Author: Gordon Rattray
Date: 09:26:02 03/27/00
How much benefit can one expect by supplying more RAM for hash tables? I'd guess that moving from, say, 32Mb to 128Mb would be a significant improvement (assuming the time controls allow the table to be filled). However, how much benefit can be expected by moving from 256Mb to 512Mb? I apologise to anyone would has already read similar postings from myself, but I'm still not entirely sure what high-end PC to purchase. Hardware reviews on the web provide some good comparison figures for different specs but I wonder how closely their tests resemble the run behaviour of a chess program (which would be my main application)?! Should it be Athlon or PIII? For the PIII, I'd be planning on a 800Mhz with either 384Mb RDRAM (i820 chipset) or 786Mb SDRAM (440BX chipset). I've been told that RDRAM may not make any difference for a chess program. But many of the hardware reviews show better performance for the RDRAM/i820 setup (maybe not applicable to a chess program?!). Hence, my original question. Especially for long time controls, should I go for more of the less expensive SDRAM (768Mb)? This would allow me to allocate 512Mb to Fritz/Junior. Is this such a big deal?? Finally, can anyone recommend a retailer? I've been mainly looking at Dell and Gateway. Thanks in advance for any advice Gordon
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