Does anyone know how fast an imac will process a WU? *UPDATED WITH RESULTS*

[dxkj]

ANSWER:


Console PROGRAM G3 POWERPC 128MB RAM---- 19h23m

GUI PROGRAM G3 POWERPC 128MB RAM---------- 25h57m

394 mins or 6 hrs 34 mins difference....


Yikes, console is a bit faster 🙂


But.... still too slow 🙁


Testing the G4 now w/ 640mb ram.... hope its a bit faster

 

[Smoke]

Looks like you are going to be able to tell us. 🙂

I think Macs are great on graphics but not so hot on crunching numbers ... but I may be wrong. :Q

 

[dxkj]

Thanks for renaming, I was searching for it for a second until I saw dxkj pop up 😉


Right now it looks like its on pace for a 20hr WU :Q

 

[dxkj]

3.65% finished, 1hr elapsed... thats a bit harsh :Q

 

[dxkj]

20hrs and counting, still not done!

 

[CyGoR]

What kind of macs are it?

For the RC5 project are macs on of the best systems!
I used to get almost 9,000,000 keys/sec and with an PIV 2.0Ghz about 2,400,000...
So crunchin raw numbers (integer) the G4 really rules. But with FPU (seti...) I don't think
that they are so great..

 

[Crazee]

Are they running OS X?

If so you can set them up with the CLI and that will speed the times up considerably (they will still be slower than a PC, but the difference won't be as great)

 

[dxkj]

Originally posted by: Crazee
Are they running OS X?

If so you can set them up with the CLI and that will speed the times up considerably (they will still be slower than a PC, but the difference won't be as great)

yup OS X...


Could you point me to a page explaining this? I downloaded the OS X program from the seti home site and figured that was the best optimized one.


Thanks!

 

[Crazee]

Is it the screensaver one that you are using?

 

[dxkj]

Originally posted by: Crazee
Is it the screensaver one that you are using?

yeah... I finally sorted things out, and figured out what to do... I started one on a different mac using command line ... we will see if this one fares better 🙂


thanks

 

[dxkj]

Now I just need someone to explain how to make it run that everytime the computer starts up, and how to make it hide (IE be invisible)

 

[dxkj]

found out how long it takes *bump* for results.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

wow 20 hours, tha't only about 4-6 hours quicker than a pentium 166MMX.

 

[Assimilator1]

A Pentium 166MMX would take about 48hrs/WU!😉

I had a Pentium 166MMX@188MHz with SDRAM ,it took about 40hrs/WU ,a Pentium 233MMX@266 on the same mbrd took about 30.5hrs/WU
And yeah that G3 is slow!:Q🙁 ,I seem to recall in days of old before v3.03 that the Macs ruled at SETI with their big cache!