Windows S5R2 App 4.30 available for Beta Test

Bernd Machenschalk
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A new Windows App is available from our Beta Test Page.

A problem affecting the cross-platform compatibility we have been digging for for two weeks has finally been tracked down and fixed. In principle only the Windows App needs to be changed, as its seems to be bound to the MS Compiler.

An additional feature of this App is some more sanity checking of some input files (ephemeris files "earth" and "sun"), so that a corrupted file is detected early and no wrong information is propagated into the computation (usually causing Client Errors later).

Speed, again, shouldn't have changed compare to the current official App.

(most of the proejct team is travelling to a meeting the next days and may have poor internet connectivity. I added a link to the previous Beta App on the page)

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Windows S5R2 App 4.30 available for Beta Test

Installed. Lets wait 16 hours and see what happens. ;)

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Hmmm.... MS Compiler

Hmmm....

MS Compiler problem, eh....

Why am I not surprised! ;-)

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First WU particular crunched

First WU particular crunched wit 4.30 finished. No significant difference in runtime, just waiting for validation.

http://einsteinathome.org/task/85832944

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I have completed 3 WU's 100%

I have completed 3 WU's 100% with 4.30 and 4 partially 4.28 and 4.30. All are still pending and crunch time remains unchanged.

100% 4.30:
http://einsteinathome.org/workunit/34301604
http://einsteinathome.org/workunit/34298564
http://einsteinathome.org/workunit/34298562

Mix of 4.30 and 4.28:
http://einsteinathome.org/workunit/34287274
http://einsteinathome.org/workunit/34286009
http://einsteinathome.org/workunit/34285441
http://einsteinathome.org/workunit/34284791

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Did anybody tried to crunch

Did anybody tried to crunch one WU with 3 different app versions?
(4.24,28 and 30)
I did it and no error,but not sure about validation.
WU
and my result.

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Have one that Iám still

Have one that Iám still working on the first 10% with 4.24 the next 30% with 4.28 and now going with 4.30. Crunschtime indication is about the same as with 4.24.

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Okay first 4.30 WU is

Okay first 4.30 WU is validated against 4.24:
http://einsteinathome.org/workunit/34295531

Seems to work fine.

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Two results to

Two results to report:

http://einsteinathome.org/task/85805065 - 100% v4.30 (Validated OK)
http://einsteinathome.org/task/85714704 - Approximately 10% v4.24/60% v4.28/30% v4.30 (This was my first "Monster" - and it's "Pending" the result from its "Wingman".)

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Has anyone confirmed speeedup

Has anyone confirmed speeedup on Win32/AMD SSE?

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RE: Has anyone confirmed

Message 70537 in response to message 70536

Quote:
Has anyone confirmed speeedup on Win32/AMD SSE?


Compared to which?

The 25% slowdown of AMD compared to Intel CPUs of 4.17 has been fixed in 4.24. Compared to 4.24 the 4.30 shouldn't show a noticeable difference in speed.

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