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  • back to crunching for seti....

    should i run 4 apps, 1 for each proc, or 1 app split between the 4? :lol:
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    you should remove it and install folding@home ;)

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    • #3
      i could have swore i saw a distributed computing forum, but with this new layout im still a little lost. :shock:
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      • #4
        it's under general discussion instead of BG, went ahead and moved it for ya though
        :cheers:

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        • #5
          id say one for each processor, and then have each app do 2-3 WU at a time...youd get major output on that machine....

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          • #6
            Hey Wiz!

            Run folding@home and cure alzheimers! Really! More info in my sig.

            EDIT: Oh and then when you get folding going, install 4 instances of the Command Line Interface into their own folders, and run them, and just set affinity, one instance per processor....

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            • #7
              Hey wiz!

              If you do decide to keep running seti, try using the command line version, its faster :)

              Also, give us some specs :D
              TweakTown SETI@home Team

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              • #8
                Good to see ya back Wiz but as Andy said changeover to the command line version (Method 2 as shown here) as it cranks out a w/u in about a 1/5th of the time that the GUI version takes. SETIdriver will allow 1 w/u to be processed by each processor (or 2 w/u's for a hyperthreading CPU).

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                • #9
                  so the gui version takes 5 times as long? jeez, talk about poor optimization... Every unit computed twice, and now this?

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by zeradul
                    so the gui version takes 5 times as long? jeez, talk about poor optimization... Every unit computed twice, and now this?
                    The GUI version is actually a screensaver so processin' the graphics for it does make it take a big hit.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by zeradul
                      so the gui version takes 5 times as long? jeez, talk about poor optimization... Every unit computed twice, and now this?
                      Does anyone else think zerad's bucking for a "Forum Smactard" title? :blah:

                      Regarding the 4 Processors: Yes, run four apps at the same time. You could also devote one or two to a second DC program, like BOINC or Folding@home. :shoot2:
                      :-(

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                      • #12
                        oh elrado, i'm touched? :oops: :) Does discussing Seti's shortcomings make you uneasy? Why do you think that is?

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by zeradul
                          so the gui version takes 5 times as long? jeez, talk about poor optimization... Every unit computed twice, and now this?
                          It's not the optimaztion :roll: It's simply the fact CPU cycles have to be spent to constantly redraw the image showing on the screen. And each unit twice is only in BOINC beta, not normal S@H

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                          • #14
                            zeradul if ya don't understand SETI then just plain BUTTOUT!

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                            • #15
                              the computer specs are as follows:

                              Dell Computer (i forget which, but i think its a dimension)

                              4 2.8GHz Xeon Processors
                              2 GB DDR Ram
                              2 80 GB Hdd's
                              1 100 GB external Firewire drive
                              2 20" Flatscreen Monitors

                              i'll take pics of it tomorrow when i take my camera to work. :D
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