I have joined up guys!

[GIBBO]

Hi there

I've joined up and am running Folding!

I am on the GPU client with 8600 GT VGA card.

Question however would I be better off with a CPU client or is there anyway I can speed it up as its estimating circa 8 hours per work unit.

[Sybex]

Nice one, good on you mate

[Amy]

Hi Guys,

I have also joined! :thumbs:

I'm on the CPU client with a Q6600.. hoping ive done it right!

Its running, but doesnt show me how many hours to a work unit or anything? :confused:

[Soup Dragon]

it takes a while to sort out your speed, the first wu can show as being hours when in fact it will be minutes, just let it run for a while and you will see the points roll in.

[Helior]

u can run an smp client along with ur GPU client for a few extra ppd, it does sap your sytem somewhat tho.

Amy, get FahMon to monitor ppd, and WU completion time etc.

[Amy]

All working smoothly now.. Work PC is 2100 / 2500 on my first task thingy thing.

Got it running in the background on my T7300 laptop, Q6600 work PC and Q8200 home pc...

Bring on the folding! :trophy:

[Baldeagle]

Welcome to the team you two. :)

[cje]

yay!! :banana: nice to have more joining in.

[Jonny2Bad]

All working smoothly now.. Work PC is 2100 / 2500 on my first task thingy thing.

Got it running in the background on my T7300 laptop, Q6600 work PC and Q8200 home pc...

Bring on the folding! :trophy:
Amy the gpu clients are much faster firstly, and please swap the cpu's over have the q6000 at home and that rubbish 8200 on the work pc tut really letting the side down there :fight:.
Good to have some nova employees on board finally ;)

[Jonny2Bad]

Hi there

I've joined up and am running Folding!

I am on the GPU client with 8600 GT VGA card.

Question however would I be better off with a CPU client or is there anyway I can speed it up as its estimating circa 8 hours per work unit.
8600 isnt going to bring you much hope buddy not a good folding card at all, run the smp client along side for a little more it all counts.

[vconor]

hi guys, what do i need to join up?

[TheMadDutchDude]

All you need to do is download a client and get folding for us! :)

[vconor]

ok kool done that, now its just sitting in my icon tray, and i dunno what to do next, and odont know whether im doin the gpu or cpu one

[guardy06]

i don't even understand what this folding thing is all about!! :(

[Jonny2Bad]

http://forum.novatech.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6194
Should find all you need to know in that thread buddy.

[KyleG]

Open the options up and put in our team number 91717 and ur name and then save, so all the points u get will go to ur account and to us aswell :). Make sure ur username isnt being used by anyone else.

[vconor]

ok ive done that ages ago and left the folding running for at least 4 hours now, and it says i have nuthing i havent even come up on the table.

This is what it says when i look in my statistics:

Date of last work unit None
Total score 0
Overall rank (if points are combined) 1216155 of 1216155
Active processors (within 50 days) 0
Active processors (within 7 days) 0

[vconor]

and i think im on the cpu client, should i be on the gpe client instead?

[cje]

Well, you will get more points. Go to the "high performance clients" and then GPU client. You can also run the cpu client you already have as well.

[KyleG]

You will get more points using that 4870 (gpu client), but using the CPU means u gain extra points. You can still use your pc for basic stuff like going online etc but gaming is out of the question when folding.

Download the gpu client, when you have done that, load it up and right click> configure and make sure u put 91717 in team and ur user name in there. When you have done this, right click>display, u can see if it is working via this method as it will show how much ur pc is folding, how long it will take etc.

[vconor]

ok thanks guys

[GeordieNo1]

Best beginners guide on the net: http://forum.novatech.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7443

:D

[cje]

More people getting in on the addiction.... I'm even limiting my gaming now, to get more ppd on my machine... how sad is that...

[GeordieNo1]

Hehe, that`s the thing :D Mind, I did nothing for virtually a fortnight last month due to Mass Effect (cheers Steve ya ****) and next addiction will send me further down the board :\ Still, 1 WU for the team from every member on here ... rough calculation would be a million points ;) 47 members eh? Superb, there was only Johnny, Nox and I not 10 weeks ago! :D

[Baldeagle]

Welcome aboard V.

