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mmmmmdonuts21 wrote:Nice to have you SomeOtherGeek. I just joined again as well.
Make sure you sign up for a passkey, that way you will start raking in the big points. Can you show us the log for the ATI client?
Hi! That is the problem, I don't think my ATI is kicking in. I used the -smp 8 flag and it shows my CPU using all 8 theads, but nothing about the ATI. Is there a flag for running the ATI?
mmmmmdonuts21 wrote:Hi! That is the problem, I don't think my ATI is kicking in. I used the -smp 8 flag and it shows my CPU using all 8 theads, but nothing about the ATI. Is there a flag for running the ATI?
The GPU and the CPU use two different clients. You need to run one for the CPU and one for the GPU. Here is a guide to setting up the GPU: http://folding.stanford.edu/English/WinGPUGuide
Make sure when you set up the GPU make sure you go to advance settings and set the priority to low instead of idle and that you allow big WU's.
SomeOtherGeek wrote:mmmmmdonuts21 wrote:Nice to have you SomeOtherGeek. I just joined again as well.
Make sure you sign up for a passkey, that way you will start raking in the big points. Can you show us the log for the ATI client?
Hi! That is the problem, I don't think my ATI is kicking in. I used the -smp 8 flag and it shows my CPU using all 8 theads, but nothing about the ATI. Is there a flag for running the ATI?
Thanks!
PS, I still have all the parts that Jeffery gave me. All the cards and processor, but the MB is shot... Still looking for a board for that farm.
Flying Fox wrote:May want to test out if -smp 7 is better overall, since the GPU client does use some CPU cycles.
BTW what motherboard do you need?
pikaporeon wrote:Fixed at 900ppd. If you have one of the older versions that draws about 200W at the wall, not exactly power efficient. (I would say it is good for an effort such as Frankie, that campaign will last for another week or so)just with a PS3 (if it still works?)
pikaporeon wrote:Not sure how Folding performance is under OS X. Also, make sure you have enough cooling for the MacBook.my macbook (2.2ghz dual core)
pikaporeon wrote:You need to get the passkey so that after your 10th A3 unit (the new units are mostly A3 core based), you get early return bonus that will make the WU equivalent and most of the time better ppd than the old A1/A2 WUs. If you want instant gratification you can join TRFrankenbot and PM DancinJack for that key. Moreover, you need to use HFM.NET to get the bonus points shown. FahMon AFAIK has not been updated with the bonus so it will give you the wrong numbers.my desktop's SMP (Q9300 at around 3.2ghz)
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Ew, only 225 for this WU? I knew GPU was better but I didn't realize it had actually actively g otten worse for SMP ppd
pikaporeon wrote:I'm not sure what you mean about this passkey to get bonus points, can you elaborate a bit?
just brew it! wrote:pikaporeon wrote:I'm not sure what you mean about this passkey to get bonus points, can you elaborate a bit?
It is a new security measure they implemented to control cheating, essentially a digital signature that is assigned to a particular user name. As a reward for using the passkey they give you bonus points on some of the SMP WUs; if the WUs are turned around in a timely manner, the bonus points can be quite substantial.
More info at these links:
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-passkey
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=70789
http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f ... 65&start=0
Flying Fox wrote:JBI: I am still not seeing how this can be a security measure. If someone wants to give points to me why would I refuse?