computer slowing?

[zangler]

my seti times, have been climbing from 4.3-4.8hrs/wu to 5.0-5.3. earlier, i lowered my core voltage, and ran prime 95 for a few hours, and it worked fine at the lower voltage. so since that is the only thing i changed, i changed the core voltage back to where it was. this did not seem to fix the prob. i guess my computer is slowing down in its age...(6 weeks) haha. any ideas?

[zangler]

one more thing...if you guys think the core voltage had nothing to do with it, then let me know, so i can lower it again.

[Thelemac]

Definately didn't have anything to do with it. But if you leave it up you might be able to go faster. :)

I would guess that you just got some low AR WUs...

[TC]

Nah core voltage wouldn't slow it down - only changes in cpu speed, front side bus, memory timings, hard drive, etc. would slow it down. If your cpu is still running at the same speed, voltage is not going to have an affect. Most likely you're getting some low angle range work units which take longer to process. Not all work units are equal. My guess if you haven't changed your computer other than voltage is low angle range units. Of course if you use your computer while seti is running that can increase times depending on what else you're running.

[zangler]

i have always run seti at low priority when i am working on the computer, then normal when not, but they have just been dropping off. how do i know if they are low angle?

you guys are always up when i am...we should party!

[Thelemac]

Originally posted by zangler
i have always run seti at low priority when i am working on the computer, then normal when not, but they have just been dropping off. how do i know if they are low angle?

you guys are always up when i am...we should party!

If you have SETISpy installed you can check in your log what the AR is...it's in the sixth column, which has the header "Angle Range"

If you don't have that installed...tell us what you do have and we'll see if we can figure it out. :)

[zangler]

i have spy installed...what am i looking for?

[Thelemac]

In the Results tab there is a View Log button. Click that for you log.

[zangler]

right, but what values am i looking for to know if it is low or not?

[Thelemac]

it's in the sixth column, which has the header "Angle Range"

Tell us what the last few values are.

[zangler]

0.028 0.454 0.417

[Thelemac]

Well, that first one sure it.

[zangler]

so the higher it is, the faster it will get done?

[Basher]

usually, 0.4xx is average anyhting less than .100 takes about 5-10% longer to do. Some of the higher ones also take a little more than usualy. For me some in the .600-.800 take a little longer.

[chawken]

Originally posted by zangler
so the higher it is, the faster it will get done?

Based on an Epox 8K7A here are some ranges:

.000 - .399 5:00 - 3:45
.400 - .999 3:45 - 3:10
1.000 - 10.000 3:10 - 2:50

If your times seem to be going up, just check your spy log. Low Angle units can really screw up you average.

I agree with everyone that stated that your times will not be affected in anyway with the changing of your vcore. However, I also agree with Thelemac, if you were running stable at the lower vcore, and now you are running at a higher vcore - increase your fsb a bit. The higher your fsb, the lower your WU times will be.

Crunch On!!