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Re: AMD CPU [message #29118 is a reply to message #29022]

Wed, 30 January 2002 08:59

bgeer
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Craig Markwardt <craigmnet@cow.physics.wisc.edu> writes:

>"Richard Tyc" <richt@sbrc.umanitoba.ca> writes:

>> Are ther any implications with IDL when running on AMD CPU's (Duron, Athlon
>> etc) as compared to Intel ?
>>
>> I thought it was a non issue, but the salesman at the computer store did
>> mention that some customers using "high end graphics and video editing
>> software" have experienced problems on AMD based PC's compared with Intel's.
>> Not sure where IDL fits here but thought I should ask about anyone's bad
>> experiences...

>We use IDL on an Athlon dual CPU system and it smokes! Floating point
>performance has been noted to be better on Athlons. [ After a bout of
>bad memory, ] we haven't noticed any problems at all.

I'm having no problems with 5.4 on a 1.2 gig SocketA Thunderbird. It
runs double precision FFT code significantly faster than on a 566MHz
Alpha.

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		AMD CPU By: Richard Tyc on Wed, 30 January 2002 08:11
		Re: AMD CPU By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 31 January 2002 09:54
		Re: AMD CPU By: Robert Stockwell on Wed, 30 January 2002 16:13
		Re: AMD CPU By: Brian Jackel on Wed, 30 January 2002 13:32
		Re: AMD CPU By: Rick Towler on Wed, 30 January 2002 13:34
		Re: AMD CPU By: Andrew Cool on Wed, 30 January 2002 13:15
		Re: AMD CPU By: Robert Stockwell on Wed, 30 January 2002 10:45
		Re: AMD CPU By: Richard Tyc on Wed, 30 January 2002 10:07
		Re: AMD CPU By: bgeer on Wed, 30 January 2002 08:59
		Re: AMD CPU By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Wed, 30 January 2002 08:45
		Re: AMD CPU By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 30 January 2002 08:30

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