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Hi,

The past week or so my SMP Notfred's VMWare Player client has been averaging around 2200 PPD. At some point today I downloaded Project 5102, which has a huge total point value, but my PPD are down to 1400. Here are the other symptoms and my environment stats:

Other symptoms:
vmware-vmx.exe process is only using ~40% of CPU
GPU client (details below) is now using a couple more % points of CPU than it was previously (was 4% or 5%, now is 6% to 7%)

Client & Machine stats:
Memory on the VM 1024 GB
Total machine RAM=4GB (2x2 @ 840mhz DDR2)
Vista 64 Home on Phenom 940 BE OC'd to 3675
Running 8.6 drivers, as have been for days without issues.
SMP Core 1.24

Running side by side a GPU Console 6.23 on a stock 3870
Envirovariables:
BROOK_YIELD=2
CAL_PRE_FLUSH=1
FLUSH_INTERVAL=64
(can't use CAL_NO_FLUSH at all or I get UNSTABLE_MACHINE)
GPU Load 95%, CPU Load of FahCore_11.exe ~7% (up a point or two from when SMP had the higher PPD)

Is there a problem? because it would be nice if the VMWare client used 2 cores fully, along with getting higher PPD. I noticed other issues with this WU, but those threads were a while back.

Thanks,

This is normal. 5102 uses the A1 core which is older and slower than A2 ... (if you search on the forum, you'll find many threads about it).

Thanks, OK.

BTW, I did look up the WU before posting, but the last post was in January, and before that, Mid-2008, so I thought there might have been more recent news.

I pick up the occasional 5101 in VM, which does the same thing.

Oh. If it's good for the cause, that's more important than me getting a F@H postbit on Overclock.net, I was just looking forward to it cuz I'm getting close.