what hardware are you folding with?

[twoodcc]

alright let's see what systems everyone has. please share what you have. i'll start:

#1
home built system
i7 930 @ 3.79 ghz
6 gb ram
gtx465
gtx260
running windows, bigadv units and gpu

#2
alienware computer
i7 920 @ 3.75 ghz
9 gb ram
2 x gtx260
running windows, bigadv units and gpu

#3
asus computer
i7 920 @ 3.82 ghz
9 gb ram
gtx 260
liquid cooled - i added myself a corsair H50
running windows, bigadv units and gpu

#4
2006 mac pro (1st gen)
2 x 2.66 xeon
14 gb ram
gts 250
2 x 9800GT
running windows, advmethods units and gpu

#5
ps3 folding

and that's all i have folding right now. i've got a few laptops around, but i'm not folding with them. if i get close to 100k ppd, i might start them up to put me over the hump.

i would love to sell some of these and get a new mac pro. we'll see

[SciFrog]

1) Mac Pro 2007 8 cores 3Ghz. 22k PPD with bigadv

2) iMac 2006 2.13 1.1k PPD

3) Mac Mini 2007 2Ghz 1k PPD

4) MacBook 2006 2.13 1k PPD

5) MacBook Air 1st gen 1.6 400 PPD unless I miss the bonus dealine

[Matty-p]

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1- ps3 folding


2- my home build i7 quad core (4gb ram (ATM about to go to 8gb )


3- sometimes nvidia graph card on above system

Seems kinda little but I'm 15 so I don't have much hard ware I like thread starter have 2 laptops and a netbook I could use but don't

[TheShinyMac]

What is folding? No really. What is it?

[Matty-p]

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What is folding? No really. What is it?

Short for folding at home basically in short it's a project started and maintained by Stanford uni where you install software on your computer and it uses your hardwares orocesing power to simulate protines folding basically this reasearch helps them understand about misfolding protines and basically in short the reaserch helps them find cures for all sorts of stuff like cancer and altsimers ect for a more detailed explanation wikipedia write a good explanation but also google fah and look on their website


http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding%40home?wasRedirected=true

[twoodcc]

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1- ps3 folding


2- my home build i7 quad core (4gb ram (ATM about to go to 8gb )


3- sometimes nvidia graph card on above system

Seems kinda little but I'm 15 so I don't have much hard ware I like thread starter have 2 laptops and a netbook I could use but don't

what is your folding name?

what client are you using with your i7 machine? you should get a good ppd with that machine

[lordonuthin]

Originally posted by TheShinyMac
What is folding? No really. What is it?

[SIZE=1]
Short for folding at home basically in short it's a project started and maintained by Stanford uni where you install software on your computer and it uses your hardwares orocesing power to simulate protines folding basically this reasearch helps them understand about misfolding protines and basically in short the reaserch helps them find cures for all sorts of stuff like cancer and altsimers ect for a more detailed explanation wikipedia write a good explanation but also google fah and look on their website


http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding%40home?wasRedirected=true

Like Matty-p says! here is a link to their website (http://folding.stanford.edu/). It's a way for us to help medical research.

[lordonuthin]

I'm at work so this is from memory...

1) 2009 Macpro 8 core 2.66mhz
6 gigs of ram, Mac OSX 10.6.4
40-50k ppd running -bigadv

2)home built rig in server box
i7 980x at stock speed
12 gigs of ram, Ubuntu Linux
?? ppd standard a3 units
this is the one that will get windows and a gtx 480 so it can run -bigadv + gpu

3)home built rig in server box
i7 920 at stock speed
6 gigs ram, Win 7
??ppd standard wu
2x gtx 275 gpu 7k ppd each
1x gt 260 gpu 4k ppd

4)home built rig in server box
AMD cpu 6 gigs ram, win 7
??ppd standard wu
2x gtx 275 gpu 7k ppd each
1x gt 260 gpu 4k ppd

[twoodcc]

I'm at work so this is from memory...

