Re: Mersenne: Problems with ATI graphics

[Leo Feret]

Aaron Blosser wrote:

> > Could someone explain this "noisy" cache/RAM?  That sounds like it may be
> > the problem.
>
> Since the cache on the PII's is built in, saying it's a cache problem might
> as well be the same as calling it a CPU problem.
>
>
> The cache and integer bits of a PII are used with some regularity even if
> the machine is just sitting there.
>
> One good test would be to use any other program that uses the FPU alot and
> see if the flicker shows up.  Can anyone think of another program that
> would?  I suppose any benchmark that tests FLOPS should do the trick.

It might be interesting to run CPUmark 99 from
 http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/projects/story/0,3656,2175057,00.html

Leo