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Originally Posted by
stavroshamster
Just joined but couldn't get the SMP version to work.
The install.bat file seemed to run okay, but then tried running the exe file and it didn't seem to do anything.
Any thoughts?
I've never had any luck with the SMP client - it's far too unstable.
I'm using the GPU client and it gives me far more points, warms up my room in these cold winter nights and isn't quite so buggy. In fact, I've just OC'd my graphics card a bit which has given me another 200 PPD :P
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This is annoying, i have the latest 13" Macbook Pro, and i get this message when trying to run the mac F@H client
http://i.imagehost.org/0766/Picture_1.png
Any ideas? Its the only intel mac client available
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You running Snow Leopard by any chance?
If so right click the app and choose open in 32 bit if not it looks like that could be a PPC version of the client mis linked or something?
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Hi guys. I'm gonna join the team when I get in from work tonight.
Sorry if this is a question that has been asked repeatedly - if Im doing a bit of folding is it okay just to have a stock cooler? (Just got an i7 920). I'm gonna get a good cooler soon but until then.. I don't wanna do any damage to the CPU having it operate under full load for hours at a time..
ED: signed up with SMP and got it running. One more question - do I have to leave my computer on long enough for it to get to 100% to get the points? Or can I do a bit then shut it down then a bit then shut it down etc?
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Originally Posted by
Drobbins
You running Snow Leopard by any chance?
If so right click the app and choose open in 32 bit if not it looks like that could be a PPC version of the client mis linked or something?
Yeah that would probably cause a problem but im on 10.5.8 Leopard. It installed fine, the error comes up when i try to run the application from the apps folder after install. Do you know how i can set an app to open in 32bit? I couldn't find the option
thanks
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Strange, theres a F@H icon in the System Preferences, which allow me to enable or disable the F@H service, but either way trying to open the actual App fails
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Was looking into running this but I'm confused about how to do this.
I've got the two files, Folding@home-Win32-x86-systray-623 and FAH6.23beta-win32-SMP-mpich
Not sure how to use the "patch" though. Also, not sure how to get smp enabled too. In W7, the target box is greyed out.
Another problem I'm having is for F@h to save my username, passkey and team number, I've tried editing the client file but it doesn't seem to work.
Hopefully someone can help me get it up and running!
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Anyone having trouble getting new work units?
It has been cycling a "couldn't get work instruction" error since 5:50AM :mad: .
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Originally Posted by
Repressor
Anyone having trouble getting new work units?
It has been cycling a "couldn't get work instruction" error since 5:50AM :mad: .
nah, mine's running fine.
CPU and GPU both going strong :)
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Setting it up on my PS3 for now :) I don't think my laptop could handle it too well, but once I get my new system together I'll use that too.
This totally sounds like a good excuse to get an i7 over an i5. It's for SCIENCE!
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This isn't the easiest folding team to find details of. I had to revert to searching for Folding to get to this.
Anything we can do to promote the Hexus team? I for one am not a member (yet), but that's becasue there doesn't appear to be any sort of activity going on around f@h.
Am I missing something?:stupid:
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I switched from folding from CPC/BitTech to HeXus (because you know, HeXus is so awesome and stuff!). I agree there isnt much discussion, but what is there to discuss really?! :D
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It's declined in popularity of late, we've tried a few times to bolster support in our membership but to no avail. A lot of members have been trying to reduce their leccy bills too :)
But if you guys want to pick up the baton to raise the profile of Hexus folding, go for it :) Could do with some new blood.
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We're just Folding quietly really :)
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.c...php?s=&t=69776
Would be handy for the HEXUS frontpage to support it but meh...
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Very quietly judging by the stats. Only 23 active folders that I can see, which I'm stunned at!
I've got a target of getting into the top 200 for BizTech/CPC, then afterwards I think I'm going to come over.
Besides I could do with some help in setting up my gtx 295's so that they fold on both cores on my server. That should help our respective scores somewhat!
:)
See you in 200,000 points time I guess.... at the current rate that's 4 weeks, but I can get that down to 2 weeks if we don't have a heat wave.
