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Subject: Re: computer speed questions

Author: Bertil Eklund

Date: 14:29:36 11/27/00

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On November 27, 2000 at 15:52:04, Uri Blass wrote:

>I found in my engine-engine games that the number of nodes per second was too
>low and I suspected that something is wrong with it so I decided to download
>Fritz6light as the only active engine.
>
>Hiarcs7.32 was the only active program and Fritz6light was the only active
>engine(32 mbytes hash tables).
>
>I found the same behaviour so I decided to check the numbers of nodes and the
>times in the position after 1.a3 a6 2.e4
>
>I got the following results on my PIII450:
>20 seconds 4737 knodes
>56 seconds 13024 knodes
>
>This means only slightly more than 200 knodes per scond and it seems too low
>because I know that the normal knodes per second is bigger.
>
>I decided to restart my computer and after doing it I found the following
>results at the same conditions(Hiarcs7.32 is the only active program and
>Fritz6light is the only active engine with 32 mbytes hash tables).
>
>14 seconds 4737 knodes.
>41 seconds 13024 knodes.
>
>1)Can someone explain the reason that my computer became faster after
>restarting?
>
>2)Is there a way to know that my computer is slower without doing a test like
>this test.
>
>I want to know if it is slower during an engine-engine game without giving it
>the position after 1.a3 a6 2.e4 and checking the times.
>
>I can only suspect by looking at the number of the nodes per second because it
>is possible that the number is smaller because of different position.
>
>Uri

Hi!

Remember that always restart your computer after using Gandalf.

If I don't do it some programs runs very slow until I restart the comp.

Bertil



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