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Old May 16th 04, 06:00 AM
Chaos Master
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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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Old May 16th 04, 02:29 PM
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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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Old May 16th 04, 07:53 PM
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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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Old May 17th 04, 03:30 AM
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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
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Old May 17th 04, 03:32 AM
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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.

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