Why no folding on the xBox360?

[Jay]

I am sure that the 360 would be a decent 700PPD system on average but there is no client for the 360. Is this more to do with the fact that the 360 would last about a week if it was used for folding and RRoD RMAs would be sky high?

[JimmyBoy]

its purely down to ms not wanting it to be used for folding. nothing to do with whether it would kill it.

if im correct its always been the gpu which causes the red ring, folding wouldnt be using much gpu power surely?

[Jay]

I would think it would use the cpu and the gpu

[JimmyBoy]

I would think it would use the cpu and the gpu

yeah but its not exactly processing 3d images and stuff is it? the sorta stuff to get ur gpu all hot under the collar like a game would?

maybe im completey confused as to what folding is but i thought it was primarily number crunching so to speak?

[SiM]

Yeh I reckon it will just overheat and break...

[matty-hodgson]

yeah but its not exactly processing 3d images and stuff is it? the sorta stuff to get ur gpu all hot under the collar like a game would?

maybe im completey confused as to what folding is but i thought it was primarily number crunching so to speak?

well if you run the F@H client on a GPU it still makes it hot.. but i dunno if it'd be possible to run a GPU client variant on the xbox 360 though.

all creating graphics is is number crunching aswell, that's how processing works.. but then the OS or DX turns those numbers into an image on your screen.

i reckon it's a good idea to try and get F@H on the xbox 360 though

[bobby18121]

folding can use cpu and gpu which would use the unneed resources so leaving the xbox on main menu or running the system a full load with a very intensive game would be the same excpet it would be max load all the time the system is on so YES it would increase the chance or RRod due to heat problem and it would also decrease life span of the cpu and gpu i think.