Author: Les Walker
Date: 00:13:05 09/23/98
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On September 23, 1998 at 02:06:36, Mark Young wrote: >On September 22, 1998 at 21:19:12, James Robertson wrote: > >>On September 22, 1998 at 16:21:40, Mark Young wrote: >> >>>On September 22, 1998 at 15:40:08, James Robertson wrote: >>> >>>>On September 22, 1998 at 14:01:26, Mark Young wrote: >>>> >>>>>Match to be 6 games. >>>>>Played on two P II 333, 128mb ram. >>>>>Chessmaster 6000, (default settings)except for Hash set to 64mb. >>>>>Fritz 5, 80 Mb hash, None default book made from 1,000,000+ master level games. >>>> >>>>Why are hash table sizes uneven? >>> >>>The next size up for Chessmaster 6000 is 128mb of hash. So 64mb is max with 128 >>>megs of ram. >> >>Why not reduce Fritz to 64? > >It is very simple. You do not handicap one program because of the limitations of >another program. If I was testing Genius 5 Vs Fritz 5, Would I force Fritz 5 to >play with only 32mb of ram, because the max. that Chess Genius 5 can use is 32. >No. I have to equal machines; I try to set the programs up to play their best on >each machine. If one program is better at getting more out the same computer >then another program, then that is to the program and programmers credit. Ok, I see now. So, basically, you are testing the overall performance of the *entire* program, not just the strength of the engine. This makes sense. Thanks for the info. I do wonder, though, just for fun, what the results would be if the hash were to be set as equal. Best Regards, Les W.
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