Hello, I just installed lc0. These three files are in the lc0 directory:
1. lc0-v32.0.exe
2. 791556.pb.gz
3. libopenblas.dll
The engine is so incredibly slow and only uses 10 percent of the CPU.
What could be wrong?
Lc0-v32.0 Network
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Re: Lc0-v32.0 Network
Hello!
Lc0 is mostly designed to run on GPUs, and hence it performs horribly on CPUs. CPUs are horrible at handling neural network computation, and that's why you will notice very slow speeds and insignificant CPU usage when you run Lc0 without a GPU.
If you do have an NVIDIA GPU:
You will have to utilize the CUDA build of Lc0. It utilizes your GPU to run much more quickly by outsourcing the neural network processing.
If you do not have an NVIDIA GPU:
The CUDA build will not work with you.
Lc0 does come in CPU-only and OpenCL builds, but these run much slower and are not the best for real-time analysis.
If you're simply messing around, the CPU version is doable, but don't expect best performance.
Furthermore, the network file you're using (791556.pb.gz) is the standard one and won't provide you with best performance. I recommend that you download better networks from here:
https://lczero.org/play/networks/bestnets/
Lc0 is mostly designed to run on GPUs, and hence it performs horribly on CPUs. CPUs are horrible at handling neural network computation, and that's why you will notice very slow speeds and insignificant CPU usage when you run Lc0 without a GPU.
If you do have an NVIDIA GPU:
You will have to utilize the CUDA build of Lc0. It utilizes your GPU to run much more quickly by outsourcing the neural network processing.
If you do not have an NVIDIA GPU:
The CUDA build will not work with you.
Lc0 does come in CPU-only and OpenCL builds, but these run much slower and are not the best for real-time analysis.
If you're simply messing around, the CPU version is doable, but don't expect best performance.
Furthermore, the network file you're using (791556.pb.gz) is the standard one and won't provide you with best performance. I recommend that you download better networks from here:
https://lczero.org/play/networks/bestnets/