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Subject: Re: help with fritz 5.32

Author: Melvin S. Schwartz

Date: 18:46:39 07/08/99

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On July 08, 1999 at 21:19:10, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote:

>
>On July 08, 1999 at 20:42:41, Sammy wrote:
>
>>
>>I have a PII 266 32 megs of mem and the time limit was 2 mins for each compouter
>>his system 64 megs 233 mmx.
>>
>>On July 08, 1999 at 20:41:04, Sammy wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On July 08, 1999 at 20:17:41, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>On July 08, 1999 at 20:09:40, Sammy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I just bought fritz 5.32 wand wanted to check out how strong it is against
>>>>>cm6000 so I had a friend run his chess master and feed me the moves cm beat
>>>>>fritz every time how can I make fritz stronger are there any setting I can
>>>>>change or download to make it beat cm6000.
>>>>>
>>>>>thanks
>>>>>aamer
>>>>
>>>>Could you please provide the amount of megs you are giving Fritz for hash
>>>>tables, your processor speed, and the time control?
>>>>
>>>>Mel
>
>The formula for hash tables in Fritz is 2 x processor speed x seconds per move.
>In your case, with a processor speed of 233 MHz, and I
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Correction: I misread your processor speed. At 266 MHz the formula would be 2 x
266 x seconds per move, and not 2 x 233 MHz x seconds per move.


assume you mean 2 minutes
>a move, Fritz would need a 55.9 or let's say 55-56 megs of RAM for hash tables.
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In the above example that would translate into 63 megs for hash tables.

Mel
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>If I understand you correctly, and your computer only has 32 megs of RAM
>capacity, Fritz is not getting the proper amount of hash tables and this is
>mostly likely why it is not performing better. CM6000 does not need hash tables
>as Fritz does. According to SSDF testing, Fritz 5.32 and CN6000 have an even
>score of 2-2 after 4 games at a time control of 40/2.
>
>If it's possible, and if the poor performance of Fritz is due to lack of megs
>for hash hables, you can upgrade the amount of RAM in your hard drive.
>
>Regards,
>Mel



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