POLL: Speed Ratio of your first GIMPS box to your fastest :)

Ethan (EO) · 2002-10-29, 05:19

Glad to see there's a GIMPS forum now (I'm a little slow on the uptake...). I thought I'd run a quick poll to get some perspective on how far this project (and PCs) have come. That is...

How much faster is your fastest GIMPS machine than your first GIMPS machine? The calculator at the top of http://www.mersenne.org/bench.htm is helpful for figuring this out. Leave the test exponent as the default, or whatever :D

Xyzzy · 2002-10-29, 05:32

486DX/100 = 107,389 hours... P4/2400 = 191 hours...

~562x faster...

Deamiter · 2002-10-29, 05:52

Wow that's ancient! I'm young enough that I don't remember a time when a 486 was good for much more than a doorstop, but then again, Í AM only 19... My first was a 333

Xyzzy · 2002-10-29, 05:58

I'm only 32, but my first was < 1MHz...

I actually had more fun back then too...

adpowers · 2002-10-29, 06:07

I'm 16 and I used a 486 for more than a doorstop. Like playing SimCity and Chip's Challenge... good times... Anyway, I didn't get into GIMPS until we got a PII 233. However, before GIMPS, it ran SETI@Home for like a day (I didn't even wait for one WU to be completed). After SETI came dnet which I had on for quite some time, but I eventually got bored of that (there was no point of it) and installed Prime95. I have been on Prime95 ever since :). Now I am on a P4 2328 (about 20 times faster).

Andrew

ET_ · 2002-10-29, 12:10

I started factoring with a 486/100 and LL-testing with a Pentium 90.
Now I have a XP 2100+ (qand many other machines) and live happy in peace. :-D

Not quite true... I started with a Pentium 133 with 1,523,xxx, and added the 486/100 at office (under Win3.11) after a while.

Why didn't you add a "~128x" choice?

Luigi

Paulie · 2002-10-29, 15:40

I think I was running an IBM processor, a rebranded Cyrix somewhere in the 133 range. I remember getting an Email from George saying that it was a horrible CPU to use for LL tests, but I told him I was willing to suffer. :)

It was about a few months later that he said to give Primenet a try for auto assignments instead of email.

So, using 486/133 as the benchmark for 1580000, I went from 64 days, 15 hrs, 28 minutes to my current P4/2.4G Northwood of 4 hours, 34 minutes.

whilden · 2002-10-29, 16:57

Xyzzy

If you had that much fun with them I have a few 486machines sitting in the basement and some very low class pentiums (under 100mhz) you could have. lol

Only 32, jebus am I the only one that thought you were in the 60's! Must be tht no job thingy that got me. lol

Anyways my slowest machine running prime right now is a 300mhz (many machines still under that but there not worth my effort) my fastest is just a P4 2ghz but I have 11 of them crunching for me.

Deamiter · 2002-10-29, 18:06

60? I don't know ANYONE over 40 who's dedicated enough to computers and the internet to moderate a forum on a site like this. If xyzzy was 60, he'd have to be a technical genius from the Gates era...

outlnder · 2002-10-29, 18:13

Uhh, err, well I don't know about that one. I am 48 and have a 15 machine farm.

Deamiter · 2002-10-29, 20:32

hrumph... um... yeah... as I chew on my foot, let me just say that when one is running on 2 hrs of sleep, they're prone to see the world in a very different light. Um... now that I think of it (and after a good long nap) my dad is a computer programmer going on 50.

ops: hmmm.... I'll try to limit my posts to times when I've had a relatively normal sleep cycle in the future...

View Poll Results: How much faster is your fastest GIMPS machine than your first?
0, I am not currently running gimps, there is no client for my PDA.	3	0.93%
1, I believe GIMPS is a good use of my time, but am not so in to it as a hobby.	21	6.50%
2-3, I have a small home network, or have my home and work machine on gimps.	23	7.12%
4-6, I have a small network at home/a few machines at work I admin.	22	6.81%
7-15, It is an obcession, true, but one I dreadfully enjoy. This is my mark on history.	14	4.33%
16+, I have the warmest apartment/have access to a large number of business or school-lab computers. My(coworkers/students) enjoy that they are making a difference and history.	20	6.19%
C	2	0.62%
D	6	1.86%
A	7	2.17%
B	3	0.93%
E	3	0.93%
F	3	0.93%
G	6	1.86%
H	1	0.31%
I	1	0.31%
Yes! Subforums are a great idea!	7	2.17%
No! I like thing the way they are!	12	3.72%
Yes!	8	2.48%
No!	10	3.10%
There are other projects?	5	1.55%
10	1	0.31%
20	1	0.31%
25	13	4.02%
50	9	2.79%
100	2	0.62%
All of them (!)	4	1.24%
Yes, I have a lot of junk^H^H^H^Hcool stuff to sell!	9	2.79%
No, it would just create a lot of problems!	16	4.95%
6 months	3	0.93%
1 year	18	5.57%
5 years	33	10.22%
10 years	4	1.24%
never	1	0.31%
~1x	1	0.31%
~4x	6	1.86%
~16x	9	2.79%
~64x	8	2.48%
>256x	8	2.48%
Voters: 323. You may not vote on this poll

