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[Reinvented]

Using 5.10.20 now without any problems. The icon looks like a shield with two spears behind it, people keep asking if it's an online game or something

That's when you say "yes, of course it's an online game! it's a multiplayer game where the object is to destroy viruses and other things harming the world with people from across the globe! best part is, you get to look at pretty pictures and do nothing! it goes on it's own!"

[sierra_bound]

5.10.26 beta released

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php

[ChaosMinionX]

5.10.26 beta released

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php

Checking it out now

Early observations:

10/20/2007 10:32:43 AM||Reading preferences override file
10/20/2007 10:32:43 AM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 3070.73MB
10/20/2007 10:32:43 AM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 3275.45MB
10/20/2007 10:32:43 AM||Preferences limit disk usage to 9.31GB
10/20/2007 10:32:43 AM||Running CPU benchmarks
10/20/2007 10:32:43 AM||Suspending network activity - user is active
10/20/2007 10:33:14 AM||Benchmark results:
10/20/2007 10:33:14 AM|| Number of CPUs: 4
10/20/2007 10:33:14 AM|| 3570 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
10/20/2007 10:33:14 AM|| 7916 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU

That is about 200 integer MIPS higher, without changing any settings. Is that normal for BOINC releases to change performance? or did it read wrong the last time it said 7700 something.

[my87csx481]

....That is about 200 integer MIPS higher, without changing any settings. Is that normal for BOINC releases to change performance? or did it read wrong the last time it said 7700 something.

I'm sorta wondering the same thing.

And also, what if whetstone goes down, and dhrystone goes up with different versions. Which compromise is better?

same clock, board, everything, etc., except BOINC version

BOINC 5.10.13, 3139 whet, 6940 dhry

BOINC 5.10.20, 3129 whet, 7150 dhry

BOINC 5.10.28, 3142 whet, 6917 dhry

Any suggestions? Thanks

[sierra_bound]

And also, what if whetstone goes down, and dhrystone goes up with different versions. Which compromise is better?

same clock, board, everything, etc., except BOINC version

BOINC 5.10.13, 3139 whet, 6940 dhry

BOINC 5.10.20, 3129 whet, 7150 dhry

BOINC 5.10.28, 3142 whet, 6917 dhry

Any suggestions? Thanks

Those results are so close that I don't think you'll see any real difference in point production. Also, as someone indicated, you will get different results each time you run the CPU benchmark.

Whetstone measures floating point operations. Dhrystone measures integer, or general processor performance. The name Dhrystone is a play on words. It has no floating point operations, hence it is "dry".

[David_L6]

I've been running 5.10.28 on a variety of machines for 3 or 4 days now and haven't had any problems with it.

[sierra_bound]

Just an FYI. 5.10.28 is also available now for Mac OS X, as well as Linux 32 and 64-bit.

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php

[my87csx481]

I cant really answer your question but at the same time I can tell you that every time you run a new benchmark it will change and be different on both.. That is common with boinc.
Also boinc re-benchmarks like every 10 days or something like that.

Thanks littleowl. I noticed exactly that last night, while I was playin' around, that it benchmarks with slightly different scores each time....me too

Those results are so close that I don't think you'll see any real difference in point production. Also, as someone indicated, you will get different results each time you run the CPU benchmark.

Whetstone measures floating point operations. Dhrystone measures integer, or general processor performance. The name Dhrystone is a play on words. It has no floating point operations, hence it is "dry".

Thanks sierra.

I think I'm gonna' stick with 5.10.28 (for now - til problems show up) and then I'll try 6.1. I don't seem to have any problem with 5.10.20 on a p4ht (i disabled ht though, i gotta use it for programs not optimized for ht).