How do I get a faster Keyrate?

[KarsinTheHutt]

According to my stats page I'm at abour 199 KKeys/sec. This seems slow compared to many other people. Is there any way to go faster or is my hardware the limiting factor here (See my sig). Running the client under Win2K, on only this system.

 

[BurntKooshie]

Leave your computer on 24/7.
Run fewer applications (most notably, games and graphics stuff).
Linux runs a little faster, but its usually not worth rebooting to it unless you are going to stay there for awhile.
Make sure you never crack "randoms" (ie, always make sure to have a healthy inbuff.rc5).

Assimilate more machines Run it on more than yours (GET PERMISSION FIRST), assimilate friends, friends computers, your friends' friends' computers....etc.

Happy Cracking!

 

[Ken g6]

That does seem a bit slow. What do you get when you run a benchmark? (Right click on client, select benchmark->long RC5.) Is that about the same rate the client normally gives in its window?

 

[Train]

No MP3's!

Mp3 playeres are a HUGE memory and CPU hog, I bought a Mp3 CD player and removed all mp3's from my hard drive onto Cd's

 

[KarsinTheHutt]

Ok, running 24/7, with no apps save a firewall program. Few or no MP3s - but according to task manager they don't eat up significant cPU power.

Benchmark for RC5 core2 (RG-Class 6) Long is 1.263 MKeys/sec

 

[DanC]

Karsin,
Are you certain you are running ONLY RC5?
Look in your RC5 dirctory and see if you have any .ogr files - that will certainly put the smackdown on your keyrate.

Check your dnetc.ini file for:

[misc]
project-priority=RC5=1,OGR=0,DES=0,CSC=0

If it isn't there... put it in there! Big difference.

 

[MrAtheist]

I keep track of everything that is running with Win2k. If I am not using the app; I kill the app... Sometimes I'm even afraid to move my mouse

Maybe I am sick...

 

[DanC]

Hmmm... a non-troll post from Mr. Atheist. Could it be that he has found God? - and has become kind, gentle, and well-mannered?

Mirabile Dictu, don't you think?

 

[xtreme2k]

MP3 isnt such a hog anymore

use winamp

it uses less than 1% of cpu power on my 700E running windows 2000 pro

uses more in win98

 

[Joe O]

KarsinTheHutt,
You were doing OGR-25 yesterday. Look here

If you don't want to do OGR you have to turn it off by placing the following in your ini file:

[misc]
project-priority=DES=0,CSC=0,OGR=0,RC5

 

[DanC]

Aha! - knew it!

 

[KarsinTheHutt]

Hmmm. I diabled all that other stuff this morning (OGR etc set to 0) My client says I'm processing at 1.24 MKeys/sec now. Thanks for all the help!

 

[DanC]

Buaha... Glad to be able to assist!

 

[KingHam]

In WinNT/2000, unless the client is installed as a service it does not run when a user is logged off. That might be part of the problem.

KingHam