SETI speed difference between Win9x and Win2K?

[spamboy]

If you have plenty of memory, does the command-line client seem to run any faster in NT than in Windows 9x? Anyone tried it both ways and noticed a difference?

 

[BurntKooshie]

i'm not positive, but all I do know is that, in the past (which may have no bearing upon now whatsoever....), some Arstechnica Lamb Chop guys would boot up their comps in safe mode, and run it from there so that they'd have everything they had dedicated to S@H.

 

[blade47]

I've heard that running in safe mode really slows seti down. I don't know if this is true and am too lazy to test it for myself.🙂

I've heard people argue for both NT and Win98 systems saying that one is faster than the other. With v2.04 I think everyone agreed Win98 was faster. Now with v3.0 of the cli there's alot of controvesy about which is faster due to Win98 and the seti cli having problems with the low angle wu's. I'm sure someone else can fill you in better on what's been going on with all that.😀

 

[alpha7x]

On my P3 500@566 katmai, win2k is faster on low-angle wu's than win98se...at least that's what a quick look at setispy's logs indicate.

 

[JWMiddleton]

Hi Spamboy,

Alpha7x is correct. You do not get the Low Angle-Range penalty when running cli 3.0 on NT vs. Win9x. Depending on the precessor you have that can make a big difference. I've read where Win98SE is a few percentage points faster than NT or 2000, on "normal" WU's. But, I don't have any personal experience with NT or 2000.

Let us know if you try it!

Good luck!

 

[Tetsuo316]

I ran the seti client using setidriver in win98 for about a month or two, and my work unit times were consistently around 4 to 4 1/2 hours. for the last week or so i've run the same client with seti driver in win2k and my work unit times have been consistently around 3 1/2 to 4 hours.

 

[spamboy]

MMM, 3 1/2 hour work unit time... -drool-

My poor Celermine only puts them out at like 6-7 hours... 🙁

 

[Robor]

If ATI would get their arses in gear and give the Radeon owners a decent Win2000 driver (I'm not holding my breath) I'd be able to switch my main rig to Win2000. Dual booting is another option but I'm lazy and don't feel like the reboots for gaming.

But to answer your question... Yes, in my experience NT/2K does beat Win9x in SETI.

Rob