Author: Vincent Lejeune
Date: 10:52:49 03/10/04
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On March 10, 2004 at 13:49:01, Vincent Lejeune wrote: >Try this ATA flash disk, their access time is way more efficient than classical >HD :o) > Here's more details about the mass storage of the futur :) http://www.m-systems.com/content/Products/product.asp?pid=34 > >http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14635 > >On March 08, 2004 at 23:49:58, William Penn wrote: > >>Pretty simple. Reduce hash size. That's the only thing I've found to have a >>significant effect when tablebase access starts to churn the hard drive >>constantly. Engine speed (kN/s) falls dramatically at that point, perhaps to 10% >>or less of normal speed, and never recovers. However using smaller hash size >>appears to fix this problem. >> >>For example my computer has 1G RAM installed. I can run Shredder 8 with 768MB >>hash normally, although I often use 512MB which the op system prefers a bit >>more. Now one would think that 512MB hash would be OK in any situation with 1G >>RAM, but not so. It's too much hash when tablebase access starts to crank up >>heavy in endgame situations. At that point, reducing hash size to 256MB usually >>fixes this problem, restoring engine speed to a reasonable kN/s. I haven't yet >>found it necessary to goto 128MB hash. >> >>[Windows XP Home, Athlon XP 2400+/2.0GHz, 1G RAM] >>WP
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