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Subject: Re: how much does hash size limitation impact long games

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 14:33:52 02/06/06

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On February 06, 2006 at 17:16:14, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote:

>hi folks,
>
>I have to use an old pentium 3 447 mhz computer to run engine vesus engine
>matches, because my good computer has to be used for actual work :(.
>
>I can only give the engines 32 mb of hash. If i play really long games, I
>presume this hash table will fill up quickly.
>
>How much of a performance decriment might i expect if i play long time controls
> with such a small hash (compared to if i had say, 512 hash).
>
>
>best
>Joseph

If you look at the data I posted in the "other hashing thread" you will see a
factor of two going from 3mb to 96MB or so.  A factor of two produces a
measurable Elo improvement.



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