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Best smartphone for seti ?
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W3Perl Send message Joined: 29 Apr 99 Posts: 251 Credit: 3,696,783,867 RAC: 12,606 |
Time to buy a new smartphone...do you have any advice about buying the most efficient smartphone for boinc ? Using my old Moto G 4G, it takes 30-40 hours to complete a wu. Fom this list : http://www.trickolla.com/2014/01/top-10-best-gpu-in-mobile-and-tablet.html it seems Nvidia is selling a Tegra X1 GPU with 256 Cuda cores (maxwell based) (used in the latest Nintendo Switch) A Tegra X2 based on Pascal and a Xavier based on volta with 512 CUDA cores are expected to see the light in 2018. But I was unable to find any smartphone using those GPU. Any advice welcome.... |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13732 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Any advice welcome.... I'd suggest the most important criteria would be ease of use as phone/communications, and still able to run Seti. Given the cost of a half decent smart phone, and it's computing ability, if it's not going to be used as a phone the money would be much better spent on a barebones PC or NUC system. Grant Darwin NT |
moi Send message Joined: 25 Dec 14 Posts: 11 Credit: 450,224 RAC: 0 |
Take smartphone with 8 core + fast charge. I never see anyone work with boinc android + GPU :s |
Keith Myers Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13164 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873 |
I would say get one with at least 4 cores and the highest clocks as possible. Faster clocks are rewarded with fast completion times, just like desktop hardware. You might also want to read this thread Multicore smartphones - how to use their full potential The 4 core Android tablet I just put online is kicking butt on all my other Android devices simply because I am crunching on 2 cores vice 1 and the cores are clocked to 2.2 Ghz. Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) |
tklop72 Send message Joined: 19 Aug 16 Posts: 1 Credit: 768,772 RAC: 0 |
Hello, fellow crunchers... I've just bought a brand new phone, HTC U11 Life, running Android 8 (Oreo). Through the HTC Power to Give app, it is trying to run BOINC and SETI@Home. https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8433117 Anyways, she's a great performer, runs cool and fast, but something is wrong. All the work-units it has tried have had errors, and now it won't download anymore. So, I'm loving this phone--but maybe, at least until an update, NOT the best phone for SETI! ;-) Crunch away, everybody! |
W3Perl Send message Joined: 29 Apr 99 Posts: 251 Credit: 3,696,783,867 RAC: 12,606 |
Finally bought a Samsung A5 2017 running Android 7.0.....8 cores at 1.9 Ghz. Only 4 are running, smartphone keep cool :) It takes between 8 and 14 hours to complete a wu, binary v8.00 is faster than v8.01 ! No support for Mali-T830 GPU. I recommand it ! Great smartphone (get it at 240 euros). |
Pierre A Renaud Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 998 Credit: 9,101,544 RAC: 65 |
If it quickly recharges, and if the battery is removable/replaceable, I will seriously consider it when comes the time to replace my old 1,3 Ghz Polaroid a4 (dual-core taking 2,7 days to produce a WU lol). I'm happy with their less powerful but reliable Tab E tablet (quad-core 1,9 Ghz 0,8 WU/day (which remains cool when crunching overnight with its case open heh) Finally bought a Samsung A5 2017 running Android 7.0.....8 cores at 1.9 Ghz. Apr 3, 1999 - May 3, 2020 |
W3Perl Send message Joined: 29 Apr 99 Posts: 251 Credit: 3,696,783,867 RAC: 12,606 |
If it quickly recharges, and if the battery is removable/replaceable, I will seriously consider it when comes the time to replace my old 1,3 Ghz Polaroid a4 (dual-core taking 2,7 days to produce a WU lol). I'm happy with their less powerful but reliable Tab E tablet (quad-core 1,9 Ghz 0,8 WU/day (which remains cool when crunching overnight with its case open heh) Fast charge in 90 minutes. One of the best autonomy...but battery is not easily removable (it's a shame in 2018 !). |
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