~misfit~ wrote:
> Somewhere on teh intarweb "RobV" typed:
>> Fishface wrote:
>>> bornfree wrote:
>>>
>>>> CPUID still reports my clock speed to be 1.86 under "specification"
>>>> though .
>>> If SpeedStep is enabled, it will automatically slow down under load.
>>> Some report higher overclocks when this is disabled, as it lowers the
>>> voltage (vCore) also. Check it with a load.
>>>
>>> Which CPU do you have? If multi-core, sure it is stressing all cores
>>> by checking the performance tab of Windows Task Manager, assuming you
>>> are running Windows, of course. I just use this:
>>> http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...rime_2004.html
>> Thanks for the link. It does make up for the features Prime95 lacks.
>>
>>> ...which runs two instances of Prime95 torture test. I need to run
>>> two instances of Orthos for the Quad core, though. Shaun posted that
>>> he found a Prime95 version on www.MajorGeeks.com which is ver 25.5.
>>> that would stress all cores. I was a little suspicious that it
>>> wasn't found on the official website, so I didn't download it.
>>> http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm
>> I've been using Prime95 ver 25.5 for a while and it looks as if it's
>> simply a crude version of what OSP is. It has a main window, two
>> windows within, one for each core, and it runs the same tests as
>> regular Prime95 and OSP. I'll certainly use OSP from now on because
>> it does have all the features that Prime95 lack, all versions
>> included.
>
> Not true, which you'd know if you had a four-core CPU.
>
> What features does Orthos have that Prime95 ver.25.5 lacks? I'm curious. I
> took Orthos off the systems that I'm responsible for in favour of P95/25.5
> as it handles as many cores as you have, without you having to start
> multiple instances. Also, it gives you the options of test-types, the same
> as Orthos does.
Orthos "blinks and beeps" more when there is an error :-)
I've tried Orthos, and 255 and 255A and they all seem to be doing
essentially the same kind of testing. I find Orthos seems to take
a bit more time to get started.
I don't understand the source of the 255 and 255A variants. They were
found in the mersenne.org/gimps directory, and were not indexed in the
"freesoft" section. The reason for that could well be, that someone
contributed a multithread version, and since the "official" development
people didn't produce it, it was hosted on the server but not advertised.
I wouldn't have found that one myself, except to see it mentioned on
an overclocking web site. Otherwise I'd still be using the Orthos
version.
Somewhere on teh intarweb "Paul" typed:
> ~misfit~ wrote:
>> Somewhere on teh intarweb "RobV" typed:
>>> Fishface wrote:
>>>> bornfree wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> CPUID still reports my clock speed to be 1.86 under
>>>>> "specification" though .
>>>> If SpeedStep is enabled, it will automatically slow down under
>>>> load. Some report higher overclocks when this is disabled, as it
>>>> lowers the voltage (vCore) also. Check it with a load.
>>>>
>>>> Which CPU do you have? If multi-core, sure it is stressing all
>>>> cores by checking the performance tab of Windows Task Manager,
>>>> assuming you are running Windows, of course. I just use this:
>>>> http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...rime_2004.html
>>> Thanks for the link. It does make up for the features Prime95
>>> lacks.
>>>> ...which runs two instances of Prime95 torture test. I need to run
>>>> two instances of Orthos for the Quad core, though. Shaun posted
>>>> that he found a Prime95 version on www.MajorGeeks.com which is ver
>>>> 25.5. that would stress all cores. I was a little suspicious that
>>>> it wasn't found on the official website, so I didn't download it.
>>>> http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm
>>> I've been using Prime95 ver 25.5 for a while and it looks as if it's
>>> simply a crude version of what OSP is. It has a main window, two
>>> windows within, one for each core, and it runs the same tests as
>>> regular Prime95 and OSP. I'll certainly use OSP from now on because
>>> it does have all the features that Prime95 lack, all versions
>>> included.
>>
>> Not true, which you'd know if you had a four-core CPU.
>>
>> What features does Orthos have that Prime95 ver.25.5 lacks? I'm
>> curious. I took Orthos off the systems that I'm responsible for in
>> favour of P95/25.5 as it handles as many cores as you have, without
>> you having to start multiple instances. Also, it gives you the
>> options of test-types, the same as Orthos does.
>
> Orthos "blinks and beeps" more when there is an error :-)
LOL, I thought about that afterwards. The green/red "Paging" thing is a
great feature. ;-)
> I've tried Orthos, and 255 and 255A and they all seem to be doing
> essentially the same kind of testing. I find Orthos seems to take
> a bit more time to get started.
Yep. I agree, they all seem to use the same engine. However, P95 25.5 will
automagically start as many threads as there are cores. That's gotta be a
bonus no?
> I don't understand the source of the 255 and 255A variants. They were
> found in the mersenne.org/gimps directory, and were not indexed in the
> "freesoft" section. The reason for that could well be, that someone
> contributed a multithread version, and since the "official"
> development people didn't produce it, it was hosted on the server but
> not advertised. I wouldn't have found that one myself, except to see
> it mentioned on an overclocking web site. Otherwise I'd still be using the
> Orthos
> version.
That's how I found it too, reading web forums on OCing.
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