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Subject: Re: hash tables processors and long term analysis

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 08:32:52 05/16/02

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On May 15, 2002 at 21:09:14, Joe McCarro wrote:

>Sometimes I have my computer analyze a position overnight.  I have an amd 1gig
>with 256 ram and a p2 266 with 512 ram.
>
>Q: If I set the hash tables at say 192 for the p2-266 and 92 meg hash for the 1
>gig athlon which will have better analysis in the morning.
>
>I'm wondering if once the hash is full tif the computer slows ddown so much the
>difference in processor is effectively nullified.
>thanks in advance.
>Joe

No
The difference in proccesor speed dominates.

The computer does not run slower when the hash tables are full.

I can often get with my program (movei) a branching factor of less than 4 even
without hash tables.

Uri



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