New client version: 2.9102-508

[alpha]

There is a new client version available on the download page for lots of operating systems. Changelog:

new: x86: OGR-NG mmx core
new: cellbe: OGR-NG SPU C core
new: cuda: RC5-72 core for nVidia CUDA video cards (#4030)
new: haiku: Added support for Haiku operating system
fix: beos: Fix bug in network code preventing server communication
new: cellbe: OGR-NG SPU ASM core
imp: x86: Identify AMD "Unknown" processors (#4106)
fix: x86: Pentium M naming (#4075)

Make sure you benchmark new cores and select the fastest.

[alpha]

A quick benchmark of the new client shows I'm at ~68 Mnodes/sec up from ~50 Mnodes/sec. That's a 36% increase in performance, nice!

[IronBits]

Mine didn't auto detect CUDA.

[Death]

afaik you must have cuda 2 drivers installed, not cuda 2.1
maybe that's an issue?

[IronBits]

erm, don't think so cause in the 'other directory' where I have the previous 'cuda' version, it works fine.

What core do I need to use to force CUDA?
It was 9 in the windows 'cuda' version...

[Jan 14 08:00:47 UTC] Automatic processor type detection found an Intel Core 2/Extreme/Xeon processor.
[Jan 14 08:00:47 UTC] RC5-72: using core #10 (GO 2-pipe alt).

[Digital Parasite]

The new speedup in the MMX core (#2) means that my Intel systems are selecting that over the asm-generic core now, nice speed improvement. This should help the project finish even faster which looks like it will be done in record time.

[alpha]

IB: if you go to the dnetc interactive config and choose "performance related options" and then "core selection", it should list all the cores available. If a CUDA core isn't listed, maybe something has gone wrong somewhere?

DP: Yeah, I've tried two different boxes now and seen a 30-35% improvement in both cases, and the new fastest core was selected automatically, in both cases. As you say, this must be the fastest (dnet) OGR project to date! Onwards with OGR-27.