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Subject: Re: Why max Hashtable Limit for Fruit is 1024 ?

Author: Mathieu Pagé

Date: 07:56:25 11/22/05

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On November 22, 2005 at 05:20:59, Uri Blass wrote:

>On November 22, 2005 at 05:17:44, Lin Harper wrote:
>
>>On November 22, 2005 at 02:35:15, Alexander Ermolenko wrote:
>>
>>>Why max Hashtable Limit for Fruit is 1024 ?
>>  This does'nt answer your question, but I just as an experiment, set up a
>>position and analyze it with just 1mb hash. Check the nps. Now reset the same
>>position and set your hash to the maximum. Check the nps again. See a
>>difference?
>>There appears to be a trade-off between speed and hash size. I'm no expert, but
>>it seems to me that optimal playing strength will be had with a moderate hash
>>size.
>>  regards
>>  Lin
>
>I think that this is the wrong way to test hash.
>You should test time to solution and not nodes per second.
>
>Uri

I agree with Uri, an engine with no TT will have higher NPS than one with an TT.



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