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by Cartoonman
Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:14 am
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: SMP vs GPU - Efficiency
Replies: 9
Views: 2134

Re: SMP vs GPU - Efficiency

@RAH: the prob with that is i have a dual core. you have a quad core. no matter how fast my 2 cores are, even at 4 ghz each, 4 cores @ 2.5 ghz each beats my CPU by 2 Ghz, hypothetically speaking. Nowadays, Ghz's are meaningless in comparing CPU's. It's now about how many cores, and the architecture ...
by Cartoonman
Wed Oct 20, 2010 2:23 am
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: SMP vs GPU - Efficiency
Replies: 9
Views: 2134

Re: SMP vs GPU - Efficiency

Well, the only issue at this point for the SMP is the fact that i cannot submit some (like 6701) WU's fast enough for the Bonus Due date, since i don't have my machine dedicated, although i try as much as possible to allot as much as possible for the SMP client. I haven't submitted 10 completed WU's...
by Cartoonman
Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:28 am
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: SMP vs GPU - Efficiency
Replies: 9
Views: 2134

SMP vs GPU - Efficiency

I'm stuck between 2 choices for F@H: do SMP or do GPU. The problem is that both aren't efficient enough for me to consider them useful. The SMP client is limited due to the fact that i only have 2 cores, a Phenom II x2 550 BE, where the WU's perform much better on 4+. I'm crunching a 2 million step ...