64 buckets vs 128 buckets

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My tests showed almost no improvement when increasing memory. It went from 6:22 to 6:18 …

Comparing Plot parameters for threads, memory, and staggering

I’m gonna go ahead and test this now because I really need to know. Testbed machine is Surface Pro 7 w/ i7-1065g7 CPU, plotting to (very fast!) Orico 20gbps USB enclosure w/ ASM2364 chipset on Samsung 980 Pro 2tb drive. Default (2t/4gb) Time for phase 1 = 10777.255 seconds Time for phase 2 = 4038.702 seconds. CPU (88.930%) Tue Apr 20 01:09:14 2021 Time for phase 3 = 7548.655 seconds. CPU (91.340%) Tue Apr 20 03:15:03 2021 Time for phase 4 = 566.737 seconds. CPU (83.320%) Tue Apr 20 03:24:30 20…