1) 2009 Macpro 8 core 2.66mhz
6 gigs of ram, Mac OSX 10.6.4
40-50k ppd running -bigadv

2)home built rig in server box
i7 980x at stock speed
12 gigs of ram, Ubuntu Linux
?? ppd standard a3 units
this is the one that will get windows and a gtx 480 so it can run -bigadv + gpu

3)home built rig in server box
i7 920 at stock speed
6 gigs ram, Win 7
??ppd standard wu
2x gtx 275 gpu 7k ppd each
1x gt 260 gpu 4k ppd

4)home built rig in server box
AMD cpu 6 gigs ram, win 7
??ppd standard wu
2x gtx 275 gpu 7k ppd each
1x gt 260 gpu 4k ppd

man you could be getting a lot more PPD if you overclocked the 2 home built i7 machines. of course windows is where the bigadv units are right now, so that's where the points are.

i am curious, what do you do when you get a new video card or processor, with the old one? in other words, do you use the old stuff, or just take it out and let it sit around?

that's the hardest issue i have with upgrading. i'd love to upgrade my system to a 6-core, but then i'd have my 4-core just sitting there

[lordonuthin]

man you could be getting a lot more PPD if you overclocked the 2 home built i7 machines. of course windows is where the bigadv units are right now, so that's where the points are.

i am curious, what do you do when you get a new video card or processor, with the old one? in other words, do you use the old stuff, or just take it out and let it sit around?

that's the hardest issue i have with upgrading. i'd love to upgrade my system to a 6-core, but then i'd have my 4-core just sitting there

I've had problems with stability trying to overclock but maybe when I have some time I can do some tweeking.

Well so far old stuff just sits around :D I have 4 identical naked amd rigs I should get on ebay, they were too slow to make a difference in my points, plus other odds and ends I don't use any more.

[lordonuthin]

I'm at work so this is from memory...

1) 2009 Macpro 8 core 2.66mhz
6 gigs of ram, Mac OSX 10.6.4
40-50k ppd running -bigadv

2)home built rig in server box
i7 980x at stock speed
12 gigs of ram, Ubuntu Linux
?? ppd standard a3 units
this is the one that will get windows and a gtx 480 so it can run -bigadv + gpu

3)home built rig in server box
i7 920 at stock speed
6 gigs ram, Win 7
??ppd standard wu
2x gtx 275 gpu 7k ppd each
1x gt 260 gpu 4k ppd

4)home built rig in server box
AMD cpu 6 gigs ram, win 7
??ppd standard wu
2x gtx 275 gpu 7k ppd each
1x gt 260 gpu 4k ppd

Update: on PPD the gtx 275's are getting more like 9k ppd and the gt 260's are getting about 7k ppd

[twoodcc]

I've had problems with stability trying to overclock but maybe when I have some time I can do some tweeking.

Well so far old stuff just sits around :D I have 4 identical naked amd rigs I should get on ebay, they were too slow to make a difference in my points, plus other odds and ends I don't use any more.

well if you are having trouble overclocking, i'd be happy to help you out. i'm not the best either, but i've been learning.

so did you upgrade to that 6-core processor? or did you build a new system around it?

[lordonuthin]

well if you are having trouble overclocking, i'd be happy to help you out. i'm not the best either, but i've been learning.

so did you upgrade to that 6-core processor? or did you build a new system around it?

I built a new system with a gigabyte x58a-ud3 and stock cooler, which is massive. It can handle 2 x16 cards, I probably didn't need all that ram though for a single cpu and I already had a 650 psu but if that isn't enough power I will have to swap the 480 into one of the other systems which have 1200 watt psu's.

I have one more 650 psu that I want to use this fall for another build so that I can put the 275 gpu's into the 650 psu builds and 2 each 400 class gpu's into the 1200 watt machines, does that make sense? Anyway I will end up with: 2 builds with 650 watt psu's and 4 gtx 275 gpu's and 2 builds with 1200 watt psu's with 4 400 class gpu's.

