Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 18:15:33 08/06/03
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On August 06, 2003 at 20:40:38, Jorge Pichard wrote: >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 6 years ago i had pentiumpro 200Mhz. that one sure is affordable now too :)
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