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Would you run the SMP client without the -smp flag or just DL and run the standard client?
I'm not convinced that'd work: afaik you have to submit 10 SMP units to start getting bonus points. I don't think you'll get SMP units if you run without the SMP flag (I occasionally get non-SMP units even with the SMP flag!). Given how quickly you should be able to fold SMP units I'd personally just keep plugging away as you are.
The other option would be to run several SMP clients and specify how many threads they should use: you do this by adding a number after the -smp flag, so you could, for instance, set up three shortcuts each with a "-smp 2" flag: that would cause each smp unit to use 2 threads. However, I'm not convinced that would get through three units faster than just running them consecutively on all six cores...
Tattysnuc (09-02-2011)
Probably be slower if you think about it.Originally Posted by scaryjim
6 workunits down/uploading simultaneously would be a bottleneck, writing the hard drive for 6 parallel processes, running 6 clients, all smats of resource hogging. Stick as you are on second thoughts. Thanks Jim for making me think about this...
Oh yeah I thought it was just 10 WU, not specifically 10 SMP WU. It's just I don't fold 24/7 and not every day and this first 10 are a PITA to chew through especially if I get any more 2M step WU which take nearly 20 hours for still next to no points. Are there any faster units I can force, if I set the client to accept the smaller units for example?
That should work... Set the work units to "Small" in the setup. Also make sure that you've allocated 100% processor resource to it. You probably already have though...
My i7 970's now at 4.33Ghz and still stable folding!
I've only been quickly messing around, not even changed any of the voltages from Asus' "Auto".
The only think I've done is set the memory profile to XMP, dropped the memory frequency to 1444 (default is 1600), set the multi at 24 and fired it up just to see what would happen.
Who said these 970 chips were a pile of poop. Mines been the easiest chip to overclock I've ever owned! And thats coming from a guy who owns a 980x, but has previously owned countless other extreme edition chips (all bought cheaper off ebay... maybe that's my problem!)
Got a nice warm room to come home to too! Heatings completely off, and it's easily 25 degrees in here!
Corrrection - just had a BSOD. Downclocked to 4.25Ghz now and we seem to be stable..
(To the tune of Rawhide)
Folding, folding, Folding....
Tattysnucs a folding!
folding, folding, folding...
Sublime! (overclock that is!)
just broke my first mill
1stRaven (09-02-2011),Englander (09-02-2011),Tattysnuc (09-02-2011),Terbinator (10-02-2011),watercooled (09-02-2011)
Congrats!
Anyone else thing Tatty has been drinking a little too much beer tonight - Rawhide for petes sake!
btw guys is there a way to check if you're earning bonus points on SMP? i have two clients going and they've definitely done >10 WU but had a few hardware problems that means i've had a handful of failed returns, so wanna know when i get over 80%
Hmmm. I don't know of any resource online to check, but it should be in the log files in the initialisation part...
I think it's the thing in the log:
"Updated performance fraction: 0.512147"
which in my case is worrying..... mind you, this is the machine that was has been off for 40 days. Looks like I'm going to miss the deadline for this first unit too, despite being stable at 4250 Mhz. I'll let this one run through, then time the next one properly.
I may even manage to get a bash on Just Cause 2 in at the weekend.... Not too long though. Don't want to miss any more deadlines!
PF has nothing to do with it, this is a useful wiki for F@H questions most things will have been answered on here:
http://fahwiki.net/index.php/Performance_Fraction_(PF)
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Interesting. you can dump your queue.dat file using the qd-tools available here - they're written by a bloke called Dick Howell, apparently.
Dump your queue, and it tells you whether (and howmany) bonus points you're getting for each WU you've processed (up to 9 historically plus your current one), as well as providing your performance fraction: mine's currently sitting at 0.84, which is pretty good
Got another WU running, thankfully it's a 500k one this time, switching to small in the config might have helped. Unfortunately I've got a hair stuck in the intake fan of my nine hundred which makes an annoying ticking noise every now and then.Only problem is you have to nearly completely dismantle the case to get them out.
That sounds like an excellent and unique case mod - Hairy Case!Got another WU running, thankfully it's a 500k one this time, switching to small in the config might have helped. Unfortunately I've got a hair stuck in the intake fan of my nine hundred which makes an annoying ticking noise every now and then.
Is that like the desktop equivalent of this
watercooled (10-02-2011)
Fold for Hexus!
A possible recruiting tool, no?
Kalniel: "Nice review Tarinder - would it be possible to get a picture of the case when the components are installed (with the side off obviously)?"
CAT-THE-FIFTH: "The Antec 300 is a case which has an understated and clean appearance which many people like. Not everyone is into e-peen looking computers which look like a cross between the imagination of a hyperactive 10 year old and a Frog."
TKPeters: "Off to AVForum better Deal - £20+Vat for Free Shipping @ Scan"
for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.
Tattysnuc (10-02-2011)
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