SETI WU's / 2xG5 2.0 v 1xAMD Athlon 2.2

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Jack - 28 May 2005 04:57 GMT

A typical SETI Classic work unit:

<4 hrs on the Athlon 3200 (XP Home GUI/SETI v 3.08), with a report of the
same;

<3 hrs on the G5 dp 2.0 (MacOS 10.4.1 GUI/SETI v 3.08a), with a report of
~4 hrs.

Is the program using, and counting, some time on the second G5 processor,
since measured completion times are much lower than reported??

Anyone have more info?

Jack

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Stegozor - 30 May 2005 18:51 GMT

> <3 hrs on the G5 dp 2.0 (MacOS 10.4.1 GUI/SETI v 3.08a), with a report
> of ~4 hrs.

You're lucky !

> Is the program using, and counting, some time on the second G5
> processor, since measured completion times are much lower than reported??
>
> Anyone have more info?

Here's what the FAQ tells:
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/faq.html#q458
Are you planning on adding multiprocessor support for my Dual G4 system?
Yes. Not in 3.0, but in a later version.

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/faq.html#q1.8
Will the screensaver program use more than one processor on a
multiprocessor machine?
Not the initial version. Maybe a subsequent one.

Maybe you should switch to Boinc, now for Apple computers there is a
command line client, and two GUI (menubar and "normal") clients. I don't
know if Boinc/s@h already uses both processors of a dual-processor
computer, but on preferences page you can select the number of µp Boinc
can use. It is already supported, or it will be supported soon.

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Geoff - 31 May 2005 00:58 GMT

> A typical SETI Classic work unit:
>
> <4 hrs on the Athlon 3200 (XP Home GUI/SETI v 3.08),
> with a report of the same;

should be
2 hr 21 min
ditch the gui and use the command line/text versoin
or better, install boinc

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