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Subject: Re: Formula for hash table size

Author: Peter Fendrich

Date: 05:47:33 08/28/03

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On August 28, 2003 at 07:08:58, David H. McClain wrote:

>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

Yes, time is one of the parameters in such a formula.
/Peter



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