Re: SETI WU's / 2xG5 2.0 v 1xAMD Athlon 2.2
Subject: Re: SETI WU's / 2xG5 2.0 v 1xAMD Athlon 2.2
From: Stegozor
Date: 30/05/2005, 18:51
Newsgroups: alt.sci.seti,sci.astro.seti

Jack wrote:

 <3 hrs on the G5 dp 2.0 (MacOS 10.4.1 GUI/SETI v 3.08a), with a report of ~4 hrs.

You're lucky !

Is the program using, and counting, some time on the second G5 processor, since measured completion times are much lower than reported??

Anyone have more info?

Here's what the FAQ tells:
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/faq.html#q458
Are you planning on adding multiprocessor support for my Dual G4 system?
Yes. Not in 3.0, but in a later version.

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/faq.html#q1.8
Will the screensaver program use more than one processor on a multiprocessor machine?
Not the initial version. Maybe a subsequent one.

Maybe you should switch to Boinc, now for Apple computers there is a command line client, and two GUI (menubar and "normal") clients. I don't know if Boinc/s@h already uses both processors of a dual-processor computer, but on preferences page you can select the number of µp Boinc can use. It is already supported, or it will be supported soon.

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