Author: m.d.hurd
Date: 04:30:49 09/13/03
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On September 12, 2003 at 21:40:13, William Penn wrote: >[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 On my machine it is 819 MB >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! Go here for info : http://www.chessbase.com/support/support.asp?pid=199 >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 Regards Mike
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