b2uc
08-05-2003, 12:14 AM
I know my time Sieving will not help ME find a Prime..well maybe in a small way it will...however I find pleasure in seeing the big picture and lowering the amount of time it will take everyone...or anyone to find a Prime for any of the remaining 12 k's.
I've been helping with this project for about 44 days now. In that time I've devoted about 50% of my resources to Proth testing...and 50% of my resources to sieving. In this amount of time my 2 Duron 1100's and my XP 2500+ and a lowly PII 350 have completed just 15 Proth test. On the other hand I've sieved 496 factors in that same amount of time...with a few more...maybe a couple hundred more in the coming days as some of my reserved ranges complete.
A 496 to 15 ratio is pretty incredible...I feel my resources or better suited for sieving....HOWEVER...I'm going to leave them at 50% for both sieving and Proth testing...one saves a ton of time...the other will find the answer.
Anyways, just thought I'd share the happiness.:banana:
I've been helping with this project for about 44 days now. In that time I've devoted about 50% of my resources to Proth testing...and 50% of my resources to sieving. In this amount of time my 2 Duron 1100's and my XP 2500+ and a lowly PII 350 have completed just 15 Proth test. On the other hand I've sieved 496 factors in that same amount of time...with a few more...maybe a couple hundred more in the coming days as some of my reserved ranges complete.
A 496 to 15 ratio is pretty incredible...I feel my resources or better suited for sieving....HOWEVER...I'm going to leave them at 50% for both sieving and Proth testing...one saves a ton of time...the other will find the answer.
Anyways, just thought I'd share the happiness.:banana: