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Should i install BOINC on a pentium 2 ?
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Julian Manzanaro Send message Joined: 31 Aug 09 Posts: 7 Credit: 138,396 RAC: 0 |
hi ! i have got a pentium 2 which is not being used . should i install boinc on it ? PD: it runs Linux |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
hi ! i have got a pentium 2 which is not being used . should i install boinc on it ? I have a PII 400MHz I am using at the moment. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=5195125 It doesn't have much in the way of sans so it sits silently and crunches away. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
Julian Manzanaro Send message Joined: 31 Aug 09 Posts: 7 Credit: 138,396 RAC: 0 |
Wow ! your computer only takes 23 hours per WU !that is so strange! i have a IBM ThinkPad with Celeron @ 500mhz and it takes more than 60 hours ! . as i can see you are using an unofficial app , right ? when in the app name appears ''Anonymous Platform'' is not official |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
Wow ! your computer only takes 23 hours per WU !that is so strange! i have a IBM ThinkPad with Celeron @ 500mhz and it takes more than 60 hours ! . as i can see you are using an unofficial app , right ? when in the app name appears ''Anonymous Platform'' is not official I am using the MMX optimized application. Which I got from this posting. Those tasks were shorties. Normal run time is 80-90 hours on that box. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
Brkovip Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 274 Credit: 144,414,367 RAC: 0 |
I would think you would waste more power then it is worth putting anything P4 or below on Boinc. |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
I would think you would waste more power then it is worth putting anything P4 or below on Boinc. Sure you could go a year without running one of these slow boxes and save up enough to buy an Atom based system. Which would do about 200 times the work at 1/10th the power usage, but what fun would that be. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Realistically we all know that we're not going to put aside the money we save from the power bill being lower from not running a computer, which is why I say crunch with whatever you have. |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
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Julian Manzanaro Send message Joined: 31 Aug 09 Posts: 7 Credit: 138,396 RAC: 0 |
But is interesting to install boinc on old machines .. |
Julian Manzanaro Send message Joined: 31 Aug 09 Posts: 7 Credit: 138,396 RAC: 0 |
I am using the MMX optimized application. Which I got from this posting. o h thanks ! i'll try to use it ! |
Cheng Fan Soon Send message Joined: 3 Oct 05 Posts: 76 Credit: 4,581,394 RAC: 15 |
Me have two PIII. Tried install FreeBSD (without gnome) into one of the PIII and install setiathome_enhanced(from dotsch.de). But all WU produced error. Tried install Fedora 15 but also un-success. |
Claggy Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4654 Credit: 47,537,079 RAC: 4 |
Me have two PIII. Better to get the Optimised apps from Downloads- 4 - Alternate hardware platforms - This category is for all non-standard platforms i.e Alpha, IA64, HPUX, FreeBSD Linux Packages can be got from Crunchers Anonymous Claggy |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
My old P4 running lunatics does have a modest RAC, But the thing just juggs along like no get out. Very rarely do I have an error or an invalidated work unit. Plus thats the last box that runs out of work. The thing has been doing Seti since 2004 24/7. ( like an idiot I merged so only the new date shows up) I had thought of shutting it down,But untill I see smoke or hear strange sounds, It will keep running. [/quote] Old James |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
I just re-built an old Pentium 4 640 (Socket 775, DDR2 667, 3.2GHz w/HT, 2MB L2, 800MHz FSB) as an early b-day present for Michele's nephew. It's only slightly faster than his previous computer (that I also re-built, Dell Dimension 4500S P4 2.6GHz Socket 478, DDR 266, 512KB L2), but he loves it. I stuck a Radeon HD 4650 in there and he can play WoW without stuttering effects and with some of the graphics options turned up. I also told him I installed BOINC (SETI & Rosetta) on his computer with the screen saver option (no optimized apps) and he thinks it's the coolest thing. I explained to him what both projects are doing and he's very impressed that his computer is helping out with the goals of each project. It cost me nothing to rebuild and it made him happy. Now I need to build one for his younger sister. :) |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
I have used a Deschutes PII at 400 MHz from 2004 to 2008 running Linux, SETI@home, Einstein@home and BBC Climate Change. I never missed a deadline with my 0.25 day cache. Tullio |
Dave Send message Joined: 29 Mar 02 Posts: 778 Credit: 25,001,396 RAC: 0 |
i have a IBM ThinkPad with Celeron @ 500mhz and it takes more than 60 hours That's because it's a Celeron & they're not optimised for floating-point. |
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