Actually.....

Under linux I have watched the seti loads get swapped between the cores (3 tasks running on a 4 real core i7). Its seemed to swap every 30 seconds or so, especially jumping to the core that was the coolest and the least active. Quite amusing to watch, which is why I am currently doing the following experiment:


http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=65352#1159580

My gut instinct is that on such a processor going beyond 6 seti cpu tasks would have minimal to no extra gain - but that's why I am doing the experiment :)

All because I saw the seti tasks being juggled as well as wondering how much spare CPU needs to feed the GPU (nVidia 580 in this case).

Now to get work units flowing so I can really see what it can do lol

Cheers

Mark

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