So, what should I be looking for in a processor if I want to get the most out of my single threaded UCT program?
The best way is to find a friend with exactly the processor you want and try your program on it... The second best is see benchmarks, and find which benchmark is relevant to your program. Then, buy the processor with the highest value on this benchmark :-).
Perhaps the most interesting question for me is: How will a Core2 (duo?) 2.33 GHz compare with my existing P4 3.2 GHz? In any case I guess I will have to retool the program to be multi-threaded to take advantage of the dual core. Should I also be worrying about converting to 64-bit?
This one: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6700 @ 2.66GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 2660.110 cache size : 4096 KB is the fastest processor for MoGo I have access to. Each processor (there are 2), is 1.5 time the speed of my P4 3.4Ghz (already 1.2 faster than other P4 3.4Ghz). BTW, someone managed to overclock this processor to 5.182 Ghz !!! (http://www.hardware.fr/myocdb.com/processeur364.html). And 3.750 Ghz seems pretty easy to get (without very special cooling material, at a price of less than 30 euros). Hope that helps for your choice :-). Sylvain _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
