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Whenever my 17" kicks my butt all over the chess board chess a few times the fan comes on. Is it that much of a CPU intensive game? I love chess but I wish there was a very easy setting in Panther. Anybody ever win?
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Does chess make my 17" think harder?
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Peter Cohen 
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Posted 18 December 2003 - 05:27 AM
It may not be the "thinking" that's making the fan come on as much as the 3D graphics. Just about anything that makes OpenGL work is liable to kick on the fan in my 15-inch PowerBook.
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Posted 19 December 2003 - 07:47 AM
I've played every version since the Public Beta. Never won.
I think it's Apple's way of showing who's boss. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
It's also more sophisticated than Solitaire. Take that, Windows users.
I still wouldn't object to an Apple-branded Solitaire included with the OS. It can be such a relaxing game sometimes...
I think it's Apple's way of showing who's boss. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
It's also more sophisticated than Solitaire. Take that, Windows users.
I still wouldn't object to an Apple-branded Solitaire included with the OS. It can be such a relaxing game sometimes...
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Posted 19 December 2003 - 09:45 AM
Apple previously bundled a sampler version of Delta Tao's Eric's Ultimate Solitaire. It'd be really cool for them to make a deal with Freeverse to do a bundle with a real version -- or maybe a "special edition" -- of Burning Monkey Solitaire. It'd definitely put Windows Solitaire to shame.
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Posted 09 January 2004 - 02:30 PM
After much defeat my last game against my 17" boiled down to a knight and a pawn apeice. After awhile there were only two kings dancing around the middle of the board...so at least I came away with a draw.
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Posted 22 January 2004 - 04:36 PM
Im impressed
draw is just about the best ive heard of anyone doing, i left things on the medium setting and its just not pretty.. I wish at least the games would last longer /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
draw is just about the best ive heard of anyone doing, i left things on the medium setting and its just not pretty.. I wish at least the games would last longer /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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Posted 29 August 2008 - 08:45 AM
I have a MacBook & the only time I ever hear the fan is when I'm running chess software - including Shredder, which is not intensive as far as graphics go. The fan is quiet till it's Shredder's move (or I set it to analyze a position), then it sounds like it's getting ready for take-off. I've had a few different chess apps and it's always the same. Chess makes everyone think harder. :)
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Posted 30 August 2008 - 08:29 PM
Have you considered playing your game with the Activity Monitor on screen at the same time? I did so just now, and if I may say so: observing when the processor peaks even in just the very first move that the computer takes, I think it becomes pretty clear that it's not the graphics processing that's causing that fan to cycle up...
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