...:rockon2:
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Incidentally, I've just started doing home-brew. This folding @ homelark kicks out just the right amount of heat to keep my room at a lovely warm 20-23 Degrees C. Beer LOVES fermenting at that temperature! :drool:
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Making beer and curing cancer rocks!
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Tattysnuc
Making beer and curing cancer rocks!
Quote of the week :)
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Originally Posted by
0iD
It's declined in popularity of late, we've tried a few times to bolster support in our membership but to no avail. A lot of members have been trying to reduce their leccy bills too :)
But if you guys want to pick up the baton to raise the profile of Hexus folding, go for it :) Could do with some new blood.
cant be arsed till they sort the bloody AMD GPU client out, and they seem in no rush to do it - if they want to get in bed with the green team then they can cure between themselves
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Originally Posted by
0iD
It's declined in popularity of late, we've tried a few times to bolster support in our membership but to no avail. A lot of members have been trying to reduce their leccy bills too :)
I got my central heating fixed so no longer needed a heater ;)
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I keep buying components to set up a folding box, then either running out of money or finding them DOA. I'm still hopeful that I will get a 4-GPU box up and running eventually though - at the minute I'm just trying to work out which machines to take apart in my attempt to save the motherboard I want to use (I suspect a dodgy BIOS flash which I might be able to fix...). Although I suppose there's always the 8400GS as a back up plan... ;)
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I had to remove it from my work PC when I got made redundant :(
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That kinda sucks :(
I think I've downloaded the SMP client to my dev server at work, but I haven't got round to setting it up yet. Will have to try and find some spare time to mess with it :D
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I am now back from university (although still have the matter of finals). Before I had two PC's one for home and one for uni. Ive now converted my home PC to home serving and folding. Most of the points from the OC'd 8800GT but also uses CPU client as well. Used to have CPU clients on various web browsing laptops etc, but the PPD for CPU folding is so low in comparison to PS3 / GPU (and even SMP)
Id also love the AMD client to get its life sorted out. The 5850 could whack out the PPD if AMD folding == Nvidia folding.
Not being a PS3 user myself - can you still select a team etc for the PS3 client or do you just contribute anonymously? Maybe worth promoting the team in the PS3 HeXus gaming forum if you can :)
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Originally Posted by
0iD
A lot of members have been trying to reduce their leccy bills too :)
Yep, thats my excuse, PS3 runs at ~200W right? Cant justify it
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Originally Posted by
Champman99
Not being a PS3 user myself - can you still select a team etc for the PS3 client or do you just contribute anonymously? Maybe worth promoting the team in the PS3 HeXus gaming forum if you can :)
Yea you can for the ps3
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Originally Posted by Marcos
Yep, thats my excuse, PS3 runs at ~200W right? Cant justify it
About 100 for the slim
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Originally Posted by
The_Wheelhouse
About 100 for the slim
Interesting, I wont feel so bad when my PS3 dies from too much GT5 play and i have to replace it with a slim
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One new active folder! Now.. MOAR! :)
My 8800GT is chugging away quite nicely. We just have to hope that now I'm back at Uni for revision week, the mother doesnt realise the folding machine is on and think its a mistake.
Top 3 producer! This is much better than CPC/BT - I'm a big fish, in a small (hopefully growing) pond!
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As promised a few pages back, I've reached my target folding for Biztech/Custom PC, now it's time to switch!
As from 8pm tonight I'm a Hexus boy.
Think I'll start a work log to track the change, record the PPD and record my methodlogy. I've got 2 watercooled GTX 295s that're sitting going spare. I'm only folding on my GTX 8800 testbed and GTX 285.
Anyone got any clear and concise details on setting up the GTX 295 to fold on both cores, including shortcuts to appropriate software?
OS is Win 7 x64 (Multimedia Server) with GTX 285 and XP pro on the GTX 8800
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.. and now we have two more machines folding for Team Hexus.
errrrr. What now?
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Well, I've left my gaming machine turned off from folding during the British Summer (ie 5 hot days in May) and have now attained the dizzy height of 44th (as of 4th June 12:43) already, which I'm very pleased with, but I'm very dissappointed to see that with 2 gfx cards folding (a GTX 285 and a GTX 8800) that I'm the top producing user by quite some way!
