[LLXX]

Anything running on the CPU will be affected by the microcode updates...

[RJARRRPCGP]

LLXX, on Feb 17 2006, 03:28 AM, said:

Anything running on the CPU will be affected by the microcode updates...

Likely not if the application wasn't compiled with a pro-Intel compiler. Super Pi was unfortunately compiled with a pro-Intel compiler, AFAIK.

Super Pi, at least the non-modded one was written in 1995! Back then, AMD wasn't popular at all!

In 1995, I didn't even have a PC at all!

This post has been edited by RJARRRPCGP: 21 February 2006 - 04:45 PM

[RJARRRPCGP]

I have gotten wording about the following:

Intel made it's complier so that it's slower on purpose if a non-Intel processor is detected. Even if the processor supports the functions required.

[LLXX]

RJARRRPCGP, on Mar 2 2006, 10:27 PM, said:

I have gotten wording about the following:

Intel made it's complier so that it's slower on purpose if a non-Intel processor is detected. Even if the processor supports the functions required.

Makes sense. It is the Intel compiler after all... so it'd be optimised only for their processors.

[Lunac]

All this talk about a possible performance gap? Gap that might manifest itself under certain uncommon conditions (very uncommon conditions) such as running certain stress-test/bechmarking software dating from mid 90s on a particular OS. (I say might because who knows what configuration of hardware/software dear RJARRRPCGP is running, and that is if RJARRRPCGP is not BS'ing us to begin with)