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April 25, 2010 11:10:43 PM

also, i am now going to fold on a pentium m 1.4ghz laptop during the day now. is that good? (i know its only a single core laptop but its quiet so my mom may not notice its running! :) 
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April 25, 2010 11:17:48 PM

NeeKo said:
What do you consider to be a Decent GPU?
No way it takes a day, im already at 50% and its only been on for 3 hours or so

oops... my mistake :pfff: . Seems my brain just isn't working today. Did that in my head and...well my math was off...
4 minutes per % X 100 / 60 = 6.6 hours(not ~24), I was so close wasn't I? lol

The CPU client takes about 6.6 hours to complete on my comp(that's better :D  ).
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April 25, 2010 11:18:37 PM

shovenose said:
i dont really leave my computers on for long stretches of time, so which thing do i download that finishes work units the fastest?


Well, the all very. With my fastest laptop (Pentium dual core 2.1ghz), a WU can very between 15 to 30 hours. Maybe your computer can get it done faster, although you'll have to test out the client with a WU or 2 to gauge how fast your computer can process the WU.

As for which WU you should work on, I would have to say core_A3 WU as they seam to be the only one my computer can get (have to set is to -advmethods to get them). Reason why is due to there a WU shortage for SMP.

Also if you complete 10 A2/A3 WU's, you'll get bonus points (if you have a passkey)


Now if you cant have the SMP client going due to time, You could always run 2 single core clients. Only problems with this is,

You'll need to have 2 separate clients in 2 different folders. (2 clients in the same folder is a bad idea as 1 client can delete the other clients work.

You'll need to have 2 different machine ID (so the F@H severs dont get confused.)

Last, You will not get as many points but they do run quicker.

Haserath said:
If you have a decent GPU I think that's the fastest. My GPU client finishes a WU every few hours while the CPU client takes close to a day.
The GPU client is here: http://folding.stanford.edu/English/DownloadWinOther


Gpu not compatible. ;) 
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April 25, 2010 11:26:49 PM

well, i have given up folding on the athlon 64 x2 system after all because i realized the one or two hours a day its gonna be on is pointless. i have rigged up that laptop so it can run all day! and no, i dont have a passkey. how do i make one?
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April 25, 2010 11:29:24 PM

shovenose said:
well, i have given up folding on the athlon 64 x2 system after all because i realized the one or two hours a day its gonna be on is pointless. i have rigged up that laptop so it can run all day! and no, i dont have a passkey. how do i make one?


This shall answer all your questions :D 

http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-passkey
April 25, 2010 11:45:47 PM

thanks
April 25, 2010 11:48:26 PM

I will be leaving my main pc on until I can work on a downloadserver to fold aswell lol!

Greetings
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April 25, 2010 11:55:41 PM

NeeKo said:
I will be leaving my main pc on until I can work on a downloadserver to fold aswell lol!

Greetings


http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=14255

You make need to set the client to advmethods to accept Newer WU's.
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April 26, 2010 1:58:50 AM

Joined with the same user name that Tom's.

Just have a question: This use some space on my HD?, and if that is correct. How many space use?. I ask to change that partition installation of the program or leave in the current partition.

PC 1: Phenom II X4 955 3.2GHz, GTX260, 4GB RAM
PC 2: Xeon X2 2.8GHz, nVidia Qadro FX, 4GB RAM

Maybe can add more.
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April 26, 2010 1:06:41 PM

saint19 said:
Joined with the same user name that Tom's.

Just have a question: This use some space on my HD?, and if that is correct. How many space use?. I ask to change that partition installation of the program or leave in the current partition.

PC 1: Phenom II X4 955 3.2GHz, GTX260, 4GB RAM
PC 2: Xeon X2 2.8GHz, nVidia Qadro FX, 4GB RAM

Maybe can add more.


Welcome to the team! :D 


About question,

It does use space but it only in the few MB range. depending on client, the WU (Work Unit) can be about 1MB or more. max i have seen is 50MB. (on SMP client)

So on a massive 100+ GB HDD, this program size + WU is a drop in the bucket.
April 27, 2010 1:42:47 AM

I have a question regarding this, I can leave pc on 24/7 but I dont come for very long periods of time, is there any way for this to work alone and not me having to click on "Ok" in the popups ??
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April 27, 2010 2:08:47 AM

Pop ups? I never seam to have gotten that issue before. Let me ask you a few questions.

