On Sep 21, 2009, at 10:02 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Running a SETI task once per week is about all some computers can > do. This > would be taking up 80%+ of the CPU time for these computers - just > running > benchmarks. This will drive many away from BOINC entirely. I know > that I > will have to detach about half my processing power as being useless > at that > point. It will still be on, because it has to be on, but it will > not be > using any extra just running benchmarks over and over and over again.
If the PC can only do one SaH task per week, well, then its loss from the pool will not much affect the throughput of SaH... My wife's friend that had a PC that was nearly 10 years old and was not the fastest on the market when she bought it was more capable than that ... Maybe it is harsh and cruel, but, there comes a time when perhaps the machines are not worth the investment ... I know to this point the projects have essentially put virtually no lower limit on the slowness of the acceptable PC ... but maybe we are past time for that ... _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
