[fpc-pascal] Which -Op??? parameter is appropriate

2010-02-26 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
System used: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz with 4GB memory FPC 2.4 64-bit under Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS 64-bit Which -Op??? can I use to optimize my application best for the above system? Is -OpPENTIUMM better or worse than -OpPENTIUM4? Is any of them appropriate for a

Re: [fpc-pascal] Which -Op??? parameter is appropriate

2010-02-26 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Is -OpPENTIUMM better or worse than -OpPENTIUM4? Is any of them appropriate for a Core2Quad CPU? OK, I think I answered my own question when I tried it on my projects. -OpATHLON64 seems to be the option for my CPU type. 'fpc -i' gives you the available options.

Re: [fpc-pascal] Which -Op??? parameter is appropriate

2010-02-26 Thread David W Noon
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:16:53 +0200, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote about Re: [fpc-pascal] Which -Op??? parameter is appropriate: Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Is -OpPENTIUMM better or worse than -OpPENTIUM4? Is any of them appropriate for a Core2Quad CPU? OK, I think I answered my own question

Re: [fpc-pascal] Which -Op??? parameter is appropriate

2010-02-26 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
David W Noon wrote: If I were shipping compiled binaries, I would take a more lowest common denominator approach, specifying an 80386 or some such. However, I don't have that problem. Yes, we do that for our released products too. I was simply playing around with optimisation settings to see