Prime95 computes the P-1 bounds assuming the maximum available memory will be available. However, when the more limited daytime memory is available it stubbornly proceeds with P-1 at a slower pace. Try the option described in undoc.txt: OnlyRunStage2WithMaxMemory=1
On Dec 20, 2007 3:02 AM, Brian Beesley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Setting memory to 8MB (which used to be the default) disables P-1 stage 2, but > allows stage 1 This is still the default. The user must go to some effort to enable P-1 stage 2 > Better (in the long term) if an instance wants to start P-1 stage 2 but finds > that another instance is already running stage 2, the subsequent instance > could start LL testing immediately, then go back and run P-1 stage 2 when the > other instance has finished. Version 25 has some improvements along these lines. You run one copy of prime95 and it sets up a worker window for each CPU core. The memory limits applies to the amount of memory all worker windows can use. In your case, you'd specify 512MB daytime memory and if only one worker is in P-1 stage 2 it gets the entire 512MB. The other change is that by default, a maximum of half the workers can run stage 2 at the same time (others would begun their next work unit or start the LL test). _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
