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Subject: Re: Windows disk cache configuration

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 07:46:46 02/27/02

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On February 27, 2002 at 10:38:47, Mike Hood wrote:

>My PC has 512 MB of Ram installed. (The prices fell so low that I couldn't
>resist the temptation to upgrade). I thought this would mean I could use larger
>hashtables for engine tournaments, such as 128 MB per engine. But there was
>still a noticeable amount of disk-swapping. According to the Windows utility
>System Monitor 197 MB of my memory was being used for disk cache! This figure
>varies, and it seems to creep steadily upwards during tablebase access. Is there
>any way to tell Windows to reduce the disk cache to a sensible level?

I'm using a graphical utility called 'RAM Idle', which, besides
a graphical display of free RAM, allows editing those settings.

Try google for a link.

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GCP



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