Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 17:40:38 08/06/03
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On August 06, 2003 at 20:10:10, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On August 06, 2003 at 19:28:13, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>On August 06, 2003 at 18:58:49, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On August 06, 2003 at 18:25:11, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >>> >>>>I had the opportunity to run some tests on an Opteron machine, >>>>and benchmarked Deep Sjeng on it, compared to the Athlon XP. >>>> >>>>The Opteron is 70% faster. >>>> >>>>Yes, that's _SEVENTY PERCENTS FASTER_, clock for clock. >>>> >>>>An 1.6Ghz Opteron runs Deep Sjeng faster than a (nonexisting) 2.7Ghz >>>>Athlon XP would. >>>> >>>>Operating system was Linux 2.4.19, SuSE 8.0 Opteron version. >>>>I compiled with GCC 3.2.2, pure (portable) C source. >>>> >>>>The reference was a MSVC6 SP5 with Processor Pack compile, with >>>>optimized parameters, and with optimized assembly language for >>>>most move generators and some other functions. (The fastest IA32 >>>>binary I have for the Athlon), running on an Athlon XP of the same >>>>clockspeed. >>> >>>An 8 CPU version might play pretty well, I imagine. >> >>I prefer to buy a Jaguar or a BMW than buying an 8X CPU version :-) > >it going to be tough to buy a new BMW or new jag here instead of >a quad opteron. > >the cpu's are like $2100 a piece. x 4 = $10k. >so for $20k perhaps you're ready. > >$90k for a cool new BMW here. > >>Pichard A 6 years old BMW is affordable. I never mentioned NEW :-) Pichard
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