On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Christopher D Lund wrote:
> Since I recently cleaned out my mailbox, I probably deleted the answers to
> these questions, so I'll have to ask again. I have set up my system at
> home to run both Windows 98 (which I have for some time) and Linux (which
> I'm getting into). As a result, I have a few questions about running mprime.
>
> 1. Is it possible to have Prime95 and mprime share the same files so that
> my system tests the same number independant of the OS? (That is, are the
> files compatible?)
That's the setup I'm running with right now.
prime95 has some additional values in prime.ini, controlling the window
and such, but as far as I can see there's no problem with sharing the
setup.
> 2. If it is (or if a conversion program is easy to write), does this
> compromise the integrity of the test so that it really shouldn't be done?
when stopped, prime95/mprime writes its current state, again in the save
format, so it'll continue from the same place.
If you're really concerned, you could delete the SelfTest*Passed Lines in
local.ini before starting under the other system, to make it rerun the
test under that as well.
> 3. How does the efficiency of mprime compare to Prime95? (That is, I'm
> getting 0.207 s/iteration under Prime95 right now. How would mprime handle
> a comparable number?)
There is a little difference, but I think it's mainly because you tend to
have more services running under Linux, it's within 5%
--
Henrik Olsen, Dawn Solutions I/S
URL=http://www.iaeste.dk/~henrik/
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