Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 14:18:41 11/28/02
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On November 28, 2002 at 15:03:04, James T. Walker wrote: >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 Although you don't mention - what is your OS and do both machines have the same. If they are the same, my guess is that faster machine is the one that has the egtb and os on different drives. Normally the OS will pick as a default which drive to use for the page file system, and it's typically the same as drive that you installed the OS. No you don't have to re-install the OS. Just switch your drive for the page file system on your slow machine. I never used WIN98, but typically right "My Computer", select the "Performance" tab, click virtual memory - keep the settings the same if you can (size wise), but switch it to the other drive.
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