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Subject: Re: Fritz 7 labotomy? A second opinion.

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 15:24:40 04/10/02

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On April 10, 2002 at 18:18:12, Steve Lopez wrote:

>On April 10, 2002 at 16:45:09, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On April 09, 2002 at 23:21:47, James T. Walker wrote:
>>
>>>I see nothing
>>>to indicate that 256 Meg hash is "too big" and causes a Fritz labotomy.
>>
>>I haven't tested it, but I would be surprised if Fritz
>>had _any_ kind of trouble with using huge hashtables
>>for fast timecontrols. Most likely bigger=better, no
>>matter what (*).
>>
>>There was a discussion about the info in the T-Notes
>>a week or so ago, and I think that the general conclusion
>>was that they are occasionally full of nonsense.
>>
>>(*) of course, as long as it actually fits into RAM and
>>no swapping takes place
>>
>>--
>
>And, as I said in that discussion, I stand by what I wrote. The information came
>directly from the programmers, though it is possible that the disk swapping
>scenario plays into their comments.
>
>-- Steve Lopez
*****************
Hello Steve,
How long ago did you get this info??  I believe it was valid for Fritz 5 but I
now have over 700 games at G/2minutes with Fritz 7 using 256M with no apparent
decrease in strength.
Jim
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