Anyone got any ideas how we can drum up some enthusiasm/interest for this very noble cause?
I'd love to see Hexus get into the top 100 folders because the community here seems really friendly, and there isn't too much needless trolling that goes on (have to admit, re-reading some of my comments on "Microsoft suffers Computex blues" that I am probably guilty of that a bit myself)
I have a water cooling system that I need to put into my File/folding server which I'm going to do a photo journal for, along with accompanying setup screen shots etc, but with the weather being so hot, I've steered well clear of my computer room of late.
I'd love to get more involved, so if anyone has any ideas, around folding, the please let's hear them!
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Hehe yes I was amazed a few weeks back when I managed top producer with my 8800GT folding 24/7
I think with the recession and all people are trying to save money on electricity, plus maybe selling old hardware that could be used for folding.
I personally had to stop after I dropped a bit of plastic in my 8800GT's fan without realizing, then turned on the PC, the fan couldnt spin, and the GPU melted. :(
I'm looking out for a bargainous 9800GT green, 9600GSO or something of that ilk to replace it though. I dont fold on my main rig purely because ATi folding is so dissapointing, plus the fact that I'm always using it, and with only 2 cores the CPU is usually required.
If I win the lottery I'll build myself a nice underground folding farm, with the secondary purpose of heating my house :D. Hex Cores could be great, 2 cores running two GPU's and still having 4 cores spare to run the SMP client.
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Has anyone managed to get both cores of a GTX 295 folding on Windows 7 X64 without using dummy plugs?
I've extended my desktop and that appears to work, and I have set up shortcuts to the folding client (systray one) but no joy.
Anyone?
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I've been watching the Hexus stats fo the past few months, and to put it politely, I was surprised to see how few people are folding for Hexus. I thought to myself that this was a shame for such a thriving community, and that bearing how much I read and enjoy reading the content published on Hexus, I really should change from Custom PC/Biz-tech - this I did in May 2010, and as of today I've been the top producer for some time, and climbed up the ranks to a dizzy 12th place in just 3 months.
So I thought to myself, "how come Custom PC/Biztech have so many people contributing, and how can we temp people to come back to Hexus?"
I do realise that in the summer months, few people have the need of a pc sitting there churning out folding stats and lots of heat, so I'd like to turn the question back to those who contribute?
Custom PC have a leaderboard which they publish every month showing those who have achieved notable landmarks each month, and I was thinking of doing something similar as a start point. Maybe a "Points This month" table for Hexus, and a team update so that we can see month by month how things are moving on and changing.
I appreciate that this information is available here but this doesn't track where we were and what has changed within Hexus. I'm sure that people would like to see their names up in lights on their favourite site?
Question to you all out there..... Is this worth doing or am I talking to the wrong forum? If the concencus is that this is worthwhile, then does anyone else have any suggestions?
I've recently lost two relatives to cancer, a work colleague to throat canceer, and my mother is fighting breast cancer.
I know that what we're doing here probably won't change any of the lives that are touched by this terrible dissease, but it's a very worthy goal and a fantastic way of benching, and I don't see why we can't have a little bit of fun and some friendly competition.
Why not reward those good folks out there folding in the name of hexus?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Mike
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Good idea there. I've looked at this page when I've started folding a few months ago, and this thread looked all but dead. I'm currently folding for one other forum which holds a competition monthly, when it runs out of prizes (non-material ones :) ) I may join the Hexus team.
But really, this place needs more action. In addition to monthly updates, maybe something like "show us the hardware you're folding on" thread and a thread to whine and joy on various events (like "yay, we passed team foldersunited" or "boo hoo, lost a WU due to unstable OC"). This thread has become too big to be convenient.
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i recently renegaded from the custom pc/bit-tech team because: i don't use their forums so not member of their community, and i thought i could do more good for smaller team here.
but finding it tough to fold atm with the heat, in winter i can run up to 10,000 ppd but atm it's nowhere near that or else i'd boil, and nvidia GPU hardware has kind of stood still for the last two years in terms of value ppd/$
i agree with your idea though would be good to have a board updately monthly with top performers and new members etc.
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I got quite into the folding business a few months ago and if I remember correctly, I hit no. 24, which was my plan (Michael-F). Then summer appeared and it all went a bit downhill.
