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Subject: Re: Gandalf HASH notice for all!!

Author: José Carlos

Date: 02:17:21 01/09/01

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On January 09, 2001 at 04:55:19, Jouni Uski wrote:

>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

  I don't understand why should a program clear the hash table every move.

  José C.

• Re: Gandalf HASH notice for all!! Ulrich Tuerke 02:40:12 01/09/01
  • Re: Gandalf HASH notice for all!! Uri Blass 02:49:36 01/09/01

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