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Lprince 
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Posted 23 March 2004 - 08:41 PM
| QUOTE (Cspace @ Mar 23 2004, 01:50 AM) |
It usually takes me roughly 4-5 hours (once 3 hours and 45 minutes, but that was a freak) on a 2.8 GHz computer with 512 MB of RAM. It takes a while (a loooong time on my old comp, hehe), but it's crunching a lot of data that otherwise would tax multi-million dollar systems. In fact, SETI@home is the largest supercomputer in the world, consisting entirely of average PCs all around the world.  BTW, I've been receiving a few questions about what happens when a data unit is completed, and I'll truthfully say 'not much' (  ). If you set it to automatically connect to the internet, it will upload the completed unit and download a new one on its own. Otherwise you'll have a flashing icon in the taskbar that you would click on to connect. Either way, you send them the current data unit, and they send you a new one to work on. Here's the basic screen if you're interested:  |
no ofence, but ur comp is stupid, you would get a beter overal result with a slower processer and more ram, really 512?
i have 1.5gig and thats not enough........
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Posted 23 March 2004 - 09:04 PM
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| no ofence, but ur comp is stupid, you would get a beter overal result with a slower processer and more ram, really 512? i have 1.5gig and thats not enough........ |
Assuming that you use your SETI account on one computer, your average is about 20 minutes longer than my current one (not counting an old comp that would crunch a data unit for 70 hours at a time... hehe). A slower processor would not increase the speed of your program though, however RAM helps (I plan to upgrade to at least a gig relatively soon). It isn't just your speed though, it's also background processes (and I'm frequently running many programs at once).
Rylkan also just built a new computer (I think slightly faster than mine), and his data units are cranked out at about the same speed.
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Posted 23 March 2004 - 09:15 PM
no, by having a slower proceser i dont mean thats a plus, i mean that if ur gonna spend the same amout u best get slower proceser and more memory, its best to get both fast though!
also i have a cancer reserch prog going at the same time as seti so it slows down!
also i have a cancer reserch prog going at the same time as seti so it slows down!
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Posted 23 March 2004 - 09:21 PM
| QUOTE (lprince @ Mar 23 2004, 09:15 PM) |
| no, by having a slower proceser i dont mean thats a plus, i mean that if ur gonna spend the same amout u best get slower proceser and more memory, its best to get both fast though! also i have a cancer reserch prog going at the same time as seti so it slows down! |
RAM helps a lot, and you sure have enough of it to multitask quite a bit, hehe.
With as much as I'm running I'm going to need to upgrade my RAM soon, but my priority right now is the server for CurvedSpace.
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Posted 23 March 2004 - 09:24 PM
I have a Athlon XP 1.39ghz overclocked to 1.55ghz (could go faster, but the RAM is cheapo stuff and can't keep up 
) w/ 1gb RAM and a 1.4ghz Duron w/ 128mb RAM, usually takes about 6hours-ish to do a unit.
Isn't this like the cancer one, where one complex unit could take 40 odd hours to do whereas a simple one could take 20mins... or is it like a specific process where it does the same calculations to every unit?
) w/ 1gb RAM and a 1.4ghz Duron w/ 128mb RAM, usually takes about 6hours-ish to do a unit. Isn't this like the cancer one, where one complex unit could take 40 odd hours to do whereas a simple one could take 20mins... or is it like a specific process where it does the same calculations to every unit?
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Posted 24 March 2004 - 01:40 AM
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| Isn't this like the cancer one, where one complex unit could take 40 odd hours to do whereas a simple one could take 20mins... or is it like a specific process where it does the same calculations to every unit? |
The units vary slightly in size, though are usually about the same.
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Posted 17 April 2004 - 10:45 PM
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Posted 23 September 2004 - 07:01 AM
It's absitively, posolutely, 100% free. It's a scientific research project; why would they make you pay to help them out? 
Head to the site, register, download, and you should be good to go.
BTW, I've completed 5 data units thus far, and about 75% done with my 6th. Takes me about 40 hours per unit <_<
Head to the site, register, download, and you should be good to go.BTW, I've completed 5 data units thus far, and about 75% done with my 6th. Takes me about 40 hours per unit <_<
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Posted 23 September 2004 - 11:15 PM
we can post things like this here