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Subject: Re: hashtabe size: why conflicting views

Author: Matthias Gemuh

Date: 07:13:04 05/02/04

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On May 02, 2004 at 04:32:52, John Conte, Jr. wrote:

>Is there a formula or a way to set the correct hashtable size? Manuals,
>chessbase.com, etc have conflicting views, some say size is important, size is
>not important, your suppose to hear ratcheting sound, your not suppose to hear
>to much clicking a in disk swapping. Why the conflicting views and boy am I
>confused. Years ago, the older programs usingonly DOS, I never had a problem
>Thanks


Only excessive testing or a word from the programmer can reveal optimal size.
Assuming no swapping, my engine prefers largest hash because I don't clear
hash between search iterations or game moves.

/Matthias.



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