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Superpi prescott patch
- Thread starter Scph9002
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I immediatly patched all my rigs and laptops, I couldn't sleep sound tonight if my scores aren't a few seconds lower 
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where do you get the patch?
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Ohh noooo another one! I was posting that JOKINGLY guys!!! I'm not so hung-up on benchies...
Funny you should ask. AMD guys get all bent out of shape and call it a cheat. They say the Prescott sucks because it is too hot and slow per clock, but the second you try to run a program that takes advantage of its advanced instructions or cache, it's a "cheat."Scph9002 said:
You can't win with these AMD zealots (not all AMD owners are this way, but the ones who are are very vocal). They only want you to run the version which favors their processor, and of course Prescott people would like to actually use SSE3 rather than have it sit dormant.
Anyway, benchmarks are meaningless unless - unless - you only look at them as task-based. In other words, which platform can compute pi or primes or whatever fastest. But if you expect different hardware to run the same application, someone's gonna feel cheated.
I say, compile separate, patched versions designed to milk the most out of each processor, whatever it takes to get the fastest pi, or whatever.
But using a program written before a new processor even came out which completely ignores its new features doesn't seem so fair, IMO.
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uclajd said:
So true..
I think the reason they get upset us because the patch wasn't released by the coder of Super-Pi. Which would bassically make it a hack, since it wasn't meant to run with the original code. It shaves 2 seconds off my Intel, which is cool, but i still run the non-patched one for comparing to others. I think the maker of the patch should have made it so the screen shots would represent the patch. But it really doesn't matter, it's easy to spot a patched score.
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cpus hardware is there to be used and software should be compiled to take the best advantage it can. Perhaps all software should come with 2 instals the installer decides which will be the fastest for your hardware.
Is the built in memory controler cheating on the A64? Nope: I am looking forword to owning a numa system one day.
Is the built in memory controler cheating on the A64? Nope: I am looking forword to owning a numa system one day.
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Sucka said:
I'm sort of inclined to think this way too. If it was an "official" patch, I'd jump on it in a heartbeat. But. since it's a hack, then I can see the side of the argument that is calling it a cheat. As much as I'd like to gain an advantage, I'll just use the official version for now. Besides, my score of 29 seconds is hard to beat (no patch).
