On Fri, 09 Feb 2001 11:40:04 -0500 Chris Hartzell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> I use the asus A7V KT133 motherboard
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> http://www.asus.com/products/motherboard/socketa/a7v/index.html
> for more information on it.
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Before v.3.03 of SETI@home I was cranking a wu in 3-5 hrs. with a Slot Athlon "thunderbird" 900 processor with 256k on-die L2 cache using a microstar mb (irongate bios) with pc100 sdram. Now the time has jumped to 7-8 hrs. I can not use the pc133 with the microstar mb. I have been thinking about upgrading to a new mb that will use the faster pc133 sdram.
Chris Hartzell claims to complete a wu in 4 hour using the ASUS A7V KT133 motherboard with 256 pc133 sd ram.
Actually I think he said ~6 hours, but whatever.
What would be the best to improve my time.
I don't know if the Thunderbird is faster with SETI@home than the older K7s or not. The Thunderbird has faster L2 cache and its motherboards support faster main RAM, but the K7 has more L2 cache and that is an important factor. In general, the Thunderbird is faster at almost everything, and I'd recommend you stick with that, but the problem is that you'll have to get a new Socket A processor if you want a KT133 or KT133A motherboard. If I were you, I'd wait to upgrade until the 133MHz DDR FSB with PC2100 DDR memory platform is cheaper and get that if you need to upgrade, but really if you already have a 900MHz Thunderbird, you don't need to upgrade.
Evan
