RC5 core selection Question

[LANMAN]

Forgive me if anyone has already asked this question but....

I'm bench marking RC5 on a AMD 1.3Ghz CPU resulting in 4.7mk/sec, but then I jump on a P4 1.7 and it's barely hitting 2.1

Do Intel chip just suck at RC5 or is the autoselect picking the wrong core? (Using the latest client from Dnet)

Thanks in advance,

--LANMAN

 

[RaySun2Be]

P4s suck at RC5 but rock at SETI, while AMD really rocks at both. 🙂

 

[networkman]

The last time I saw a post from ViRGE about this subject, he said to check on one of the "pre-release" clients as the performance from those was a little better than the default client; but RaySun2Be is quite right - an AMD processor is better suited to RC5 than SETI(as compared to a P4). Maybe you should check around and see if someone is willing to do a swap with you.. you crunch SETI for them, they crunch RC5 for you. 😉

 

[Poof]

Somebody posted something about getting 3.8MKey/s using a P4 and one of the pre-release candidates. 😕 Not sure what speed P4...

But that is a heckuva lot better than what it is doing now and puts it on par with a 400MHz or 500Mhz G4... 😛 😉

 

[ViRGE]

Yep, it's better with the lastest pre-release client - almost 2KK/mhz - but it pales in comparison with anything else. Find someone with a G4/Athlon to run RC5, and then let SETI take a shot at that P4. Oh, and to put things in comparison, Apple's newest tower, dual 1.25ghz G4's, 21.7 Mk/sec.😉

 

[soni]

Speaking of autoselecting..
Does the newest client not know Athlon XP ???

I have tried to benchmark my Athlon XP 1800+, but it cant detect the cpu, and run an autoselect sequence 🙁

What core is the best??

I have this version : dnetc v2.8015-469-GTR-01051421 for Win32

 

[BGod]

RG/HB re-repair II should be the fastest for any Athlon/Duron CPU.

 

[LANMAN]

dual 1.25ghz G4's, 21.7 Mk/sec :Q


OMG!! Tell me that isn't a typo! That's the speed of half my fleet!! Daaaammmnnnnn......

--LANMAN

 

[Poof]

Originally posted by: LANMAN
dual 1.25ghz G4's, 21.7 Mk/sec :Q


OMG!! Tell me that isn't a typo! That's the speed of half my fleet!! Daaaammmnnnnn......

--LANMAN

:Q :Q :Q

Ditto and dasm straight! :Q

😀

 

[ViRGE]

soni, 470 is the first client that recognizes the XP I believe. 473 is the first to recognize the Tbred. And LANMAN, that's not a typo.😉 Why do you think I'm #2 in TA's daily stats?😛

 

[LANMAN]

You said and I quote, "APPLE" :Q

"Luke come to the 'darkside'...." 😀

Man with that kind of key rate though, it's very tempting.

😉

--LANMAN

 

[LANMAN]

Apple PowerMac Dual 1.25GHz G4 Dual 1.25GHz G4, 2MB L3 Cache, 167MHz Bus, 512MB DDR RAM, 120GB HD, SuperDrive , ATI Radeon 9000 Pro, Mac OS 10.2
(Part - M8787LL/A)
$ 3299 $15 - 25 $3324 :Q:Q:Q

C&P from pricewatch.

OUCH!!!


--LANMAN

 

[ViRGE]

Hey, I didn't say it was cheap.😉 If you want cheap G4's, try the eMac: $1100 for ~6MK/sec.

 

[ViRGE]

Actually, now that I do the math...

Dual 867mhz G4, $1700
15085.8KK/sec(15MK/sec)
8.874KK/$
.112$/KK

I'm curious, can anyone put together a complete system(sound, LAN, modem, CD-RW, keyboard, mouse, HD) that can do more RC5 for the money? Multiple systems(say, 2 $850 systems) will be accepted. How about barebones systems? Macs have always been fast, but beaten in $/KK. I think these recent price drops change that.

 

[Postman]

XP based dual AMD probably, my dual XP1700 did about 10.3Mk/s on lun1x. I'm not familiar with US retail prices so I can't help you with that.

 

[soni]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
soni, 470 is the first client that recognizes the XP I believe. 473 is the first to recognize the Tbred.

Yes, but i cant find any newer client, thats not a PRE-release 🙁
So how to get a release client that recognizes XP??

 

[ViRGE]

Soni, the pre-release clients are perfectly fine; I don't know why Dnet doesn't make them release.