I'm more than willing to start again and what Tattysnuc said in post #234 sounds like a good plan, hopefully it will motivate a few more people into donating some idle graphics cards to the cause.
Also, how do you get that stat tracker in your sig like what shbris has? I'd like to get me one of them...
EDIT: I've got the GPU and the SMP client running now, depending on the ppd and heat produced (my room is quite hot enough already), I'll decide whether to keep on with the CPU one or not.
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Well, I've turned off the SMP one due to heat and it doesn't get nearly as many ppd as the GPU client so I'll leave my 8800GT chugging away. I'm thinking of buying a new graphics card a bit later in the summer, are nVidia's still far superior to ATI in the folding respect?
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i see you found how to get it working!
but for others interest in a folding sig, head here:
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/?nav=IMAGES
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Originally Posted by
shbris
Yep, thanks to Queelis :)
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Hey guys,
great to see some activity over here at last. I'm away on holiday at the moment and like the feedback. Not entirely sure what by way of incentives can be obtained for prizes, but if we start small and then build from there, then surely it can only build from there.
I like the idea of a "folder of the month" spread, that floats my boat. Regarding the "our stats" page, I'm going to see what's available from http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com - it would seem a shame to manually have to copy what is already an automated process. I'll have a play over the next week or so at trying to get some data out and see what sort of work is involved in publishing a stats section for all us Hexus folders.
If anyone can show me how to embed a picture so that it appears in a forum post rather than the link appearing then I'd appreciate it, then I can start the threads in question.
Thanks for the feedback guys. Really was starting to think that folding was long since dead over here.
Mike (Tattysnuc)
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Hey,
I'm about to start folding again having bought a few new bits, (after the little burning out GPU incident)
I didnt want folding to adversely affect my server, so I've got a little seperate folding machine under construction
Its an X2 5000 45nm which I hope will unlock to 4 cores, meaning 1 core can feed the 8800GT leaving 3 for SMP folding.
And really nice to see some activity in the HeXus folding team :)
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It may also be an idea make a thread in GD to inform the masses of the latest push for folding when we're ready - GD gets vastly more views than this place!
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Oooh, i think i need to keep an eye on stats a bit more, when did my PPD take a pounding?, I'm only pulling in ~2k :/
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Originally Posted by
Champman99
Its an X2 5000 45nm which I hope will unlock to 4 cores, meaning 1 core can feed the 8800GT leaving 3 for SMP folding.
If you do unlock 4 cores, make sure you enable the "-smp 4" flag, since nVidia GPU client doesn't use much of the CPU at all, enabling you to fold with almost all 4 cores (unlike ATI GPU, which eats up basically a whole core).
As for my folding, I'm thinking of pausing for a while - the temperatures are said to hit 35 Celsius in the following days, and my whiney heatsink is bugging the hell out of me :crazy:
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Originally Posted by
Queelis
If you do unlock 4 cores, make sure you enable the "-smp 4" flag, since nVidia GPU client doesn't use much of the CPU at all, enabling you to fold with almost all 4 cores (unlike ATI GPU, which eats up basically a whole core).
As for my folding, I'm thinking of pausing for a while - the temperatures are said to hit 35 Celsius in the following days, and my whiney heatsink is bugging the hell out of me :crazy:
What name do you fold under?
Temperatures in London are set to get very toasty too (not quite 35*C, thankfully) so depending on quite how hot, I'll have to see about my folding. And I seriously suggest getting a decent aftermarket cooler for your graphics card - the one for my 8800GT knocked 20*C off the temp and is doesn't go WWHHHHHHHHHHHHHZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ like the stock one did lol
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Originally Posted by
Englander
It may also be an idea make a thread in GD to inform the masses of the latest push for folding when we're ready - GD gets vastly more views than this place!
Thats an excellent suggestion - I've got tomorrow off work, so I'll take the pics of my rigs and get the "get yer (folding) bits out..." thread started in earnest. I've been looking at what Biz-tech do, and it's given me some food for thought.
