Author: James T. Walker
Date: 09:45:49 06/14/99
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On June 14, 1999 at 00:15:00, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On June 13, 1999 at 23:44:04, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: > >> >>On June 13, 1999 at 18:53:37, Tomas Casanovas Martinez wrote: >> >>>...sorry, Mel. I forgot to say that both programmes play with 32 M. hash tables. >> >>Tomas, >> >>If you read the Fritz manual, you should know the formula for HT size. 32 megs >>for Fritz is less than half what he needs on your processor. Fritz needs more >>than 72 megs on your hardware if you're testing at 40/2? I forgot to look back >>but if you're testing at 40/2, then that's another problem besides using the >>wrong book. >> >>Mel > >Let's keep things straight here: it's a problem with Fritz, not his computer. > >For instance: Fritz is playing the GMs on a quad machine with 4 gigs of ram. >I'm sure that in 10 years we'll all think that 4 gigs is peanuts, but today the >story is different. Meanwhile, those of us in reality with a limited paycheque >will notice that other chess software doesn't ask for a similar amount of >memory, and send the complaints to where they belong. > >Dave Sorry Dave but I don't understand your complaint! The fact that Fritz requires more RAM than most other programs is not a downside. It's the way Fritz was designed and is not a problem. If you can't give Fritz the RAM it needs to perform up to design then it's your fault not Fritz's. You can use that as an excuse when Fritz doesn't perform but it's not Fritz's fault it doesn't have the RAM it needs. When you purchase Fritz you understand what it needs to perform at it's best. So you either give it what it takes or settle for less than optimum performance from an excellent program. I run Fritz on a K6-2-400 with 256 Meg RAM and it performs very well against Junior/Crafty. I'm still waiting for Hiarcs (It's in the mail) but hope to do my own test when it arrives. I admit that even with 256 meg ram, Fritz sometimes hits %100 of hashtable usage at 40/2. That's my fault! Jim Walker
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