Author: Ernst A. Heinz
Date: 08:14:09 07/29/98
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On July 29, 1998 at 08:08:01, Komputer Korner wrote: > >the RAM for hash tables, you will get swapping on every move. Shredder 2 won't >even allow swapping. It just refuses to start when more than 50% of RAM is used >for hash tables. Fritz 5 is interesting. In the hash table dialog box you can >enter 90% of the RAM for hash tables in WIN NT 4 but in the Task Manager, you >can see the real amount allowed in the ntvdm.exe shell that manages all the >Fritz processes. With 144Mb of RAM and a single Fritz engine it allows only 69 >Mb of RAM to be used. With engine vs engine, it goes to 78Mb RAM total for all >engines even when I load 60Mb each!!!!!!!!! >-- >Komputer Korner Korner, Thank you very much for enlightening me! Stupid me, I always thought that "ntvdm" was the "Windows NT Virtual Memory Device Manager". Now I only wonder why Microsoft ships this alleged "Fritz shell" with each copy of Windows NT ... :-) =Ernst=
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