2002-10-29, 05:19	#1
Ethan (EO) "Ethan O'Connor" Oct 2002 GIMPS since Jan 1996 2²·23 Posts	POLL: Speed Ratio of your first GIMPS box to your fastest :) Glad to see there's a GIMPS forum now (I'm a little slow on the uptake...). I thought I'd run a quick poll to get some perspective on how far this project (and PCs) have come. That is... How much faster is your fastest GIMPS machine than your first GIMPS machine? The calculator at the top of http://www.mersenne.org/bench.htm is helpful for figuring this out. Leave the test exponent as the default, or whatever :D

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2002-10-29, 05:32	#2
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 1111101011110₂ Posts	486DX/100 = 107,389 hours... P4/2400 = 191 hours... ~562x faster...

2002-10-29, 05:52	#3
Deamiter Sep 2002 75₁₆ Posts	Wow that's ancient! I'm young enough that I don't remember a time when a 486 was good for much more than a doorstop, but then again, Í AM only 19... My first was a 333

2002-10-29, 05:58	#4
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 2×5×11×73 Posts	I'm only 32, but my first was < 1MHz... I actually had more fun back then too...

2002-10-29, 06:07	#5
adpowers Sep 2002 2⁴·5 Posts	I'm 16 and I used a 486 for more than a doorstop. Like playing SimCity and Chip's Challenge... good times... Anyway, I didn't get into GIMPS until we got a PII 233. However, before GIMPS, it ran SETI@Home for like a day (I didn't even wait for one WU to be completed). After SETI came dnet which I had on for quite some time, but I eventually got bored of that (there was no point of it) and installed Prime95. I have been on Prime95 ever since :). Now I am on a P4 2328 (about 20 times faster). Andrew

2002-10-29, 12:10	#6
ET_ Banned "Luigi" Aug 2002 Team Italia 17·283 Posts	I started factoring with a 486/100 and LL-testing with a Pentium 90. Now I have a XP 2100+ (qand many other machines) and live happy in peace. :-D Not quite true... I started with a Pentium 133 with 1,523,xxx, and added the 486/100 at office (under Win3.11) after a while. Why didn't you add a "~128x" choice? Luigi

2002-10-29, 15:40	#7
Paulie Aug 2002 223 Posts	I think I was running an IBM processor, a rebranded Cyrix somewhere in the 133 range. I remember getting an Email from George saying that it was a horrible CPU to use for LL tests, but I told him I was willing to suffer. :) It was about a few months later that he said to give Primenet a try for auto assignments instead of email. So, using 486/133 as the benchmark for 1580000, I went from 64 days, 15 hrs, 28 minutes to my current P4/2.4G Northwood of 4 hours, 34 minutes.

2002-10-29, 16:57	#8
whilden Aug 2002 1D₁₆ Posts	Xyzzy If you had that much fun with them I have a few 486machines sitting in the basement and some very low class pentiums (under 100mhz) you could have. lol Only 32, jebus am I the only one that thought you were in the 60's! Must be tht no job thingy that got me. lol Anyways my slowest machine running prime right now is a 300mhz (many machines still under that but there not worth my effort) my fastest is just a P4 2ghz but I have 11 of them crunching for me.

2002-10-29, 18:06	#9
Deamiter Sep 2002 3²×13 Posts	60? I don't know ANYONE over 40 who's dedicated enough to computers and the internet to moderate a forum on a site like this. If xyzzy was 60, he'd have to be a technical genius from the Gates era...

2002-10-29, 18:13	#10
outlnder Aug 2002 2×3×53 Posts	Uhh, err, well I don't know about that one. I am 48 and have a 15 machine farm.

2002-10-29, 20:32	#11
Deamiter Sep 2002 165₈ Posts	hrumph... um... yeah... as I chew on my foot, let me just say that when one is running on 2 hrs of sleep, they're prone to see the world in a very different light. Um... now that I think of it (and after a good long nap) my dad is a computer programmer going on 50. ops: hmmm.... I'll try to limit my posts to times when I've had a relatively normal sleep cycle in the future...