I just ran the SSE2 app on that same machine. The results matched the SSE3 results. So neither SSE2 or SSE3 match the stock app.

Are these the apps from the MW.rar download?

If not, would you please specify exactly which apps you tested?

Thanks

Yes, they were both from the rar download.

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Yes, they were both from the rar download.

Thanks

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So where do we stand?

As Labbie said can people who have tested specify what download they used. Also can anyone get in contact with the guys/gals (or they themselves) who made the apps and find out if they did any testing before release. For your information I have been using the SSE3 version from the MW.rar file downloaded from Ice's site.

For the moment I have set the machine to NNW and I will let it crunch out the remaining units. Then I guess I'll take it elsewhere while this is all sorted out.

And can anyone confirm what Logan brought up?

@ Travis

Why linux, OSX, and Win stock apps gave different results with the same wu?

If this is the case does that not mean there could be an issue with the stock app too?

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So I guess this SSE3-Version saves the party for us.

Result of the Test-WU:
fitness: -3.046272445362275

Yes, I also got
fitness: -3.046272445362275

But that still does not match the stock app output of
fitness: -3.046272445362277

Are they close enough it won't change the outcome (of the search) or should they be exact?

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Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?
If it makes sense, DON'T do it.

So I guess this SSE3-Version saves the party for us.

Result of the Test-WU:
fitness: -3.046272445362275

Yes, I also got
fitness: -3.046272445362275

But that still does not match the stock app output of
fitness: -3.046272445362277

Are they close enough it won't change the outcome (of the search) or should they be exact?

Yeah that's fine. I think the cutoff where it would start to matter would be differences greater than 10^-10ish

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And can anyone confirm what Logan brought up?

@ Travis

Why linux, OSX, and Win stock apps gave different results with the same wu?

If this is the case does that not mean there could be an issue with the stock app too?

There are some issues with the stock app, but this accuracy thing is nothing you can really avoid between different architectures when using standard math libraries. And Travis answer (actually a question) to that problem

At what level of accuracy?

implies he is aware of that.

Actually, this sort of differences in the last bits is what one often calls numerical noise. Both versions are likely to calculate results within the same error bars when compared to a (hypothetical) implementation with infinite (or just somewhat extended) precision.

And can anyone confirm what Logan brought up?

@ Travis

Why linux, OSX, and Win stock apps gave different results with the same wu?

If this is the case does that not mean there could be an issue with the stock app too?

There are some issues with the stock app, but this accuracy thing is nothing you can really avoid between different architectures when using standard math libraries. And Travis answer (actually a question) to that problem

At what level of accuracy?

implies he is aware of that.

Actually, this sort of differences in the last bits is what one often calls numerical noise. Both versions are likely to calculate results within the same error bars when compared to a (hypothetical) implementation with infinite (or just somewhat extended) precision.

Then perhaps the project can specify what the accepted 'error margin' is. Or is that the no difference greater than 10^-10ish.

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Yeah that's fine. I think the cutoff where it would start to matter would be differences greater than 10^-10ish

So then the "new" optimized apps are fine to use as long as they are correct to the 10th place? So far only the ss3 has been confirmed to work out fine within the limit right? What about the sse2.rar app?

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Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?
If it makes sense, DON'T do it.

Yeah that's fine. I think the cutoff where it would start to matter would be differences greater than 10^-10ish

So then the "new" optimized apps are fine to use as long as they are correct to the 10th place? So far only the ss3 has been confirmed to work out fine within the limit right? What about the sse2.rar app?

Yeah, so long as it's just numerical noise.

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Could someone please post a link to which one of these apps are supposedly ok. It's kind of confusing as there is more than one file download linked in the thread.

thanks.

Could someone please post a link to which one of these apps are supposedly ok. It's kind of confusing as there is more than one file download linked in the thread.

thanks.

If I have read it all I believe the sse3 app is the only one tested so far. No one else has said about the others.

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Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?
If it makes sense, DON'T do it.

However there is more than one sse3 app linked in this thread

one is

astronomy_sse3_app and is 889kb


and the other is


astronomy_SSE3_s and is 920kb

So I guess this SSE3-Version saves the party for us.

Result of the Test-WU:
fitness: -3.046272445362275

Yes, I also got
fitness: -3.046272445362275

But that still does not match the stock app output of
fitness: -3.046272445362277

Are they close enough it won't change the outcome (of the search) or should they be exact?

Yeah that's fine. I think the cutoff where it would start to matter would be differences greater than 10^-10ish

The app linked above is the only one I know of that is good. The last post above (the "Yeah that's fine" one) is from Travis.

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Ok so that would make it the


astronomy_SSE3_s one


cool cause thats the one I'm using

So, we have a new version of the SSE3 app that meets the 10 digit requirement. Does anyone have an updated SSE or SSE2 version?

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@ Travis

Why linux, OSX, and Win stock apps gave different results with the same wu?

Best regards.

At what level of accuracy?

Didn't you tested it...? Bad boy...:)

Try it, and give us your results.

Best regards.

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Travis/Dave

Part of the assimilator update allows us to track users that repeatedly return invalid results and stop awarding credit to them

How quickly do you guys expect this assimilator update to pick up users returning invalid results and stop awarding credit?

Is it very soon (<1 day) or more?

Travis/Dave

Part of the assimilator update allows us to track users that repeatedly return invalid results and stop awarding credit to them

How quickly do you guys expect this assimilator update to pick up users returning invalid results and stop awarding credit?

Is it very soon (<1 day) or more?

And are you going to tell them or let them continue unaware?

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So, we have a new version of the SSE3 app that meets the 10 digit requirement. Does anyone have an updated SSE or SSE2 version?

Here we go...

http://rapidshare.com/files/184217251/astronomy_sse2_app.rar.html

Original app:
fitness: -3.046272445362277

this one:
fitness: -3.046272445362278

have fun...

LB