Are there any sites providing optimized clients? -- PART II

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Ozymandias Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 15 Credit: 88,034,550 RAC: 46	Message 360802 - Posted: 9 Jul 2006, 3:52:50 UTC Thank you Simon! You even did a generic MMX for my lowly K6-2! Fantastic! Over and above is what you've done. Great job!!! ID: 360802 ·

StokeyBob Send message Joined: 31 Aug 03 Posts: 848 Credit: 2,218,691 RAC: 0	Message 360933 - Posted: 9 Jul 2006, 6:33:25 UTC Last modified: 9 Jul 2006, 6:34:21 UTC Good job Simon/KWSN - Chicken of Angnor! ID: 360933 ·

Toby Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Oct 00 Posts: 1005 Credit: 6,366,949 RAC: 0	Message 360945 - Posted: 9 Jul 2006, 6:43:43 UTC Ni! I installed the SSE2 client on my windows dual core AMD. I stopped BOINC, extracted the files to the folder and then restarted BOINC. Einstein was running so I suspeded it to force it to run and the one seti work unit in process reset its progress to 0% but the CPU time kept counting. When I did this in linux your client picked up where the other one had left off. Not a huge surprise or problem... just thought I would report it. A member of The Knights Who Say NI! For rankings, history graphs and more, check out: My BOINC stats site ID: 360945 ·

UBT - Halifax--lad Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 Dec 00 Posts: 433 Credit: 13,900 RAC: 0	Message 361031 - Posted: 9 Jul 2006, 10:15:55 UTC Could we have a new thread stickied?? so that people can post about the new optimised app this post is pretty massive and I certainly wouldn't think of reporting anything into this thread about the new apps Join us in Chat (see the forum) Click the Sig Join UBT ID: 361031 ·

KWSN - Chicken of Angnor Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 99 Posts: 1199 Credit: 6,615,780 RAC: 0	Message 361202 - Posted: 9 Jul 2006, 15:09:48 UTC Good idea, actually. I think I'll spawn a new thread for that (not a Part 3 of this one). KWSN Windows optimized clients - Share your results and problems! Regards, Simon. Donate to SETI@Home via PayPal! Optimized SETI@Home apps + Information ID: 361202 ·

KWSN - Chicken of Angnor Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 99 Posts: 1199 Credit: 6,615,780 RAC: 0	Message 361204 - Posted: 9 Jul 2006, 15:14:15 UTC Oh yeah, for anybody who's interested: Windows optimized clients were downloaded 540 times in 16 hours of being online and linked. They've just caught up with the Linux clients ;) I had counted on around 300 downloads in the first 24 hours. Guess again. Regards, Simon. Donate to SETI@Home via PayPal! Optimized SETI@Home apps + Information ID: 361204 ·

hiamps Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0	Message 361551 - Posted: 9 Jul 2006, 19:37:18 UTC - in response to Message 361204. Oh yeah, for anybody who's interested: Windows optimized clients were downloaded 540 times in 16 hours of being online and linked. They've just caught up with the Linux clients ;) I had counted on around 300 downloads in the first 24 hours. Guess again. Regards, Simon. Simon, Is it alright if I add a link to your site on my website? Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound! ID: 361551 ·

KWSN - Chicken of Angnor Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 99 Posts: 1199 Credit: 6,615,780 RAC: 0	Message 361696 - Posted: 9 Jul 2006, 23:02:57 UTC Everyone who would like to, feel free to link to my site - it should be able to cope with the traffic. Happy crunching :o) Simon. Donate to SETI@Home via PayPal! Optimized SETI@Home apps + Information ID: 361696 ·

Hans Dorn Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 2262 Credit: 26,448,570 RAC: 0	Message 361728 - Posted: 9 Jul 2006, 23:35:37 UTC Hi Simon, I'm running a seti app compiled with "-xW -DUSE_SSE3" on my Athlon64x2. I don't know how this translates to the compiler flags for a windows build, though... Regards Hans ID: 361728 ·

KWSN - Chicken of Angnor Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 99 Posts: 1199 Credit: 6,615,780 RAC: 0	Message 361752 - Posted: 9 Jul 2006, 23:44:37 UTC Sounds interesting! Haven't tried that yet - does it yield better performance? Worth a shot :o) Would be a way to get an AMD-compatible SSE3 binary, in any case...I had been wondering how to do that. Good idea! Also, I just checked out my referrer list - 65 sites already link there, wow! Among them: Anandtech Forums PcPer Forums SETI.USA grin dslreports.com forum.hardware.fr marisan.nl pperry.f2s.com Thanks everyone for spreading the word! Regards, Simon. Donate to SETI@Home via PayPal! Optimized SETI@Home apps + Information ID: 361752 ·

