View Full Version : distributed.net performance - WOW!
kilpajr
Oct 21, 2004, 12:16 AM
I just installed distributed.net on my PB and all I can say is WOW! I have been running this on my P3-700 Dell laptop for not quite 2 years. My Dell gets around 1.4 - 1.5 million keys/s. So I decided to test the performance of my PB. I was thinking, OK I have approximately twice the speed so with the other improvements, I will get 3 - 5 times the performance. I am getting 10 times the performance! I am getting about 15 million keys/s. Consider this, on my Dell it takes about 1 minute for 1 dot to show up on the screen. Now, it takes about 6 seconds.
Oh, and before everyone starts complaining, I just wanted to test this out. I am spending most of my spare CPU cycles on Folding@Home.
Nermal
Oct 21, 2004, 03:40 AM
I haven't used dnetc for years, but I remember it being slow. I just tried it on my G4, it takes about 5 seconds per dot :D
DrBoar
Oct 21, 2004, 03:47 AM
Distributed net scream on the G4 compared to x86, as I recall there is a type of divide that is implemented in the G4 hardware that is not in the x86 so in this particular instance the G4 is the king od the hill :rolleyes:
Being a scientist I prefer to let my computer do real science in Fold@home and Predictor (it it gets up agian) :)
mc68k
Oct 21, 2004, 04:27 PM
Distributed net scream on the G4 compared to x86, as I recall there is a type of divide that is implemented in the G4 hardware that is not in the x86 so in this particular instance the G4 is the king od the hill :rolleyes:
Being a scientist I prefer to let my computer do real science in Fold@home and Predictor (it it gets up agian) :)it's the hardware rotate operations
http://n0cgi.distributed.net/faq/cache/55.html
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mc68k
Oct 21, 2004, 04:28 PM
I just installed distributed.net on my PB and all I can say is WOW! I have been running this on my P3-700 Dell laptop for not quite 2 years. My Dell gets around 1.4 - 1.5 million keys/s. So I decided to test the performance of my PB. I was thinking, OK I have approximately twice the speed so with the other improvements, I will get 3 - 5 times the performance. I am getting 10 times the performance! I am getting about 15 million keys/s. Consider this, on my Dell it takes about 1 minute for 1 dot to show up on the screen. Now, it takes about 6 seconds.consider crunching for team xlr8yourmac if you're not already :)
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