Special thanks for AK V8 application

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chaco Send message Joined: 8 May 99 Posts: 41 Credit: 20,646,607 RAC: 15,266	Message 746324 - Posted: 30 Apr 2008, 23:58:10 UTC
	My view Part II... Great Googly Moogly! The percentages in the Progress column are spinning faster than the numbers on the fuel pump when I fill my tank! (Well...okay that's a bit of an exaggeration because we all know it's not possible for the numbers on our computers to actually move that fast:-) ____________ Confidence: Remember that feeling you had just before you truely understood the situation?
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dnolan Send message Joined: 30 Aug 01 Posts: 1223 Credit: 34,354,170 RAC: 6,314	Message 746327 - Posted: 1 May 2008, 0:09:45 UTC
	I'll add my thanks in, it was a lot of work by a lot of people for not much more than hearing us say thanks, and getting a bit more science done. I appreciate the effort of all involved. ____________
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Zoot Cadillac Send message Joined: 19 Nov 99 Posts: 7 Credit: 11,874 RAC: 0	Message 746335 - Posted: 1 May 2008, 0:25:14 UTC
	I too must add my thanks. I have only just returned to Boinc and Seti ( as a result of the email asking me to return ) and have been crunching 3 days on two boxes. I installed the vanilla boinc and seti on day one then read all about Crunch3r and his efforst so yesterday installed the 64 bit boinc and 64 bit app from cruncher on my little machine AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ [AMD64 Family 15 Model 67 Stepping 2] ( Vista Ultimate 64bit ) and Crunch3rs Boinc client and SSE2 client on my main machine AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ [x86 Family 15 Model 107 Stepping 2] ( Vista Ultimate 32 bit ) that alone sped things up but since installing the new Seti clients on both machines tonight, already there is a marked increase. I have shaved what appears to be initially 2500 seconds aprrox. off my Brisbane whilst at the same time I have been running corel painter X and photoshop CS3 as I am drawing a portrait for someone. The results for the smaller machine are as yet inconclusive but it is looking good. I know my little machines are not huge crunchers like some of you chaps have but it already looks like the new apps are making best use of my 4 cores. I'm not a great number devotee and don't mind where I fall in any lists but as long as my boxes are doing the best they can I'm happy. To me, it looks like they are doing the best they can so thanks all involved. Sorry I was away so long, there was nothing political about this, just got lazy and drifted off. ____________
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[seti.international] Philip J. Fry Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 6 Apr 07 Posts: 6571 Credit: 50,814,763 RAC: 20,471	Message 746341 - Posted: 1 May 2008, 0:40:38 UTC
	Thank you to all who made it possible this new apps!! I see between V5.15 Rev. 2.4V SSE3 and the new SSSEx (both 32 bit) ~ 40 % more speed at my QX6700.. ____________ >Das Deutsche Cafe. The German Cafe.<
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Logan Send message Joined: 26 Jan 07 Posts: 743 Credit: 849,928 RAC: 0	Message 746345 - Posted: 1 May 2008, 0:43:31 UTC - in response to Message 746341. Last modified: 1 May 2008, 0:46:20 UTC
	Thank you to all who made it possible this new apps!! I see between V5.15 Rev. 2.4V SSE3 and the new SSSEx (both 32 bit) ~ 40 % more speed at my QX6700.. I think more than an 68%... (in my modest computer) ;) ____________ Logan. BOINC FAQ Service (Ahora, tambiÃ©n disponible en EspaÃ±ol/Now available in Spanish)
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kev1701e Send message Joined: 28 Dec 99 Posts: 138 Credit: 10,004,439 RAC: 0	Message 746358 - Posted: 1 May 2008, 1:30:16 UTC
	Going from NI!2.4 SSE2 to AK V8 SSE3, I'm seeing ~25% less time to crunch similar AR WUs on my A64 X2s. Great job guys! ____________ kev X2 4400+,4200+ @2.75GHz, XP1800+ @1.65GHz, P4 @1.6GHz
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the silver surfer Send message Joined: 24 Feb 01 Posts: 131 Credit: 3,734,438 RAC: 0	Message 746582 - Posted: 1 May 2008, 18:29:00 UTC
	A big " THANK YOU " to all the people involved in the porting !!! Kurt ____________
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VBobier Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 40852 Credit: 32,144,320 RAC: 19,070	Message 746588 - Posted: 1 May 2008, 19:05:47 UTC - in response to Message 746582.
