Folding@Home: CF Official Discussion Thread

Wow, we've gained over 150 spots in a week and over 30 in the past 24 hours! Good job people, way to support the team! :D

EDIT: They're also projected that we break 400,000 points by the end of the year..., let's do it!
 
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diroga said:
wtf is with folding being so popular?? its every where:confused:
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Probably because it's an effortless way for people to contribute to medical research, and be competetive in a friendly way with people in the community.

Are you going to join in with the team?
 
Man, i got my x2 3800+ and i cant fold with it yet. I have stock cooling and the temps jump through the roof! 53C under load with both cores.
 
I looked over the next 800 teams, and there are only ~6 teams that we can't beat with time in those 800. We just need more people to join!
 
Is that program hard to run? i mean, i can immagine my pc helping with it could be an addition to get CF team ( not very big tough i gues) but i dont really know how to get it up and running..
 
Archangel said:
Is that program hard to run? i mean, i can immagine my pc helping with it could be an addition to get CF team ( not very big tough i gues) but i dont really know how to get it up and running..
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There's pretty comprehensive instructions for setting up the two version available in this thread. If there's something you can't follow, just let us know and we can try and explain it better. To start with, the graphical version is the easiest to set up, but if you get game problems when running it, the console version solves those problems.

It'd be great to have you folding with the team. :)
 
may sound like a stupid question... but what is the pc actually doing then?
try to tell it as simple as possible please.. :P
 
Archangel, once you install F@H and set it up with your name and team number, you dont have to do anything ever again with it.

It runs automatically on startup, and is minimized into the system tray as a little flower or something of the sort. It will keep your CPU at 100% usage unless you change it, however it's set to lowest priority, so theres no slow down at all when its running. If you want to play a game, it simply slows down or shuts off, and allows all processing power to go to the game.
 
Archangel said:
may sound like a stupid question... but what is the pc actually doing then?
try to tell it as simple as possible please.. :P
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It's simulating proteins (in the human body) changing shape, to help scientists work out why diseases are caused.

Is it not clear from that thread? :o
 
magicman said:
It's simulating proteins (in the human body) changing shape, to help scientists work out why diseases are caused.

Is it not clear from that thread? :o
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well... why they dont just say it like that in the threat? :P so its really just simulating, and uploading the results?
 
Archangel said:
well... why they dont just say it like that in the threat? :P so its really just simulating, and uploading the results?
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:About thread said:
By using computers to simulate the proteins doing what they do, scientists can better understand why mis-folding takes place, and potentially develop cures.
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I don't think that could be much clearer. And yes, the program downloads some work, simulates it, then sends it back. Anything else you're not clear on?
 
[-0MEGA-];443666 said:
It will keep your CPU at 100% usage unless you change it, however it's set to lowest priority, so theres no slow down at all when its running. If you want to play a game, it simply slows down or shuts off, and allows all processing power to go to the game.
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That wasn't true for me, it almost locked up the computer a ton of times because it was set at 100% (and yes, lowest priority). I just moved it down to about 60%, and now it works great!
 
DCIScouts said:
That wasn't true for me, it almost locked up the computer a ton of times because it was set at 100% (and yes, lowest priority). I just moved it down to about 60%, and now it works great!
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Is that the graphical version or the console version?
 
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