Since you "top posted" I will have to follow... (never saw any problem with
that...)

My cpu is an Intel P4 3.0GHz 800FSB w/HT - it does *2* wu's in 3 hrs.
Therefore effectively doing 1 in 1.5 hrs. I guess I could overclock it also,
which would make the ttc even smaller which puts me in the "1:39" range.

-sweet
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PS: Doesn't "Alpha" still make the chips for the HP (nee Compaq (nee DEC))
servers? I heard those were the fastest chips on the planet. Unfortunately I
don't have $10k to spend nor 220V outlets to buy one.

"f/fgeorge" <f/fgeorge@yourplace.com> wrote in message
news:61gk10d2ot1tvg986n2c7icfetpns4hjb2@4ax.com...

Ones WITH an L2 cache of at least 512K.
The Duron and Celeron models of both AMD and Intel have basically no
L2 cache and take forever, comparatively, to do a workunit!
My wife just got a 2.4 Intel Celeron and it does units in around 7
hours! My AMD 2500 does then in around 3!

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:17:30 +0000, Bob <news@dawnlink.ltd.uk> wrote:

So what CPU has the "just right" FPU to maximize WU production?

The fastest...

There is no clear leader in domestic CPU power.  If you designed a chip
to run the FFTs as used by S@H then I'm sure you could design a chip to
run in practical realtime, but that would be hard...