Waco Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 Is the Windows SMP client so much worse? I wanted this for my work computer, and would like to avoid installing Linux. I've just been running the Windows SMP client as a service and I get ~1100 ppd on my desktop if I don't use it for anything. I'd supposedly gain a couple hundred PPD if I ran Linux 64 bit with the SMP client going but I haven't tried it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 What will? The Linux or the Windows? EDIT: nm, I'll just stick with the regular clients, this is all just too confusing. I have to dedicate hard drive space and RAM? boo. Hard drive space I don't care about, but I need all my RAM; I do too much heavy duty programming and multi-tasking. Its not that confusing just use the windows SMP client and you will get probably 3,000 PPD at stock speed... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 Again, it's not for my Q6600, it's for my main work PC, which is an X2 5200+. But okay, I'll just go with the Windows SMP client . Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 EDIT: nm, I'll just stick with the regular clients, this is all just too confusing. I have to dedicate hard drive space and RAM? boo. Hard drive space I don't care about, but I need all my RAM; I do too much heavy duty programming and multi-tasking. The Windows SMP client uses ~256 MB of RAM normally on my machine. It's only using 80 megs on my HTPC though. It really depends on the workunit I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 The Windows SMP client uses ~256 MB of RAM normally on my machine. It's only using 80 megs on my HTPC though. It really depends on the workunit I guess. That's not what I was talking about. Installing VMWare (required if I wanted to run the Linux client) uses RAM. Anywho, I installed the Windows client. After it downloaded the core, I exited and then ran it as a service. Right now mpiexec.exe is only using like 20% of my CPU. ??? I don't see any fahcore exe file running like when using the regular client. Is that normal? I'll have to check the logs in a few mins to see if it actually progresses <_> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 That's not what I was talking about. Installing VMWare (required if I wanted to run the Linux client) uses RAM. Anywho, I installed the Windows client. After it downloaded the core, I exited and then ran it as a service. Right now mpiexec.exe is only using like 20% of my CPU. ??? I don't see any fahcore exe file running like when using the regular client. Is that normal? I'll have to check the logs in a few mins to see if it actually progresses <_< No its not normal, check here... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 The amount of RAM you allocate to VMware is not filled up. It generally uses about 500MB maximum, you can tell it to use less if you want to. The HDD space is fully allocated though, but 1-2GB suffice there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 That's not what I was talking about. Installing VMWare (required if I wanted to run the Linux client) uses RAM. Anywho, I installed the Windows client. After it downloaded the core, I exited and then ran it as a service. Right now mpiexec.exe is only using like 20% of my CPU. ??? I don't see any fahcore exe file running like when using the regular client. Is that normal? I'll have to check the logs in a few mins to see if it actually progresses <_< You have to set the client to start up as a service under your account and not a local one (the settings are on the service properties for the service). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 No its not normal, check here... When I ran it manually using the -forceasm, it worked, but then I can't run it as a service? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 When I ran it manually using the -forceasm, it worked, but then I can't run it as a service? Set the service to start under your user account and it works perfectly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 When I ran it manually using the -forceasm, it worked, but then I can't run it as a service? The service option is not supported, however some people have been able to make it work somewhat... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 I guess I'm not one of those people Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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