Author: William Penn
Date: 18:40:13 09/12/03
[running Shredder 7 with the March 2003 GUI update] I have 1024MB (1GB) RAM. My video graphics siphons off 32MB, leaving 992MB available. Shredder 7 therefore decides, by some kind of internal formula, that my maximum allowed hash shall be 784MB. It refuses to allow me to set it any larger. No matter what I've tried, it reverts to 784MB or less. Note: For those who have 1GB RAM free and clear (100% available), the hash limit shall be 816MB instead of my 784MB. (784+32=816) I expect this is the same with the Fritz 8 GUI, which I believe is identical to the Shredder 7 GUI. Of course I'm talking about the Chessbase GUI, not the Classic Shredder one. I really should be able to set my hash to 800MB (or perhaps a little more) without a serious system problem, but the Shredder won't allow it. It would take a little longer for the swapfile, but that's OK with me. I'm not in a big hurry! I only run Shredder in infinite mode for an hour or more anyway, so I don't care if it takes 5 minutes for the swapfile. If it is taking too long, I can always abort it. But Shredder 7 refuses to give me that option... Yes, I know it won't help the engine's strength significantly, but I'd like to try it nevertheless. Maybe I just like round numbers -- 800MB sounds better to me than 784MB! Anybody know a tweak to allow this? I've tried some obvious tweaks with the .ini files, and looked around in the system registry, but didn't get lucky. If anyone knows how to do this, I'd very much like that info. Thanks. WP
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