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If anyone has an AMD processor and they don't mind doing me a favor, would you please download this file. Unzip it on your computer, then run the test. It will create four log files in you main c:\ folder. Zip up those files and email them to me. I have run into a problem that not all processors create the same floating point math, new to me but an old problem. So I am looking into solutions. I really appreciate it, thanks. My email is norb at this site (norbsoftware) then the dot and then the com.

http://www.norbsoftware.com/NSDFloatTest.zip

What is an AMC processor?

heavy stuff
http://www.hempeldesigngroup.com/lego/p ... tMath.html

AMD is a company that makes CPU chips in competition with Intel.

To see if you have an AMD chip:
If you have XP: Start Run and then type dxdiag in the box. Allow it to check for WHQL signatures. On the page that comes up (System tab) there will be a line that says Processor: and following that will be either Intel or AMD. Norb is looking for test results from people who have AMD type of processors.

AMC is either a chain of movie theaters or a long out of business car company that made really poorly designed and built cars. Do an image search for "AMC Pacer" for example.

-Jim

Jim wrote:

AMD is a company that makes CPU chips in competition with Intel.

To see if you have an AMD chip:
If you have XP: Start Run and then type dxdiag in the box. Allow it to check for WHQL signatures. On the page that comes up (System tab) there will be a line that says Processor: and following that will be either Intel or AMD. Norb is looking for test results from people who have AMD type of processors.

AMC is either a chain of movie theaters or a long out of business car company that made really poorly designed and built cars. Do an image search for "AMC Pacer" for example.

-Jim

AMC is also a cable station......American Movie Classics!:) They show rerun after rerun after rerun of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines..........too name just one.

Sent mine off. Thanks for the scare, Norb.

At one time I owned 50 shares of AMC. I believe I parlayed that into 2 shares of an Armenian potato chip manufacturer.

7th Wisconsin wrote:

Sent mine off. Thanks for the scare, Norb.

At one time I owned 50 shares of AMC. I believe I parlayed that into 2 shares of an Armenian potato chip manufacturer.

Sounds like a rather salty venture.

AMC is either a chain of movie theaters or a long out of business car company that made really poorly designed and built cars.

Good 'ol American Motors Corporation, AMC. Glad i never owned an AMC but i did own a Harley built by AMF the bowling ballers..go figure!

I remember a couple years ago, AMD's processors had floating point errors. Though a subtle error, never the less the resultant never exactly equalled an Intel chip's resultant. Their newer chips have a Floating Point Enhancement feature which is supposed to accelerate FP operations.

Norb, if you haven't done so already and if i was writing code for the mass public to work on both Intel and AMD platforms, i'd contact an AMD technical rep to find out exactly whats going on.

I've got Intel, so no worries.

I may be switching to an AMD processor soon, so you must get this bug fixed!!! :)