By: anon (anon.delete@this.anon.com), June 29, 2013 9:15 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
EduardoS (no.delete@this.spam.com) on June 29, 2013 6:50 pm wrote:
> anon (anon.delete@this.anon.com) on June 29, 2013 5:26 pm wrote:
> > Review sites seem to all use a mix of integer and FP benchmarks.
>
> Review sites uses a lot of video encoders and rendering engines, some use exotic programs,
> I don't know about you but I never use most programs used by reviewers.
>
> > Games being notable FP users.
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> Not as much as you think.
>
Then why has the market (almost every general purpose CPU from high end smartphones to high end servers) overwhelmingly spent effort on FP performance?
*That* was my question.
> anon (anon.delete@this.anon.com) on June 29, 2013 5:26 pm wrote:
> > Review sites seem to all use a mix of integer and FP benchmarks.
>
> Review sites uses a lot of video encoders and rendering engines, some use exotic programs,
> I don't know about you but I never use most programs used by reviewers.
>
> > Games being notable FP users.
>
> Not as much as you think.
>
Then why has the market (almost every general purpose CPU from high end smartphones to high end servers) overwhelmingly spent effort on FP performance?
*That* was my question.