So far the suggestions are:
1. Photos of rigs sections
2. Hexus dedicated stats thread
3. Put a thread in the General Discussion thread to direct traffic over to the distributed computing
If anyone's got anything else to add, or I've missed anything (sorry) then please reply and suitably repromand me.
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I already have a vortexx neo for the 8800GT, but the room of all computerage is also air conned - so shouldnt be a problem.
The burnout on the last 8800GT happened when a little bit of plastic fell in it, preventing the fan from spinning. Toasty.
Interesting about using all four cores, I'll have to see about stability etc of the unlock because stability and accuracy of calculations is obviously important. Previously I've always run dual core so I think what I did is just run one GPU client and one standard CPU client. Or perhaps I ran one GPU client and then an SMP client on reduced priority. Used to give me about 6k ppd, 5.5 from the GPU and 500 from CPU folding.
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Originally Posted by
Englander
What name do you fold under?
Temperatures in London are set to get very toasty too (not quite 35*C, thankfully) so depending on quite how hot, I'll have to see about my folding. And I seriously suggest getting a decent aftermarket cooler for your graphics card - the one for my 8800GT knocked 20*C off the temp and is doesn't go WWHHHHHHHHHHHHHZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ like the stock one did lol
Queelis, just like here.
And the GPU is not a worry for me, I've a non-reference Sapphire HD4830, so it's really quiet and for my gaming needs (most often only CSS, some Portal and NFS:Shift) I most often leave the fan fixed at 46% and the temperature stays within 60 degrees. I don't fold with the GPU, since with ATI it's not really worthwhile, I leave only CPU SMP client on (and currently the temperature is a cool 46 degrees load (considering outside it's 30-32), but the CPU fan spins at a snappy 5200RPM, in the morning it was 5700 :mrgreen: So that's my worry, planning on getting a Zalman Performa or a Flex - really great coolers for a relatively low price. )
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Folding thread in GD bumped, should give us a few more views :)
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Got everything nicely set up again from a personal standpoint but dissapointing to see we are still only at 20 active members or so.
Its such a good cause and the people on HeXus are just the type of people that have powerful hardware thats left on 24/7 anyway doing nothing. Even if you werent getting seriously involved with GPUs and the like its easy enough to have the Uniprocessor tray client running while your browsing or something isnt it? Thats the way folding used to be before high performance clients. I just had the uniprocessor client installed on my mums laptop and she never even noticed it was there.
In my experience on other sites its actually quite unusual for a hardware and technology site as big and popular as hexus to have such a small folding team.
I'm running the SMP terminal client on my main gaming rid on standard idle prio and I'm finding I can happily game on the majority without needing to shut it down as I dont find it interfereing with my FPS at all. With so many games still single threaded you may as well be using that extra core imo!
Currently I have (more details on the two highest producers in the seperate thread)
Folding machine running SMP and GPU
Main rig running SMP
Server running Uniprocessor
Laptop running SMP. Its an 8600M GS in the laptop which is supposed to be supported, but I cant get it to work just feeds me "unstable machine" back all the time. (Any ideas welcome, latest drivers are installed, im thinking possibly it actually needs a driver rollback, not sure)
Also this latest push as far as I'm concerned with folding is the first time I've bothered with a passkey. I dont know how significant the bonuses are at all, but it took about 10 seconds to get it and can just copy and paste from the email into the client, so why not?!
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Can I tell the Mac client to not burn at 100% CPU? If could dedicate 40-50% of my CPU during the night to folding then i probs would leave it on every night.
I've stopped running the PS3's client, 200w every night is no good for the environment or my bills
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Originally Posted by
Marcos
Can I tell the Mac client to not burn at 100% CPU? If could dedicate 40-50% of my CPU during the night to folding then i probs would leave it on every night.
I've stopped running the PS3's client, 200w every night is no good for the environment or my bills
Isn't there such an option when you run F@H with the -configonly tag? Either in the basic, or the advanced options.
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God I hate the 6041 project, takes me four days to finish one WU :/
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Interesting, the GPU ones I'm getting are going at a rate of 1 every 1.5-2 hours!
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I've just installed the uniprocessor client just because I can and was wondering how the "allow receipt of work units >10MB yadadada" tick box effects PPD. I've always just ticked it but wonder if someone can saev me a few days of experimentation by telling me what it does to PPD!
