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Subject: Re: Crafty on dual core

Author: David Mitchell

Date: 04:16:42 11/06/05

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On November 05, 2005 at 12:59:42, John Dillard wrote:

>Excuse my ignorance, but you seem to imply there is an advantage to having
>Ponder turned off.  Would not thinking ahead make the computer play stronger or
>at least faster?

He's trying to run an even match of program vs. program. Naturally, equal CPU
useage either in number, percentage, or both, is what's needed.

You're correct, of course, that ONE program (whichever one is getting more CPU
time), will play stronger, but that's not his goal in this case.

Dave



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