On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 17:05 +0100, Sylvain Gelly wrote: > > 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 :-).
Yes, if anyone wants to play I will temporarily open up my machine to you - giving you an account on my core 2 duo system. - Don > > > 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/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
