Folding@Home: THGC Needs You -Team 40051

[shovenose]

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!

 

[Haserath]

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 . 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 😀 ).

 

[warmon6]

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.

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. 😉

 

[shovenose]

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?

 

[warmon6]

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 😀

http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-passkey

 

[shovenose]

thanks

 

[NeeKo]

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

Greetings

 

[warmon6]

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.

 

[saint19]

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.

 

[warmon6]

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! 😀


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.

 

[NeeKo]

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 ??

 

[warmon6]

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.

 

[NeeKo]

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

 

[jonnyboyC]

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

 

[warmon6]

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.

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 "

 

[jonnyboyC]

thanks!

 

[warmon6]

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.

 

[Haserath]

thanks!

@JonnyboyC-it looks like you deleted too much of the code.
@Warmon-Thanks for the code to show my folding in my sig 😀 .

 

[NeeKo]

Thanks Warmon! Its been unchecked!

 

[warmon6]

thanks!

@JonnyboyC-it looks like you deleted too much of the code.
@Warmon-Thanks for the code to show my folding in my sig 😀 .

Thanks Warmon! Its been unchecked!

No problem to All.

 

[saint19]

With normal size, 1 day running 2500000 with a Xeon x2.

 

[saint19]

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

 

[warmon6]

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.

 

[smithereen]

Woot 500,000 points!

 

[warmon6]

Woot 500,000 points!

GRATZ!

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