VeNT said:
Gonna be changing the CPU in a few days. Not much point changing it until then.
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Folding@Home Weekly Team News - 29th March 2007
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Gonna be changing the CPU in a few days. Not much point changing it until then.
Stan
fixed - sorry about thatkinnison said:Where did my 375,000 tiffy go?? Either I got it this fortnight, or last.. but I looking at the weekly news for 2 weeks ago, and I didn't get it then either! <boohoo>
Kinnison.
There were so many tiffies this week I think I went a bit tiffy-blind after the first 40 or so
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BillytheImpaler said:Woohoo!, got me my 250k tiffy.
I got me a 225K tiffy. I'm comin for ya boy!
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Stelly said:
Something quicker than you lot
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yay back in the weekly news!!
back in the weekly news!! 1m tiffy
Woohoo reached the big 1m quicker than expected thanks to the linux smp wu's.
A big thanks to SiriusB and the other posters for the SMP guide and the competition from other team mates that spurred me on.
A big welcome to the new folders and cheers for the news Rich
oscar speech over lol
Woohoo reached the big 1m quicker than expected thanks to the linux smp wu's.
A big thanks to SiriusB and the other posters for the SMP guide
and the competition from other team mates that spurred me on.A big welcome to the new folders and cheers for the news Rich
oscar speech over lol
hornytoe said:
She sure is a beauty - mine's still some way off I think
I'll get there in the end though
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VeNT said:
BTW what percentage difference did you find between linux and windows smp as I didnt see much difference on a 4800+
I would say there are a few good reasons to go Linux if you have the option.2bullish said:
1. Far more stable client
2. Lower CPU usage yet just as good (if not better) throughput - less heat with the better weather coming
3. Avoid those damn p2610 WUs that are bogging down even C2D machines
4. Infinitely cheaper in terms of licensing
Wheras the only reasons for picking the Windows SMP client are to help with the beta testing and access to other windows-based applications/games if you need them
make that 4 now - and those ETAs are dropping all the timemikeymike said:
2ch@PS3 / 3.1 Months
Team 2ch / 5.7 Years
PlayStation.com Forum Team / 7.7 Years
PS3 Forums / 13.9 Years
though on the plus side our increased output has us catching 5 teams in the next 2 months!
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rich99million said:
Well I tried ubuntu on a winxp pro machine with the 4800+ and then tied the winsmp, I saw no noticable difference in performance (although didnt check heat).
True enough about the 2610's though, they are hard work. Ive gone back to 1 cpu and 1 gpu client on the amd machine as it gives me 800 ppd average, more than the smp clients.
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How long did you test the two different SMP clients for? Any difference in PPD isn't likely to be very apparent until several WUs have been completed.
Although to be fair the WinSMP client is so much easier for most people, any difference in PPD is more than made up with time saved in setting it up [looks at shadow].
Although to be fair the WinSMP client is so much easier for most people, any difference in PPD is more than made up with time saved in setting it up [looks at shadow
].
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Combined on my C2D and Opty165 I am seeing about 700-800 ppd less using WinSMP compared to Linux using WMWare. 
Most of the difference is on the C2D though.
Most of the difference is on the C2D though.
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SiriusB said:[looks at shadow
and who's fault is that
Actually dispite the time it took me, my Linux SMP's are wooping WinSMP 3:1 in PPD (2000:600) Ok it's not fair as the Lsmp C2D is at 3Ghz where a Wsmp is 2 but both are at max of hardware provided
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shadowscotland said:and who's fault is that
Actually dispite the time it took me, my Linux SMP's are wooping WinSMP 3:1 in PPD (2000:600) Ok it's not fair as the Lsmp C2D is at 3Ghz where a Wsmp is 2 but both are at max of hardware provided
Oh well as long as there both at max then that seems fair.
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rich99million said:make that 4 now - and those ETAs are dropping all the time
2ch@PS3 / 3.1 Months
Team 2ch / 5.7 Years
PlayStation.com Forum Team / 7.7 Years
PS3 Forums / 13.9 Years
though on the plus side our increased output has us catching 5 teams in the next 2 months!
What are the chances of the PS3 clients WUs having their value reconsidered and lowered?
I'd say pretty slim really - Stanford will want to keep their new pool of crunchers happydivine_madness said:What are the chances of the PS3 clients WUs having their value reconsidered and lowered?
I was very close to buying a load of AGP X1950Pro cards earlier - sooo very tempting
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3GHz = 2000ppd
2GHz = 600ppd
2000/3 = 666.55 ppd/GHz
600/2 = 300 ppd/GHz
So assuming the two C2D rigs shadow has are similar [other than CPU speed] the above seems to show that the Linux SMP client gives a huge advantage over the Windows SMP client.
2GHz = 600ppd
2000/3 = 666.55 ppd/GHz
600/2 = 300 ppd/GHz
So assuming the two C2D rigs shadow has are similar [other than CPU speed] the above seems to show that the Linux SMP client gives a huge advantage over the Windows SMP client.