SuperPi 1MB is now dead ! => what will replace it ?

[kristos]

Yes, crypting/locking is difficult.
Today I've created 6 SuperPI binaries, i.e.
Original Solver Version, SSE2 Version, SSE3 Version,
both of English and Japanese versions.
They have identifications, but no crypting/locking.
So they are better than "silent" patched binary, I think,
but not perfect at all...
Anyway I attach several screenshots.

could you give the links for those plz?

[kyosen]

> could you give the links for those plz?
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Sorry, these binaries are for my own use, so far.

If I decide to distribute these as patches, I'll delete my signature.
Because these binaries have no protect/lock, so
"Calculate with SSE2(or SSE3), but saying <Original>" version
can be obtained easily with additional modifying

[zytrahus]

I think my pi bench will be release soon

[dj_ski69]

At this point and time I do not completley agree with either side....

This is the definition of the word "cheat"......
Does it apply to the patch....yes and no....
If the patch does not really calculate PI then its cheating.....
If it does calculate PI faster then its not cheating.....

I just wish that the Software World would catch a bit up with the hardware world....Then we wouldn't have this probelm......
But this won't happen anytime soon....

The door swings both ways though.....
And 64 bit is right around the corner....
Rather than use old ways, I prefer new ones.....

If SSE3 Software and benchmarks were available 6 months ago, If games that came out 6 months ago were written to take advantage of SSE3, then maybe A64 and P4EE's wouldn't be the best gaming chips....they might not be anything in comparison to the prescott's power....
But since this is not the case, its irrelevant......

All we can all hope for is SSE3 optimized software to be available soon so that we can all enjoy the power of SSE3...AMD and Intel alike....!


SkI

[zytrahus]

it's cheat ..........

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[Chris_F]

Yes it's cheating. Optimized code gives people running supper pi 104 an unfair advantage. Comparing Super Pi scores to this new patched version would be like comparing apples to oranges.

But does that make Super Pi useless? I think not. People could have cheated before this if they wanted. They could use MS Paint or write their own patch.

Heh. But that really isn't cool, releasing a patch like that. Next we'll see 64-bit patches floating around.

[Sucka]

benchmarks are supposed to indicate the performence of a piece of hardware it will give us in a range of applications, as soon as you optimize a benchmark it will no longer show you what performence we can expect from hardware ina wide range of applications.

On that same note, should everyone use the same driver set for benchmarking? If you'll notice, each new set of drivers offers up a couple hundred more points in 3dmarks than the previous set, those to can be considered optimizations as well? I really likes PI as a raw benchmark, and will continue to run it without patches.