And if I were running transaction processing on a database I'd all over that like a cheap suit. But I'm not, so I won't ;-) Jan On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 00:54, Malcolm Baldridge wrote: > By the way, here's a "real world" example of the performance benefits to > using the Intel compiler on a "real" program which doesn't seem an obvious > beneficiary from Pentium 4 optimisation: > > <http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/intel-compiler-casestudy-mysql.pdf> > > These are serious gains, people. > > It's like cranking up the clockspeed from 3GHz to 3.6-4.2GHz for just one > additional line in your configure command. [*] > > If you're tired of CPUs which give nuclear reactors a run for the thermal > dissipation money and false economies of "cheaper" CPUs, I think you'll be > very pleasantly surprised by 800FSB P4 performance. > > =MB= > > [*] Intel C Compiler is free to download and use but you cannot ship a > commercial product built with it without paying for a licence.