My goal is to reach 1 million points per week!

[twoodcc]

I built a new system with a gigabyte x58a-ud3 and stock cooler, which is massive. It can handle 2 x16 cards, I probably didn't need all that ram though for a single cpu and I already had a 650 psu but if that isn't enough power I will have to swap the 480 into one of the other systems which have 1200 watt psu's.

I have one more 650 psu that I want to use this fall for another build so that I can put the 275 gpu's into the 650 psu builds and 2 each 400 class gpu's into the 1200 watt machines, does that make sense? Anyway I will end up with: 2 builds with 650 watt psu's and 4 gtx 275 gpu's and 2 builds with 1200 watt psu's with 4 400 class gpu's.

My goal is to reach 1 million points per week!

oh ok. so you will primary fold with just 4 systems, or 5?

right now i have 4 primary systems that i'm folding with, and i would love to build another, but not right now with the heat. maybe when it gets colder. sometimes i wish i had a basement to put them!

just so you know, you can fold with a 200 series and 400 series gpu in the same system. it took a little for me to get it to work, but it does.

let us know when you start building another rig. and how the overclock is coming!

[lordonuthin]

oh ok. so you will primary fold with just 4 systems, or 5?

right now i have 4 primary systems that i'm folding with, and i would love to build another, but not right now with the heat. maybe when it gets colder. sometimes i wish i had a basement to put them!

just so you know, you can fold with a 200 series and 400 series gpu in the same system. it took a little for me to get it to work, but it does.

let us know when you start building another rig. and how the overclock is coming!

I'll still use the mac pro so that would be 5 systems.

Heat is a problem for me too so the overclocking will have to wait a while and a new build will have to wait a couple of months.

[twoodcc]

I'll still use the mac pro so that would be 5 systems.

Heat is a problem for me too so the overclocking will have to wait a while and a new build will have to wait a couple of months.

oh ok. yeah 5 systems is quite a bit. i think for right now 4 is my limit. so for me to get anything else, i'd have to sell something. but we'll see. i'd love to build a 6 or 12 core system

[lordonuthin]

So I got the GTX 480 and was messing around with getting it running without any luck. I'll have to spend some more time with it and getting windows installed on the 980x machine. I tried swapping it with a gt 260 but it didn't want to run, it was getting errors.

[twoodcc]

So I got the GTX 480 and was messing around with getting it running without any luck. I'll have to spend some more time with it and getting windows installed on the 980x machine. I tried swapping it with a gt 260 but it didn't want to run, it was getting errors.

you have to run the gpu3 client to get it to work. it has to get a core15 unit. gpu2 uses core11 (you can actually get core11 in gpu3, but they only work on 200 series gpus)

i can help you with this if you need it. are you running just the 480, or the 480 with another card?

[lordonuthin]

I've put the 480 back into the 980x machine and installed windows and everything was fine until I installed the latest Nvidia driver, which is required to do folding in the gpu, now the video is flashing on and off, black screen, more off than on so it's impossible to do anything :mad: I checked Nvidia's web site and it seems that this may be a known issue. Oh, it also runs for a couple of hours then shuts down for no reason :mad: So at present I'm stuck until they get the driver fixed, and who know how long that will take. I can't even get the folding software loaded until I can see the screen at least most of the time :mad:

[twoodcc]

I've put the 480 back into the 980x machine and installed windows and everything was fine until I installed the latest Nvidia driver, which is required to do folding in the gpu, now the video is flashing on and off, black screen, more off than on so it's impossible to do anything :mad: I checked Nvidia's web site and it seems that this may be a known issue. Oh, it also runs for a couple of hours then shuts down for no reason :mad: So at present I'm stuck until they get the driver fixed, and who know how long that will take. I can't even get the folding software loaded until I can see the screen at least most of the time :mad:

oh man. that's not cool.

take a look here. (http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=15196) there is a link to a driver sweeper. direct link (http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper/) if the other doesn't work.

let us know if you are still having trouble and we'll try to help

[lordonuthin]

oh man. that's not cool.

take a look here. (http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=15196) there is a link to a driver sweeper. direct link (http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper/) if the other doesn't work.

let us know if you are still having trouble and we'll try to help

Well I fixed the video problem... I have been using a KVM to route all video to one monitor that way I don't have to keep unplugging the monitor from each machine as I check it, so I decided to see what would happen if I hooked the monitor directly to the 980x and it works perfectly that way.

