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If you
have one of the more professional (for lack of a name) operating systems such as
NT or XP, you can "diddle" with the priorities of any program in task
manager. I frequently lower the priority of AmiBroker, for instance, if
I'm going to use that CPU for an email and I'm inpatient.
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size=2>-----Original Message-----From: jgibb1us
[mailto:jgibb1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 2:33
PMTo: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [amibroker] Re:
Dual processor - will it help?Hi TJ,Is that
90/10% just for optimizing or does it apply to, say,
backtesting?And is there any way, on a single-CPU system running
XP Home, to increase that 10%?thanks-john--- In
amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx>
wrote:> Hello,> > Yes certainly dual machine has much
better responsivity,> but even single CPU machine is not locked up
during optimizing> (the AmiBroker tries to consume no more than about
90% of (single) CPU time> during optimizations, so 10% is left for
the other tasks )> > Hope this helps.>
> Best regards,> Tomasz Janeczko> amibroker.com>
----- Original Message ----- > From: "xoted" <xoted@xxxx>>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003
3:12 AM> Subject: [amibroker] Re: Dual processor - will it
help?> > > > May I infer that I will be able to
seamlessly surf the web or do > > other work with a dual processor
that I wouldn't be able to if the > > single processor was
locked up optimizing/backtesting.> > > > > > ---
In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx>
> > wrote:> > > Short answer is that you will not gain
2x speed with dual processor> > > unless you run TWO
backtests in TWO instances of AmiBroker running> > > in
parallel.> > > > > > Best regards,> > >
Tomasz Janeczko> > > amibroker.com> > > -----
Original Message ----- > > > From: "giggollo99"
<giggollo@xxxx>> > > To:
<amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > > Sent: Saturday, November
22, 2003 8:32 PM> > > Subject: [amibroker] Dual processor - will
it help?> > > > > > > > > > I am
considering buying a dual-processor CPU system to help > > reduce
> > > > the wait time for backtests among other things. On
> > tomshardware.com > > > > (<A
href="">http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/200203131/dual-10.html)
it says:> > > > > > > > "This comparison
between the two workstation platforms from AMD > > and >
> > > Intel clearly shows that dual operation does not necessarily
mean > > > > increased speed for all applications. Rather,
you need software > > that > > > > has been
specially adapted to multiprocessor operation, so that > > the
> > > > load is equally distributed between the two
CPUs."> > > > > > > > Can anyone shed some
light on whether Amibroker is able to take > > full >
> > > advantage of a dual-processor system and perhaps reduce the
wait > > > > time for backtests/explorations considerably
(ideally reduce it > > by > > > > 50%) ?>
> > > > > > > Thanks> > > > g>
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