1. What client do you have?
2. When do these pop ups happen? just before you connect F@H servers or just random?
3. Is you computer doing any work when the pop up happens?

If the pop ups happen before you connect to the servers, Then it sounds like you got the setting "ask before connecting" option turned on.
April 27, 2010 2:24:01 AM

No, whenever a WU is finished it says "Attempting to send information" and an OK button, if not clicked.. it will not send and continue with a new one I am CPU folding with the client I downloaded from the 1st page
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April 27, 2010 2:34:31 AM

warmon6 said:
Well for you, since you have a dual core cpu, You could run the SMP Mpich client which work on both 32 bit and 64 bit Os.

http://folding.stanford.edu/English/WinSMPGuideMPICH


It would give you the most ppd, although it could take you a day to complete.


I'm only quoting because i was wondering how you got that folding sig??? it's pretty cool
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April 27, 2010 3:28:05 AM

NeeKo said:
No, whenever a WU is finished it says "Attempting to send information" and an OK button, if not clicked.. it will not send and continue with a new one I am CPU folding with the client I downloaded from the 1st page


Yep. you need to turn off, "ask before connect" option. That is causing all your problems.

jonnyboyC said:
I'm only quoting because i was wondering how you got that folding sig??? it's pretty cool


Here you go. http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/?nav=IMAGES

Or i could just make you one....





Copy and paste the img link above. just remove the "





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April 27, 2010 4:25:03 AM

thanks!
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April 27, 2010 4:29:04 AM

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Hey how do you get that awesome sig that shows your folding stats


NVM, looks like you already got it. although it looks like your sig is too long. you'll need to get rid of you system info in the sig.
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April 27, 2010 4:57:06 AM

jonnyboyC said:
thanks!

@JonnyboyC-it looks like you deleted too much of the code. :sweat: 
@Warmon-Thanks for the code to show my folding in my sig :D  .
April 27, 2010 10:36:54 AM

Thanks Warmon! Its been unchecked!
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April 27, 2010 12:26:34 PM

jonnyboyC said:
thanks!


Haserath said:
@JonnyboyC-it looks like you deleted too much of the code. :sweat: 
@Warmon-Thanks for the code to show my folding in my sig :D  .


NeeKo said:
Thanks Warmon! Its been unchecked!


No problem to All.
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April 27, 2010 1:11:41 PM

With normal size, 1 day running 2500000 with a Xeon x2.
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April 28, 2010 3:07:51 PM

What is the max size? with two WU the system send to me the same file size: 2500000
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April 28, 2010 3:51:40 PM

saint19 said:
What is the max size? with two WU the system send to me the same file size: 2500000


I have no clue. There just so many WU's out there on many different clients that is hard to say the maximum WU size.
April 28, 2010 4:58:59 PM

Woot 500,000 points!
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April 28, 2010 5:11:46 PM

smithereen said:
Woot 500,000 points!


GRATZ!

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April 29, 2010 11:51:57 AM

hmm..now im folding 24/7 with a 1ghz athlon cpu in a fanless hp thin client...
this time something i set up for folding might actuall be for a while... :) 
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April 29, 2010 1:44:02 PM

shovenose said:
hmm..now im folding 24/7 with a 1ghz athlon cpu in a fanless hp thin client...
this time something i set up for folding might actuall be for a while... :) 


Well got 1 laptop (1.86GHz dual core) on 24/7 folding (also just switch it over to smp client after seeing how well it work on another laptop for the past week).

Second laptop is on and off for folding though out the week. (it's a little faster (2.1Ghz) than the first but a lot nosier.)

Should see a nice bump in ppd with both running smp. Maybe up to 900+.
April 30, 2010 1:40:03 AM

well this fanless computer is on 1400/2500 since yesterday evening, running all the time. is that too slow? i observed the temps, they are actually fine...
:) 
April 30, 2010 10:03:22 AM

Back from BootCamp for medical reasons. I was in from April 12th to April 29th.

Thoughts:

1st: Harder then expected.
2nd: Harder then expected.
3rd: Still in habit of folding my rack, standing at attention, saying good morning, good afternoon, and goodevening, saying yes sir and just all the information is still beating in my head.

Update to this thread my computer is up and running F@H!

Happy to be back helping you guys!
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April 30, 2010 1:09:08 PM

SHANEMARINES said:
Back from BootCamp for medical reasons. I was in from April 12th to April 29th.

