v8.1.18 Performance Observations
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 7:52 pm
Configuration: Kaby Lake Pentium (2C/4T @ 3.1GHz), 8GB DDR-4, 2 x RTX 2080, Linux Mint 21.3
1. The old 7.21 client runs at 106% of CPU. In other words, not enough CPU to run two GPU clients and background tasks. The new v8.1.18 client runs at 53% of available CPU. You can run full blast on a $58 Pentium! Just not the CPU client with GPU.
2. v8.1.18 uses 4.4 GB of memory versus 3.3 in the 7.21 client.
3. Memory use gradually builds over a week of folding to exceed real memory. I suspect a memory leak, which is not surprising in beta software.
4. I got started with a clean install of Linux Mint 21.3 and the v8 users guide. It was not difficult.
Let's get v8 into production! It's gonna be a useful version.
--Catalina588
1. The old 7.21 client runs at 106% of CPU. In other words, not enough CPU to run two GPU clients and background tasks. The new v8.1.18 client runs at 53% of available CPU. You can run full blast on a $58 Pentium! Just not the CPU client with GPU.
2. v8.1.18 uses 4.4 GB of memory versus 3.3 in the 7.21 client.
3. Memory use gradually builds over a week of folding to exceed real memory. I suspect a memory leak, which is not surprising in beta software.
4. I got started with a clean install of Linux Mint 21.3 and the v8 users guide. It was not difficult.
Let's get v8 into production! It's gonna be a useful version.
--Catalina588