Houdini Pro 2.0 configuration very important
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:42 am
I am busy testing Houdini 1.5a versus the new Houdini Pro 2.0 on 32 bit machines, with ponder on, but
the rest of the settings I kept on default.
I have three different PC's, ranging from 6 years, 4 years and 1 year old.
On each one I am testing Houdini 1.5a versus Houdini 2.0, with tournaments of 30 minutes, that then lasts
about an hour per game.
What I have found so far is that with my oldest PC, which has the least amount of RAM and of course the slowest CPU,
Houdini 1.5a beats Houdini 2.0 standard (after 40 games) with about a 10% difference.
However, with my two "newer" PC's, the situation is as expected with the newer Houdini 2.0. There Houdini 2.0
is currently (after 40 games) ahead on both PC's, with a difference of about 10% and 20% respectively.
I know it is still early days and I cannot make any definately conclusions yet, but it seems to me that Houdini 2.0
needs more configuration/calibration/fine tuning on older machines to run at its optimum, than on newer machines with
more RAM and faster CPU's?
If one thus wants Houdini 2.0 to run at its absolute most powerful, one has to fiddle around with the software configuration,
as suggested by Robert Houdart, especially on older machines. So do yourself a favour and spend some 5 - 10 minutes fine tuning
Houdini 2.0 and then give it a go and see what happens.
My next project will be to test Houdini 2.0 against itself, with settings on one PC on default and the other PC on maximum tuned,
and then see what the outcome will be...
the rest of the settings I kept on default.
I have three different PC's, ranging from 6 years, 4 years and 1 year old.
On each one I am testing Houdini 1.5a versus Houdini 2.0, with tournaments of 30 minutes, that then lasts
about an hour per game.
What I have found so far is that with my oldest PC, which has the least amount of RAM and of course the slowest CPU,
Houdini 1.5a beats Houdini 2.0 standard (after 40 games) with about a 10% difference.
However, with my two "newer" PC's, the situation is as expected with the newer Houdini 2.0. There Houdini 2.0
is currently (after 40 games) ahead on both PC's, with a difference of about 10% and 20% respectively.
I know it is still early days and I cannot make any definately conclusions yet, but it seems to me that Houdini 2.0
needs more configuration/calibration/fine tuning on older machines to run at its optimum, than on newer machines with
more RAM and faster CPU's?
If one thus wants Houdini 2.0 to run at its absolute most powerful, one has to fiddle around with the software configuration,
as suggested by Robert Houdart, especially on older machines. So do yourself a favour and spend some 5 - 10 minutes fine tuning
Houdini 2.0 and then give it a go and see what happens.
My next project will be to test Houdini 2.0 against itself, with settings on one PC on default and the other PC on maximum tuned,
and then see what the outcome will be...