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Re: slow woes

James C Johnston
Sun, 21 Apr 2002 08:02:51 -0700


baby,
i hope we get to talk too
due you have any suggestions on  how to add to the paper???


love 
hugs and kisses
james
On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 15:19:26 -0400 "Chris Conrad"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> I run a P4 1.5 with 256k of  PC133 SDRAM and WinXP....the command 
> line this
> is my work computer and it is used everyday......I average about
> 5-6hrs/WU...I also have a PIV 1.6 with 256k of DDR RAM and Win2k it 
> averages
> about 3hrs/WU and I also have a P3 1ghz with 512K of memory dual 
> boot of XP
> and Win2k on Win2k it averages about 8-9 hrs per unit...on XP it 
> averages
> about 12-13 hrs per unit....I think if you run the command line it 
> is alot
> easier on the machine...than the Graphic version......
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James C Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 2:29 AM
> Subject: Re: slow woes
> 
> 
> >
> > My AMD Atholon 733 L2 cache is 512 and generally runs around 10 
> hrs on
> > days im not using it for work or video games (i generally i use my 
> slower
> > computer for email, older video games and serving the net) i let 
> my 733
> > due the wu 24/7 almost 365 days a year =)
> > On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 20:10:33 -0700 "Broc Olson" 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > writes:
> > >
> > > Im a p3 733 (yay!) w/ the GUI client.  Im hitting about 14 hrs a 
> WU.
> > >  Than
> > > again Im doing other stuff w/ my system  ( Email, Playing games
> > > etc).  256
> > > megs of SD ram ( 100 mhz) and hard drives that keep dieing :-(
> > >
> > > On a p2-300 I hit about 22-26 hrs a WU.  ( I turned off Seti 
> when i
> > > played
> > > games w/ that CPU tho)
> > >
> > > k6/2-500 and 256 megs?  about 35 hrs a WU.
> > >
> > > O/S's Win 98SE and Win 2k,  I like the Intel chips better for 
> Seti
> > > as a
> > > result of the larger on die cache ( k6/2-500 i had had 64k 
> cache
> > > :-(, while
> > > the p2-300 had 512k and the p3 733 has 256k on Die,
> > >
> > > IMO on the Intel chips that 32k L1 cache seems to really come 
> in
> > > handy.  Ive
> > > no clue on the performance of the AMD K7/XP series.....
> > >
> > > As to cpu/memory monitoring...  www.analogx.com has some cool 
> stuff
> > > last I
> > > saw
> > >
> > > Broc Olson < Byark!>
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "dabult" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 4:28 AM
> > > Subject: Re: slow woes
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I cant really say we got similar machines, cause im running an 
> XP
> > > 1700+ @
> > > > 1490Mhz ;)
> > > > I average around 4hrs/WU, on my old P3 733Mhz i was on approx
> > > 12hrs with
> > > the
> > > > GUI (screensaver version) and when i got the CLI (command 
> line
> > > version) i
> > > > dropped to 8-9hrs on the 733.
> > > > So the first thing you do if you want to get your times down 
> and
> > > dont
> > > bother
> > > > about the graphics, is that you get the CLI instead of the 
> GUI.
> > > >
> > > > Just ask if anybody needs more info or so :-)
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Mountain Man" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 12:24 AM
> > > > Subject: slow woes
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,  I'm new here, so apologies in advance if this is the
> > > umpteenth time
> > > > > you've seen this question.
> > > > >
> > > > > I just started with setiathome.  I'm running at 400MHZ 
> Pentium
> > > II,
> > > > > Windows '98 system with 256MB of RAM.  I've got the program 
> set
> > > to run
> > > > > in screensaver mode with graphics off.  To my dismay the 
> first
> > > workunit
> > > > > took over 93 CPU hours to complete :(     My second unit is 
> 23%
> > > complete
> > > > > and has used 20 hours :((   I've tried some different things 
> -
> > > killing
> > > > > all programs except setiathome for overnight run, rebooting 
> the
> > > > > machine.  I don't typically stay connected to the net.  I 
> have
> > > 260MB of
> > > > > free disk and defragged not too long ago.
> > > > >
> > > > > Can someone suggest why my machine might be running so 
> slow?
> > > Also, does
> > > > > anyone have recommendations on CPU/memory monitoring 
> software?
> > > Any help
> > > > > much appreciated  :)
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Elby
> > > > >
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