How Do I Devote More CPU Time To SETI?

[AkumaX]

using CLI version of SETI, SETILog, and SETIWatch, my average CPU %age is anywhere from 35%-38% (with one at 41%)

avg ~35% = 2hr 53min
avg ~36% = 2hr 44min
avg ~38% = 2hr 35min
1x @~41% = 2hr 23min

my rig:

amd 2100+ @ 2167mhz (~2700+) 1.8v
sk6+ delta 80mm 4000rpm
ecs k7s5a, cheepoman bios, and @ 166/166 (through speedfan 4.07)
512mb pc2700 ultra 2-2-6
120gb 8mb WD 7200rpm


???????

 

[PraetorianGuards]

Hmmm...that's odd to me Akuma. SETI always take up all the juice for itself hehe. What else are you running in the background?

 

[RaySun2Be]

AkumaX,
Where are you getting the average from? From SETIWatch, or from the task manager, or another CPU monitor program?

I don't know about SETIWatch, but SETIDRIVER doesn't report CPU usage, just percent to completion.

 

[Robor]

Those WU times don't sound too bad. Maybe whatever you're using to report CPU % is just wrong?

 

[AkumaX]

well, technically, through taskmgr, CPU Usage is always at 100% if that's what you mean 🙂

but using SETILog, they have a CPU Idle %age Usage I think, where when you're computer's idle, it'll use max resources on the CPU, I think (not sure, I'll have to check when I'm home again) but anyone out there using SETILog should be able to know what I'm talking about

 

[chsh1ca]

Actually, this sounds somewhat similar to what I observed with the seti CLI linux client. It seemed to be using around 65% of my 1.2GHz T-Bird's power, and returned data units in roughly 4-4.5 hours. I can run two clients simultaneously, and get two data units between 5.5-6 hours (meaning I've gained roughly 50% efficiency by running two clients). This is all according to TOP, which is pretty good at tracking processor usage.