Author: Richard Patterson
Date: 10:31:15 07/05/03
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On July 05, 2003 at 13:14:06, Mike Byrne wrote: >On July 05, 2003 at 12:35:04, Richard Patterson wrote: > >>Hello to all the members, I have been out of chess for about 16+ years and a >>great deal has changed in that time. I am building the above computer for chess >>programs only and based on what I see in the message boards this may not have >>been the best idea. I will be adding 1gb of pc2100 ram with the option to go >>with 2gb of pc2100 ram? Is it worth the extra $100 or so to go with an >>additional 1gb of ram? I also purchased the CHESSBASE 8.0 package, fritz 8, >>fritz powerbook 2003 and fritz endgame turbo. >> >>Thanks >> >>Richard > >Hi Richard > >1GB should be plenty - but more never hurts. With 1Gb of ram, make sure you >update F8 as the original program had problems on some machines with 1Gb of ram >I believed. After istalling F8, go to the playchess server, register F8 and >then query for update. > >Best, > >Michael Thanks for the heads up on the ram update. The cost vs. benefit of additional ram with the chess software would have some impact on the programs playing strength, but can we say how much ???
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