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Currently folding again on an on/off basis. Work machine has a Q9950 I think it is which folds 8am - 5pm and then the q6600 at home when I am not using the PC for much. Although its using 4 cores on both machines they are all taking 6+ hours to do a WU. Tried getting the 5870 folding but no matter on the version I use from Folding@Home for the GPU I get messages saying the card isn't supported.
Won't be making a massive contribution to the team in comparison to other team members but I will be folding when I can.
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Originally Posted by
Englander
I've just installed the uniprocessor client just because I can and was wondering how the "allow receipt of work units >10MB yadadada" tick box effects PPD. I've always just ticked it but wonder if someone can saev me a few days of experimentation by telling me what it does to PPD!
Well, probably it's safe to assume that the work units that are bigger would carry a bigger credit - how much is that to be worth it is another question :juggle:
Regarding the GPU WUs, yes, when I was folding with my VGA (ATI, so stopped bothering once got SMP client running) it would do a WU every couple hours as well - it's the SMP units that are (on my PC at least) from 14 hours of pure folding to 48 hours (only got one of these so far).
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Re: The new Hexus Teams - Setting up Folding at Home
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Originally Posted by
Grey M@a
Tried getting the 5870 folding but no matter on the version I use from Folding@Home for the GPU I get messages saying the card isn't supported.
You want to use the "-forcegpu ati_r700"
Start up the client, then go to configure
Go to the advance tab.
At the bottom in additional client parameters type in -forcegpu ati_r700
and it should work once you restart
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Just moved up to 4th in terms of 24 hour average. Woo!
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Originally Posted by
The_Wheelhouse
You want to use the "-forcegpu ati_r700"
Start up the client, then go to configure
Go to the advance tab.
At the bottom in additional client parameters type in -forcegpu ati_r700
and it should work once you restart
That's half the issue. I found the fix you just posted but the client won't even get to the stage where I can see the advanced options. It loads, then quits out instantly moaning that the 5870 Asus card is not supported by the client :/ Doesn't give the option to let me get to the client running without folding. Allows no choice to carry on regardless. I will look into it more in the future, for now the q6600 will have to do running the odd few hours here and there.
Work machine won't be folding until next week as I am off work atm. Work is forcing me to use my holiday time built up, so not arguing :D
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Originally Posted by
Grey M@a
That's half the issue. I found the fix you just posted but the client won't even get to the stage where I can see the advanced options. It loads, then quits out instantly moaning that the 5870 Asus card is not supported by the client :/ Doesn't give the option to let me get to the client running without folding. Allows no choice to carry on regardless.
Before you press ok, the folding icon should appear in the part by the clock, right click on it and go to configure.
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Re: The new Hexus Teams - Setting up Folding at Home
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Originally Posted by
Grey M@a
That's half the issue. I found the fix you just posted but the client won't even get to the stage where I can see the advanced options. It loads, then quits out instantly moaning that the 5870 Asus card is not supported by the client :/ Doesn't give the option to let me get to the client running without folding. Allows no choice to carry on regardless. I will look into it more in the future, for now the q6600 will have to do running the odd few hours here and there.
Work machine won't be folding until next week as I am off work atm. Work is forcing me to use my holiday time built up, so not arguing :D
In the shortcut which you run, go to its properties -> shortcut -> target. There you should see "C:\blabla\fah.exe". After it type -forcegpu ati_r700 so it looks like this:
Code:
"C:\blabla\fah.exe" -forcegpu ati_r700
Should cure your problem.
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Bit of a thread revival but can i run the CPU and GPU client at the same time.
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You can but you might want to give the GPU client a core to itself or give it a higher affinity in task manager so you don't 'starve' the GPU client.
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How efficient is the PS3?
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If you have an ATI card, then don't bother - the GPU client eats a whole core and bogs down the SMP (I'm assuming you're using SMP, right?).
nVidia GPU client is said to be not at all CPU-hungry, so you might just run them in tandem, and you don't even have to bother to allocate a whole core to that (or so they say).
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My CPU usage is at 35% whenfolding! :x
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Are you running the SMP client? Did you remember to put the -smp flag in the shortcut?
