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Subject: Re: HashTable size question

Author: Thomas Mayer

Date: 16:48:49 02/04/05

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Hi Dann,

>> Just wondered what what size HashTable you would use if your computer had
>> 1GB ram on a Dual Xeon 3.2GHZ for a standard game of 45 15. Looking to
>> maximize the strength of the computer. I have been working with 512MB,
>> 256MB and 128MB. I find 512mb seems to work better.

> At slower time control (e.g. 45'+15") huge hash is good, and the bigger the
> better.
> At faster time controls, it will do worse and worse.  If you play with 512
> megs hash and play game in one minute, it will do very poorly

well, this was true as long the engines delete the hash after each move...
nowadays I am not that sure, I believe Bob Hyatt was correct with his statement
that usually more is always better... Even in a 5 minutes game most engines
might fill even 512 MB hash quite easy...
Of course it is not easy to test that when we have in mind (I think this one is
from Christophe Theron) that doubling hashtables is around 7 Elo... I think this
number is quite near to the truth...

Greets, Thomas

P.S.: Of course it differs between the engines...



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