Quote Originally Posted by MikeB12 View Post
3xQ6600@3.33ghz

Which is better for project 2665?
These projects study how influenza virus recognizes and infects cells. We are developing new simulation methods to better understand these processes.

A. dual smp = 144 wu's per month.
B. single smp = 108 wu's per month.

forget the points.. by the monthly numbers above...
how many months will the project take?
1. with single smp? 108wu/month
2. with dual smp? 144wu/month

it all boils down to simple math... the faster they get through the results, the faster the project gets done.
I agree Mike as you know. Stanford acts as if they need that one result back a minute quicker as they are on the brink of a major break through in science. To be honest I used to think this way also, after years of this I have seen nothing really, people ask me all the time why do you spend all that money on all the computers, time, and electricity, what have they done? You spend a house payment or car payment a month just to power all those. What can I show them? Nothing really that means anything to anyone, I just hope someday it will. I also understand they want them back quickly dont get me wrong, however I think the main reason they say on do 1 WU on a quad is for people who have no knowledge on PCs and go out and buy say a Dell etc. quad core and decide to fold on winblows at stock speed, while stopping the machine half the time to play games and barely make the deadlines if they do at all.