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Subject: Re: Shredder 9 UCI kn/s under Chessbase

Author: Vikrant Malvankar

Date: 03:47:38 08/30/05

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On August 30, 2005 at 05:51:41, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote:

>On August 30, 2005 at 05:02:14, Vikrant Malvankar wrote:
>
>>Whenevr i play Shredder9 under Shredder GUI, avg. Kn/s is around 450-500.
>>In Chessbase GUI when i play it as UCI Engine it shows Kn/s 300-350.
>>
>>Is this a Setup problem? or Engine or GUI bug?
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Vikrant
>
>Do you have other things running?
no.
>
>The difference between Chessbase/Fritz and Shredder Classic is that CB's run an
>engine with a little lower priority. If you try to be modest when you setup the
>gui (litle graphic, no 3d etc.) and stop other programs, do it help?

no 3d.
>
>If you are playing engine-engine matches in Fritz, you should also be aware that
>even if it lower the native engines the same way there is a difference in a
>standard Windows setup. Eg. the native engines are running in foreground when an
>external engine are running in background.

Ok so Because Shredder9 UCI is an external Engine for Chessbase GUI, thus
priority is low, but will it affect playing strength? if so how much approx.?

This could hurt the external engine
>more than the native engine if you run other programs or have a cpu-hungry gui.
>The fix for this is to give the same priority to fore- and background tasks. For
>Win2000 you find this option under Controlpanel/System/Advanced/Performance
>options... , I don't have any WinXP available at to moment but I'm sure you find
>this yourself.

Ok Thanks Odd Gunnar, i will check for Windows XP
>
>Odd Gunnar



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