alienpi Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 I have my normal computer running Windows Vista 64 and it's running Folding@home in the background. It only uses 1 core's worth on my quad-core. I have an old computer (Pentium 4) that I sanitized and installed Ubuntu on, and started it folding on my team. This thing is turning out work units left and right, and is making my progress on the Phenom quad-core seem mediocre. I was thinking about making a Linux virtual machine on the quad-core and having it fold just to see how it compares. Just thought I'd put this information out there for any competitive folders. It might be beneficial to run the folding in Linux to get more out of your spare cycles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 I have my normal computer running Windows Vista 64 and it's running Folding@home in the background. It only uses 1 core's worth on my quad-core. I have an old computer (Pentium 4) that I sanitized and installed Ubuntu on, and started it folding on my team. This thing is turning out work units left and right, and is making my progress on the Phenom quad-core seem mediocre. I was thinking about making a Linux virtual machine on the quad-core and having it fold just to see how it compares. Just thought I'd put this information out there for any competitive folders. It might be beneficial to run the folding in Linux to get more out of your spare cycles.I turn some pretty decent points with the GPU client on my 9800GT video card. I also run the cpu client on that one, and several other pc's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagger Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 only reason I know anything about Folding@Home is because it's on my PS3.. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 only reason I know anything about Folding@Home is because it's on my PS3.. lolfolding.stanford.eduIf they had folding@home on the 360, I would have it running! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vf1000ride Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 I need to start folding again. I have 6.6 million points and over 13k WU's before my folding farm started crashing hardware. I haven't done it in probably a year and a half.Alienpi, I ran folding on Linux and it is faster just due to the lower overhead of the Linux OS. From what I remember, running in a VM will slow things down even more than just running in windows because you will loose clock cycles to the pair of OS's you are now running. Unless things have changed though, the most math you can crunch is with GPU folding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Oops. Looks like I forgot to take the folding off pause on my desktop PC! I have to remedy that when I get home! Some things just don't run well while it's running.I had it shut down on my laptop, too! No points for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Didn't realize so many here run Folding@Home. I created an Ohio Riders team if you're interested. http://www.ohioriders.net/showthread.php?t=72851 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Didn't realize so many here run Folding@Home. I created an Ohio Riders team if you're interested. http://www.ohioriders.net/showthread.php?t=72851I've been running it for at least 3 years, probably longer! At one time, I have 7 or 8 cores running! Right now, I have 3 or 4. I'll get a couple more running though. I just neglected to do so after OS re-installs, or other maintenance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beegreenstrings Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 I am not sure I am even following? the article reverted back to DNA strans? What is this exactly? How could you run it on PS3 and Xbox? Something you download? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butters Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 i dont get it....whats the point? and what was someone talking about with points and stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 I am not sure I am even following? the article reverted back to DNA strans? What is this exactly? How could you run it on PS3 and Xbox? Something you download?i dont get it....whats the point? and what was someone talking about with points and stuff?It's a program that runs in the background of your computer. It only uses the resources that you're not utilizing. Basically it utilizes what would end up as wasted electricity.What is it doing? It's acting as a very small portion of a huge network of computers. This is known as "cloud" computing and allows the group running the program to do huge calculations and processing that would normally necessitate supercomputers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butters Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 what are the points for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 what are the points for?Once your computer completes a work unit, (part of the equation?) you are awarded points for doing so. Just a way to show how much you've contributed to the project.PS3's come with the application install, from what I remember hearing, but you have to enable it, or something. It is not on the Xbox. It just worked out that the processor in the PS3 works out well for this type of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 what are the points for?Nerd Rep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 My points right now are 3,613,677. My ranking of all the participants in the project is 4518. I am number 12 on the team that I was a member of, before Ben started the OR team. I need to get all my systems running it again to score moar points for OR! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Nerd RepSure, take the simple answer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kawi kid Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Nerds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 FB has an application similar to this. Can't remember what it's called, but it's the same idea (maybe the exact same thing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheech Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Wow, I haven't done this in years. I was working for Gateway back when they had PC's in OfficeMax, I secretly installed F@H on all the PC's in 4 stores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaNick Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 What's the purpose of this again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vf1000ride Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 What's the purpose of this again? Hopefully help doctors find a better cure. Read and help http://folding.stanford.edu/Got off my butt today and got my main rig folding again. Pair of Nvidia gtx260 vid cards folding. Don't know what my daily numbers will be yet but they should be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beegreenstrings Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Faulk that... Another way to be linked and monitored on the web by sam the man... all for points. Make those points dollars and it might be a different story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Hopefully help doctors find a better cure. Read and help http://folding.stanford.edu/Got off my butt today and got my main rig folding again. Pair of Nvidia gtx260 vid cards folding. Don't know what my daily numbers will be yet but they should be nice.There goes my chances of any decent ranking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vf1000ride Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 There goes my chances of any decent ranking. I've turned just under 4k points since turning them on around midnight last night. Should work out to around 9-10,000 daily if things stay the same. I could throw folding on my two storage servers also and start rocking a pair of nvidia 8800gt's for another couple thousand a day. The only problem is they are single slot coolers and the fans are dreadful running near 100%. My gtx260's currently only need about 60% fan speed so the noise isn't as bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 I'm just running it on my laptop. Had it on last night and this is my stats. Score 69 (certificate)Donor Rank 1246876 of 1520353 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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