Can client overload CPU?

[shulgin78]

I've only recently downloaded the Distributed.net client and regularly leave it running overnight, could this overheat my CPU (being at 99%+ for long periods)?
Also since installed I also recieve the OGR packets, can I just work the RC5 pkts?
Finally I've just read that my AMD K6-2 should ONLY have 3 pkts in the buffer at one time, yet I usually get 12 pkts with no apparent problem, so why the warning?

 

[dkappos]

1. No unless you already have a problem with your CPU's cooling.

2. If you want to do RC5 you should set it at the clent's config. At the buffer's options go to - Load-work precedence and enter:

RC5,DES=0,CSC=0,OGR=0

3. I have 3K blocks in my in-buffer which is more than 100 packets with the packet size set to 32 blocks. Where did you see this warning?

 

[dkappos]

Welcome to the Team!!! 🙂

 

[dvch]

If your cpu has adequate cooling there should be no problem.

To not do OGR edit your ini file to include a misc section and in it type:
project-priority=RC5,DES=0,CSC=0,OGR=0

The 3 packet limit is an OGR thing,if you are doing RC5 set thr fetch to whatever seems right to you.

THE source for setting up and running Dnet clients:

Here

 

[Train]

i dont think you can, unless you are a) overclocked a lot, or b) have a PIII 1.13 GHZ, lol

 

[dkappos]

Paulson's FAQ didn't work for me before a few minutes that's why I didn't post about it.. The OGR Vs RC5 thing is here.

 

[mechBgon]

The client actually does use 99%+ of the otherwise-wasted CPU cycles, but it doesn't necessarily use all the transistors in the CPU. I remember when Distributed.net was running the short-term CSC project late last year, and we found that CSC was making our processors run considerably hotter, perhaps 3C to 6C hotter, presumably because it did use a lot of transistors, including the MMX units.

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