Author: Henrik Boye Laursen
Date: 10:43:50 05/26/04
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On May 26, 2004 at 11:43:54, eric guttenberg wrote: >Recently I got a new Dell computer with a celeron 2.5 ghz processor, > 512 MB ram and I istalled several chess programs, including Shredder8. > >I have noticed a strange circumstance which I suspect will be one of those >computer oddities that nobody will be able to explain... >the first time I execute the program after I start up the computer, >the S8 engine runs slower than it does on the second and all subsequent >applications, when it consistently runs about 25% faster, in terms of kn/sec > > I have >reistalled twice and checked it out repeatedly; every time I shut >the computer down, I know that after startup the first time I run >Shredder 8 it will run slow, and all subsequent times much faster. >This does not happen with other engines even in the same program. > >any ideas? > >eric Could it be hashtable initialisation ? Try to lower the hastable size to say 8 MB and see what happens. I also experience Shredder 8 as slower to start analysing when hitting Alt-F2 compared to other engines. Here I have no idea. Henrik
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