RC5 client on Pentium 4's

[kranky]

Hey guys, it's been forever since I've been at the DC forum but my little herd has been just humming along.

Some of the older machines I have are being replaced with P4s. I loaded RC5 on the first one (1.8Ghz, I believe) and it's not cracking as much as a 933Mhz machine I have. I was expecting much more. The client I use is probably about 2 years old.

Is this just the way it is? Is there a updated client I should be using instead?

 

[BurntKooshie]

Get a new client, it will help some, but simply put, the P4 is not good at RC5, end of story.

 

[kranky]

Thank you, BK. Too bad, though. I did some calculations assuming I'd get a linear increase in output based on the Mhz difference of the P2-266s/300s I have now versus the P4's, and if that would have been correct I was looking at about 50,000 blocks/day output.

Now, not.

 

[soni]

You should look into doing a CPU-Trade

That simply mean, you get someone to run RC5 for you and you run a project for them where P-IV is much better..

Eg. Seti and RC5

I have a Athlon 1200 TB/ 1800+ XP I would be willing to trade for seti if you wants
If you have more machines i can properly find some more to

PM me if interested..