Author: Shep
Date: 04:30:44 07/29/99
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On July 29, 1999 at 06:21:38, Mick Beasley wrote: >Maximising CPU resource is a fair point. However I'd like to followup on the >Fritz 5.32 GUI being sensitive to other applications running - do you have any >further information on this, or an appropriate URL to consult? No other resource than my own experience. :) Of course I tried some single-machine prog-prog games with Fritz 5.32, but I noticed the slowdown by other apps is extreme. Example: Chessmaster. The typical slowdown is about 25%, i.e. for example Fritz 5.0 (16 bit) is slowed down to 75% of its normal speed when CM is running (and not thinking) at the same time. However, Fritz 5.32 engines come almost to a standstill (Junior 5: 3 Knps instead of 150 on the P6-233). It is not a problem if the other application uses very little CPU time (e.g. a DOS window or WinCommander etc.), but as soon as it requires more than a few percent (like Chessmaster or Nimzo), Fritz yields its CPU allocation completely (it is very polite ;-). --- Shep
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