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Subject: Re: About compiler optimizations

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 09:00:32 12/19/02

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On December 19, 2002 at 11:43:22, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On December 19, 2002 at 09:43:54, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>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 ?
>>
>>Yes.
>>
>>Try mingw with msys.
>>it works under windows.
>>
>>download the latest gcc compiler.
>>then compile a version with profile info. produce profile
>>info. then recompile with that and branches get optimized.
>>
>>should get your chess wizard, assuming it's a non-bitboard (gcc
>>is horrible optimizing 64 bits code for 32 bits processors), a lot
>>faster.
>>
>>It sure works for diep very fast.
>
>
>Also he should try the Intel C/C++ compiler v 7.0 download from Intel's
>web site.  It produces faster code for me than any version of gcc that is
>available.

you have a P4. he has an AMD K7. I bet even old visual c++ 6.0 sp4 procpack
beats the intel 7.0 on that hardware ;)





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