Soldato
Love the neatness of it and such a cool name 
Oops!...I did it again..
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It is done been running for a few days, and it depends on the work unit
Its currently crunching a P2692 at 00:07:08 per frame or 269,300.21 PPD
Before that it was on a 6904 mahoosive WU at just on 00:20:30 per frame or around 470K PPD
Its more than twice as fast at any given work unit than the SR-2 but bear in mind the following:
SR-2 is dual Xeons, 12 cores, 24 threads (smp 24) with HT @ 4.2Ghz
G35 is quad Optys, 48 cores, 48 threads (smp 48) no HT @ 2.3Ghz
Its currently crunching a P2692 at 00:07:08 per frame or 269,300.21 PPD
Before that it was on a 6904 mahoosive WU at just on 00:20:30 per frame or around 470K PPD
Its more than twice as fast at any given work unit than the SR-2 but bear in mind the following:
SR-2 is dual Xeons, 12 cores, 24 threads (smp 24) with HT @ 4.2Ghz
G35 is quad Optys, 48 cores, 48 threads (smp 48) no HT @ 2.3Ghz
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Soldato
Nice numbers, I see you are back on the top spot in the team for production as well
What OS are you using? I take it it has to be linux?
What OS are you using? I take it it has to be linux?
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May I enquire why no overclocking? is it because BaBa's CPUs are engineering samples so don't have locked multipliers and yours do or is it its just so damned expensive you don't want to risk damaging it?
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Think expensive would stop me?
Thought that would be the case
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Collosal...I wanted to build something similar...apparently Win7 is supported but is Windows programmed to work with more than 1 CPU? If not you could definately use 1 CPU for Windows and run a Unix variant on the side at the same time, no?
I've heard of people running two OS's at the same time, completely independent (Not VM etc).
I've heard of people running two OS's at the same time, completely independent (Not VM etc).
No that wouldn't be possible, the OS thing without some virtual layer.
Win7 is limited to 2 processors so that wouldn't work, for Windows you would need Server, preferably 2008 R2 to get half decent performance, but for folding Linux is the business.
Win7 is limited to 2 processors so that wouldn't work, for Windows you would need Server, preferably 2008 R2 to get half decent performance, but for folding Linux is the business.
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No that wouldn't be possible, the OS thing without some virtual layer.
Win7 is limited to 2 processors so that wouldn't work, for Windows you would need Server, preferably 2008 R2 to get half decent performance, but for folding Linux is the business.
SR-2 with 2 Xeon 5500s for a total of £900 approx.! (Plus case and all, but still!)
And yeah, you could also set up a Unix OS on it and control it with a Win7 machine. It could be your workhorse!
Nah Westmere x5650's or L5640's are the sweet spot for folding on Xeons, 5500's are the old Gainstown 4 core.
So your looking at more like £2K+ with memory
Not sure where you are going with the multiple OS thing, but let us know how you get on with it
So your looking at more like £2K+ with memory
Not sure where you are going with the multiple OS thing, but let us know how you get on with it
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A friend in Canada does this all the time. He uses a standard Windows 7 PC to set up a x264 video compression for a particular video then he sends the commands to his Solaris server right next to it. Can compress 1280x720 at 2 minutes per minute! (48FPS, media is 24FPS)Nah Westmere x5650's or L5640's are the sweet spot for folding on Xeons, 5500's are the old Gainstown 4 core.
So your looking at more like £2K+ with memory
Not sure where you are going with the multiple OS thing, but let us know how you get on with it
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I know it sounds retarded but x264 has a Unix variant with the same command lines so you send the video and commands to the workhorse and it does the work, sending the results back.Sooo.. two machines, one windows and one unix.. ok.. gotcha..
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Any build log on the way for this Biffa?