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Subject: Re: cache settings--Cacheman for chess programs

Author: Alex

Date: 23:08:39 03/30/03

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On March 31, 2003 at 01:40:17, David Dory wrote:

>On March 30, 2003 at 19:53:16, Alex  wrote:
>
>>HELLO!  What is the best Cache (chunk size , Min AND MAX ETC) For cranking out
>>Nodes per secon of chess programs?  I use the Freeware / shareware utility
>>(found at voodoo files) and was wondering what "profile" ie "games" or "network"
>> etc to use for nodes per second and what setting(s) to use for the 3d graphics
>>for my win ME 256 MB rame 1.6 gig cpu Intel and my win 98 1 gig Ram and 600
>>mghrz cpu computers???   Alex.
>
>Cache memory is not user selectable - it is hardware.
>
>If by "cache" you mean hashtable size (also referred to as transposition table
>size), you'll want to read the results, posted below, of Hyatt's tests in that
>regard with his chess program Crafty.
>
>The very best way to test this would be to actually do a similar test with your
>own computers using the programs you want to test.
>
>Lots of times we wave our hands and make lots of very intelligent theories as to
>which is best and why. But with a few tests we can absolutely know, for sure,
>the correct answer; for the hardware, operating system, and software in
>question.
>
>And it saves a lot of hand waving and theorizing.
>
>Dave
Noooo...I am NOT talking ram--but v-cache,chunk size etc. and virtual memory
thanks Aalex.



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