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Originally Posted by
Queelis
Are you running the SMP client? Did you remember to put the -smp flag in the shortcut?
yeah I am, it was just a weird WU, now one that required 500000 steps instead of 250000 and using 95% CPU load :)
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Originally Posted by
nibbler
yeah I am, it was just a weird WU, now one that required 500000 steps instead of 250000 and using 95% CPU load :)
Actually, the 500k ones are pretty common and relatively easy to fold.
ATM I'm folding a 2M-step unit, that takes more than a day of pure folding on my 2.8GHz X4 Phenom :eek:
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Not surprised. I take about 16 hours for 500k.
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Originally Posted by
nibbler
Not surprised. I take about 16 hours for 500k.
Yeah, that's about right. And when you start getting bonus, a 500k WU is usually worth something around 2400 points, maybe around 2000 if you take a bit longer.
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You get that every x work units?
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So, I've got a GTX 460 - whats the best version and settings i should be using ?
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use the new gpu3 folding client, making sure you remove any old gpu2 client carefully!! unfortunately it's only a system tray client atm, no console client but whatever
gpu3 i've found is MUCH better at being a low priority process in terms of gpu, even HD video works while it's folding
then fold away, mine does around 9000 ppd, never going above 53 degrees which is incredible
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I installed the GPU3 client but according to Afterburner GPU usage is <5%.
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hmm was gpu 2 removed properly?
first time i installed gpu 3 didn't work properly, had to properly remove all traces of folding at home then re-install it
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I would imagine so.
I used CCleaner and ran a registry cleanse before installing.
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Originally Posted by
nibbler
You get that every x work units?
When you finish 10 work units, every work unit's credit increases from, say, 481, to around 2000, depending on the speed you finish them at (might be a bit more; here I'm talking about the 500k work unit).
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I don't know if anyone else has noticed or mentioned this; the SMP guide post #1 of this thread is out dated, the new SMP2 client doesn't use MPICH and is far easier to set up.
My own quick guide here.
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Thanks for the updated guide DDY... I'll set about the install once I've got my new rig.
I've got to say that as a new member of Hexus, I was completely baffled by what folding at home was, what it entailed or what the purpose of the group is... the initial post doesn't actually say anything about helping medical research, it relies on the user clicking on a number of different links before stumbling across a page that gives a description. In my most humble of opinions, it might help gain a few more members if there was more of an introduction to the topic...
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Originally Posted by
tearnetdp
Thanks for the updated guide DDY... I'll set about the install once I've got my new rig.
I'm afraid to say that guide is two years out of date!
Although, there's good news; folding is actually much easier now with the new 'V7' client, it's pretty much a unified point and click GUI for regular, SMP and GPU folding.
Download the new client here
Now the hard bit is choosing a username; more info here
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hahaha, indeed it is, but still better than being 5 years old as per the first post!
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what's the linux client like? easy to set up? looking at creating a NAS which could hopefully run it in background, possible GPU as well (make us of an old one)
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Originally Posted by
shbris
what's the linux client like? easy to set up? looking at creating a NAS which could hopefully run it in background, possible GPU as well (make us of an old one)
CPU folding is almost as easy on Linux as it is on Windows with the new-ish V7 client and its GUI, in the past you'd have to make do with a third party GUI or run it in terminal - still dead easy to do though.
GPU folding however, is not easy to setup. It involves running the Windows client on Wine and the setup is quite longwinded, but well documented. So while GPU folding on Linux it isn't officially supported, it can be done with relative ease by following instructions posted by F@H users on the internet.
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Hi all.
Just thought I should say hello as this my first post on the hexus forums.
Been reading them for a long time and finally got round to joining.
Anyway the main point of this post is I also joined team hexus F@H, I was
folding for cpc&bitech but I have really started to dislike the forums over there.
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welcome! what sort of rig do you fold on?
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Folding on Amd fx6200.
The rig in my sig.
Been thinking of putting my GPU to work, but not sure how that would effect the life span of my card.
Thanks for the welcome.
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Finally got my eBay-scrounged folder running. Old Dell Precision T5500 with a GTX 660TI for good measure.
