Updated distributed.net beta client v2.8011.464d

[Moose]

The Windows 95/98/NT [x86/Zipped] beta client has been updated to v2.8011.464d

The Pre-Release Page can be found at:
http://www.distributed.net/download/prerelease.html

Please report bugs to Cyrus Patel cyp@fb14.uni-mainz.de

Moose

 

[SSP]

Is it the same version released couple of days ago?

Never mind. Just noticed the "d" at the end.

BTW - Whats the difference between them? The last one dropped my keyrates a bit.

 

[RC]

I have just downloaded and ran 464d and found it to be at least 16% slower than 463b on a K7 and using OGR. 🙁

 

[Moose]

I do not know what changes were made. Currently I am unable to get at the source. Cyrus just told me to post his binary.

moose

 

[Viztech]

RC-
Is that any improvement over the 464b&c?

I think we are looking for speed improvements with this release. Lets be sure to give it a try on the various CPUs and give Cyrus some good feedback, be it good or bad.

viz

 

[RC]

Sorry Viz all my boxes here at the house are K7's.

I did not keep any performance records from the previous beta releases.

Seems the mark to pass would certainly be the latest released version.

I would be interested in knowing what series of tests Cyrus runs before releasing a new beta.

It would also be helpful to know what changes were made in the latest beta. Perhaps only networking changes were made in 464d.

 

[Viztech]

RC-

It looks like the only change here is the different progress indicator, done in nodes instead of % of completion, which as we know is not very accurate.
OGR Benchmarks on my Celeron and a K6 233 are about the same as the other 464 betas. Slightly slower on the Celeron by ~3% and ~33% slower on the K6 compared to the 463b client in Windows.

viz

 

[Eug]

OK then I will stay away. The 464c client was about 5-6% slower in benches than 463b (on a Celeron II).