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Subject: Re: Formula for hash table size

Author: David H. McClain

Date: 04:08:58 08/28/03

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On August 28, 2003 at 06:20:17, Peter Fendrich wrote:

>On August 28, 2003 at 05:13:37, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On August 28, 2003 at 05:10:10, Peter Fendrich wrote:
>>
>>>IIRC Chessbase/Fritz published a formula for minimum required hash table size >in order to get optimal performance.
>>
>>The formula only applied to Fritz 5.32, and it's total junk for newer
>>Fritzes.
>>
>>>Does anyone know where I can find it and/or other similar formulas for other
>>>engines?
>>
>>I know that for ChessTiger and Deep Sjeng its as much as possible,
>>as long as you dont start swapping to disk.
>>
>>--
>>GCP
>
>That wasn't the answer I looked for!
>I said minimum required not maximum.
>I am looking for a way to prioritize the size between different hash tables and
>maybe also the Nalimov cashe, given that I have one total value for available
>memory.
>/Peter

Peter,

It depends very much on what time limit games you are playing.  Short blitz
games need less and longer games need more.  There is no single optimal setting
for all.

Dave



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