HT CPUs

[Ronin]

I'm sure this has been brought up before, but I've missed it along the way. I have several CPUs that are HT capable, but I only run single processes on them. Am I'm getting the best out of them by running the affinity at CPU0/1, or should I actually run 2 processes on the HT boxes, and will I get more WU out of them if I do so? I want to make sure I'm crunching the most effective way for the team. This would also apply to the boxes that I have that are true dual CPUs as well.

 

[Freewolf]

2 processes will give you more production, i have a 2.4 p4 at work and it will do 12-13 a day.

 

[skrjones]

Your time per will rise by as much as 80% ie 2hours to 3.5hours but in that time you will have completed two units instead of only one.

 

[DaFinn]

Yup, I would say you get 30-40% more WUs / day with HT enabled and running 2 processes.

 

[Engineer]

It's been reported that you get about 30% more WU's from 2 processes with HT enabled. So I would say yes!

My dell 3.2GHz HT puts out about 17 per day!

 

[Ronin]

Ok, switched over my HT and dual CPU boxes to 2 processes per. I'm gonna watch my WU production closely and see if it actually shows up...if it does, I should push over 300 WU a day, since I'm running close to that now.

 

[Overkiller]

more more more!

HT cpus are nice....dare i say it..go intel? hehe

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Yeah, use two processes, I have a 2.8C with hyper threading and it get a lot more done with hyper threading turned on...

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: RoninCS
Ok, switched over my HT and dual CPU boxes to 2 processes per. I'm gonna watch my WU production closely and see if it actually shows up...if it does, I should push over 300 WU a day, since I'm running close to that now.

AWSOME!

 

[Big Lar]

Just a cursory<spelling, example, but I found in 1 24 hour period of crunching with my spare box, with a 3.0 in it, that I got 31% more units completed than my average units with 1 instance of D2OL running. The 2nd instance of D2OL running with HT seems to be doing quite well, and my cpu temp only rose a max of 2C, not bad.

 

[Ronin]

I won't get true results until Sunday, as the hiccup with the Seti servers today caused some dissention about how many WU I actually crunched. I'll be interested to see where the true number lies.