Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 02:08:43 02/07/06
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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 Christophe Theron once estimated a doubling of hash size to be worth 5 elopoints. That would mean 32 to 512 MB Hash is a difference of 20 Elopoints. This of course is only true if the 512 MB Hash are really used. On your very old 447 Mhz computer this would require about 10min/move I suppose so really long time control. To answer youre question the difference won't probably noticeable. regards Joachim
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