Folding@Home: CF Official Discussion Thread

Lord Of The Ming said:
I'm probably going to be using my new A64 Comp as a folderin the next few days, so look for Lord of the Ming on Team 44358.
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Kirby for the win!!! Are you going to go 24hrs/day? or do you need another fan :)

magicman said:
Why oh why oh why did I choose to buy an nVidia?
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Now I just need to decide when to upgrade :). I hope they can make it compatible with my X800GTO.
 
Almost makes me want to spring for the cash for the X1900. BBbuuuttt...I think I'll buy my 7600GT and wait till DX10 ATI's come out. Hopefully they'll get the program retrofitted quickly after that.
 
http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-ATI.html

Jet said:
I hope they can make it compatible with my X800GTO.
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Will X1800 cards will be supported in the new client as well? What about any other ATI models (i.e. X1600 cards/RV530)?

At first, we will launch with support for X1900 cards only. X1800 cards do not provide the performance needed. These cards are actually quite different -- they have different processors (R520, R530 vs. the R580 [in the X1900 series]). The R580 makes a huge difference in performance -- its 48 pixel shaders are key, as we use pixel shaders for our computations. However, we are working to get reasonable performance from the X1800 cards (1/2 to 1/3 of the X1900) and we will likely support them soon (hopefully 1 month after the initial beta test roll out).

What about video cards with other (non-ATI) chipsets?

The R580 (in the X1900XT, etc.) performs particularly well for molecular dynamics, due to its 48 pixel shaders. Currently, other cards (such as those from nVidia and other ATI cards) do not perform well enough for our calculations as they have fewer pixel shaders. Also, nVidia cards in general have some technical limitations beyond the number of pixel shaders which makes them perform poorly in our calculations.
 
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tweaker said:
Also, nVidia cards in general have some technical limitations beyond the number of pixel shaders which makes them perform poorly in our calculations.
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Oh nvidia, always making it over complicated. Ah well, nevermind. I'll make do with m CPU instead
 
Heya

Jet said:
When did you start up with four processors Jan?
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Well the fourth babe kicked in about one week ago when I put together an Allendale E6300 rig for my friend's sister. I installed it on the computer and it has become the fourth PC folding for me. I asked for F@H to be run instead of getting paid for putting it together.

JAN :D
 
jancz3rt said:
Well the fourth babe kicked in about one week ago when I put together an Allendale E6300 rig for my friend's sister. I installed it on the computer and it has become the fourth PC folding for me. I asked for F@H to be run instead of getting paid for putting it together.

JAN :D
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Now that is a really good idea! :)
 
Arrrgh!!!!!!! 409 day till finish 1 WU!
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Lol, it takes a good while to stabilise. I'm sure it'll only take half that time......
(Seriously, that WU carries 396 points, on your system I expect it'll take 36-48 hours)
 
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I got one of those huge Gromacs core ones, ick lol.

When I build my next computer, my current 3.2Ghz will be getting put to work as a FAH box under the bed lol. Guess I'll have to hook the monitor up to it occasionally to check on teh stability of the system.
 
I'm running the F@H Windows Client Ver5.03 on my laptop (Toshiba Tecra A4 Intel 1.86Ghz, 1.5GB RAM, ATI Mobility Radeon X600 128MB, WinXP Pro SP2).

In the file client.cfg the priority shows as "0", and if i tick the "Slightly higher" box under "Core Priority" in the setup, it changes to "96"

"Lowest possible" ticked.
Code: 
[core]
priority=0
cpuusage=100
disableassembly=no
checkpoint=9
ignoredeadlines=no

"Slightly higher" ticked.
Code: 
[core]
priority=96
cpuusage=100
disableassembly=no
checkpoint=9
ignoredeadlines=no

If i manualy edit the "priority" value in client.cfg, what is the highest number i can set it to? and at what point is it likly to cause problems?

EDIT: Are there anything you could suggest that will make/allow the program to run quicker/better on the laptop? (Note: I have Norton AntiVirus Corprate running 24/7)
 
Yay! Estimated date for breaking the 1000th spot is 11/29/06 at 8am!

lol, 500th place is at 9/24/07.
 
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Nice

It's great to see us moving up as a team. Who would have thought that F@H would take off so well on COFO. Thanx loads to all taking part in our effort.

As a side note: I am folding a Tinker core WU :( Why oh why? LOL

JAN :D
 
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