Congrats to MereMortal on his New PC

[XL]

And he said it probably couldn,t be done.

11-19-01 06:13:31 1618 101250 76786

We'd like to see reciepts please 🙂

 

[RC]

/me think 125k would have been possible 🙂

MereMortal enjoy your new toy 🙂
Glad we were able to help convince you that you need more crunching power 🙂

The real and current challenge will be played out today as we attempt to regain 2nd place, and TIMO attempts to leave us behind in their dust 🙂

MereMortal, have you any ideas yet on how we might implement a recruiting drive challenge? What would the prize(s) be? What would be the requirements regarding 'new member'? Perhaps 'new member' has to remain active X number of days, before the recruiter gains credit for the 'new member'. Throw out some ideas if you can, for us to view.

 

[XL]

<< /me think 125k would have been possible >>



RC

I'l tell you what. If we hit the 125000 mark I'll buy a 2.0GHz CPU.

But someone is going to have to come up with a client that can take advantage of the P4.

As it stands I got a PIII 800 beating the sh!t out of my 1.5 GHz by about 30% or better.

 

[Sorcerer]

Well... if you really want something to beat that p3 800, try a real processor!
I'd get a nice Athlon XP 1800, & forget that puny P4 2g..


😀

 

[RC]

XL - Can't help you with the P4 problem. I recall Steve (otlg2x) stating that he was working on new assembler code for the P4 ECCp client. This was a couple months ago, if not longer. You may attempt to contact him.

I still have the P4 assembler file that Ken_g6 created but I would be surprised if it offered a large gain in performance.

Your current P4, does it have the ability to run Linux? I have a Linux version of the client that was built using the P4 file from ken_g6. You're welcomed to try it.

So far the AMD processors rule in this project. Any particular reason why your next purchase needs to be a P4? Substantial discount?

 

[XL]

Sorcerer and RC

My board will support the 2 gig so that's what I would go with.
But my next system I'll probably go with the Athlon.

 

[MereMortal]

<< And he said it probably couldn,t be done. >>



If saying that had any impact on the production rate, then I was successful. 😉


I'm swamped with work right now, and drastically trying to keep my brain from liquifying and draining out my ear. So I'll just say for now to consider the questions that RC put to me above, and post any ideas suggestions you might have. I'll try to check back later today and give some more input.


As for the computer that I must now purchase, here's the scoop. I have never put together an IDE based system. I figured that I would need to this time, as I am trying to put together a decent but not overpriced system, and also for noise considerations as this puppy has to go in the bedroom. However, I do have an extra 18G SCSI hard drive in one of my current systems, and an old Plextor 32X CD drive that I'm not currently using. So all I would need to do is get another SCSI controller.

Anyway, if you're bored, or feel entitled to have some input as to my new system, I'm all ears. This is what I had planned out previously:

Mobo: Tyan Tiger (it's all that out right now)
CPU: 2x 1800+ Athlon MP
HSF: 2x Thermalright SK-6 w/Sunon fan
RAM: 512 MB Crucial ECC registered (this RAM be be a potential problem)
Case: Antec 800SX w/ Enermax 431W FC PS
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda IV 20GB
DVD-ROM: Lite-On 16x/48x
NIC: 3COM 3C905C-TX-M
Video: Matrox G550 (don't really need 3d, as this will be a workstation after ECCp)
Sound: None

 

[kmmatney]

Well, the ECCp clients are already using assembler code, so the only way to make the P4 faster is to optimize that assembler for SSE. Maybe the ECCp maths can't use SSE. If any SSE optimizations are used, then the Athlon XP should benefit as well.

By the way, I run the Athlon optmized code on all my systems (Pentium III, Celeron, Celeron II, Duron, and Athlon, and Pentium II). On the pentium III, there is no speed difference between the Athlon code and the Pentium III optimized code. I've tested this many times.

 

[Orange Kid]

MM.....that looks like a dandy setup 🙂

XL.......I'm in till Turkey Day to try for the 125k.....I love to watch people spend money 😀

 

[RC]

kmmatney I vaguely recall Steve (otlg2x) discussing the P4 assembler changes. It had nothing to do with SSE optimizations. It was something like,... the P4 was able to perform better with the code using shift operations rather than something else. Sorry, but I've slept since then 🙂

Yes, I've heard from other folks that the Pentiums and Celerons perform equally well with the Pentium vs: Athlon optimized client. The compiler optimizations helped the Athlon probably more than it did the Pentium.

OK - thanks for the offer to help us reach 125K. I know you have been contributing to the ECCp project, and we are most grateful. Seems one of XL's requirements (a new P4 client) may be difficult to comply with, but we certainly need all the support we can find 🙂

Seems even on other DC projects that the P4 is not really doing all that great. Not sure how well it performs under SETI, say compared to an AMD XP 1900+.

 

[Orange Kid]

RC the P4 is not as good as an Athlon at seti either 🙁

The Seti clients have not been optimize for any chip.......you get what you get and it runs how it runs 🙁

The Seti people have so many users that bandwidth is a problem for them as well as getting enough new wu's for them to hand out.

Optimized clients would compound their problems greatly.

 

[XL]

Orange Kid

I figure if MM can through some of his cash on line to help the project I can do a little something to add a little more incentive.

Although I don't see a prob. hitting 125 the way you guys have acting. 🙂

This team should have that by Wednesday.

BTW MereMortal

You did one hell of a job helping this team take 2nd. Good Job!!!!!! 😉 Although we would have done better if you bought us all a new computer 😛