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Q: Sometimes when Houdini runs my computer appears to be frozen and goes very slow. What can I do to improve the responsiveness of my computer while the engine runs? There are several ways to keep your computer more responsive while Houdini is thinking:
- Arena has a "Lower than normal process priority" checkbox in the Engine Management Options. - Shredder GUI will automatically run engines at lower priority. - Fritz/ChessBase has a "Priority Below Normal" checkbox in the dialog for creating the UCI engine.
from: http://www.cruxis.com/chess/manual/index.html?cores_and_threads_management.htm Although the FAQ relates to Houdini, the same settings are available in Arena. In particular, setting the priority to "Lower than normal" would appear to be a way to let you use your computer for other things when necessary but revert to chess processing when you are through. |
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Is there a way to change the number of cores used in arena WHILE the engine is running? I'd like to be able to do other things on my computer AND still have the engine running, but I also want to be able to bump the engine up to full when i'm not using it. Anyone know?