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Genuine ECCp question regarding SMP

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networkman

Lifer
In preparation for the ECCp install this weekend, I figured I'd look over the FAQ that TA has, and I found this:

"There is a special version of the ECCp client which both supports SMP, and running as a Windows service. This is a command-based client, without any speed enhancements, and is thus ~30% slower than the GUI enhanced client."

Is this really the case? Or is this an out-of-date item? I'm just thinking that if the p166s are already fairly slow, will the extra 30% hit in speed knock them over the edge? 😕 If this is true, I might be better off, taking a faster single-cpu rig off of a different project and running ECCp on it instead.
 
Since it is before midnight my time, I can answer your question.

The SMP/service client was from the original batch of clients and was put out shortly after the contest began. It needs to be compiled with VC++. The assembly improvements done by Ken_g6 and others are done in AT&T style, and VC++ needs Intel style. No one has stepped forward to make the translation, so the SMP client has received none of the speed increases that the other clients have.

You can run two copies of the optimized client (in separate directories, making sure you don't copy the eccinfo or plist files, and realizing that only one copy of the GUI client can be running at the same time--so you can use 1 GUI & 1 CLI, or 2 CLI) and use firedaemon to run them as a service. That way you don't take the performance hit.

Edit: Good luck!
 
The TechImo forum has a thread with instructions on how to set up a daully with two clients.[L=LINK]http://www.techimo.com/forum/t17960.html I used these to set mine up.
 
I use the GUI on one cpu and Ken_g's Cli on the other cpu.

both seem to run equally ..........the GUI can just be run and use the -cpu 1 switch with the CLI
 
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