Quad core

booyaka · 18 Dec 2007 at 23:29

Running 2 instances of win SMP both from different folders on my pc (different drives as it happens) Quad @ 3.15ghz

Should i set them up with different machine i.d's when running the install bat file?? I just set them up as machine 1 on both

I dumped 2 WU's earlier today but only 1 seems to have shown up??

Stanford is also only showning 1 cpu??

Cob · 18 Dec 2007 at 23:59

They need their own ID.

booyaka · 19 Dec 2007 at 00:04

Cob said:
They need their own ID.

bugger - will redo now!

edit - done - deleted config file and set up as machine 1 and machine 2 - carried on with WU also. Lost only one WU then before i realised!!

Thanks Cob

Cob · 19 Dec 2007 at 00:16

From what I understand, if a machine ID asks for a new WU without attempting to upload its last WU, the old WU is allocated to someone else and you won't get any credit for it.

ie- if two clients have the same ID, then the WU that the first one downloads is automatically reallocated to someone else as soon as the second client asks for its WU.

If that makes sense :/

Tho that might be nonsense

Snapshot · 19 Dec 2007 at 06:50

booyaka said:
bugger - will redo now!

edit - done - deleted config file and set up as machine 1 and machine 2 - carried on with WU also. Lost only one WU then before i realised!!

Thanks Cob

Alternatively, if you need to modify a config in the future, you can create a 'configonly' shortcut like we do for the standard client.

Mad old tory · 19 Dec 2007 at 07:58

Can you run 4 clients on quadcore?

Snapshot · 19 Dec 2007 at 08:57

Probably but there's no benefit to running more than two SMP clients under Windows. Linux, native or under under VMWare, is another matter.

Berserker · 19 Dec 2007 at 11:06

I never got more than one WinSMP client to work - they'd just nuke eachother.

booyaka · 19 Dec 2007 at 11:36

well it's running two instances but will keep an eye on it. just under 3k per day it's predicting - would have thought it would be a bit more since my E6600 did approx 1700 a day at the same speed

Cob · 19 Dec 2007 at 11:49

How much of a quad-core do a pair of WinSMP clients use?

booyaka · 19 Dec 2007 at 12:54

Cob said:
How much of a quad-core do a pair of WinSMP clients use?

in terms of cpu output 100% across all 4 cores 24/7

Biffa · 19 Dec 2007 at 14:12

With one WinSMP client it uses 100% of CPU across 4 cores 24/7 :confused:

Berserker · 19 Dec 2007 at 14:17

Yup - and my quad runs hotter with 1 WinSMP client than it does with two VMWare-based clients. :confused:

Cob · 19 Dec 2007 at 14:23

Much hotter? Two linux smp clients can't max out a Q6600 tho.

Yeggstry · 19 Dec 2007 at 14:49

Berserker said:
Yup - and my quad runs hotter with 1 WinSMP client than it does with two VMWare-based clients.

Is there a major difference performance/points wise between an SMP and VMWare-based clients? I'm interested in getting a quad in the future and I'm a bit confused :/

Berserker · 19 Dec 2007 at 16:57

Cob said:
Much hotter? Two linux smp clients can't max out a Q6600 tho.

Nope - but they still achieve 50% more than that (hotter) WinSMP client.

shadowscotland · 19 Dec 2007 at 17:20

Berserker said:
Yup - and my quad runs hotter with 1 WinSMP client than it does with two VMWare-based clients.

Thanks of that bit of info zerker, helps me make a few decisions as I'm a confirmed silent pc owner now.

booyaka · 20 Dec 2007 at 11:16

hmm- dumped 2 x 1760 pointers about 3am this morning but only one showing up again. I have both win smp's running machine 1 and machine 2 id.

Stanford is now showing 2 cpu's running but the stats only show 1 WU dumped. Maybe cause i continued with the WU @ 10% and changed the config file at that stage??

shadowscotland · 20 Dec 2007 at 12:38

Check the fahlog and see if they are the same WU (Run, Clone, Gen) might have crunched the same WU twice.

SiriusB · 20 Dec 2007 at 12:40

A WU usually stores machine ID and other info when you download it, so if you changed the Machine ID after the WU started it will still have the old info.