[MPlayer-users] gcc 2.95.3 vs. gcc 3.2

[Arpi]

Hi,

> > I've done some quick comparson between 2.95.3 and brand-new 3.2 version.
> > Note, that 3.2 supports pentium4 target/optimization, so it should result
> > better code - in theory.
> > 
> > System: 1.8ghz p4, 512mb rd800 ram, i850, abit th7-ii raid mb, ibm 80g hdd
> > MPlayer: CVS version, almost every auto-detectable option present and detected
> i wonder why ppl buy Pentium 4..
> 
> Yes they can get higher clocks, but they are fuxored, at same clock p3
> is way faster, same for athlon's

ye si know and i knew when i bought ir.
but it's faster than my celeron 800 at 1066 was, and imho it's faster than
fastest p3 (1.1ghz) was at that times.
anyway i choose p4 for teh rambus thing, the most important bootleneck of
the p3 arch was the slow sdram speed.

even the p3 power was not used at 100% due to waiting for ram reads/writes.
if you work with big things (not fit into the cache) then it really
matters!


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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