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Subject: Re: Cheap memory this days, but does it give anymore playing strength?

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 09:19:21 07/25/01

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On July 25, 2001 at 12:04:52, Torstein Hall wrote:

>I just bought a 256MB PC-133 memory module for my PC for about $60 (I'm sure you
>can find even better prices.) Its nice to have when dealing with large graphic
>files etc, but will it help much for playing strength to have say 256MB hash
>instead of 48MB?

Especially in endgames, the difference between 48M and 96M hash
can be very noticable.

I'm quite confident that also goes for higher values, as long
as your CPU is fast enough to fill it at the time controls
you play.

--
GCP



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