Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:42:12 10/09/02
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On October 09, 2002 at 08:46:24, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On October 09, 2002 at 08:25:29, Shaun Brewer wrote: > >>On October 09, 2002 at 02:17:25, Tim Blankenship wrote: >> >>>with 512 mb of ram playing 3+2 minute games...whats the best hash size ive tried >>>a lot and am still confused...thx for help >> >>Test I have run with crafty seem to indicate that the more the better even for >>blitz as long as you stay within real memory. > >Actually, your test indicates that it doesn't make any difference in >blitz, as largest rating - error margin < smallest rating :) > >In the fastest lightning games, a too large hash for Crafty is not good. >In any timecontrol other than that, larger is generally better. Why do you think that is true? I don't make a pass over the hash table after each search to clear anything. I _might_ clear the scores only twice during the game, but no more, normally... > >It also depends on the program. Sjeng and ChessTiger for example play >even the quickest timecontrols OK even with huge hash values. > >-- >GCP
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