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Subject: Re: About compiler optimizations

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 08:41:47 12/19/02

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On December 19, 2002 at 07:53:32, Frederic Louguet wrote:

>My program Chess Wizard has always run much faster on Athlon than on P4, but
>maybe using default optimizations is not enough. So I have a question for
>compiler gurus : what are the best compiler optimizations you can use under
>Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 with processor pack, running under Windows XP, for
>Athlon XP/MP and for Pentium 4.
>
>Before I try everything myself, maybe someone has made experiments and has
>interesting results to share ?

You have to test.  Each program is different, and the optimizers can make good
or
bad decisions depending on the options given.  When you change processors you
should test this as well, and when you change compiler versions you have to
start
over and test again...




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