Then I tried to load the folding apps and that didn't go so well so I have some more work to do to figure that out.

[twoodcc]

Well I fixed the video problem... I have been using a KVM to route all video to one monitor that way I don't have to keep unplugging the monitor from each machine as I check it, so I decided to see what would happen if I hooked the monitor directly to the 980x and it works perfectly that way.

Then I tried to load the folding apps and that didn't go so well so I have some more work to do to figure that out.

well glad you got it figured out.

as for the folding apps, let me know what you tried, so i can help you get it working!

[lordonuthin]

well glad you got it figured out.

as for the folding apps, let me know what you tried, so i can help you get it working!

All is well now, I have a bigadv unit started on it as well as gpu folding. I took some fiddling around trying figure it out but it's cranking now, should see results soon. It did run one normal a3 unit in very quick time and the gpu is hitting about 14k ppd which is slow :p but I think the cpu is hogging all it's cycles.

I'll need to figure out how to adjust things to get them both running at best speed. And when the weather gets cooler I can try oc'ing this rig as well as the other 2 rigs.

[lordonuthin]

By the way - I feel like a traitor running 3 (legit) copies of windows for a mac team, Ubuntu is still on some of the disks but not running on anything now. At least I have Mac OSX running on the Mac Pro with maybe another Mac Pro coming next year... sometime...

[twoodcc]

All is well now, I have a bigadv unit started on it as well as gpu folding. I took some fiddling around trying figure it out but it's cranking now, should see results soon. It did run one normal a3 unit in very quick time and the gpu is hitting about 14k ppd which is slow :p but I think the cpu is hogging all it's cycles.

I'll need to figure out how to adjust things to get them both running at best speed. And when the weather gets cooler I can try oc'ing this rig as well as the other 2 rigs.

glad you got it working! if you think the cpu is taking away from the gpu, then run -smp 11 in your case (12 logical cores right?) that will give a little to the gpu (i have 8 logical cores, and on one machine i run -smp 7 to give to the gpus)

yeah you gotta overclock to get the real points

By the way - I feel like a traitor running 3 (legit) copies of windows for a mac team, Ubuntu is still on some of the disks but not running on anything now. At least I have Mac OSX running on the Mac Pro with maybe another Mac Pro coming next year... sometime...

i don't feel bad really. i still use macs everyday, just not for folding right now.

dang you would really put up some points if you got another mac pro!

[lordonuthin]

Hmmm, I'm not seeing any improvement in ppd even though the gtx 480 is humming right along. Foldingmon indicates it is doing about 14k ppd so I should see some difference, I will have to triple check to make sure I'm listed a the donor and not anonymous, hate to be loosing that many points :eek:

[twoodcc]

Hmmm, I'm not seeing any improvement in ppd even though the gtx 480 is humming right along. Foldingmon indicates it is doing about 14k ppd so I should see some difference, I will have to triple check to make sure I'm listed a the donor and not anonymous, hate to be loosing that many points :eek:

yeah i would double check. you never know. are you running the console client? or the system tray one?

[twoodcc]

well i'm having heat issues with one of my systems. after messing around some tonight, i've got it running at 4.0 ghz, but no gpu folding. it did have 2 x 260s folding before, but was having problems.

right now i have the side of the case off, and a box fan blowing air on it. it's actually making it much cooler. so i might try to go for 4.2 ghz tomorrow

[lordonuthin]

yeah i would double check. you never know. are you running the console client? or the system tray one?