Hans Dorn Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 2262 Credit: 26,448,570 RAC: 0	Message 361790 - Posted: 10 Jul 2006, 0:08:34 UTC - in response to Message 361752. Sounds interesting! Haven't tried that yet - does it yield better perfomance? Regards, Simon. It runs a bit faster on a P4. I didn't check if it's faster than SSE2 an the Athlon64, though... Regards Hans ID: 361790 ·

Sir Ulli Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Oct 99 Posts: 2246 Credit: 6,136,250 RAC: 0	Message 361796 - Posted: 10 Jul 2006, 0:15:00 UTC got it on my Athlon64 3.200+ running without an Probs Greetings from Germany NRW Ulli ID: 361796 ·

Sir Ulli Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Oct 99 Posts: 2246 Credit: 6,136,250 RAC: 0	Message 361817 - Posted: 10 Jul 2006, 0:36:31 UTC - in response to Message 361790. Sounds interesting! Haven't tried that yet - does it yield better perfomance? Regards, Simon. It runs a bit faster on a P4. I didn't check if it's faster than SSE2 an the Athlon64, though... Regards Hans thann you have to check this, and by your Farm... Greetings from Germany NRW Ulli ID: 361817 ·

Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0	Message 361915 - Posted: 10 Jul 2006, 1:48:09 UTC - in response to Message 361752. SETI.USA grin No doubt comparative testing. me@rescam.org ID: 361915 ·

Daniel Schaalma Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 May 99 Posts: 297 Credit: 16,953,703 RAC: 0	Message 362345 - Posted: 10 Jul 2006, 13:24:16 UTC Simon, Congratulations on releasing your Windows builds. I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors, as I fully understand the hard work you invested in producing them. I can confirm Hans Dorn's suggestion w/regards to SSE3 for AMD on Windows. Invoke QxW *and* USE_SSE3. SSE3 is not much faster than SSE2, but every little bit helps :) Regards, Daniel. ID: 362345 ·

KWSN - Chicken of Angnor Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 99 Posts: 1199 Credit: 6,615,780 RAC: 0	Message 362470 - Posted: 10 Jul 2006, 15:12:17 UTC Thanks Daniel! Yes, it seems to work just fine. I've released that client to my test community, waiting for results to come in. Regards, Simon. Donate to SETI@Home via PayPal! Optimized SETI@Home apps + Information ID: 362470 ·

kevint Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 414 Credit: 11,680,240 RAC: 0	Message 363766 - Posted: 11 Jul 2006, 16:45:20 UTC - in response to Message 361915. SETI.USA grin No doubt comparative testing. No doubt I am comparing Pent-M performance right now. The only app I have downloaded so far. ID: 363766 ·

KWSN - Chicken of Angnor Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 99 Posts: 1199 Credit: 6,615,780 RAC: 0	Message 363773 - Posted: 11 Jul 2006, 16:53:34 UTC Kevin, it was all in good humour :o) You're welcome to do anything you'd like, as the apps are released to the public. I just stumbled across your team's URL in the referrers and couldn't resist. If you're interested, we could share benchmark results - you can reach me at simon <squiggle> zadra.org. Regards, Simon. Donate to SETI@Home via PayPal! Optimized SETI@Home apps + Information ID: 363773 ·

hiamps Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0	Message 371612 - Posted: 19 Jul 2006, 15:20:42 UTC - in response to Message 362470. Thanks Daniel! Yes, it seems to work just fine. I've released that client to my test community, waiting for results to come in. Regards, Simon. Are you still working on releasing a new SSE3 for AMD? Are the results looking good? Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound! ID: 371612 ·

KWSN - Chicken of Angnor Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 99 Posts: 1199 Credit: 6,615,780 RAC: 0	Message 371790 - Posted: 19 Jul 2006, 22:23:43 UTC Not really right now - two reasons. Generic SSE3 is slow - way slower than generic SSE2. Also, since someone posted information about ICCPatch, I've tested what times I get using a patched ex-P4 only SSE2/3 on AMD systems. The SSE3 version is still a little bit slower than the SSE2, but they are both quicker than the generic counterparts. However, I'm still researching the legal angle of this practice and have received a word of warning that these executables may not produce valid results (although my tests have) due to the register use being optimized specifically for Intel's products. HTH, Simon. Donate to SETI@Home via PayPal! Optimized SETI@Home apps + Information ID: 371790 ·

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