Any Overclockers running on Linux 64

Hi All:

Now that I have my system stable. I am thinking of making the transition
from Windoze to Linux SuSE 10.1. I was curious to hear opinions or horror
stories from anybody else that has tried swapping systems. I also was
hoping that there will be as many unix overclocking tools as there are for
windoze. The reason for the switch is that Linux appears to bench mark at
twice the speed for floating point calculations as Windoze. Basically, I
need this box as a number cruncher.

TIA,

Pete

In article <Kpabg.40945$>, Pete says...
> Hi All:
>
> Now that I have my system stable. I am thinking of making the transition
> from Windoze to Linux SuSE 10.1. I was curious to hear opinions or horror
> stories from anybody else that has tried swapping systems.

1) It's not Windows...don't use it trying to think stuff works along
the same lines because it has a taskbar and a "start" button.
2) Repeat 1).

Follow the above and all will be OK.


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In article <Kpabg.40945$>,
says...
> Hi All:
>
> Now that I have my system stable. I am thinking of making the transition
> from Windoze to Linux SuSE 10.1. I was curious to hear opinions or horror
> stories from anybody else that has tried swapping systems.

I'm triple booting between Windoze XP SP2, SUSE 10.0, SUSE 10.1.
No horror stories from the installation. I used the expert mode to install
and told it exactly what I wanted as opposed to letting the install program
sort it out. So far everything is working well.

> I also was
> hoping that there will be as many unix overclocking tools as there are for
> windoze.

I don't know, I'm not much of a Linux geek. My overclocking is done in the
bios.

AMD 64 3500+ Winchester OC from 2.2 GHz to 2.4 GHz.
Abit AV8 Deluxe MB.

> The reason for the switch is that Linux appears to bench mark at
> twice the speed for floating point calculations as Windoze. Basically, I
> need this box as a number cruncher.
>
> TIA,
>
> Pete
>

You will probably get better answers over in alt.os.linux.suse .

Just don't top post there. They're touchy about that. That, and proper
quoting.

See you there.

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"Pete" <> wrote in message
news:Kpabg.40945$.. .
> Hi All:
>
> Now that I have my system stable. I am thinking of making the
transition
> from Windoze to Linux SuSE 10.1. I was curious to hear opinions or
horror
> stories from anybody else that has tried swapping systems. I also
was
> hoping that there will be as many unix overclocking tools as there
are for
> windoze. The reason for the switch is that Linux appears to bench
mark at
> twice the speed for floating point calculations as Windoze.
Basically, I
> need this box as a number cruncher.
>
> TIA,
>
> Pete
>
>

I'm surprised that Linux is giving twice the flops that windoze is.
Is it the same benchmark ?
Can you give links to the origin of this info.
What application are you using to crunch numbers (if you don't mind me
asking) ?

Eric

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"Eric Parker" <> wrote in message
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> "Pete" <> wrote in message
> news:Kpabg.40945$.. .
>> Hi All:
>>
>> Now that I have my system stable. I am thinking of making the
> transition
>> from Windoze to Linux SuSE 10.1. I was curious to hear opinions or
> horror
>> stories from anybody else that has tried swapping systems. I also
> was
>> hoping that there will be as many unix overclocking tools as there
> are for
>> windoze. The reason for the switch is that Linux appears to bench
> mark at
>> twice the speed for floating point calculations as Windoze.
> Basically, I
>> need this box as a number cruncher.
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Pete
>>
>>
>
> I'm surprised that Linux is giving twice the flops that windoze is.
> Is it the same benchmark ?
> Can you give links to the origin of this info.
> What application are you using to crunch numbers (if you don't mind me
> asking) ?
>
> Eric
>
> --
> Remove the dross to contact me directly
>
>

I am using MATLAB 2006A. Using the MATLAB Bench command. These are the
reference specs.

AMD Opteron 248, 2.1 GHz Dual (MATLAB only runs on one processor) on SuSE
Linux 9.0 has a 0.26 on the FFT benchmark and 0.17 on the ODE benchmark.

