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Subject: Re: Tablebase Problem

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 11:07:44 01/23/03

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On January 23, 2003 at 12:21:20, Joshua Lee wrote:

>Hello,
>
>The Tablebase hits in a search slow down the KNPS to under 300 and the Hard disk
>Light goes nuts. I have 8MB set for the TB cache and 512MB of PC2400 on a P4
>2.8Ghz not a slow comp by any stretch of the imagination but i wonder why am i
>having the same problem as i did before?
>
>is the cache set to high in fritz?
>Do I need a drive with 8MB of Cache? they have ones with 16MB i've seen
>Do I need faster transfer rates? ATA 133? SATA? currently it's either ATA 66 or
>100
>Do I need  faster seek time? it's around 8 or 9 ms
>Do i just need SCSI? that's expensive
>
>Normal KN in the middlegame is 1Million and it should be higher than that in the
>ending.
>
>I am using the .emd files from Prof. Hyatt's FTP.
>
>Thankyou

That is not unreasonable.  The tables can slow you down by a factor of anywhere
between
nothing and 5X, so your 3x is in the middle..



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