Author: Komputer Korner
Date: 09:30:53 06/04/98
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On June 04, 1998 at 01:00:57, Wayne Lowrance wrote: >I am running Fritz on a laptop p90 and I do not think it is very >impressive with typical fritz mark test of 56 @ mid 30 seconds with a >search speed typical of mid eighty's nodes/.second. > >For example it struggles with Chesmaster 5000 on a 486 dx2-66 with only >12 meg RAM. > >I am going to buy a desk top 400 mhz pentium with 128 mb RAM. I am told >by my systems engineer that Windows 95 & 98 does not support beyond 64 >Mb Ram. He does tell me that Windows NT does. I keep hearing about things like this but no one ever says what the specific problem is. We know that certain chipsets won't cache memory >64 Mb RAM, but all the newer chipsets like BX certainly have no problems caching > 64Mb. > >1) What can be said about performance on a p400 128 mb RAM Ie Fritz >mark data running with NT. There should be a small slowdown in performance on WIN NT 4 as compared to WIN 95. >2) What can be expected with Fritz same computer except windows 95 and >64 mb RAM? > >3) Maybe 1 and 2 above does not perform better than a p333, 64 mb RAM >and windows 95 this was answered by Paul Massie. > >New subject: > >Again, not impressed with Fritz on my P100 laptop. What performance >increase will PowerBook make ? Is powerbook anymore than just a enhanced >opening ? Does it provide value in mid and end game over Fritz standard >tree ? Powerbook will not increase anything except maybe some opening lines will be deeper. Powerbooks is simply an openings treebook. > >Would copying Fritz's Databook to the C drive improve its performance. >Ie instead of purchasing PowerBook perhaps this will give roughly same >increase in performance (if there is any). Copying the endgame databases to the hard drive will increase performance in that area. Copying any opening book to the hard drive will help finding the opening move faster. > >Bottom Line, I want to give Fritz all the help it can. It is my guess >the program is modeled for speed, speed, speed & speed with not too much >chess knowledge, relying on search tree and powerbooks. Am I wrong ? Make sure that you have the Fritz unleashed box checked in the Game/Rated game menu. -- Komputer Korner > >I am not mad at the program---I love it, exceptional learning and study >tool, the best I suspect > >Thanks, I know you do not like posting questions. > >Wayne Lowrance > >My e-mail address is w6za@globalpac.com
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