Best cpu for compiling maps

ganjanoof · Post by **ganjanoof** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 12:17 am

Hi,

Thank Santa, I will change my hardware soon.
I have a doubt about the cpu I should take.

As I am a gamer, the Athlon 64 seems to be the best issue.

However, I take into account the power needed for compiling maps (moh). My last compilation took 14 days on a good system : P4 478 Northwood 2.8 Ghz, 1 Gb DDR 400 mhz. So to me it 's a matter of days spent on compiling. However, I have been able to use my pc anyway during compile time (no HT but good old process priority tweaking in task manager

)

Does anybody know what benchmark tests do measure what map compiling asks for ?

Arithmetical CPU, 3D rendering, multimedia ?

There are some jobs where the new P4 stilll beat the AMD cpu's (and from far).

I would be glad to know what cpu will help me to compile maps faster so I can take it into account...

Thx in advance

ganjanoof

lizardkid · Post by **lizardkid** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 3:35 am

MAth mostly. no rendering, you're not putting pixels o nthe screen. it's mor a matter of the sucky vis and light stuff in MOH's down-and-dirty coding that makes compile time suck.

if you're only testing your map, put on a very visually unimpressive mode, assuming you use MOHBuilder, but in -v in each slot, and -bounce 0 in your light slot. this cuts compile in at least half. other options will help too but i havent compiled in a while so you'll have to check.

ganjanoof · Post by **ganjanoof** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 10:23 am

Thanks a lot.

Also for the compiler's options.
I use mohbuilder with the -fast option when compiling for test purpose.
That 14 days compiling was a "release-candidate" one so it was full steam ahead

Math do you say... ok, hum, should I focus on integer or floating point handling ?

Post by **jv_map** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 10:31 am

Choose the one that's fastest at pure calculating... that's what everything comes down to anyway ~ use a vid card for 3d rendering

... oh and the compiler mostly uses floating point values

ganjanoof · Post by **ganjanoof** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 6:28 pm

That's what I thought.

I just asked Santa a 3.6 P4 with 533 DDR2 memory, and a Ati X700 video card.

Burn the Amex. Ouch.

So actually, quite everything I have read on the relative weakness of the P4 is a point of view : they still rule Whetstone benchmarks.

Many thanks to you all,

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - full of maps