stanmc wrote:
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... if I convert the times given by SETI at the completion of a WU I get a best time of 10,071.8 seconds. 2 hours 47 minutes 51.8 seconds. I am using the Windows Screensaver version with the screensaver set to blank the screen.

The CLI is much faster. With the screen saver, the data for the graphics is still generated although you do get a slight speed-up by not subsequently drawing the graphics.

You can also use various add-ons that very efficiently show pretty graphics to let you see what's happening with the CLI data.

My computer is an ASUS a7n8x dlx v2.0 running a Barton 2500+ o'clocked to 2.08GHz.

Very nice too. Checked out ok with memtest86 and also the Prime95 torture test?

How accurate is the SETI timekeeping function?

Now that depends... on many things... including what OS you're using.


Regards,
Martin