mininmum system requirements for speedy seti@homw

[gibz117]

title says it all. im running my sig pc, with agp 16MB vid card. the current WU im on says it will take 30 hours to complete. anything i can do to make it faster

[CgS Drone]

Did you read this. http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=625171

[beenthere]

Is a Seti anything like a Jedi? :confused:

[gibz117]

did all that. could it be that im running an ATHLON XP 1800+ OC'ed to 2100+

[freakdiablo]

Probably, I remember hearing a while ago that they were packing more information into each WU or increased the resolution or something like that to take advantage of the faster cpus that are currently out, so they'll take a while on older cpus.

[CgS Drone]

Are you talking about the seti WU or the astropulse units?

[gibz117]

idk on that one. how do i check that.

[CgS Drone]

where you see the list of them running it says application it will either say seti??? or astropulse if its astropulse that is taking that long then thats not to bad.

[gibz117]

when the boinc manager is running, above the picture it says application: setiathome_enhanced. is that what your talking about.

[Duner]

That's going to be a normal Multibeam unit as the Astropulse ones would take way longer than 30 hrs on that system. Unfortunately, it's just a function of how slow that old system is. Thanks for putting in the time to help us out though.

If you want to check if the optimizer is installed correctly, just open task manager and see which program is using up the cycles. It should be the optimized one. If you're not sure, the just post the name of the process here.

[gibz117]

here is a screen shot of the processes list

http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss100/gibz117/computer/taskmanager.jpg

[CgS Drone]

You have it, its the AK at the top.

[gibz117]

thats what i thought it was. and for some reason, the time seti dropped from 30 hours to 19. it will be done by the time i wake up and get back on here tomorrow. i live on my computer. it is said. about 75-80% of my awake time is on here. believe you me, my girl aint that happy about it.

[Duner]

and for some reason, the time seti dropped from 30 hours to 19.

That's normal too. The times are just estimtes and continually change as the work unit is processed.

[gibz117]

my WU finished over the night, but it didnt give me any credit points towards it. is there something i have to do to get them.

[CgS Drone]

They have to be confirmed then you will get the points for the WU.

[Sephis]

Thw wu has to be crunched by other people as well. Then the results from multiple machines are compared to make sure its right. It usually takes a little while before this whole process happens. Eventually, you'll be getting credit at a stead rate, but that can take up to a few weeks.

EDIT: Darn ninjas.:sn:

[QuietIce]

:welcome: to OC*SETI!


my WU finished over the night, but it didnt give me any credit points towards it. is there something i have to do to get them. You might want to look through the FAQs for SETI (http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=625288) - that will answer a lot of questions ... :)

[gibz117]

thanks quietice

[Peeved Kitten]

it is said. about 75-80% of my awake time is on here. believe you me, my girl aint that happy about it.

That why you have to get a geek-girl! Most people buy roses for valentines day, we usually end up buying video cards, RAM, HD's, CPU's or anything else geek related for each other lol. On the flip side, when you get drunk and she kicks your ass in MW2 like 20-2, you will NEVER hear the end of it no matter how many times you nuke her...