The fight against coronavirus goes nuclear.
Folding@Home Now More Powerful Than World's Top 7 Supercomputers, Combined : Read more
Folding@Home Now More Powerful Than World's Top 7 Supercomputers, Combined : Read more
I just enlisted my testbench setup which I installed spare parts onto. I hope my Athlon II x2 coupled with an UBER powerful GTX 460 1GB can sway the tide...well, maybe not.
When I first tried, the GPU would not queue any work. Eventually, I got an error message complaining about not finding opencl.dll. I found a publicly available file and placed it in the client's appdata folder. That seems to have solved the issue.
I just enlisted my testbench setup which I installed spare parts onto. I hope my Athlon II x2 coupled with an UBER powerful GTX 460 1GB can sway the tide...well, maybe not.
When I first tried, the GPU would not queue any work. Eventually, I got an error message complaining about not finding opencl.dll. I found a publicly available file and placed it in the client's appdata folder. That seems to have solved the issue.
It really needs GPUs, the faster the better.
I'll see if I can get my Radeon VII working, in a few days. This will be a good chance to "break it in".
First, I have to do something about the fan curves, as I'm now sitting in the same room with it all day.
According to https://apps.foldingathome.org/project?p=14328 Coronavirus is a CPU only project. So beefy GPU's are really only helping with non-Coronavirus related projects.
Radeon VII is a beast in computing, I am sure its faster than 2080Ti in compute.It really needs GPUs, the faster the better.
I'll see if I can get my Radeon VII working, in a few days. This will be a good chance to "break it in".
First, I have to do something about the fan curves, as I'm now sitting in the same room with it all day.
Certainly, if they need fp64 compute power.Radeon VII is a beast in computing, I am sure its faster than 2080Ti in compute.
Well... Seti@Home is predicated on aliens emitting signals that we can receive. An interesting thought experiment is to look at minimum transmitter energy level vs. distance, and think about what it would mean to be in the vicinity of such a powerful emitter (i.e. how far can you transmit, before the required transmitter output would exceed the energy output of a small star).Let's hope Folding@Home is more successful than Seti@Home,
You won't want to run it while you're gaming. However, you can just pause it at those times, and let it run the rest of the time.if I'm gaming using my 2700X/RX 580 8GB combo, does allowing F@H to run in the background affect anything? Or, maybe in the interest of the reverse, does gaming affect the processing of F@H? How much in the way of resources would I be taking away from F@H processes when I use it for my own purposes?
The work units are small enough that rebooting up to a couple times/day shouldn't have a major impact.What about when Win10 wants to install updates then reboot to apply them?
Well, I have been doing F@H for over 12 years, and have more than a Billion folding points.
Anyone running multiple GPUs already knows what they're in for.What the writers at Toms Hardware are NOT telling you is that your system's temperature will rise - especially if you use more than a single Video card!
That, in addition to temperatures and noise can be mitigated by cutting your GPU clocks a bit, without greatly impacting your throughput.Your electricity bill will definitely be higher!...
It's run out of Stanford University, in California. There are probably others, but a popular Stamford is a suburb of NYC, in Connecticut.In addition to all that, you must remember that most Universities in the USA (yes, that's where Stamford is located) ... well, they are CLOSED due to the virus scare!
The article addressed that, and said they were adding capacity to deal with it.That means that it takes longer to get Folding Work Units downloaded to you. WHY?
That's utter BS. Maybe because of the COVID-19 part, but Tom's and Anandtech don't account for even a sizeable minority of their throughput.their servers are way over-taxed because of this contest that was started by Tom's and Anandtech.
Really, dude, if you believe in the cause, then why all the FUD? I hope you're not just visiting from the Anandtech team to troll and demoralize us. That'd be quite pathetic. Anandtech always wins these contests, but people should chip in for a good cause, regardless.If you really REALLY want to help - GREAT. But remember, the more people trying to get Work Units, the more taxing it is on Stamford's system.
And how do you know that? Can you post a link, please?Oh, and their hype about the Corona Virus folding??? The truth is, that there's ONLY SIX Corona Virus Work Units as of Yesterday (they didn't research that). So, you may NEVER see a corona virus job running on your system - because there's tens of thousands of other jobs that are sitting on their server!!!
I want to believe you're sincere about that, but I'll have to wait for your reply to know for sure.Good Luck!!!
Essentially, my very basic dummy question is (and I hope I'm not sounding "greedy/selfish" here)...if I'm gaming using my 2700X/RX 580 8GB combo, does allowing F@H to run in the background affect anything? Or, maybe in the interest of the reverse, does gaming affect the processing of F@H? How much in the way of resources would I be taking away from F@H processes when I use it for my own purposes? What about when Win10 wants to install updates then reboot to apply them?
I'd have no problem letting my system run 24/7 if it'd help. Just curious what kind of slowdown it would cause on both ends when running games, both single player and MMO.
Thanks in advance!
They didn't cure but they improved their medications.I know Folding@Home has been around for a long time and that people like to watch numbers go up. How effective is it, though? I can't help but notice "its normal pursuits, like cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's" are not cured. ..
What diseases have they cured?
Unfortunately this made my new PC build go nuclear too. I just built a Ryzen 5 3600 system with ample cooling and within 30 seconds of running the app at medium settings my PC overheated and shutdown. Gaming at max settings and everything stays a reasonable 50C but 30 seconds in with this app it hit 90C and shut down. I wish I knew why.The fight against coronavirus goes nuclear.
Folding@Home Now More Powerful Than World's Top 7 Supercomputers, Combined : Read more
What's your CPU cooler? I have a 1800X@4.1Ghz and my temp max at 50C with Freezer 33 eSports Single Fan.Unfortunately this made my new PC build go nuclear too. I just built a Ryzen 5 3600 system with ample cooling and within 30 seconds of running the app at medium settings my PC overheated and shutdown. Gaming at max settings and everything stays a reasonable 50C but 30 seconds in with this app it hit 90C and shut down. I wish I knew why.
Anyone running multiple GPUs already knows what they're in for.
That, in addition to temperatures and noise can be mitigated by cutting your GPU clocks a bit, without greatly impacting your throughput.
It's run out of Stanford University, in California. There are probably others, but a popular Stamford is a suburb of NYC, in Connecticut.
The article addressed that, and said they were adding capacity to deal with it.
That's utter BS. Maybe because of the COVID-19 part, but Tom's and Anandtech don't account for even a sizeable minority of their throughput.
Really, dude, if you believe in the cause, then why all the FUD? I hope you're not just visiting from the Anandtech team to troll and demoralize us. That'd be quite pathetic. Anandtech always wins these contests, but people should chip in for a good cause, regardless.
And how do you know that? Can you post a link, please?
Even if you're correct about that, every job on their system is worthy and deserving, and new COVID-19 jobs could arrive at any time.
I want to believe you're sincere about that, but I'll have to wait for your reply to know for sure.