[vorbis] Are AMDs preferable? [was: Choosing a processor]

[Randall Hofland]

Hardly scientific or complete, but the Alpha's appear to rule as might be
expected for a CPU specialized for FP. The lack of any specifics is very
disappointing and disqualifies the data for any real usefulness. Socket A
Athlons are still the best for the money if tuned properly for FP, especially
the 133FSB TBirds with DDR (or even PC133, which can often be overclocked).

fungus wrote:

> Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> >
> > You better get yourself something non-x86 if you like _real_
> > good performance.
> >
>
> The numbers are telling:
>
> http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/stats/cpus.html
>
> (I think the numbers near the bottom - the ones with very
>  with very few results received - are put there by hackers.)
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