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Subject: Re: Gandalf HASH notice for all!!

Author: Jouni Uski

Date: 01:55:19 01/09/01

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On January 09, 2001 at 04:08:38, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:

>On January 09, 2001 at 03:09:39, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>If I am not complete wrong please note:
>>
>>Because Gandalf is so slow in NPS sense (about 1/4 of many top engines) it needs
>>much less HASH table RAM than other programs and if You give too much HASH it
>>weakens engine! So my recommendation:
>>
>>  500 Mhz PC 32MB
>> 1000 Mhz PC 56MB
>>
>>The readme.txt to use 104MB for >128MB PC is not wise at all.
>>
>>Jouni
>
>I don't see, why "too much" hash could do any harm.
>Uli

I am not sure may be there is minor bug in hashing code. With 104MB (or similar)
clearing of hash seems to take 5-10 seconds in my PC!

Jouni



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