UK BOINC Team Forum

Hi all,

It's something I've always wondered about - why does my crunching ability appear to slow down with respect to time....

I'm sure my daily RAC used to be higher - indeed I can recall having a RAC in the 1000-2000 range....

Now the research has been done and it's all true - your CPU DOES slow down !

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/04/01 ... _dilation/

read and weep....

Now I really am gonna have to upgrade....

regards,

Tim

As processors are clocked higher, so their transistors move more quickly, altering their apparent speed when measured by benchmarkers in a state frame of reference.

Darn - my CSE grade 1 is also all messed up!

I thought it was them pesky electrons that did the moving about now, I find that it was transistors all along. Makes sense I suppose. More transistors in a smaller area - they gotta be bumping into each other all the time so they'll wear out.

April fools  :?:

UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:April fools  :?:

Yeeess!

Thought as much, but wasn't sure

UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:Thought as much, but wasn't sure

Oh come on David.....surely you weren't taken in by this......

No.....really.........?????

regards

Tim

Well I did google for the professor but he didn't exist