On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 16:45, Angelo wrote: > Elliot Lee wrote: > > >Image/video/sound processing have to be hand-coded if they want to use > >MMX, so changing compiler flags won't help there. The other examples you > >gave, well, there are no additional instructions that will benefit them. > > > >If you don't believe us, run some benchmarks :-) > > > I've benchmarked extensively only firefox, the new mozilla browser, and > i could say that the page render significantly faster on i686 build > against a i386 one... i've no other benchmarks now, but i'll try to do > some tests. Hi, before you do your tests, it might be interesting to read the following paper[1] about a 'genetic algorithm to find the "best" options for compiling programs with the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)'. [1] http://www.coyotegulch.com/acovea/acovea_4.html Regards, -- Ulisses
