what version is best for..........

[crash893]

i would like to start this thread becuase i heard that some versions run faster on certian cpu's


so if we could complie a list with a link to that version i think it would be very helpfull

however im not entirely sure what info is needed

for example i have a p3 662mhz with 256ram sdram
and
and i also have a amd althlon 1ghz with 256 ddram

[Axel Fox]

I think that every platform without SSE2 instructions (being everything except the Pentium IV for now), has the best results with version 22.12.

All Pentium IV's run best on version 23.4.1.

To anyone : correct me if I'm wrong.

Axel Fox :(

[ET_]

AFAIK, Athlon code should be the same in both version 22.12 and 23.4

Luigi

[chrow]

I have an AMD DURON 1.0 GIGA. I am running prime95 V.22.12
Is it the new version going to help me in anything? If I do the installation am going to lose what the prime95 already factored, or it better to is wait him complete the service totally for then to install?


Moises Deangelo
lewris@ig.com.br
ICQ:89529510

[ET_]

I have an AMD DURON 1.0 GIGA. I am running prime95 V.22.12
Is it the new version going to help me in anything

AFAIK vers. 22.12 is the best for Athlons and Durons.
Vers. 23 hasn't modified the Athlon code.

Luigi

[saherr1969]

What about the Celeron 2.2 GHz range? Any thoughts?

[cheesehead]

Originally Posted by chrow

If I do the installation am going to lose what the prime95 already factored

Not if you're doing trial factoring or stage 1 of P-1 factoring.

Installation of a new Prime95 version will not overlay or destroy any save files (provided one follows the instructions, of course!), so generally it can resume from where the previous version wrote the last save file.

However, verion 23.3 changed the format of P-1 save files created during stage 2 P-1. So if (A) your previous version was earlier than 23.3, (B) your previous version was in the middle of a P-1 stage 2 when you stopped it, and (C) you're installing version 23.3 or later, then when the new version resumes work on the P-1 stage 2, it will start over at the beginning of stage 2.

[smh]

Originally Posted by saherr1969

What about the Celeron 2.2 GHz range? Any thoughts?

Just use the newest version on any CPU.

If the cpu uses SSE2 instructions you'll see a speedup, otherwise it shouldn't make any difference. George has said the non SSE2 code hasn't changed.