Thoughts:

1st: Harder then expected.
2nd: Harder then expected.
3rd: Still in habit of folding my rack, standing at attention, saying good morning, good afternoon, and goodevening, saying yes sir and just all the information is still beating in my head.

Update to this thread my computer is up and running F@H!

Happy to be back helping you guys!


Welcome back!


Sorry to hear about boot camp.


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3rd: Still in habit of folding my rack, standing at attention, saying good morning, good afternoon, and goodevening, saying yes sir and just all the information is still beating in my head.


:lol:  i think this happens to all of us once we get used to saying/doing stuff so often.
April 30, 2010 1:49:13 PM

glad ur back on the team!
May 1, 2010 4:54:00 PM

Thanks guys and have to admit its good to be back!
May 1, 2010 5:13:31 PM

DING ! 10 million points !
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May 1, 2010 5:45:22 PM

Yea, yea Sid thanks for killing our planet by using all that electricity to get 10million points! lol

Congratz on hitting the 10 million points mark. Now if only we could get others to help us out.
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May 1, 2010 6:46:40 PM

Haserath said:
Yea, yea Sid thanks for killing our planet by using all that electricity to get 10million points! lol

Congratz on hitting the 10 million points mark. Now if only we could get others to help us out.


Na what we really need is more severs doing smp/bigadv WU to rake in some really high points.

http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=11314&star...


Gratz sid on 10M mark.
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May 2, 2010 11:49:59 PM

Finally, just got my first smp WU bonus points. There gona be alot more points coming from me now. :D 
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May 3, 2010 12:09:03 AM

^How do u get that?
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May 3, 2010 12:48:01 AM

saint19 said:
^How do u get that?


This will answer most to all you questions.

http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=13160


Now to get A3 WU, you need to tell your SMP client configuration

Quote:
Set -advmethods flag always, requesting new advanced
scientific cores and/or work units if available (no/yes) [no]?


to say yes.

This will give much higher chance of getting A3 WU.



Now If you're also going to ask how much bonus point you get, from what i have read/just seen

Dual core cpus: gets around 1500 points per WU.
Quad cores: gets around 3000 to 4000 points or more per WU
And it increase from there if you have more cores/threads
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May 3, 2010 12:59:15 AM

Ok.

With one rig I'm running a Xeon x2 2.4GHz and always give me WU of 2500000. Is that good?

My other rig is working with GPU and nVidia CUDA and always give me WU of 10000000, 15000000 or 20000000.
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May 3, 2010 1:05:02 AM

saint19 said:
Ok.

With one rig I'm running a Xeon x2 2.4GHz and always give me WU of 2500000. Is that good?

My other rig is working with GPU and nVidia CUDA and always give me WU of 10000000, 15000000 or 20000000.


While i can really comment on the GPU, the xeon looks normal to me. The " amount of numbers" just means how many steps your CPU/GPU/PS3 have to do to complete it.
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May 3, 2010 3:21:05 PM

On my i7 920 @ 3.8ghz i always get WU with 500000 steps is there a reason it's so much less then Saint19's 2500000
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May 3, 2010 4:08:53 PM

^What size WU select u when configured the client?
May 3, 2010 6:57:42 PM

Trying to get my friends to help out folding with GPU F@H. He worked on it a little today with his GTX 295 he just bought. I have a AMD Athlon II X4 635 Propus 2.9GHz that will arrive at my house soon and I'll be using it to F@H soon. So I can't wait to be helping you guys even more! All I have now is a 2.9GHz Dual core.
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May 4, 2010 12:10:08 AM

saint19 said:
^What size WU select u when configured the client?

If i remember correctly it was just a large and small choice, maybe i'm wrong i just kinda followed a guide i was given earlier, and i'm pretty sure i picked large
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May 5, 2010 12:21:54 AM

jonnyboyC said:
On my i7 920 @ 3.8ghz i always get WU with 500000 steps is there a reason it's so much less then Saint19's 2500000


The amount of steps very between clients and WUs. Why your's so much less, i dont know.


Although what i do know is that it doesn't affect the base points of the WU or the speed at which it's done. I read somewhere on Foldingforum.org that you can have a WU that has many steps and be done in just a few hours to complete, Have a few steps and takes many hours to complete , and vice versa.

So nothing to really worry about.
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May 5, 2010 1:37:16 PM

I go with the 1st one, I love the animals :) 
May 5, 2010 1:39:18 PM

yeah the 1st one
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May 5, 2010 1:44:25 PM

ok. lol
May 5, 2010 1:46:19 PM

why :) 
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