Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 06:25:38 01/09/05
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On January 09, 2005 at 08:55:31, Sally Weltrop wrote: >I am looking for commercial & amateur engines. I know there is: > > >Crafty > >Deep Sjeng > >Deep Junior > >Deep Fritz > >Patzer > >Shredder > >What else is there? I believe Diep is Deep (pun intended). I did not know about Patzer being smp (never tried it). I suspect very few know that the (Non Deep) Junior 8 is SMP !! I have confirmed 100% CPU untilization on a dual using Junior 8 (via the task manager) and by nps in DJ in single thread mode vs Junior 8 (J8 nps is nearly double single threaded D8) . The difference between Deep Junior and Junior is that Junior does NOT have a "number of threads" option - it ALWAYS runs in mt=2 mode on a dual. Naurally, Junior will get excellent results in all dual machines with pondering on!. So for engeine matches on duals, you should use the Deep verson and select 1 thread and NEVER use Junior to be fair! The $1,000,000 question of course is why does Deep Junior sell for $50 more Junior when that are both SMP engines - the only difference appears to be the number of thread options setting. I have my opinion of course, but if I express it here, I cound be banned for life from CCC ;>).
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