Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:47:52 08/06/99
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On August 06, 1999 at 06:28:55, Ulrich Tuerke wrote: >I am wondering how (and if) to use the TB caching offered by Eugene's >interface. >I assume that almost all chess programs use one or more >transposition hash tables, this way caching the results of table base >probes anyway. Isn't it redundant to use the caching of the TB module >(FTbSetCacheSize() call) too ? > >If not, what values for the cache size can be suggested ? > >Thanks in advance, Uli It's pretty important, unless you run a system like Linux that really does well caching on its own. However, Eugene's LRU cache is very efficient and can speed things up significantly. In the case of Crafty, I generally do this: hash = 3/4 of all memory. pawn hash = 1/2 of what is left, up to 16mb. cache = whatever is left, leaving enough room to prevent paging.
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