I'm running the console for both gpu and cpu and I just checked again and everything seems in order. whiterabbit and 3446 for both clients.

[twoodcc]

I'm running the console for both gpu and cpu and I just checked again and everything seems in order. whiterabbit and 3446 for both clients.

what flags are you using for the gpu?

[lordonuthin]

what flags are you using for the gpu?

None.

[twoodcc]

None.

here's what i use on my 465

-gpu 0 -forcegpu nvidia_fermi -verbosity 9 -local

[lordonuthin]

Here is a snippet from the console, it includes all the parameter and I did just change the size to big and set -advmethods.

# Windows GPU Console Edition ###############################################
###############################################################################

Folding@Home Client Version 6.30r1

http://folding.stanford.edu

###############################################################################
###############################################

Launch directory: C:\FAH\.Folding@home-Win32-GPU_Vista-631
Executable: C:\FAH\.Folding@home-Win32-GPU_Vista-631\Folding@home-Win32-GPU.exe


[16:33:24] Gpu type=3 species=30.
[16:33:24] Configuring Folding@Home...

User name [Anonymous]? whiterabbit
Team Number [0]? 3446
Passkey []? xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Ask before fetching/sending work (no/yes) [no]?
Use proxy (yes/no) [no]?
Acceptable size of work assignment and work result packets (bigger units
may have large memory demands) -- 'small' is <5MB, 'normal' is <10MB, and
'big' is >10MB (small/normal/big) [normal]? big
Change advanced options (yes/no) [no]? yes
Core Priority (idle/low) ?
CPU usage requested (5-100) [100]?
Disable highly optimized assembly code (no/yes) [no]?
Pause if battery power is being used (useful for laptops) (no/yes) [no]?
Interval, in minutes, between checkpoints (3-30) [15]?
Memory, in MB, to indicate (12286 available) [12286]?
S[I]et -advmethods flag always, requesting new advanced
scientific cores and/or work units if available (no/yes) [no]? yes
Ignore any deadline information (mainly useful if
system clock frequently has errors) (no/yes) [no]?
Machine ID (1-16) [2]?
Launch automatically, install as a service in this directory (yes/no) [no]?
The following options require you to restart the client before they take effect
Disable CPU affinity lock (no/yes) [no]?
Additional client parameters []?
IP address to bind core to (for viewer) []?

[16:35:29] - Ask before connecting: No
[16:35:29] - User name: whiterabbit (Team 3446)
[16:35:29] - User ID: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[16:35:29] - Machine ID: 2
[16:35:29]
[16:35:29] Loaded queue successfully.
[16:35:29]
[16:35:29] + Processing work unit
[16:35:29] Core required: FahCore_15.exe
[16:35:29] Core found.
[16:35:29] Working on queue slot 04 [August 28 16:35:29 UTC]
[16:35:29] + Working ...
[16:35:29]
[16:35:29] *------------------------------*
[16:35:29] Folding@Home GPU Core -- Beta
[16:35:29] Version 2.09 (Thu May 20 11:58:42 PDT 2010)
[16:35:29]
[16:35:29] Build host: SimbiosNvdWin7
[16:35:29] Board Type: Nvidia
[16:35:29] Core :
[16:35:29] Preparing to commence simulation
[16:35:29] - Looking at optimizations...
[16:35:29] - Files status OK
[16:35:29] sizeof(CORE_PACKET_HDR) = 512 file=<>
[16:35:29] - Expanded 43859 -> 163067 (decompressed 371.7 percent)
[16:35:29] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=43859 data_size=1630
67, decompressed_data_size=163067 diff=0
[16:35:29] - Digital signature verified
[16:35:29]
[16:35:29] Project: 10632 (Run 90, Clone 29, Gen 49)
[16:35:29]
[16:35:29] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[16:35:29] Entering M.D.
[16:35:36] Will resume from checkpoint file work/wudata_04.ckp
[16:35:36] Tpr hash work/wudata_04.tpr: 3655745848 934491643 3442799145 1021089
896 1996015459
[16:35:36] Working on 582 p2750_N68H_AM03
[16:35:36] Client config found, loading data.
[16:35:36] Starting GUI Server
[16:35:36] Resuming from checkpoint
[16:35:36] fcCheckPointResume: retreived and current tpr file hash:
[16:35:36] 0 3655745848 3655745848
[16:35:36] 1 934491643 934491643
[16:35:36] 2 3442799145 3442799145
[16:35:36] 3 1021089896 1021089896
[16:35:36] 4 1996015459 1996015459
[16:35:36] fcCheckPointResume: file hashes same.
[16:35:36] fcCheckPointResume: state restored.
[16:35:36] fcCheckPointResume: name work/wudata_04.log Verified work/wudata_04.l
og
[16:35:36] fcCheckPointResume: name work/wudata_04.trr Verified work/wudata_04.t
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[16:35:36] fcCheckPointResume: name work/wudata_04.xtc Verified work/wudata_04.x
tc
[16:35:36] fcCheckPointResume: name work/wudata_04.edr Verified work/wudata_04.e
dr
[16:35:36] fcCheckPointResume: state restored 2
[16:35:36] Resumed from checkpoint
[16:35:36] Completed 1%
[16:36:14] Completed 2%
[16:36:51] Completed 3%
[16:37:29] Completed 4%
[16:38:06] Completed 5%
[16:38:44] Completed 6%
[16:39:21] Completed 7%
[16:39:58] Completed 8%
[16:40:36] Completed 9%
[16:41:13] Completed 10%
[16:41:51] Completed 11%

