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Elwood Knight
Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 84 Location: West Virginia, USA
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:55 am Post subject: Old Computers: worth running BOINC? |
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I just realized that I have a couple of machines in my basement--a celeron 566 and a Pentium 233, OS would probably be Win 98 on both (the 233 has 95 now but I'm sure I have a 98 disc somewhere). Is it worth the effort to dig those out and install BOINC? Any particular projects better than others for low-powered computers? |
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Vesuvius Prince
Joined: 11 Jun 2003 Posts: 1264 Location: Rowlett Tejas
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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Old machines like that can run Mathematical projects very well.
I have 3 old 500 mhz machines running Euler and a 450 mhz machine running Prime Sierpinski Project (PSP) - PRP _________________ "There ain't no freekin' Indians around here..."
G.A. Custer 1876
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ToeBee KWSN Castellan
Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 601 Location: Manhattan, KS
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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Not sure it would be worth it - especially for the 233... that is awfully slow. If you want to try, I might suggest predictor@home as their shrubs tend to be smaller than most projects. I run a P3 500 doing seti and predictor. It is currently generating about 40 cobblestones/day. So a 233 would likely generate 10-20 compared to > 200 for your average P4 these days. |
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A Shrubbery Prince
Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 1861 Location: Pacific NW
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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I have my Celeron 533 on SIMAP and LHC@Home. Both tend to be well within it's capabilities.
Never have gotten into the math projects, but I understand older processers really do hold their own well there. _________________ A Shrubbery for Prez. Let's put more bushes in the whitehouse.
KWSN - A Shrubbery
Shrubbing since 2000 for the KaNI!ghts. |
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Ib Rasmussen Knight
Joined: 02 Jun 2005 Posts: 35 Location: Denmark
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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Boinc ver 5.x won't install on win95. I'm not sure about '98. And I think you need >64MB memory for it to be willing to download any work.
I have a 200MHz Pentium with NT4 running seti. It takes 48 hours to finish a wu, and generates about 14 cobblestones/day.
Predictor wu's finish faster but uses more memory. _________________ /Ib
MPFC scripts: www.ibras.dk |
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