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Subject: Re: About compiler optimizations

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 09:31:15 12/19/02

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On December 19, 2002 at 12:00:32, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>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 ;)


I suppose that is the _big_ difference between us.  I prefer to _test_ and
produce data that can be used to make a decision.  Rather than "guesswork".



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