Author: chandler yergin
Date: 09:01:56 05/22/05
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On May 22, 2005 at 10:19:30, Komputer Korner wrote: >On May 22, 2005 at 06:27:27, chandler yergin wrote: > >>On May 21, 2005 at 19:28:17, Komputer Korner wrote: >> >>>It has been said many times before. Don't accept the situation whereby the >>>engine calculating causes the hard disk to access when the OS uses hard disk >>>space as part of RAM. There is more than 1 cause for this. If you have another >>>program running at the same time as Shredder9 and then close the other program >>>Shredder9 may not have enough RAM for its hash table and thus the hard disk is >>>accessed.If you don't fix the hard disk thrashing, you will notice that >>>Shredder calculates at a snail's pace compared to accessing only RAM for it's >>>hash tables. >>> Everyone by now knows all this, but instead of >>>adjusting the hash table size to quiet down the hard disk accessing, simply shut >>>Shredder9 down and restart. The hard disk thrashing will stop. If it stops then the size of the hash table was not the problem. Don't worry, the >>>board position and moves are always saved. >> >>That's plain silly; adjust your Hash Table! > >Why should I have to adjust my hash table downward when by simply closing the >program and reentering, I can maintain my large hash table which by the way was >automatically set by Shrdder9 in the 1st place. Do what works for you. Simple. We'll do what works for us.
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