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Subject: Re: Why is Fritz5.0 running Faster than Fritz5.32 within the Fritz5.32 progr

Author: Bruce Cleaver

Date: 04:52:01 07/12/99

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On July 12, 1999 at 02:36:18, odell hall wrote:

>Hi
>
>  Everything I have read on the internet says that because Fritz5.32 is a 32bit
>application it is faster than fritz5.0, Not so within my fritz5.32. Not only
>does fritz5.32 score lower on the fritz mark test, but it searches fewer nodes
>per second.  My operating system is windows 98 with 64 megs of SD ram, hash
>tables are set to 40mb.  Does it have anything to do with the fact the my video
>card only allows for 256 colours?  Does this somehow slow fritz down? I notice
>that the fritz 5.0 engine , running in fritz5.32 however seems to be running the
>exact same speed as in the 16bit fritz5 program. I would appreciate any answers
>or speculation.  Thanks


I think I read in the CCC  that Fritz 5.32 may be in C language, whereas Fritz
5.0 was in Assembler - thus accounting for the speed differences.

Bruce



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