patch is not "optimization" like in 3DMark because it does not affect the computation result. PI is still calculated with the same precision. You are welcome to compare the results of unpatched and patched version. You will see that every digit is the same. Hopefully you will do binary compare of two output files instead of checking by hand.Originally Posted by Crankster
I have made that patch and posted it first on www.intelfanboy.com using the same nick as here -- you can look it up there if you do not believe.
there are two versions of the patch. One that uses SSE3 FISTTP instruction and another one that is using SSE2 code so it can also be run on Northwood and Athlon 64. It can give up to 12% speedup.
I am soo sick of so called benching community "ethics". testing the latest CPUs with dated, unoptimized FPU code fair, when in reality no one will use such a crappy software. The software that needs optimization the most is already optimized so why not use it? Why SuperPI? Why not something that uses the full potential of a CPU and not just one legacy unit? If my CPU has a feature called SSE2 or SSE3 I want to be able to use it because I paid for it.
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