Dutchy, was that a deliberate slip up ? How long u been folding & under what name ? :)

[Amy]

Amy the gpu clients are much faster firstly, and please swap the cpu's over have the q6000 at home and that rubbish 8200 on the work pc tut really letting the side down there :fight:.
Good to have some nova employees on board finally ;)

Hey! Anythings better than nothing, Only trying to help :(
....and I cant swap my work and home components over!

[cje]

Hey! Anythings better than nothing, Only trying to help :(
....and I cant swap my work and home components over!

True, anything's better than nothing. Every little helps. These guys with their vmware make me sick... lol. Joking, I wish I had the patience to set vm up. I will when I get my 3rd 9800, then I'll kick everyone's butt. :D:D:D:D Oh, and also sort out this overheating ****, I mean mobo.

[GeordieNo1]

cje, just run this (http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/release/FAH6.23beta-win32-SMP-mpich.exe). Set ups a doddle :)

[cje]

What is it? new smp client?

EDIT - I am already running an SMP client. :D

[GeordieNo1]

It`s just a Windows SMP client if you don`t wanna set a VM up, just use this. I can get about and extra 1500-1700PPD and that`s just with my dual-core, you should get way over that with your quad. Just read this (http://folding.stanford.edu/English/WinSMPGuideMPICH) before you start.

I always install to C:\Fold (makes it easier to track) and rename the core (as per instruction). Really, just read the instructions but be sure, when you configure the client to add the -smp flag.

[cje]

Already running it my friend. You people will be the death of me when my latest leccy bill comes through.... :D But it's for a good cause..

[GeordieNo1]

Ah, but the SMP client is free ... your CPU is already under load (so cancelling out C1E/Speedstep savings) feeding the GPU already, all your now doing is utilising the processing power of 2 redundant cores ;)

Edit: Interested in getting to know your PPD on the SMP cje if ya don`t mind buddy :)

[cje]

I've limited the cpu usage on it to 90% because I still use my pc, and want it to be responsive when I'm using it. I thought that this is better? I don't know. Maybe setting it to 100% is better, or would it stop me from using it normally?

With SMP capped to 90% ppd is 2262.86 PPD.

[GeordieNo1]

Nah, whack it up! fahcores are set as low priority anyway, windoze will make sure your apps. get priority ;) Just make sure you set the core priority to slightly higher on the GPU client so it at least gets priority over the SMP client as that`s where you make your most points from.

It`ll be cool, I don`t notice any slowdown whatsover using this rig ;)

Edit: PPD is excellent. It`s a good power saving tip for quad core folders, run two SMP clients instead of GPU client sometimes and get 5k PPD for 100 watts ;)

[Jonny2Bad]

Hey! Anythings better than nothing, Only trying to help :(
....and I cant swap my work and home components over!
Ah bless ya i wasnt knocking you Amy just trying to help :thumbs: and no one would know about the cpu swap lol i mentioned it on the sly so no1 else would notice ;)

[Amy]

Lol yea i think i will leave it as it is ;)

Ive started my GPU folding now but its only a 8500GT so its not very speedy!

[Jonny2Bad]

Lol q8200 and a 8500gt we need to sort you out m8 i think, dont ever admit to this again please lol ;)

[GIBBO]

Lol q8200 and a 8500gt we need to sort you out m8 i think, dont ever admit to this again please lol ;)

Hi there

The 8600 GT seems to be doing reasonaly well.

So whats better for folding, an 8800 GTX or 4870 ?

[Amy]

Lol q8200 and a 8500gt we need to sort you out m8 i think, dont ever admit to this again please lol ;)

HAHA the 8500GT is my work one!!!

the Q8200 is my other halfs cpu as i only really use my laptop :rolleyes:

[Jonny2Bad]

8800 gtx i would say as ati cards are terrible folders buddy compared to the nvidia cards.

[Jonny2Bad]

HAHA the 8500GT is my work one!!!

the Q8200 is my other halfs cpu as i only really use my laptop :rolleyes:
Ok forgiven ;)