	A big " THANK YOU " to all the people involved in the porting !!! Kurt Just wait a few days, Your RAC will or maybe already is gonna surprise You, Mine sure enough has, It's going up and I'm not sure where It'll stop. :D I've shaved on average of about 32 minutes per WU from 2.4V, AK_V8 ROCKS! Now we're cookin, Pedal to the metal guys. ;) :D ____________ BSG Anthem My Facebook page
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Fred W Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 Jun 99 Posts: 2524 Credit: 11,954,210 RAC: 0	Message 746595 - Posted: 1 May 2008, 19:17:30 UTC - in response to Message 746588.
	A big " THANK YOU " to all the people involved in the porting !!! Kurt Just wait a few days, Your RAC will or maybe already is gonna surprise You, Mine sure enough has, It's going up and I'm not sure where It'll stop. :D I've shaved on average of about 32 minutes per WU from 2.4V, AK_V8 ROCKS! Now we're cookin, Pedal to the metal guys. ;) :D I, for one, have had nothing but mid AR units (between 0.4 and 0.5) since the new App was released. This band is where the new Apps have greatest impact (not accidentally as I understand it). As and when we get some VLAR or VHAR WU's, the improvement, while still very impressive, is not quite so mind-blowing. Don't expect the gravy train to keep going full tilt :) F. ____________
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chaco Send message Joined: 8 May 99 Posts: 41 Credit: 20,646,607 RAC: 15,266	Message 746607 - Posted: 1 May 2008, 19:38:54 UTC
	Is there a way of knowing the AR of a unit prior to crunching? Where is that info posted? Thanks. ____________ Confidence: Remember that feeling you had just before you truely understood the situation?
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chaco Send message Joined: 8 May 99 Posts: 41 Credit: 20,646,607 RAC: 15,266	Message 746681 - Posted: 1 May 2008, 23:10:51 UTC
	My take Part III.. "Okay wingmen...I'm kickin' in the afterburners....follow me......boys?....boys? (Looking over shoulder watching wingmen disappear in the distance). ____________ Confidence: Remember that feeling you had just before you truely understood the situation?
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Fred J. Verster Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 04 Posts: 3232 Credit: 31,585,541 RAC: 1	Message 746682 - Posted: 1 May 2008, 23:35:26 UTC - in response to Message 746195. Last modified: 1 May 2008, 23:40:46 UTC
	A very special thanks goes out to the following for their work in porting the AK code to Windows. Alex Kan Jason G Raistmer JDWhale Simon Joe Segur Ben Herndon Crunch3r These people have worked tirelessly to get this port completed and released. Thanks to each one of you from the Geek. We also must give thanks to the Testers out there, Of course I only know of One: msattler And to FredW and others for the charts. Tested the first WU's, amazing, just amazing, a 1:14:12 WU in 0:34:16, with the new app. .On a QX 9650, stock @ this moment.SSE3 Build, to start with, as was the gain, with crunch4r's SSSE3, not so big, took SSE3.Maybe SSE4.1, have to try. That's just one but it looks all very promising and also thanx from this cruncher, tip to the hat! ____________ Knight Who Says Ni N!, OUT numbered.................
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Fred W Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 Jun 99 Posts: 2524 Credit: 11,954,210 RAC: 0	Message 746685 - Posted: 1 May 2008, 23:50:17 UTC - in response to Message 746682.
