Calculate Pi

[steven787]

rudyrsr8 said:

steven787 said:

rudyrsr8 said:
13 seconds for me

Really? What processor...

 

22 seconds on my Quad Core 2.2 GHz

19 seconds on my roommates Quad Extreme 3.0 GHz

 

(But to be fair this is with Norton 360 running on both of them, which slows it down a lot.

My comp is less than a year old its over clocked to 4.2GHz and has 6GB of memory and two51mb GPU need to update the gpu while i think about it but im using it for programing and environmental design hopefully ill become better soon lol.

 

If you want to program the first thing you have to learn is that "4.2 GHz" doesn't mean anything now-a-days.  The only CPUs I know with that clock speeds like that are 3-4 generations old (Pentium 4). A Core2Extreme or even a Core is way faster than P4 4.2GHz.   Technically it could be a Core2 Extreme x6850 OC, a chip that was $1300 a year ago (and still is $980)

The next thing you should know is that 6GB of ram has no bearing on the pi calculation.  The Memory clock-speed might, but not much.  Unless you are running Vista 64 Premium or Ultimate your computer won't recognize anything more than 3.2 GB. 

Last, (more of a question) what the heck is "two51mb GPU"?