Lynn W. Taylor wrote: > The problem here is a need to constantly redefine the reference machine. > > According to Wikipedia, BOINC was first released in April 2002. The > Pentium 4 2.4 GHz parts were brand new. There were lots of P3's and > earlier around (and still are).
Indeed so. That's where perhaps every 5 years or so you benchmark a new reference machine, compare, and use whatever "fiddle-factors" to maintain the calibration as measured against that new reference machine. > Martin wrote: [...] >> >> You can then waste as much benchmarking time as you like to >> characterise your reference machine. Meanwhile, the rest of world of >> Boinc continues with useful work undisturbed. Regards, Martin -- -------------------- Martin Lomas m_boincdev ml1 co uk.ddSPAM.dd -------------------- _______________________________________________ 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.
