the dll method).
The effect you have notice is more hurting when you use an external (uci)
engine.

Odd Gunnar



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