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KLiK
Master Cruncher Croatia Joined: Nov 13, 2006 Post Count: 3108 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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but Linux is a 20-25% faster on OET of FA@h research...
---------------------------------------- on those machines a a HT can be used 4 2 tasks execution... also, a GPU computing is possible, if u wanna get a card which supports it! btw those machines r a big heaters...so use them from fall 2 spring time!  notice that u'd have to install 1GB of RAM 2 use machine properly...  ---------------------------------------- [Edit 2 times, last edit by KLiK at Sep 8, 2015 5:52:32 AM] |
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Falconet
Master Cruncher Portugal Joined: Mar 9, 2009 Post Count: 3315 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Is 256MB even enough for WCG and the OS?
---------------------------------------- - AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF 6C/12T 3.2 GHz - 85W - AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C/8T 2.0 GHz - 28W - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T 3.0 GHz |
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Skivelitis2
Advanced Cruncher USA Joined: Mar 21, 2015 Post Count: 113 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I have decided to go with linux when I get it running. If nothing else, it will be a good learning experience. I used to have a moderate sized crunching farm a few years back (old username: skivelitis) so I have plenty of old RAM sticks lying about... shound be able to get it to at least 1GB. Will hyperthread for sure. Unfortunately, no pci-e slot for graphics card.
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Former Member
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For most everyone OET1 (and FAHV of the FA@H project) is ~60% faster on Linux/Mac compared to Windows, so if you have multiple platforms/devices or multi-boot, being selective in which gets crunched on what, can substantially increase one's contribution [in results].
Graphics cards are not employed at WCG, but newer OSses do offload certain activities on their own to the GPU, i.e. more cycles for the CPU tasks :D. (Hardware Speedup or something like that is a term I see at times with my Office applications). |
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KLiK
Master Cruncher Croatia Joined: Nov 13, 2006 Post Count: 3108 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I have decided to go with linux when I get it running. If nothing else, it will be a good learning experience. I used to have a moderate sized crunching farm a few years back (old username: skivelitis) so I have plenty of old RAM sticks lying about... shound be able to get it to at least 1GB. Will hyperthread for sure. Unfortunately, no pci-e slot for graphics card. u can get ATi RadeonHD 3850 or 4650/4670 - which can crunch with P4 proc: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=77269&postid=1674610 @ least on SETi@home btw, there r good step-by-step lines how to install BOINC on Linux...depending on which 1 would u use...Google it! |
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noderaser
Senior Cruncher United States Joined: Jun 6, 2006 Post Count: 297 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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If you were really interested in adding GPU capability (for other projects) in those machines, Newegg has some Radeon HD series units in both AGP and PCI, though I don't know if their throughput would really be worth the investment.
----------------------------------------Most WCG subprojects don't have too high a memory requirement except CEP2; even so, I think you'd want at least 1-2 GB with both threads running. |
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