64 bit windows 7

[cms271828]

I've just installed 64 bit win7, I ran chess program, and the nps count was reaching 5 - 6,000,000 in the opening, whereas on xp, I would get about 3,500,000.

Its nice to see the theory demonstrated after such a long time with 32 bit platform, and the results are great, no going back to 32 bit for me (unless win7 starts to play up really badly).

[ernest]

I've just installed 64 bit win7, I ran chess program,

Depends on the chess program!...
Rybka: +70%
Fritz, Shredder: +0%

[jwes]

I've just installed 64 bit win7, I ran chess program, and the nps count was reaching 5 - 6,000,000 in the opening, whereas on xp, I would get about 3,500,000.

Its nice to see the theory demonstrated after such a long time with 32 bit platform, and the results are great, no going back to 32 bit for me (unless win7 starts to play up really badly).

I just installed win7 and discovered that default power save mode is sleep after 30 minutes by doing an overnight analysis.

[OliverUwira]

I just installed win7 and discovered that default power save mode is sleep after 30 minutes by doing an overnight analysis.

That's a nice gotcha. I know it well, too

[jwes]

I just installed win7 and discovered that default power save mode is sleep after 30 minutes by doing an overnight analysis.

That's a nice gotcha. I know it well, too

I found another one. The default windows update mode will reboot your computer if it feels it needs to.

[Mithu]

J. Wesley Cleveland

I just installed win7 and discovered that default power save mode is sleep after 30 minutes by doing an overnight analysis.

I found another one. The default windows update mode will reboot your computer if it feels it needs to.

Good that I was informed...
I did not think about this at all.

Thank you.

[OliverUwira]

I just installed win7 and discovered that default power save mode is sleep after 30 minutes by doing an overnight analysis.

That's a nice gotcha. I know it well, too

I found another one. The default windows update mode will reboot your computer if it feels it needs to.

I didn't notice that one. It only does that after asking. Maybe there's a difference between Home and Pro?

[M ANSARI]

For engine performance to not suffer, it is a good idea to turn off automatic updates and do the updates manually every month or so. It can be incredibly annoying when you have a tourney running and you come back to find that Windows update has automatically updated itself and rebooted its computer. If those updates would happen once a year, I could live with that ... but they happen way too often.

[bob]

For engine performance to not suffer, it is a good idea to turn off automatic updates and do the updates manually every month or so. It can be incredibly annoying when you have a tourney running and you come back to find that Windows update has automatically updated itself and rebooted its computer. If those updates would happen once a year, I could live with that ... but they happen way too often.

"Windows is not the answer... Windows? is the question. NO is the answer."

--Linus Torvalds

[xsadar]

. . . and you come back to find that Windows update has automatically updated itself and rebooted its computer.

While I don't think this is what you meant to say, it seems to reflect the attitude of Microsoft and a lot of other companies -- that your computer, software, music, etc, are not yours but theirs. So they have no qualms about rebooting your computer without your permission despite the fact that it kills any important processes you may have running, and causes the loss of any work you may not have saved. Fortunately in this case they were kind enough to allow you to change the default behavior.