Optimized BOINC Clients FAQ

[gamer007]

How's the 5.7.0 optimized client benchmarks compared to non-optimized?

[mitchellds]

Gamer,

Are you using that 5.7 version along with Crunchers 5.5 windoze code, or just the 5,7 client? I see that using the 5.7 dropped benchmark scores compared to the 5.5 cruncher code. What have you found ?

[gamer007]

I'm still using windows 5.4.9 client with Crunch3r's 5.5.0 optimized. I've been happy with Crunch3r's optimized clients for the last while.

[NeoGen]

Me too... I'll probably only move away from Crunch3r's when boinc v6 is out.

[Evil-Dragon]

5.7.0 is a champ and optimised too. I've been using it for weeks with no issues what so ever. Unfortunately it does not include the simple interface till 5.7.2.

[mitchellds]

Hi Evil-Dragon.

So did you find that the 5.7.0 code is less optimal or more optimal than crunchers 5.5 code? It seems to be less optimal from my first couple of days running it.

[gatekeeper53]

I tried it for a couple of days and it cost about 9 points an hour per CPU.

[Lagu]

Talking about optimised clients:

Riesel Sieve has several.
Seti has several too.

But I have pondered if these optimised clients are specially developed for their own tasks? I have Cruncher´s client on my AMD and it seems to work with every project. If I prefer an optimised client from SETI or RS will it work with other project too?

[NeoGen]

There's a little difference there... Crunch3r's boinc is an optimized boinc client while RS or SETI have optimized applications.
Optimized applications speed up real processing of workunits (for example from 40 mins to 30 mins), while the optimized client only improves the benchmarks of your machine.

EDIT: And yes, optimized applications are only suitable for their own projects. You can't use the SETI application in no other boinc project

[spikey_richie]

I got a new company laptop this week, but I got stuck with a Celeron M

It's the Yonah core, which supports SSE2 and SSE3. Core speed is 1727mhz

Which optimized client would be best for this core?

P.S. I just updated my AMD 64 3400+ (which is running oc'd) to an optimized client and doubled by benchmark results