Author: James T. Walker
Date: 12:03:04 11/28/02
I have two computers which are almost identical. The motherboards/cpu are identical. The video cards are different. The hard drives are the same with one exception. On one the primary/master is 40G/7200rpm and the slave is 8G/5400. On the second computer the drives are the same but master & slave are reversed. I have my tablebases installed on the 40G/7200 rpm drive in both cases. Here is the problem. When running test on programs to check speed like Fritz mark they are almost identical. But when testing endgame positions where the tablebases are being accessed very heavy the speed difference gets to 2:1. The NPS on one is 2 times higher than the other. Any suggestions as to the cause? Jim
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