Author: Juan Pablo Naar
Date: 20:39:56 05/07/03
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On May 07, 2003 at 23:21:38, Luis Smith wrote: >On May 07, 2003 at 23:00:22, Juan Pablo Naar wrote: Hi, im very thankful for awering my questions, but you "exacty" didn't answered question #3 that is the most important, I already searched and YES, it fits into my motherboard, please answer me my third question, Ill be more thankful. Juan Pablo Naar > >>Hi to all, i have some questions: >> >>1. What means "hash tables"? > >I'm not exactly an expert but I'm pretty sure this is how hash works: Hash >tables are when a chess engine uses RAM to store previously calculated positions >and call upon them when the line comes up again. > > >>Does when the engine have more hash tables, will >>its playing strength increase? > >It all depends on what time limit you are going to be using. If its blitz and >you have an old computer you may only need to run 4-16 MB of hash, but if its >some of the newer systems you may want to go with 32. Longer games you would >want to load more hash so the chess engine can store more positions and not >calculate them later. However if you put in too much it could actually decrease >the performance of the chess engine. > >> >>2. Does memory RAM have any connection to hash tables? > >The more RAM you have the more you can put into your hash tables > >> >>3. If first I had 93 MB RAM and then I buy 1 GB, about how many rating points >>will my engine gain? Will my engine be faster? > >Well first off, you need to check to see if that much RAM will actually fit onto >your motherboard. Look up the manufacturer's website and it should give you a >listing of all your computer specs > >> >>4. How do I put the GB ram to put all its power into my engine? >> >>Please, I need an answer to buy wether or not more gb ram. > >If you've got a newer machine you'd only need a 256 chip > >> >>thanks fow those who try to answer my questions > >No problem
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