The Xeon X5560 CPU has been happily running at 10k ppd for a while now but having NVS and GTX cards in at the same time had kyboshed GPU folding. A little trial and error with the folding client slot configuration has sorted that now so hopefully she might squeek up to 30k ppd total :)
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Well that was shortlived!
The T5500 became a test-bed for my dearest's latest video project and although it isn't quite as fast the i5 it's now become a gaming/recording rig instead. :(
All in she was rocking 300k ppw for a £300 outlay with no funky hardware shenaniggans. Now it's 45-50fps in Minecraft with fraps running :rolleyes:
So I've kicked my work CPU back to 100% and wait for the next funds to allow another shot at folding nirvana. :)
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Originally Posted by
Vimeous
Well that was shortlived!
The T5500 became a test-bed for my dearest's latest video project and although it isn't quite as fast the i5 it's now become a gaming/recording rig instead. :(
All in she was rocking 300k ppw for a £300 outlay with no funky hardware shenaniggans. Now it's 45-50fps in Minecraft with fraps running :rolleyes:
So I've kicked my work CPU back to 100% and wait for the next funds to allow another shot at folding nirvana. :)
Best of luck with that :)
Let us know if you need any bits I have a fair few older spares my other half would love me to get rid of.
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Hi all+.
going to try this folding buisness however i have a few questions.
1. how will this affect my CPU / GPU? will the life of them be reduced.
2. how much extra power will my rig use.
3. how do i join the hexus group for F@H - sorted this one myself.
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Hi deejay great to have you on-board!
Hardware lifespan is somewhat subjective and as to whether you use the CPU or GPU depends heavily on your kit. I'm a conservative folder so reliability > max speed for me.
If I'm going to GPU fold I always opt for a card with a custom cooler. A pre-overclocked card is fine so I don't have to start tweaking and worrying about self-induced reliability problems.
I don't permanently GPU fold because the cards generate too much heat for long-term running at home.
Modern NVidia GPU's have been the most efficient folders in terms of cost/points per day (ppd). My GTX660 TI's are easily my best folders netting 30k ppd at peak and around 28k average.
At present I almost exclusively CPU fold.
My work Xeon X5355 has been folding pretty much non stop for years. Being a server part it's designed for this sort of workload and is yet to falter. I bought a s/hand T5500 for exactly that reason and would be running it as well if I hadn't moved it home (cost & it's noisy!)
I have been folding with a stock clock i5 4670 since Christmas. Even with a stock HSF it's quiet and can be happily run in a spare room with moderate ventilation. I would use a sealed water cooler (e.g. Corsair H-series) for full piece of mind if my case would take it though it's probably just paranoia.
In terms of ppd: X5355 - 4k; X5560 - 10k; i5 4670 - 11k;
Generally CPU's have been designed to work harder for longer than GPU's. They don't have anything like the ppd output but even with moderate cooling should be a safer long-term bet.
Sadly I cannot tell you how power efficient my folding setups are. However having seen published power-draw figures for stock vs overclocked hardware (CPU and GPU) I'll not being using OC'd hardware if I'm paying the bills!
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Thanks for the tips.
I have decided to stick with CPU folding just now. See how I get on with it. I have direct cu2 cooler on my 7850 but when I done some gpu folding to start with, my care got really hot and it's not in the best area just now due to pending house move.
Maybe at my new home I can get a better location for my rig.
199 points so far. It's a start.
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So as the summer kicked in literal folding @ home took a back seat as we've currently got too many people and PC's in the same room with no air-con.
Fortunately the time has come for a new work PC which I rapidly setup this evening and have it running in with a little F@H lovin'. Fingers crossed all is well and it can settle back into a laid-back life servicing my every IT need and folding like there's no tomorrow!
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Absolument superbe ! Je veux le même !
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Originally Posted by
Saudrey
Absolument superbe ! Je veux le même !
En Anglais, s'il vous plait :)
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Ok they said :-
Absolutely superb! I want the same!
Or it could have been
I am a quarter of the way to free shipping :)
lol :)
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Originally Posted by
Jonj1611
Ok they said :-
Absolutely superb! I want the same!
Or it could have been
I am a quarter of the way to free shipping :)
lol :)
Except free shipping only applies to mainland UK addresses :)