[lordonuthin]

here's what i use on my 465

-gpu 0 -forcegpu nvidia_fermi -verbosity 9 -local

Only one gpu in this system so -gpu 0 isn't necessary. I was thinking I saw that I didn't need to set -forcegpu nvidia_fermi and it is working fine just not as fast as I would like though wu's are going through in about an hour, -verbosity 9, meh, and -local, I don't know if that does anything with gpu clients?

[twoodcc]

you don't want -advmethods.

that's the problem i think. try it without -advmethods, and you should see a huge gain

edit: well i'm not sure. i don't think what you did is the same as -advmethods, but i am not sure. you do have core_15, which is what you want.

you are getting 14k ppd with that card?

[lordonuthin]

you don't want -advmethods.

that's the problem i think. try it without -advmethods, and you should see a huge gain

edit: well i'm not sure. i don't think what you did is the same as -advmethods, but i am not sure. you do have core_15, which is what you want.

you are getting 14k ppd with that card?

14k it is finishing a wu every hour so 24 x about 611 points per wu = 14,664 I think it would do better if I didn't have a -bigadv unit running all 12 cores of the cpu but dropping a core to give to the gpu would slow down the bigadv unit which by the way is keeping up with my mac pro at about 34 min per frame.

[twoodcc]

14k it is finishing a wu every hour so 24 x about 611 points per wu = 14,664 I think it would do better if I didn't have a -bigadv unit running all 12 cores of the cpu but dropping a core to give to the gpu would slow down the bigadv unit which by the way is keeping up with my mac pro at about 34 min per frame.

well you might still get the same 34 min per frame with -smp 11. it might be worth a shot to see.

one of my systems actually does better at bigadv units with -smp 7 instead of -smp 8.

[lordonuthin]

well you might still get the same 34 min per frame with -smp 11. it might be worth a shot to see.

one of my systems actually does better at bigadv units with -smp 7 instead of -smp 8.

I thought you weren't doing bigadv right now;) I'll try it with 11 to see what happens.

[twoodcc]

I thought you weren't doing bigadv right now;) I'll try it with 11 to see what happens.

i wasn't earlier, but when i finally starting getting things working like i wanted, i was able to start back up with bigadv units again. which is why my points are higher now. and i think i might have finally got one of my systems where i want (over 4 ghz). we'll see how long it lasts.

let us know have -smp 11 works

[lordonuthin]

Power was out for a while last night and just now getting everything back up.

