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Hi new to Boinc and MW and thought I would say Hello
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Send message Joined: 6 Feb 11 Posts: 20 Credit: 239,757 RAC: 0 |
Hello all, seeing as I leave my computer on most of the time anyways thought I would put it to work:) so I am running: Hardware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 900@2.20ghz on a Toshiba Satellite L355-57915 Memory is 2.8 GiB For OS I have gone to Linux Mint Release 10 (Julia) Kernel Linux 2.6.35-22-generic Gnome 2.32.0 Know I have a Intel processor so no GPU crunching:(( So what can I do to get this thing to crunch even faster? (besides get a new computer) with the preferences page on all the Boinc sites down I can't make any adjustments there. Is there a way to make it work all 3 of the WU's I have now at the same time? 1 core =6 WU yes? sol just thought I would say Hi. If you have any suggestions(other than get a real computer) offer them up:) LOL Dave |
Send message Joined: 2 Nov 10 Posts: 731 Credit: 131,536,342 RAC: 0 |
If it was a desktop, we would say add a GPU. |
Send message Joined: 6 Feb 11 Posts: 20 Credit: 239,757 RAC: 0 |
LOL yeepers That I would. Is there a way to run 2 bonics at once and have them working different things on the same machine? |
Send message Joined: 24 Feb 09 Posts: 620 Credit: 100,587,625 RAC: 0 |
Yes you can, but I would strongly advise you dont - at least for the moment. You will not gain anything by doing so in so far as two instances of BOINC running at the same time would just split the CPU resource between them (in a crude sense) resulting in nil gain compared to doing one task. It is also very fiddly to setup and you should get more BOINC experience before attempting it. A similar spilt of resource would happen by trying to split time between two WUs within one instance of BOINC. That processor type is a single core with limited processing power, and it would be best to stick to one Project you enjoy and crunch one WU type. Within a short space of time you will get a clearer picture of what the machine can do in BOINC - it will be useful, for sure, but limited on some Projects. Have a nose around and see what you like, test a few of their WUs. Dont try to run on a Project that has multi-thread WUs, (eg Aqua), unless you are prepared to wait 1-3 days for completion of each one. If you post the kind of thing you like, we could perhaps suggest a few for you as well as here. Otherwise a good start point for a look see at whats around would be the Project list (has direct clickable links) at the bottom left of the BOINCStats main pages: http://boincstats.com/forum/forum_index.php Regards Zy |
Send message Joined: 6 Feb 11 Posts: 20 Credit: 239,757 RAC: 0 |
Thanks Zy, I was thinking more along the lines of being able to run the specially hopped up clients for seti and MW at the same time since they and when orbit is online are the only ones that have peeked my interest. on the fiddly part would have been easy in windows just make a bonic2 lol but in lenux well that is a different matter. LOL so that project will be put off the list for now then:) Thanks for the input. Dave |
Send message Joined: 6 Feb 11 Posts: 20 Credit: 239,757 RAC: 0 |
hey guess what folks? went out and got me a quad core here are the specs 4x1.8 ghz 4 gigs of memory 1 pci-e x16 slot (empty) windows 7 home x64 video ATI Radeon HD 3200 so my questions is now will the pos on board video run any projects/ LOL What is an entry level card that has open cl and double persion. want to be able to do milkyway. and will some one sell me one on the cheap :D plan to upgrade memory to max of 8 at beginning of month unless i can find a good graphics card for about the same price ($100) |
Send message Joined: 19 Jul 10 Posts: 601 Credit: 19,009,744 RAC: 5,093 |
will the pos on board video run any projects/ LOL It should be able to run Collatz and maybe Moo!, not sure about that, I have just Collatz as backup project for milkyway. What is an entry level card that has open cl and double persion. See the GPU Requirements Thread. But I wouldn't go below the HD5xxx series, also low end HD7xxx series GPUs (i.e. anything that is not HD79xx) are not recomended, some of them are even slower on Milkyway than my pretty old HD3850 (see also this thread). |
Send message Joined: 8 May 09 Posts: 3323 Credit: 520,977,177 RAC: 39,242 |
hey guess what folks? went out and got me a quad core here are the specs For about that same $100 you can get 16 gb of ram instead of only 8gb! http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=40739&CatId=4534 You will need 4 memory slots for that to work but is what I did in my two newest machines. |
Send message Joined: 6 Feb 11 Posts: 20 Credit: 239,757 RAC: 0 |
have 2 slots left :( he said 2 gigs/slot max :( <sniff> |
Send message Joined: 8 May 09 Posts: 3323 Credit: 520,977,177 RAC: 39,242 |
have 2 slots left :( he said 2 gigs/slot max :( <sniff> Ahhhh, sorry. |
Send message Joined: 6 Feb 11 Posts: 20 Credit: 239,757 RAC: 0 |
unless he is wrong about how much can go into a slot:) LOL Anyone know why MM is going high priority for stuff that is due on the 7th of July? |
Send message Joined: 19 Jul 10 Posts: 601 Credit: 19,009,744 RAC: 5,093 |
unless he is wrong about how much can go into a slot:) Who is "he"? I'd recommend to look into the user's manual of the mainboard and eventually check for BIOS updates. 2GB/slot was few years ago... OK, it can be today maybe on some very cheap mainboards, but I'd actually expect at least 4GB/slot. |
Send message Joined: 6 Feb 11 Posts: 20 Credit: 239,757 RAC: 0 |
lol that would be the person from the computer store and the board has a chip on it from 09. It is an oldie but goody. But I am going to get unlazy and find out who made the board and check |
Send message Joined: 14 Feb 09 Posts: 999 Credit: 74,932,619 RAC: 0 |
unless he is wrong about how much can go into a slot:) LOL It is caused by a bug in 7.0.25. The fix is available in 7.0.28. |
Send message Joined: 6 Feb 11 Posts: 20 Credit: 239,757 RAC: 0 |
and I just dled .25 yesterday. LOL will get new one now\ ok dled it lets see how it does :) |
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