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Subject: Re: CmX Imperator - after 30 games

Author: Wilhelm Hudetz

Date: 03:32:02 10/15/05

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On October 15, 2005 at 05:55:04, Lin Harper wrote:

> Hi Wilhelm,
>  I notice you have 'ponder ON'. Without meaning to pee on your picnic basket,
> tourneys held before on the one comp were consistently won by CM, and it was
> discovered then that the reason for CM's apparent good performance is that
> some programs hog the CPU more than others. CM is a CPU hog, and hinders the
>others' performance.
>   I think you'll find that if you repeat this tourney with ponder OFF, you will
> get markedly different results.
>    all the best
>    Lin

Hi Lin,

yes, I know what you mean, but not on this dual-system.
At first I´m running all engines with lower priority, you can do this with
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe "E:\SCHACH\CBase\CbaseGUI\" /c start /belownormal
ChessProgram8.exe -fritz".
At second, I have powermanagement disabled (always on)
at third, CM couldn´t use more than one processor!
If you look with Task-Info you see that CM (and other single-cpu engines) uses
50% of overall-load even when the other engine only uses 30% (tb-hits).
on dual-machines CM couldn´t use more than 50% (also not with high-priority).
On a single cpu ponder could not work correctly.

best regards, Wilhelm



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