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Title: Linux or Win ( speed comparation)
Post by: Pepi on 14 Dec 2009, 05:40:33 pm

Both OS have support via drivers and cuda (2.3)please is any tested what is faster, Linux or Win on same machine?
Thanks for any reply

Title: Re: Linux or Win ( speed comparation)
Post by: HAL9000ii on 19 Dec 2009, 09:33:04 pm

I've only compared linux & windows on 1 machine and did find the windows OS to have a higher RAC, but this would have simple been form the normal RAC variance.

Title: Re: Linux or Win ( speed comparation)
Post by: Pepi on 21 Dec 2009, 03:35:10 pm

Thanks is difference is no more then few percent it has no sense to use Linux over Windows

Title: Re: Linux or Win ( speed comparation)
Post by: Gecko_R7 on 21 Dec 2009, 03:49:40 pm

I have gotten reported CPU usage as high as 98.8% for Seti using thinned -doze XP SP2
Have seen OSX as good as 98.2% w/ Leopard w/ no special "thinning".

This while stilll having wireless processes w/ a normal GUI active.

I'd say that 98.x % usage w/o having to boot into command line is pretty darn good!

An OS still needs some CPU afterall  ;)

Title: Re: Linux or Win ( speed comparation)
Post by: Raistmer on 21 Dec 2009, 03:59:42 pm

Quote from: Gecko_R7 on 21 Dec 2009, 03:49:40 pm

An OS still needs some CPU afterall  ;)

Probably it's more question of compiler quality available for particular OS than OS overhead itself...