Author: James T. Walker
Date: 14:39:43 11/28/02
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On November 28, 2002 at 17:18:41, Mike Byrne wrote: >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. Hello Mike, I tried switching the drives like you said and it made the slow machine worse. Jim
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