Hi,
At 01:05 AM 5/15/99 -0500, David M. Moore wrote:
>> You could also do something more conducive to the 486 environment...I
>> don't know - is ECM good work for a 486?
>
>I don't know. That was going to be my next question if it was decided
>that 486's are wasting time :-) Although none of the other projects have
>really grabbed my attention, I would put the 486's on to another project if
>they were more suited to what ever that project does.
If you are willing to spend the money on the electricity, then the "best"
project will be one that does integer work rather than floating point work.
The 486 FPU is 4 to 5 times slower than a Pentium FPU, but only twice
as slow on integer operations (after adjusting for MHz differences).
Prime95 (LL, ECM, and factoring), Proth, and I suspect SETI are mostly
floating point. Conrad Curry's NFS program, ECM-NET, and the encryption
cracking are probably mostly integer operations.
Of course, you have to weigh that against which projects you find
most worthwhile and fun.
Regards,
George
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