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For compiling programs: AMD Athlon or Pentium 4?
Hello people!
What processor is best at compiling programs (using GCC and Visual C++), under Linux and Windows: AMD Athlon or Pentium 4? Are there any benchmarks on compiling stuff like Linux kernels or some big Windows programs? Thanks! -- Chaos Master®, posting from Porto Alegre, Brazil! ICQ: 126735906 MSN Messenger: "Wake me up inside... Bring me to life..." LRU #349031 Slackware 9.1 / Conectiva 8 Server / Knoppix |
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Chaos Master wrote in message ...
Hello people! What processor is best at compiling programs (using GCC and Visual C++), under Linux and Windows: AMD Athlon or Pentium 4? Are there any benchmarks on compiling stuff like Linux kernels or some big Windows programs? Thanks! During compilation/linking you are running one or two processes only. I would suggest that you should look at the benchmarks which indicate straight mathematical processing power, not overall system performance. R. |
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It is a good idea to compile and run the program on the platform it
will run on. If you use too high-end of a processor/motherboard combination, you will not know how the program will run on an average Computer. At school we were able to compile Visual C++ Ver 6 on a Pentium 200 computer running Win2K. Hello people! What processor is best at compiling programs (using GCC and Visual C++), under Linux and Windows: AMD Athlon or Pentium 4? Are there any benchmarks on compiling stuff like Linux kernels or some big Windows programs? Thanks! |
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I've readed Rich ) 's post and...
During compilation/linking you are running one or two processes only. I would suggest that you should look at the benchmarks which indicate straight mathematical processing power, not overall system performance. I will take a look. Any suggestions of where I can find such types of benchmarks? I only find benchmarks for games, and others. Thanks -- Chaos Master® | "I'm going under, Posting from Brazil | drowning in you ICQ 126735906 | I'm falling forever, LRU 349031 Slack9.1 | I've got to break through" -------------------- -- Evanescence, "Going Under" |
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I've readed Charles ) 's post and...
It is a good idea to compile and run the program on the platform it will run on. If you use too high-end of a processor/motherboard combination, you will not know how the program will run on an average Computer. At school we were able to compile Visual C++ Ver 6 on a Pentium 200 computer running Win2K. I compile big programs with MinGW (nearly a port of GCC for Windows) on a Pentium 233 with Win 98 SE. The performance is not bad. So, as I understand things, Pentiums is generally better at mathematical stuff and Athlons are better at graphics/gaming stuff. []s -- Chaos Master® | "I'm going under, Posting from Brazil | drowning in you ICQ 126735906 | I'm falling forever, LRU 349031 Slack9.1 | I've got to break through" -------------------- -- Evanescence, "Going Under" |
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