I also got my first bigadv points posted from the 980x it finished in just over 2 days. Haven't changed to 11 cores yet though.

[twoodcc]

Power was out for a while last night and just now getting everything back up.

I also got my first bigadv points posted from the 980x it finished in just over 2 days. Haven't changed to 11 cores yet though.

yeah i hate it when the power goes out. it's only happened once to me in the last couple months. hopefully it doesn't happen at all.

yeah i saw that. good for you. looks like you had 2 bigadv units post today.

my big 3 machines are off schedule right now. i've been working on them a little, and i still need to work on one of them with the cpu cooler. but i just don't wanna shut it off

[OrangeSVTguy]

Now that I got my Quad fixed(it's only been running as a dual 2.5). I'm thinking of selling it and building a i7 computer with at least one or two GTX295 or 480. Haven't decided on which one I really want to set up first.

I did notice that it seems like F@H is only using one core. It's utilizing 100% though on one core then switches to another. Anyway to get all 4 cores fully running? Maybe I'll just use the G5 a bit longer if it can bring out some good numbers.

[twoodcc]

Now that I got my Quad fixed(it's only been running as a dual 2.5). I'm thinking of selling it and building a i7 computer with at least one or two GTX295 or 480. Haven't decided on which one I really want to set up first.

I did notice that it seems like F@H is only using one core. It's utilizing 100% though on one core then switches to another. Anyway to get all 4 cores fully running? Maybe I'll just use the G5 a bit longer if it can bring out some good numbers.

i'm really not sure about the ppc client. but i don't think you can use all 4 cores, unless you run 4 clients

[lordonuthin]

Now that I got my Quad fixed(it's only been running as a dual 2.5). I'm thinking of selling it and building a i7 computer with at least one or two GTX295 or 480. Haven't decided on which one I really want to set up first.

I did notice that it seems like F@H is only using one core. It's utilizing 100% though on one core then switches to another. Anyway to get all 4 cores fully running? Maybe I'll just use the G5 a bit longer if it can bring out some good numbers.

On the G5 you will have to run a folding client for each core/cpu. Otherwise on Intel chips if you set the -smp flag in the smp client that should make all cores work on the unit.

[OrangeSVTguy]

On the G5 you will have to run a folding client for each core/cpu. Otherwise on Intel chips if you set the -smp flag in the smp client that should make all cores work on the unit.

I was able to get 4 console clients running as I put the program in four different folders and ran the -local command and different device IDs. None of them worked as they wouldn't connect or something, can't remember the exact error. I also remember seeing the IP address was blank.

I'll play with it some more tonight when I get home.

There are no GPU clients for PPC right? Thinking my 7800GT could do something useful?

[twoodcc]

I was able to get 4 console clients running as I put the program in four different folders and ran the -local command and different device IDs. None of them worked as they wouldn't connect or something, can't remember the exact error. I also remember seeing the IP address was blank.

I'll play with it some more tonight when I get home.

There are no GPU clients for PPC right? Thinking my 7800GT could do something useful?

well post the error and we'll try to help.

GPU only works in windows, so you are out of look. but if you decide to build an i7 system, you can get over 30,000 PPD, depending on what all you buy

[OrangeSVTguy]

Bummer on the GPU. The 7800 is probably worthless anyways :p

Oh and I did manage to get all 4 clients running the the G5. Trying to figure out the PPD on that?

[twoodcc]

Bummer on the GPU. The 7800 is probably worthless anyways :p

Oh and I did manage to get all 4 clients running the the G5. Trying to figure out the PPD on that?

glad you got the 4 clients working. i think there are a few programs like fahmon that might be able to tell you your PPD. but i'm not sure since that's ppc

[techfreak85]

I'm folding with a i7 920 OC'd to 3.8 ghz.
6GB DDR3 @ 1600mhz
Running OS X and Bigadvs
When I boot into Windows, I run bigadvs and my 9800 GTX + GPU client.

