Boinc Optimized Client...

[Keith75]

I haven't run BOINC for some time and I am wondering if there are still any optimized clients. The ones I used by Crunch3r's and Trux both seem to be out of date or gone all together.

Keith

[NeoGen]

Altough it's outdated, I still keep (and crunch with) Crunch3r's good old v5.5.0. :)

If you want, PM me your email and I'll send it to you. Got all three versions, MMX, SSE and SSE2.

[gamer007]

I'm using Crunch3r's too. I've been looking for the SSE3 version to send to Neogen for archives (I have my own archive too), but never found it.

[Evil-Dragon]

I've gone back to the regular BOINC client...

[LeBo]

I've gone back to the regular BOINC client...

I have also....:)

[daddygeek]

Evil-Dragon wrote:
I've gone back to the regular BOINC client...

LeBo wrote:
I have also.... :)
Me Too

P.S. Linux needs optimized clients

[Lagu]

I use Boinc Manager 5.4.11 (downloaded from Riesel Sieve`s homepage)
on my old Athlon and on my AMD64 I have 5.5.0 optimised.

Lagu :)

[Keith75]

The 5.5.0 version is newer than the posted 5.4.9? I know it is optimized but why is it a higher number when I thought it was actually older?

Keith

[dAVE]

I’m alpha testing some of the newer BOINC clients but they still haven’t got one that is bullet proof. They had 5 versions whilst I was on holiday and I have only just caught up with the bugs found. The latest version is 5.6.3 but that has changed once already today. I just got 5.6.2 downloaded when I had a stop message because that version was faulty too! When a stable version comes out you might like to archive the current 4.9.11 version before you update. The new version will include instruction set reporting so that project applications can make use of SSE etc but, until the projects catch up and issue new applications able to use these instruction sets, this will be of only theoretical value.
The down side is that there is a new scheduler that is aimed at the install and forget user. It is very conservative over deadlines, especially if you have a number of projects attached, even if they are set to no work. This means that it will often go into what is its equivalent of EDF mode and not let you crunch what you want to. The extreme is if you have a BBC climate change model attached, it can crunch that for weeks before it will let you do anything else! On the plus side the scheduler waits for check points before switching projects so that work is not lost because it switched just before a check point. This could also present problems if you are on an alpha or beta project that has long WUs and does not yet have check pointing.
Before anyone thinks that I am some sort of Guru let me point out that I am there as the idiot who does the dumb sort of thing that no one thought anyone would be daft enough to do. If it stands up to a Sou’westerly then it will never fail! dAVE

[Keith75]

Oh great. :roll:

Another case where my computer thinks it knows better than me and won't listen. LOL

[Empty_5oul]

thanks for the update dave.
i think i will be sticking to boinc optimised for the moment then, which is SSE or SSE2 (or even SSE3) compliant.

[Brucifer]

Gee.... another reason to stay away from boinc.... social computing engineering.

[Keith75]

Although the 5.5.0 version I am using now shows much higher benchmark speeds I notice that I get almost exactly the same credit for a set amount of time as I did before with the standard client. :?

[NeoGen]

That depends on the project... Riesel Sieve Boinc and some others have already adopted a fixed credit value system, so optimized clients don't get more credits than regular ones.

[Keith75]

I see. I guess Spinhenge has also done that. I am actually in a strange way glad they did. I like a level playing field.

[Murray]

So What would the best clients be for a AMD 64 bit processor namely the 3500+ and 4000+?

[Empty_5oul]

check you e-mail murray.