	Tested the first WU's, amazing, just amazing, a 1:14:12 WU in 0:34:16, with the new app. .On a QX 9650, stock @ this moment.SSE3 Build, to start with, as was the gain, with crunch4r's SSSE3, not so big, took SSE3.Maybe SSE4.1, have to try. That's just one but it looks all very promising and also thanx from this cruncher, tip to the hat! @Fred, From the charts I published I was quite confident that the SSSE3x and SSE4.1 Apps were much faster than the SSE3. I have run through over 100 WU's using the SSE4.1 on my Q9450 since yesterday (all in the same AR band) and it looks like there are still a lot in the same AR band coming next, so I have just swapped to the SSSE3x App to do a direct comparison. Charts to follow when I have enough results, though it may be a while before we have an understanding across all Angle Ranges as the supply seems to be very focussed at the moment. F. ____________
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UncleVom Send message Joined: 25 Dec 99 Posts: 123 Credit: 5,734,294 RAC: 0	Message 746823 - Posted: 2 May 2008, 3:54:26 UTC
	An excellent piece of work, thanks to all involved in bringing this to fruition. I only have one Windows box a Athlon64 X2 4200+ running 32bit XP Pro. Initial results appear to be about 40% faster compared with the 2.4V x32 SSE2a client. I look forward to a future release of a Linux 64bit client, I plan to try running the Windows 32bit client under wine on one of the Linux Q6600 boxes, but I'm going to have to crunch through several hundred cached work units first. UncleVom :-D
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Sniper Send message Joined: 9 Jul 99 Posts: 310 Credit: 2,813,303 RAC: 0	Message 746827 - Posted: 2 May 2008, 4:24:29 UTC
	Is this an app that anyone can run? If so, how do we get it? If it will give an estimated 40% boost in crunchtimes, lots of people are going to want it. Thanks ____________
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hiamps Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,643,660 RAC: 29,640	Message 746829 - Posted: 2 May 2008, 4:29:15 UTC - in response to Message 746827.
	Is this an app that anyone can run? If so, how do we get it? If it will give an estimated 40% boost in crunchtimes, lots of people are going to want it. Thanks The link is in the second thread from the top of this page... New Optimized Apps Links -- READ ONLY THREAD ____________ Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound!
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John Clark Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 15838 Credit: 4,356,364 RAC: 74	Message 746888 - Posted: 2 May 2008, 8:59:28 UTC - in response to Message 746827.
	Is this an app that anyone can run? If so, how do we get it? If it will give an estimated 40% boost in crunchtimes, lots of people are going to want it. Thanks The code, from the Lunatics web site, will boost any PC (AMD or Intel) which supports the SSE3 instruction set and above (SSSE3, SSE4). As yet SSE2 and below are not supported, and I am not sure what would happen if the new code is placed on rigs with the earlier instruction sets. The new code is working well on the Quads, and RAC rises slowly. ____________ It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues
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Sniper Send message Joined: 9 Jul 99 Posts: 310 Credit: 2,813,303 RAC: 0	Message 746895 - Posted: 2 May 2008, 9:35:50 UTC - in response to Message 746829.
	Is this an app that anyone can run? If so, how do we get it? If it will give an estimated 40% boost in crunchtimes, lots of people are going to want it. Thanks The link is in the second thread from the top of this page... New Optimized Apps Links -- READ ONLY THREAD Thanks. Not sure my system supports SSE3...... ____________
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Spear Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Nov 01 Posts: 49 Credit: 6,265,276 RAC: 0	Message 746898 - Posted: 2 May 2008, 10:31:16 UTC - in response to Message 746895. Last modified: 2 May 2008, 10:31:32 UTC
	Thanks. Not sure my system supports SSE3...... The Phenom and Athlon64 X2 5000 you have do support SSE3. ____________
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Sniper Send message Joined: 9 Jul 99 Posts: 310 Credit: 2,813,303 RAC: 0	Message 746899 - Posted: 2 May 2008, 10:35:15 UTC - in response to Message 746898.
	Thanks. Not sure my system supports SSE3...... The Phenom and Athlon64 X2 5000 you have do support SSE3. Correct, they do. I have a couple P4 laptops, Toshiba 2435-s255, that I cant seem to find the information on. Also, both the Athlon and Phenom, are running Vista. Is Vista supported? I could only find mention of earlier Windows versions. ____________
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