Pentium 4 and Celeron processors
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Emily_P Send message Joined: 7 Jan 04 Posts: 6 Credit: 1,106,682 RAC: 0 
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I have a 2.5GHz Celeron and a 2.4GHz Pentium 4. The benchmarks are about the same for them but Celeron takes does only half the work. As a resault the Celeron claims about twice the credit that it should. Is there anything I can do about this. ID: 116715 ·  |
 Jord  Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 
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Yes, use the optimized client. Only the app_info.xml and the actual seti client (4.11) are necessary, not the boinc.exe itself. See this thread for all the previous threads and the links to the optimized client. My Celeron took 27,000+ seconds per unit, it now takes merely 17,000 seconds and less. ID: 116720 · |
Pooh Bear 27  Send message Joined: 14 Jul 03 Posts: 3224 Credit: 4,603,826 RAC: 0
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The issue is L2 cache. The P4 has a higher amount of cache and can do faster calculations without having to swap to real memory, which has a lot more latency time. So comparing same speed Celeron with P4 is not truely possible. Yes there are optimized clients, and that may be one way to go.  My movie https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/502242 ID: 116735 · |
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Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3
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Check this thread instead. If you have a Celeron based on the P4 (Northwood), you need the seti-p4-no-sse3.zip for it. Else, if you're not sure, check your CPU's capabilities with CPUZ. ID: 116879 · |
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