What is the best optimized seti client and boinc client for P4 3.0GHZ HT SSE3 ?!

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Michael Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4603 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 41	Message 243537 - Posted: 6 Feb 2006, 9:28:17 UTC She's already started reporting higher after I made that calibrate file...thanks :) ID: 243537 ·

Michael Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4603 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 41	Message 243514 - Posted: 6 Feb 2006, 8:11:56 UTC - in response to Message 243490. Last modified: 6 Feb 2006, 8:49:29 UTC At what point does the CC boinc start doing better claiming better credits? This machine: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=2148393 uses boinc-5.3.12.tx36, but still is claiming arount 3-4 How long does it take before it starts claiming? It should be climbing a little bit with every result. If you look at the results for that computer, it looks like it isn't even trying. Make sure you have the line <calibrate_credit>SETI@Home</calibrate_credit> in the truxoft_prefs.xml file that lives in the main boinc directory. [edit]spelling and readability[/edit] I don't have that file, so I created it. Mon 06 Feb 2006 03:20:04 AM EST\|\|truXoft add-on: calibrate_credit = all now it sees it...we shall seee :) I did notice this error onthe failed WU's : <core_client_version>5.2.13</core_client_version> <message>process got signal 4 </message> <stderr_txt> </stderr_txt> ID: 243514 ·

krgm Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 2 Jun 05 Posts: 30 Credit: 72,152 RAC: 0	Message 243490 - Posted: 6 Feb 2006, 6:51:50 UTC - in response to Message 243189. Last modified: 6 Feb 2006, 6:52:57 UTC At what point does the CC boinc start doing better claiming better credits? This machine: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=2148393 uses boinc-5.3.12.tx36, but still is claiming arount 3-4 How long does it take before it starts claiming? It should be climbing a little bit with every result. If you look at the results for that computer, it looks like it isn't even trying. Make sure you have the line <calibrate_credit>SETI@Home</calibrate_credit> in the truxoft_prefs.xml file that lives in the main boinc directory. [edit]spelling and readability[/edit] ID: 243490 ·

Michael Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4603 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 41	Message 243406 - Posted: 6 Feb 2006, 2:07:11 UTC - in response to Message 242920. can I get some advice on which optimized app to use? You could try this one. i686 MMX Nope :/ It it failed on that app. ID: 243406 ·

John Clark Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0	Message 243311 - Posted: 5 Feb 2006, 22:43:41 UTC - in response to Message 243279. Perhaps you meant you are using the optimized application? Correct. My mistake. It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues ID: 243311 ·

Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21803 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0	Message 243279 - Posted: 5 Feb 2006, 22:01:23 UTC - in response to Message 243274. Last modified: 5 Feb 2006, 22:44:07 UTC I am using an optimised client and not an optimised BOINC Manager. They are one in the same. Perhaps you meant you are using the optimized application? ID: 243279 ·

John Clark Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0	Message 243274 - Posted: 5 Feb 2006, 21:55:13 UTC - in response to Message 243107. I will now follow RalphT5's example and set my Xeon rig to run 3 WUs at the same time, when the currrent group of 4 are near 100%. RalphT5 - the gain using 3 of 4 processors seems to be higher, but only by 7%. This is based on a very limited run though. I am using an optimised client and not an optimised BOINC Manager. This combination, using 2 processors only, claims lower credit. But the given credit seems to make up for the difference. For my rig it is very marginal (total daily credit wise) whether running 2 or 3 processors is best. It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues ID: 243274 ·

Michael Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4603 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 41	Message 243240 - Posted: 5 Feb 2006, 21:23:44 UTC - in response to Message 243231. so , linux is two times faster , right ?! No, I believe it is a combination of Linux and running the optimized app. ID: 243240 ·

IHTIMAN SETI TEAM Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 8 Dec 01 Posts: 109 Credit: 1,532,174 RAC: 0	Message 243232 - Posted: 5 Feb 2006, 21:16:25 UTC Last modified: 5 Feb 2006, 21:17:10 UTC sorry , double post Dell XPS L702x smokin' weed and searching for aliens .... ;] TRUSTNO1 ID: 243232 ·

IHTIMAN SETI TEAM Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 8 Dec 01 Posts: 109 Credit: 1,532,174 RAC: 0	Message 243231 - Posted: 5 Feb 2006, 21:16:19 UTC so , linux is two times faster , right ?! Dell XPS L702x smokin' weed and searching for aliens .... ;] TRUSTNO1 ID: 243231 ·

Michael Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4603 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 41	Message 243215 - Posted: 5 Feb 2006, 21:02:49 UTC - in response to Message 243199. hi Michael , what optimized seti app and boinc client do you use on these computer ?! Measured floating point speed 7388.22 million ops/sec Measured integer speed 2810.62 million ops/sec lol , do u overclok it or what .... !? mine p4 3ghz HT on , crunch a wu for ~7000sec and yours crunch a wu for 5000sec ... Viktor And I wanted to add that i wish I could merge those two machines. merging Hosts is still offline... ID: 243215 ·

