Author: Howard Exner
Date: 02:45:36 07/12/98
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On July 11, 1998 at 16:31:41, Mark Young wrote: >On July 11, 1998 at 14:07:11, Howard Exner wrote: Other lines removed ... >>Some people tweak the bios settings on their motherboards (ram timings >>as one example) which will make some machines different despite identical >>processors. Typically a computer will have the original bios settings set >>conservatively. >> >>I did find the original K6-233 timings on Ed's page were way off. I emailed him >>what my machine found and he made the correction on his page. The original time >>for the K6-233 was the time when the problem was solved (not the time Ed >>wanted - the time when the ply was completed) so in this example it was >>an error in following the directions for the test. > >That makes sense. I know you can tweak the bios settings but not by 20 to 30 >percent in speed. I think this might be the cause of some other timing errors he >has posted. If I run the test till rebel finds just the solution, the times >matches up much better on the computers I have at home. The idea of waiting until the ply is complete may escape some testers who normally just record the time to solution. When Rebel 10 is released it might be a thought to revamp this computer processor speed chart to include Rebel 10 and Decade 2.0, replacing Rebel 8 and Decade 1.0. I always enjoy these charts on how different processors compare on applications, especially chess programs. Come to think of it, I've always been a glutton for all kinds of Sports stats (I guess these computer charts are the same for me), the funniest coming from the world of baseball... ie: so and so's batting average on a full moon when Grandma's laundry is drying on the clothesline.
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