An AMD Opteron 250, 2.4 GHz Dual running Window XP64, SP-1 has an FFT
benchmark of 0.49 and an ODE benchmark of 0.43.

My system running XP64 SP-1 at 286x10 and the RAM with a 9/10 divider hits
0.42 for the FFT and 0.39 for the ODE. The FFT bemchmark seems to be
sensitive to the RAM speed and timings.

The FFT is a good model for most of the calculations that I perform which is
why I was considering jumping to Linux. Although I am still feeling a bit
reluctant, because the last time I used a Unix system was 15 years ago and
found it a bit more complicated than windows to administer.

Best wishes,

Pete

"Pete" <> wrote in message
news34cg.30114$. ..
>
>
> I am using MATLAB 2006A. Using the MATLAB Bench command. These are
the
> reference specs.
>
> AMD Opteron 248, 2.1 GHz Dual (MATLAB only runs on one processor) on
SuSE
> Linux 9.0 has a 0.26 on the FFT benchmark and 0.17 on the ODE
benchmark.
>
> An AMD Opteron 250, 2.4 GHz Dual running Window XP64, SP-1 has an
FFT
> benchmark of 0.49 and an ODE benchmark of 0.43.
>
> My system running XP64 SP-1 at 286x10 and the RAM with a 9/10
divider hits
> 0.42 for the FFT and 0.39 for the ODE. The FFT bemchmark seems to
be
> sensitive to the RAM speed and timings.
>
> The FFT is a good model for most of the calculations that I perform
which is
> why I was considering jumping to Linux. Although I am still feeling
a bit
> reluctant, because the last time I used a Unix system was 15 years
ago and
> found it a bit more complicated than windows to administer.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Pete
>
>

Interesting figures.
I can only assume MATLAB have yet to get the best out of 64bit
Windoze.
Perhaps Linux is their main market and they give it priority in
development.

Thanks for the info.

Eric

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"Eric Parker" <> wrote in message
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> "Pete" <> wrote in message
> news34cg.30114$. ..
>>
>>
>> I am using MATLAB 2006A. Using the MATLAB Bench command. These are
> the
>> reference specs.
>>
>> AMD Opteron 248, 2.1 GHz Dual (MATLAB only runs on one processor) on
> SuSE
>> Linux 9.0 has a 0.26 on the FFT benchmark and 0.17 on the ODE
> benchmark.
>>
>> An AMD Opteron 250, 2.4 GHz Dual running Window XP64, SP-1 has an
> FFT
>> benchmark of 0.49 and an ODE benchmark of 0.43.
>>
>> My system running XP64 SP-1 at 286x10 and the RAM with a 9/10
> divider hits
>> 0.42 for the FFT and 0.39 for the ODE. The FFT bemchmark seems to
> be
>> sensitive to the RAM speed and timings.
>>
>> The FFT is a good model for most of the calculations that I perform
> which is
>> why I was considering jumping to Linux. Although I am still feeling
> a bit
>> reluctant, because the last time I used a Unix system was 15 years
> ago and
>> found it a bit more complicated than windows to administer.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Pete
>>
>>
>
> Interesting figures.
> I can only assume MATLAB have yet to get the best out of 64bit
> Windoze.
> Perhaps Linux is their main market and they give it priority in
> development.
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> Eric
>
> --
> Remove the dross to contact me directly
>
I don't think your proposition is true. I think the windows market is the
largest for MATLAB although MATLAB was first developed for Unix.

I think that SuSE Linux may have better coded math and memory routines than
windows. MS has always been interested in the bizness community, and their
lack of attention to numerical computations is best exemplified by the
sloppiness in Excel.

Best wishes,

Pete

On Tue, 23 May 2006 00:05:32 GMT, "Pete" <>
wrote:

>I don't think your proposition is true. I think the windows market is the
>largest for MATLAB although MATLAB was first developed for Unix.
>
>I think that SuSE Linux may have better coded math and memory routines than
>windows. MS has always been interested in the bizness community, and their
>lack of attention to numerical computations is best exemplified by the
>sloppiness in Excel.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Pete
>

My money's on Apple or Linux long term.

Billy Gates just doesn't have the right stuff.