Michael Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4603 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 41	Message 243202 - Posted: 5 Feb 2006, 20:43:23 UTC - in response to Message 243199. hi Michael , what optimized seti app and boinc client do you use on these computer ?! Measured floating point speed 7388.22 million ops/sec Measured integer speed 2810.62 million ops/sec lol , do u overclok it or what .... !? mine p4 3ghz HT on , crunch a wu for ~7000sec and yours crunch a wu for 5000sec ... Viktor 2148393 is the old 2107170, same machine, different OS. I crunch it now in about 3700 seconds using Linux. I do not overclock my machines, ever. ID: 243202 ·

IHTIMAN SETI TEAM Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 8 Dec 01 Posts: 109 Credit: 1,532,174 RAC: 0	Message 243199 - Posted: 5 Feb 2006, 20:39:47 UTC Last modified: 5 Feb 2006, 20:41:19 UTC hi Michael , what optimized seti app and boinc client do you use on these computer ?! Measured floating point speed 7388.22 million ops/sec Measured integer speed 2810.62 million ops/sec lol , do u overclok it or what .... !? mine p4 3ghz HT on , crunch a wu for ~7000sec and yours crunch a wu for 5000sec ... Viktor Dell XPS L702x smokin' weed and searching for aliens .... ;] TRUSTNO1 ID: 243199 ·

Michael Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4603 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 41	Message 243189 - Posted: 5 Feb 2006, 20:29:50 UTC At what point does the CC boinc start doing better claiming better credits? This machine: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=2148393 uses boinc-5.3.12.tx36, but still is claiming arount 3-4 How long does it take before it starts claiming? ID: 243189 ·

IHTIMAN SETI TEAM Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 8 Dec 01 Posts: 109 Credit: 1,532,174 RAC: 0	Message 243169 - Posted: 5 Feb 2006, 20:10:09 UTC lol , i'm in the 100k club now :) im so happy , and im gonna roll a blunt to become more happy :) Dell XPS L702x smokin' weed and searching for aliens .... ;] TRUSTNO1 ID: 243169 ·

John Clark Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0	Message 243107 - Posted: 5 Feb 2006, 19:35:49 UTC - in response to Message 242855. Turning back to Crunch3r's "optimised client" web site - http://www.guntec.de/Crunch3r/setix86.html - I see I had a choice of picking from 2 optimised clients to download, under the part of the page relating to "Seti@Home for Windows". These were set out in 2 columns - Downloads: Older versions (with the word older heading 1 column and the word versions heading the other column. The latter is immediatly under "downloads:). Having had some time playing with different optimised clients, mainly those Crunch3r kindly provided, I can say for my rig the older Pentiun3 SSE2 client seems to be the best one. Thanks Crunch3r. The gain I make, when running 4 S@H at the same time looks to be between 8,400 and 9,000 seconds. This was against the original average, before, of 11,000 seconds. This means the further optimised client allows a further gain of 18% to 22.5%. I will now follow RalphT5's example and set my Xeon rig to run 3 WUs at the same time, when the currrent group of 4 are near 100%. It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues ID: 243107 ·

Crunch3r Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Apr 99 Posts: 1546 Credit: 3,438,823 RAC: 0	Message 242920 - Posted: 5 Feb 2006, 15:26:45 UTC - in response to Message 242914. can I get some advice on which optimized app to use? [madcow@madness3 ~]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 5 model : 4 model name : Pentium MMX stepping : 3 cpu MHz : 199.703 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : yes coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 mmx bogomips : 391.16 [madcow@madness3 ~]$ I can't find (or maybe I am blind?) the correct optimized app to run. You could try this one. i686 MMX Join BOINC United now! ID: 242920 ·

Michael Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4603 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 41	Message 242914 - Posted: 5 Feb 2006, 15:21:37 UTC Last modified: 5 Feb 2006, 15:22:12 UTC can I get some advice on which optimized app to use? [madcow@madness3 ~]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 5 model : 4 model name : Pentium MMX stepping : 3 cpu MHz : 199.703 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : yes coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 mmx bogomips : 391.16 [madcow@madness3 ~]$ I can't find (or maybe I am blind?) the correct optimized app to run. ID: 242914 ·

Michael Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4603 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 41	Message 242912 - Posted: 5 Feb 2006, 15:18:05 UTC - in response to Message 242888. krneki I benchmarked this machine so I have measured my optimal performance is to turn HT on (2 physical CPUs & 4 logical CPUs) and crunch on 3 of the 4 logical CPUs. You are correct sir! ID: 242912 ·

RalphT5 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 24 May 01 Posts: 38 Credit: 128,885,445 RAC: 25	Message 242888 - Posted: 5 Feb 2006, 13:58:25 UTC krneki I benchmarked this machine so I have measured my optimal performance is to turn HT on (2 physical CPUs & 4 logical CPUs) and crunch on 3 of the 4 logical CPUs. ID: 242888 ·

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