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How long does it take for you guys to complete 1 frame? I'm working on a p1808_Collagen_Brodsky (AMBER core), 500 frames, and it takes 1:50 min for 1 frame.

Does it depend on which WU is it working on? Or is it same for all WU's, just the frame number is different (more or less frames)?
 
Filip said:
How long does it take for you guys to complete 1 frame? I'm working on a p1808_Collagen_Brodsky (AMBER core), 500 frames, and it takes 1:50 min for 1 frame.

Does it depend on which WU is it working on? Or is it same for all WU's, just the frame number is different (more or less frames)?
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It differs for all work units. Mine have been anywhere from 2 seconds to 51 minutes, and from 100 to 50000 frames.

Right now I am doing 20,000 frames at 43s per frame. And it is taking an insanely long time :rolleyes:
 
Is it automated what WU will come or is there a way to manually change what WU you want to work on?

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I meant, can you change the WU you're working on to some other WU without finishing it first?
 
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Filip said:
I meant, can you change the WU you're working on to some other WU without finishing it first?
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It's my understanding that the software can only handle one work unit at a time. If you reinstall the software you may get given a different WU, but you'd lose the progress of the previous one. If you're on the console client, you can specify what size of work unit you'll allow, but I believe F@H chooses what projects it gives out so as to have an even distribution of cpu's to a certain project.

In fact I've just spotted it in the FAQ's:

http://folding.stanford.edu/faq.html#run.morethanone
 
Bobo said:
It differs for all work units. Mine have been anywhere from 2 seconds to 51 minutes, and from 100 to 50000 frames.

Right now I am doing 20,000 frames at 43s per frame. And it is taking an insanely long time :rolleyes:
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Right now mine is working on 17m:38s/frame, frames completed 25/500 and I have a pretty fast computer. This project must need alot of computing power, lol!

I would rather do this to test my overclock than (cpu burn in) at least this way my pc is doing something. So far my cpu is running at a steady 34 degrees c. At the rate it's going though it says this wont be finished until friday! If you stop in the middle and then start again will it start the same project where you left off or will it start a new project?
 
Kazoon said:
If you stop in the middle and then start again will it start the same project where you left off or will it start a new project?
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You can shut your pc down at any time, and it'll carry on where it left off when you restart. The instructions in the About thread for setting up the console ask you to select no under "Change advanced Options" - this sets the program up to save its progress every 15 mins. If you select yes instead of no, it allows you to change advanced settings which include reducing the backup time to every 3 mins. But 15 mins is fine for most people.

Edit: If you want to reduce the time to three minutes, you'd have to wait until the WU is complete and sent, then delete all F@H files except the console .exe and go through the console instructions again (it may detect the previous startup entry, in which case select to keep it active). All the default settings for the advanced settings are in brackets, so if you're unsure, type the default choices.
 
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Update

Date of last work unit 2006-09-10 03:14:04
Active CPUs within 50 days 25
Team Id 44358
Grand Score 126408 (certificate)
Work Unit Count 677 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) 2153 of 45320
Home Page http://www.computerforum.com


Just thought I'd say congratulations to dciscouts who's finally made the top ten after a 2 day sprint to displace Burgon.

Ones to watch

Keep an eye on Jet, who's set to overtake jancz3rt in the next few days,
and 4W4K3, who's inching closer to [-OMEGA-] day by day.

Keep up the good work guys!

Link to the daily-updated graph...
 
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Artoonie said:
ooh sounds cool, ill join soon!
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That's great news, Artoonie. Join in, and spread the word to everyone you know. If you get their permission to set up the software on theirs as well, you'll be in the top ten in no time... :P

Edit: By the way guys, I've added a feature to the About thread where you can click on the graph and be presented with the raw data in .csv format. Just adds a new dimension to the thing.
 
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Bobo is almost in the top 10!

Right now I am working on an insanely huge WU (12 days total, 9 to go) which will probably end up being like 500 points. (I hope)
 
Bobo said:
Bobo is almost in the top 10!

Right now I am working on an insanely huge WU (12 days total, 9 to go) which will probably end up being like 500 points. (I hope)
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That's sweet, Bobo. You can find out how many points it'll be by typing the project number (the 4 digits after the"p" in the name) into here. Let me know how many it'll be, I'm curious... :D
 
Blah. Only 400 points. :(

It is 20000 frames, and I was up to 4000, but then it mysteriously restarted. Now I am at 3200 the second time around.

And in the meantime, my other computer is cranking out WUs much faster, cause it is very rarely used, just runs 24/7....F@H all day long.
 
I just joined : ). But one thing. I need some help modifiying it so that i can use both cores while running it. I read somewhere that this was possible, but im not sure how to do it. Anyone know?
 
magicman said:
I know how you feel, it seems the WU's aren't linear in the points you get out of them. A 1-day WU may give you 150 pts, a 4-day WU won't ever give you 600... :mad:
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Well whatever.

I should just get all the PCs in my school working on this...that would be about 300 Athlon 64s (3000s and 3200s, mainly) all working for Bobo 24/7....:D
 
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