On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 01:40:16 GMT, f/f george <george@yourplace.com>
wrote:

On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 21:54:15 GMT, Colin Jones
<cjspambuffer@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Hiya f/f george.

In <news:i4jmk0pn9jd7tsmnaf5rasuamhea3ovkvt@4ax.com> you wrote:

 It's only feasible to run one client per CPU.

UMMMM, sort of, with the Boinc GUI that is true, HOWEVER...in Classic
you can use SetiDriver and the CLI version and actually run 4 in this
instance. 1 CLI in each 512meg of L2 cache memory. Within SetiDriver
just set the max process's to 4 and the min cache size to at least 8
and you will run 4 at a time. You will need a program like SetiWatch
to keep track of all of them though. SeitSpy only shows the one
closest to being done.

 I didn't say is wasn't possible, I said it wasn't feasible. It'll run the
4 but you get no benefit. If fact there's a slight loss of performance due
to multi-tasking overheads.

When my son did it with his 1 meg L2 cache Dell laptop he was doing 1
unit in about 2 hours, when he started doing 2 units at the same time,
he slipped to 2 hours 10 minutes. Yes he still used the laptop just
like before, he is a student in College and uses it ALL the time.

		

i'm running 4, averaging 2 hrs per wu.
using setidriver and setispy.
was wondering it their is dimunition of efficacy...,
is there a url for the boinc text client?
tia
franco