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We have 327 active folders at the moment. I don't remember what the number was before the Call to Arms, but I kinda think it was about that same number. If that's the case, our massive surge in points is mainly through all the normal folders getting a little more dedicated and active. Just think what we could do if we could get some of the other 2200 folders back on the active list
montiac wrote:i just started this folding business today. i've read about it for a while now, and i decided that i'm a perfect candidate for a full-time, full-power folder(the army pays my electric bills + core2duo/8800gts 512). Here's what I'll be bringing to the table...
david00214 wrote:montiac wrote:i just started this folding business today. i've read about it for a while now, and i decided that i'm a perfect candidate for a full-time, full-power folder(the army pays my electric bills + core2duo/8800gts 512). Here's what I'll be bringing to the table...
Sweet! Are you running the SMP client, or two console clients?
montiac wrote:david00214 wrote:montiac wrote:i just started this folding business today. i've read about it for a while now, and i decided that i'm a perfect candidate for a full-time, full-power folder(the army pays my electric bills + core2duo/8800gts 512). Here's what I'll be bringing to the table...
Sweet! Are you running the SMP client, or two console clients?
2 console clients. like i said, i just started today, so there is quite a bit i don't know. i'm sitll unclear as to what the SMP client is, and how it works. should i be doing the SMP instead? and why??
Flying Fox wrote:montiac wrote:2 console clients. like i said, i just started today, so there is quite a bit i don't know. i'm sitll unclear as to what the SMP client is, and how it works. should i be doing the SMP instead? and why??
Typically the SMP client gives more points than 2 single core clients. It is similar to the GPU2 client in that it is a "high performance client". However, since the GPU2 client already uses some power of a CPU core, you may have to test things out a bit to see if it really increases your points total. Since you are running Vista the SMP client looks promising.
Suggestion: stop the 2 console single core clients, run them again with the -oneunit switch to finish what they are doing. Then try the SMP client. If you are adventurous you can try the Linux SMP client with VMware.
montiac wrote:Flying Fox wrote:montiac wrote:2 console clients. like i said, i just started today, so there is quite a bit i don't know. i'm sitll unclear as to what the SMP client is, and how it works. should i be doing the SMP instead? and why??
Typically the SMP client gives more points than 2 single core clients. It is similar to the GPU2 client in that it is a "high performance client". However, since the GPU2 client already uses some power of a CPU core, you may have to test things out a bit to see if it really increases your points total. Since you are running Vista the SMP client looks promising.
Suggestion: stop the 2 console single core clients, run them again with the -oneunit switch to finish what they are doing. Then try the SMP client. If you are adventurous you can try the Linux SMP client with VMware.
interesting. thanks for the tips and advice. a question on the SMP client....will it utilize both of my cores, or will i have to run 2 SMP clients similar to that of the single core consoles??
david00214 wrote:montiac wrote:interesting. thanks for the tips and advice. a question on the SMP client....will it utilize both of my cores, or will i have to run 2 SMP clients similar to that of the single core consoles??
The SMP client is designed to run on multiple core processors, so it will use both your cores. In fact, it can fully utilize up to 4 cores. The SMP client is worth more points because it folds the protein on different cores, and the results are compared in real time. This allows each core that is folding its protein to learn from the other cores and speeds up the process.
As FF said, once your console clients have finished their WUs, I also suggest trying out the SMP client. It installs and runs well in Vista. Now, if you're interested in getting into something a little more complicated, you can create a virtual environment of UNIX on your computer and run the SMP client on the virtual UNIX operating system. It's faster than running SMP on Vista and will increase your PPD even more. If that stuff sounds unfamiliar and uninteresting don't worry about it. Just install the SMP client right in Vista
Pegasus wrote:Looking at the summary graphs it looks like we are not that far off from Alliance Francophone. But their PPD is 770k. Looking at their last 6 to 7 days of points how did EOC come up with that average?
Pegasus wrote:Looking at the summary graphs it looks like we are not that far off from Alliance Francophone. But their PPD is 770k. Looking at their last 6 to 7 days of points how did EOC come up with that average?
farmpuma wrote:This is the 8800GT I ordered on Thursday night (28 August) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121221R and mentioned in the UGN drive to the Top thread. It was $99.99 with free shipping. I will have it and my Xeon 3210 (think Q6400) up and crunching as soon as time allows.
Ragnar Dan wrote:Yes. We need a way to find old team members who gave up for one reason or another and may have multi-core CPU's or GPU's which can add to our output with little disruption of their normal use of the machines.
Pegasus wrote:So I picked up 32bit Vista (OEM) today. Only version they had at my college book store but I got it for cheap.
Anyway, which machine should I put it on to lower the GPU2 cpu usage. My AMD X2 with two 8800GTs. I could close down my single CPU client and put a SMP client on. Or on my Intel Quad with 4850. Then I could let each VMed SMP client use their own 2 cores instead of how they are overlapped on one of the cores atm.
Usacomp2k3 wrote:If they ever release a stable SMP client...