Windows optimized SETI@Home clients - Initial public release

[Simon]

Ja, so sehe ich das auch - der Entwicklungsprozeß ist eher organisch als fix reglementiert - CVS eben.

VTune muß ich erst verwenden lernen, bisher hat mir die Analyse ganz genau überhaupt nix gesagt. Schon mal probiert, aber einfach keine Ahnung. Muß mir mal die ganzen Dokumente von Intel dazu ansehen, die Doku ist eh sehr umfassend und gut.

Gruß,
Simon.

[Simon]

For all non german speakers - Monza_MH26 is a capable coder and has further optimized the sources I put online to make a potentially much quicker binary. So I've been pestering him to send his sources to me and he agreed - and we've been waxing lyrical about that in german.

Plus a lot of helpful hints, some of which I've already put into my sources (like the CPU real frequency...really good idea).

So things are moving forward, and please forgive our german conversation - it just makes things much easier, and I'll translate the important bits anyway.

Regards,
Simon.

[pepperammi]

For all non german speakers - Monza_MH26 is a capable coder and has further optimized the sources I put online to make a potentially much quicker binary. So I've been pestering him to send his sources to me and he agreed - and we've been waxing lyrical about that in german.

Plus a lot of helpful hints, some of which I've already put into my sources (like the CPU real frequency...really good idea).

So things are moving forward, and please forgive our german conversation - it just makes things much easier, and I'll translate the important bits anyway.

Regards,
Simon.

Thats fantastic news.   Thanks Monza_MH26

Simon, I notice your Linux clients downloads have reached over 600 and your Windows clients downloads over 1500. WOW.

[Simon]

Yeah, I'm amazed at the response generated, myself

Trying not to let my ego swell too much, but it does feel good. Also, 235 source packages have been grabbed, which I never really expected at all.

Regards,
Simon.

[vajras]

Have just finished all 7 kwsn-test benchmark WU's and would like to thank you for providing them - no probs with any installation - no corrupt files - preserved the old directory for the new optimised ones - everything running fine.
But... can you point me to which file in the kwsn-test benchmark directory is the result one to send you? Do i post them here (how) or email it/them to you (where)? Sorry for asking but i just couldn't find the answer here.

[Simon]

Thanks!

Basically, you could zip up the testData/ directory and attach it to a post here. Also, you could post your times using the various WUs and clients here.

Right now, I'm working on something that will make returning results much easier, but it'll still take a bit of time.

Regards,
Simon.

[vajras]

testData results for an
Intel P4 640 3.20GHz
Intel D865GSA
2048Mb DDR-SDRAM

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[alphax]

Thanks!

Basically, you could zip up the testData/ directory and attach it to a post here. Also, you could post your times using the various WUs and clients here.

Right now, I'm working on something that will make returning results much easier, but it'll still take a bit of time.

Regards,
Simon.

Okay, I am without clue.   

How do you run the test work units and get a testData directory?

-Tim

edit:  Never mind, I found how to run the benchmarks
http://lunatics.at/index.php/topic,22.msg227/topicseen.html#msg227

[alphax]

Okay, I'm done running the benchmarks.

For my:
CPU   AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
mobo ECS nForce4-A939
RAM   1024MB DDR CAS3



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[citroja]

Simon,

  I have been running your apps on two of my machine and I noticed a major difference (20-40%) in average turnaround time.  This is just an estimate that I took from a set of 10 wus with the same AR both before and after the switch.   I was planning on running the test WUs but was unsuccessful...but that is not to big a deal.   However if I could get it to run I will glady post the results.

  I just downloaded the MMX app for an Athlon 900 MHz system I was running Crunch3r's app (5.12) on the same machine and when I switched over to your app the "message" section of BOINC still says that I am running "S@H_enhanced version 512".  I checked the app_info.xml file and it says that it is looking for the 5.15 app....

  I would appreciate your input.

Thanks
citroja

ALSO - any chance of an SSE3 for AMD cpus???
 

[Simon]

SSE3 for AMD CPUs is slower than SSE2 - for this reason, I won't be releasing an SSE3 version.

It's normal that it still says "5.12" as version for WUs you started out with Crunch3r's app - the app_info.xml I included specifically resumes any WU from v 5.12 to v 5.15. You could open your task manager, it will tell you what app is really running (his has a different file name).

HTH,
Simon.

[citroja]

SSE3 for AMD CPUs is slower than SSE2 - for this reason, I won't be releasing an SSE3 version.

It's normal that it still says "5.12" as version for WUs you started out with Crunch3r's app - the app_info.xml I included specifically resumes any WU from v 5.12 to v 5.15. You could open your task manager, it will tell you what app is really running (his has a different file name).

thanks on both items...still working on the test WUs.....

Citroja

[aliensporebomb]

Greetings.

Tried the Pentium M version on the IBM T42 laptop tonight:
-1.7 ghz Pentium M
-1.0 gigabyte ram
-40 gig internal drive
-Windows XP Pro SP2

Looks about 15627 seconds for the first work unit it encountered,
I need to see more to get an idea of how fast it truly is over
24 hours or so.

Here is the workunit: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=364924312
Not validated yet, but I expect soon.

More data as I get it...

[aliensporebomb]

Update - it appears, although I cannot be completely sure that the speed
of this optimized client is as fast or slightly faster than Cruncher's Pentium M
client but with the added bonus of slightly better RAC.

So, good show so far! 

[citroja]

Update - it appears, although I cannot be completely sure that the speed
of this optimized client is as fast or slightly faster than Cruncher's Pentium M
client but with the added bonus of slightly better RAC.

So, good show so far! 

I can let you know sometime this weekend if you want another opinion...I have the same system setup as you except I have the 1.6 GHz chip.  I believe that it is running crunch3r's app but i haven't looked at the computer in about a month (i sold it to my cousin).


citroja