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farmpuma wrote:If this happens then we will officially welcome you to the 21st century.If the current plan comes together this fall will see multi-core SMP machines and a couple of meaty GPUs fed by a light pipe.
farmpuma wrote:For someone with Win 7 or 8 who is looking for a "web control" client that just works this might be just what you need. Good Luck!
Flying Fox wrote:farmpuma wrote:If this happens then we will officially welcome you to the 21st century.If the current plan comes together this fall will see multi-core SMP machines and a couple of meaty GPUs fed by a light pipe.
Flying Fox wrote:farmpuma wrote:For someone with Win 7 or 8 who is looking for a "web control" client that just works this might be just what you need. Good Luck!
I always just skip to the Advanced Client anyway which brings up a non-browser based app, with all the tweaks and stuff available. But yes, it is a unified CPU and GPU client and it should do the right thing depending on AMD vs Nvidia.
drfish wrote:Hmm... I might have to give it a try. If I mined enough Arscoins to get myself a tinfoil hat I figure I should at least extend the same processing courtesy to my old addiction...
Khali wrote:You might consider putting Boinc on those older machines...
BIF wrote:I decided to upgrade mine last night. The new web interface is pretty, but I still prefer to use the client to look at my folding slots. Espcecially the logs, which are not available to the web interface. The new client has also been updated a bit, and it's fine.
I had no problems with the upgrade, and my current work units (at the time...and one of them rans between 12 and 16 hours) were picked up at the latest checkpoint with no problem.
Maph wrote:Thanks for the update! i was tempted to update a few comps to that client after I see your post. most of mine are still running really old cli versions (or the early standalone GPU client, which apparently started to get units again earlier this year after 1 yr or more of can't d/l any work.
Khali wrote:You might consider putting Boinc on those older machines. Most Boinc project WU's use just a single core. ... Just an option for older hardware and OS's that FAH does not support any more.
Flying Fox wrote:BIF wrote:I decided to upgrade mine last night. The new web interface is pretty, but I still prefer to use the client to look at my folding slots. Espcecially the logs, which are not available to the web interface. The new client has also been updated a bit, and it's fine.
I had no problems with the upgrade, and my current work units (at the time...and one of them rans between 12 and 16 hours) were picked up at the latest checkpoint with no problem.
You should still be able to get to the Advanced Control which is basically the old GUI?
BIF wrote:Thanks for the update Farmpuma; sorry you had trouble.
I decided to upgrade mine last night. The new web interface is pretty, but I still prefer to use the client to look at my folding slots. Espcecially the logs, which are not available to the web interface. The new client has also been updated a bit, and it's fine.
I had no problems with the upgrade, and my current work units (at the time...and one of them rans between 12 and 16 hours) were picked up at the latest checkpoint with no problem.Khali wrote:You might consider putting Boinc on those older machines...
Glad you like Boinc. But some of us have chosen FAH. Yes, even for older systems. I know you had a philosophical disagreement with FAH, but barring that, a little technical trouble is not a big enough reason to change.
farmpuma wrote:Flying Fox wrote:BIF wrote:I decided to upgrade mine last night. The new web interface is pretty, but I still prefer to use the client to look at my folding slots. Espcecially the logs, which are not available to the web interface. The new client has also been updated a bit, and it's fine.
I had no problems with the upgrade, and my current work units (at the time...and one of them rans between 12 and 16 hours) were picked up at the latest checkpoint with no problem.
You should still be able to get to the Advanced Control which is basically the old GUI?
Being a firmly entrenched console client guy I can't help but feel all the pretty GUI is stealing cycles from the work unit crunching. And tweaking the nuts and bolts with a GUI just doesn't feel right. Guess I may need to make the jump to Linux.
Flying Fox wrote:Suffice it to say the a4 and x17 WUs are just too good to miss out on. Provided you have modern hardware of course.
RMAC9.5 wrote:I have 3 PCs with 9600GSO video cards ... and these PCs almost never run out of work.
drfish wrote:Whoa! 136k PPD from my GTX 780?
Khali wrote:... I have not tried to push my choice on any one else so I don't understand the attitude I get when I mention Boinc here.
drfish wrote:Whoa! 136k PPD from my GTX 780? If I ran it for three months it would double the points I earned from years of previous work.
BIF wrote:Khali wrote:... I have not tried to push my choice on any one else so I don't understand the attitude I get when I mention Boinc here.
Your first post on the matter was not about trying to help, but to suggest Boinc. So yes, I made a conclusion, but not "with attitude."
The installation guide tells me for Win XP I need SP3 (which I have but I haven't bothered to update this particular machine), MS .NET 2.0 (also on a couple of hard drives somewhere from some forgotten project), and 2008 C++ Redistributable (32 bit). It also tells me the single core projects were declared End of Life in August 2013 making this a truly pointless exercise in frustration, although there are probably still a few single core work units in the pipeline, maybe?
drfish wrote:So I've done two of the big ~70k WUs on my GPU now and the latest one finished last night but they aren't on my EOC stats yet? Is that normal?