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Windows optimized SETI@Home clients - Initial public release

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Simon:
Hi everyone,

with the help of a lot of people who dedicated their time to testing, provided feedback and donated for the compiler/library licenses, here is what you've been waiting for:

Windows optimized clients (static executables, 32/64-bit compatible)

There are various different optimized clients. Please use a program like CPU-Z to find out exactly what your system supports.

Choose the first, in order, your system supports among the two lists (AMD/Intel or Intel only).


Intel-only clients (do not run these on AMD systems!)

Pentium M SSE2-optimized client
Only use this client on Pentium M systems like Dothan, Banias or Core Solo/Duo. Use the next ones for all other Intel CPUs.

Pentium 4 SSE3-optimized client

Pentium 4 SSE2-optimized client


AMD and Intel-compatible clients

SSE2-optimized client

SSE-optimized client

MMX-optimized client


You can find statistics and information about these clients on the Result comparison table. Host information like CPU type, RAM, Cache size etc. is included. Please take a look before you download, you may find that for your specific CPU, a different client is quickest.

Please read Instructions.txt for Installation instructions.

These clients include the checkpoint() fix mentioned here.

Also, please post your results!

Regards,
Simon.

Peter:
Hi Simon,
I'm sure I followed the very easy directions in the info file and I restarted boinc. I'm only getting client errors and don't know why.  If I delete all files in my Seti folder will I be able to download the original files again from the Seti site?
Thank you!
Peter

Simon:
Yes you will. Simply stop BOINC, delete the app_info.xml and .exe file, then restart it. It should redownload the standard app for you.

Did you use CPU-Z to check what your computer supports? Most likely the reason that it's erroring out is you're using a version not designed for your machine.

Also, could you please supply a link to those results? I would be very interested in them.

Regards,
Simon.

Peter:
Yes, I did use CPU-Z.  I've got a P4 HT 2.6 and downloaded the SS3 version.   I had used the SS3 on one of AKOS files before the new version of SETI.  I appreciate what you have done very much and once I am crunching again I will watch the boards to see if anyone else has the same problem.
Thanks again!
Peter

Here is the link to my results.
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/results.php?userid=8370477

Simon:
No P4 2.6 with HT I know supports SSE3 - maybe I'm wrong. To my knowledge, the right version for you would be the P4 SSE2-optimized version. You can easily see whether a version runs on your computer - simply open a dos box, navigate to where you extracted the file, and run it. It will tell you about problems then and give you the chance to fix things before your WUs on BOINC go wrong.

Regards,
Simon.

P.S. Someone else was adamant his P3 supported SSE2 (they don't). He had the same trouble you did.

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