I got my first workunits and started crunching them with the new 4.46 app. It seems faster than the 4.36 app by 20%. ...
That would be really surprising given the fact that on a SSE capable PC, 4.46 is actually calling the 4.36 app executable :-). The switching mechanism is what this beta test is about, not any speed improvements.
CU
Bikeman
You were right. The time is roughly the same if not slightly increased. Anyway, how am I helping by using the 4.46 app? I have already crunched a few WU with the new app. Should I report somewhere?
forgive my naive ignorance in advance
Constantinos
Gravity increases significantly in Autumn, because apples fall in large numbers during that time!
I got my first workunits and started crunching them with the new 4.46 app. It seems faster than the 4.36 app by 20%. ...
That would be really surprising given the fact that on a SSE capable PC, 4.46 is actually calling the 4.36 app executable :-). The switching mechanism is what this beta test is about, not any speed improvements.
CU
Bikeman
You were right. The time is roughly the same if not slightly increased. Anyway, how am I helping by using the 4.46 app? I have already crunched a few WU with the new app. Should I report somewhere?
What you're testing is that the app is correctly selecting the right version for your CPU.
This App combines the Apps previously known as 4.26 and 4.36 (SSE)
Just out of interest, how can we tell if the switching has worked correctly? Both BOINC and Task Manager list the running App as 4.46 and I can see nothing in the result that obviously indicates which App was actually selected, Dave.
This App combines the Apps previously known as 4.26 and 4.36 (SSE)
Just out of interest, how can we tell if the switching has worked correctly? Both BOINC and Task Manager list the running App as 4.46 and I can see nothing in the result that obviously indicates which App was actually selected, Dave.
Hi!
You can check by inspecting a result, and look at the start of the stderr.out text:
5.8.16
Detected CPU type 1
2008-05-17 01:12:31.8632 [normal]:....
CPU Type 1 indicates a SSE capable CPU, while type 0 indicates a non-SSE capable CPU.
RE: RE: I got my first
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You were right. The time is roughly the same if not slightly increased. Anyway, how am I helping by using the 4.46 app? I have already crunched a few WU with the new app. Should I report somewhere?
forgive my naive ignorance in advance
Constantinos
Gravity increases significantly in Autumn, because apples fall in large numbers during that time!
RE: RE: RE: I got my
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What you're testing is that the app is correctly selecting the right version for your CPU.
RE: This App combines the
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Just out of interest, how can we tell if the switching has worked correctly? Both BOINC and Task Manager list the running App as 4.46 and I can see nothing in the result that obviously indicates which App was actually selected, Dave.
Code swithing works well on
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Code swithing works well on my Sempron (SSE3).
(Win2KSP4, BOINC 5.10.45)
RE: RE: This App combines
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Hi!
You can check by inspecting a result, and look at the start of the stderr.out text:
Detected CPU type 1 2008-05-17 01:12:31.8632 [normal]:....
CPU Type 1 indicates a SSE capable CPU, while type 0 indicates a non-SSE capable CPU.
CU
Bikeman
Unfortunately mine all
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Unfortunately mine all start:
6.2.1
2008-05-17 00:25:10.6753 [normal]: Built at: Feb 25 2008 17:11:17
2008-05-17 00:25:10.6753 [normal]: Start of BOINC application '..\\..\\projects\\einstein.phys.uwm.edu\\einstein_S5R3_4.46_windows_intelx86_1.exe'.
2008-05-17 00:25:10.9157 [debug]: Set up communication with graphics process.
2008-05-17 00:25:11.5266 [debug]: Reading SFTs and setting up stacks ... done
2008-05-17 00:25:35.5927 [normal]: INFO: Couldn't open checkpoint h1_1015.70_S5R3__197_S5R3b_0_0.cpt
2008-05-17 00:25:35.5927 [debug]: Total skypoints = 1203. Progress: 0,
$Revision: 1.119 $ REV:$Revision, OPT:3, SCVAR:9, SCTRIM:2, HOTVAR:3, HOTDIV:0, HGHPRE:7, HGHBAT:2
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2, 3, c
The computer is this one
Dave.
RE: Unfortunately mine all
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Sorry, I kind of was in Linux mode :-). For windows, you should note the exact name of the executable in the output:
2008-05-17 00:25:10.6753 [normal]: Start of BOINC application '..\\..\\projects\\einstein.phys.uwm.edu\\einstein_S5R3_4.46_windows_intelx86_1.exe'."_1" indicates SSE, "_0" non-SSE.
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Bikeman
Thanks Bikeman, Dave.
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Thanks Bikeman,
Dave.
I've had a successful work
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I've had a successful work unit.
Running Win XP SP2, BOINC 6.2.1 / 6.2.2 (recently upgraded), AMD Athlon 3200 XP+, ECC RAM.
I've done 2 results, on both
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I've done 2 results, on both detecting of the SSE CPU works.
OS Windows Vista
The results are valid now.
Matthias