The longer times, I can pretty much see, are basically the adjustment for CPU processing power advancement over the years. So for all the older CPUs, they can still run SETI@home stuff, but slower than before relative to the kind of CPU work of the here and now compared to the past.

I do believe long, long ago, I was able to run on a 486 without too much trouble. It then became a joke to run SETI@home on it. (I think it was SETI stuff, or it could have been something else. But I'm pretty sure it was SETI.)

Time changes, CPU processing power advances, software advances accordingly (or should), and all older things become proportionally slower and then, later on, completely obsolete. It's sad to hear, relative to what we have, at some point in time, but time moves on and technology advances. :-/

But if something still works, use it when and where it is still practical.

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The longer times, I can pretty much see, are basically the adjustment for CPU processing power advancement over the years. So for all the older CPUs, they can still run SETI@home stuff, but slower than before relative to the kind of CPU work of the here and now compared to the past.

I do believe long, long ago, I was able to run on a 486 without too much trouble. It then became a joke to run SETI@home on it. (I think it was SETI stuff, or it could have been something else. But I'm pretty sure it was SETI.)

Time changes, CPU processing power advances, software advances accordingly (or should), and all older things become proportionally slower and then, later on, completely obsolete. It's sad to hear, relative to what we have, at some point in time, but time moves on and technology advances. :-/

But if something still works, use it when and where it is still practical.

E

Hi folks, Sorry if this is a repeated question. I am running a 333mghz processor on a Win98 1st version OS with Bionic 4.19.

Would my WU completion speed increase or decrease if I go to Bionic 4.45?

It won't make any difference on your crunching time, but 4.19 does report a higher number of Claimed Credits than 4.45. This is due to a bug in the 4.19 benchmark routine.

On that same vein, does anyone have an idea what would increase my WU speed (other than buying a completely new computer (smile))?

As Landroval said, optimized clients will cut time considerably. :)
Since you have a Pentium II PC, you should run YAOSCW-O-r8.1.zip. But to be sure, run CPU-Z first.

BTW, welcome to BOINC! :D

Hi folks, Sorry if this is a repeated question. I am running a 333mghz processor on a Win98 1st version OS with Bionic 4.19.

Would my WU completion speed increase or decrease if I go to Bionic 4.45?

On that same vein, does anyone have an idea what would increase my WU speed (other than buying a completely new computer (smile))?

BOINC handles the scheduling of the workunits, not the processing itself. I wouldnt' expect switching versions of BOINC to have any appreciable effect one way or the other.

Reducing competing tasks on the computer will help; so will leaving off the graphics. The biggest step you can take is switch to an optimized client if one's available for your hardware. That seems to cut processing time by 20-50%; results vary depending on hardware details.

***Thanks my friend, I am running a Pentium II so I have already left off the graphics, but I will give the optimization a try, thanks again.

Happy crunching!