There are some really slooooooowwwww units around

[MikeTimbers]

Anyone else had this? My Opty just took over 60 hours to return a 396 point unit. The 600 pointers only take it 40 hours! Seems like there's a lot of these out there judging by Halo's paltry output of late.

[TDKozan]

I don't know about the point totals but my faster laptop is taking a hair over four hours a step on p2409. That's something over two weeks for one stinking unit.

Where do you find the points for a given unit? Since my fall from grace, I've pretty much stopped watching the stats, all I do is make sure things are running.

TK

[MikeTimbers]

I use Electron Microscope 3 from http://www.em-dc.com/

[TDKozan]

Maybe it's just me. Maybe it's my laptop. Configuration windows that pop under the current window and STAY there? Scrambled text and graphics?

<spit>

I'll go on in quiet ignorance.

Thanks for the link though, it was worth a try.

TK

[pelligrini]

I believe the 600 pointers have some sort of bonus points built in. It all depends on the core used and the system.

I don't really pay attention to individual client points anymore. Just if the machine is on or off and the client is doing something.

[Daniel, Laura, and Nora]

I never did figure out how to monitor all the little PCs I've got running. Stats are pretty spare for F@H anyway. Mostly I just like knowing that I'm roundly kicking TK's butt.

[MikeTimbers]

If you have a lot of machines to monitor, DC Monitor is pretty good although it irritatingly doesn't check whether a machine is actually crunching, merely if it is on. EM3 is still the best if you have anything other than a huge farm.

[TDKozan]

Enjoy yourself Daniel. Everything passes.

[Daniel, Laura, and Nora]

Enjoy yourself Daniel. Everything passes.'Tis true. Too true. My little farm is living on borrowed time. Meanwhile, I'm enjoying it, though, when all is said and done, the part I like most is contributing my tiny part to a zillion other tiny parts to make something really big. That and kicking TK's butt.

[TDKozan]

Nice to know that, for all my shortcomings, failures, and mistakes, I excel at one thing: Providing a hobby for a big-city doc. It's actually pretty impressive, 'tis not every day a full-grown New Yawhk Neurologist shows the ability to soundly pummel an unemployed cow-town college student in a duel of naked silicon.

When my time comes, I can go happily now, my life is complete.

XOXO,

TK

[Stilgar]

First one I got on the new computer is showing 3+ days to complete?

[MikeTimbers]

What unit is it? The 2.4GHZ P4s are showing 140 hours for P2126s for a miserable 396 points :(

[Stilgar]

p2124_lambda_5way_melt_4_10011

Have one on the amd 3000 xp and one on the 3500 xp

edit:
Just downloaded emIII. How long does it take to get the first indication after starting? One or two steps?

[Stilgar]

Okay, the total points show a 1, but the points per hour shows 3.862 on the 3000 xp. Also the slot below that says unknown?

[MikeTimbers]

P2124 on my Opty 146 (@2700) takes around 60 hours.

[Stilgar]

How many points do they make?

[MikeTimbers]

Project summary page here (http://fah-web.stanford.edu/psummary.html)

P2124 = 396points.

[MikeTimbers]

What frustrates me is the variance between units. Stanford claims that all units are speed tested on an identical machine but I have two crunchers at home:

Athlon XP @2406 is doing P1166_ribo_flex_100K, worth 574 points and will take 61 hours.
Opteron @2700 is doing P2125_lambda_5way_melt_4_10011, worth 392 points and will take 60 hours.