[twoodcc]

I'm folding with a i7 920 OC'd to 3.8 ghz.
6GB DDR3 @ 1600mhz
Running OS X and Bigadvs
When I boot into Windows, I run bigadvs and my 9800 GTX + GPU client.

nice! what kind of times per frame are you getting in OS X?

[techfreak85]

nice! what kind of times per frame are you getting in OS X?
Between 35:30 -38:00 mins depending if I am using it/leave stuff open and running. It's like 2 mins faster in Windows.:(

[twoodcc]

Between 35:30 -38:00 mins depending if I am using it/leave stuff open and running. It's like 2 mins faster in Windows.:(

that's still not bad. is it the 2.93 ghz one or 2.8 ghz?

[techfreak85]

that's still not bad. is it the 2.93 ghz one or 2.8 ghz?
i7 920 is 2.66 ghz stock but I have it OC'd to 3.8 ghz.

[OrangeSVTguy]

The 920s overclock much better as you should be able to get to 4ghz no problem. I thought about putting my 920 back in and selling the 950.

[karsten]

i was waiting for a os x gpu client before i did it. seems much more efficient than cpu folding

[OrangeSVTguy]

i was waiting for a os x gpu client before i did it. seems much more efficient than cpu folding

A good folding farm running a bunch if bigadv units and with their bonuses could bring in more than GPU clients. My 950 @ 4ghz brings in 27k+ PPD with the bonus.

[twoodcc]

i7 920 is 2.66 ghz stock but I have it OC'd to 3.8 ghz.

oh ok nice. yeah you could try to push it to 4.0 ghz. it's always nice to start with a 4 :)

i was waiting for a os x gpu client before i did it. seems much more efficient than cpu folding

well from what i've read, that just isn't the case. GPUs use much more power than CPUs. the most efficient for the points is CPU folding (bigadv). the only advantage GPU folding has is that certain work units are only GPU, so if you are looking to work towards a certain disease, this might mean something to you

[OrangeSVTguy]

Picking up a 970 tonight. 6 cores of pure awesomeness :D. Can't wait!

[SciFrog]

Please tell us what speed you run the CPU and what PPD you get.

Tks

[twoodcc]

Picking up a 970 tonight. 6 cores of pure awesomeness :D. Can't wait!

Please tell us what speed you run the CPU and what PPD you get.

Tks

yes please. and let us know the other hardware (mobo, ram, hard drive, gpu) and what operating system.

[OrangeSVTguy]

yes please. and let us know the other hardware (mobo, ram, hard drive, gpu) and what operating system.
Guess I won't be telling tonight....

But anyways what I did have,

EVGA X58 SLI LE
6gb(3x 2gb) Corsair XMS3
500gb(was in the process of cloning to a 75gb WD Raptor)
2x GTX 460 768mb (OC shader)
Windows 7

[wordoflife]

If I was folding (don't see the point. I tried it for a few days and didn't see the point.), I'd be using this computer I built back in Jan '10.

Antec 900 two
4GB 1333 ddr3 RAM
Gigabyte P55A - UD3
GTX 260 892MB
1TB HDD

Been able to hit 3.8Ghz without changing the voltage very much. Maybe 1.25v. Didn't see the need to overclock just to see Facebook. Stock speeds are plenty fast for me now. Might bring it up gradually.

I hardly use that computer though, after I got my MBP :(

[twoodcc]

Guess I won't be telling tonight....

But anyways what I did have,

EVGA X58 SLI LE
6gb(3x 2gb) Corsair XMS3
500gb(was in the process of cloning to a 75gb WD Raptor)
2x GTX 460 768mb (OC shader)
Windows 7

hmm, i think i have that same motherboard.

If I was folding (don't see the point. I tried it for a few days and didn't see the point.), I'd be using this computer I built back in Jan '10.

Antec 900 two
4GB 1333 ddr3 RAM
Gigabyte P55A - UD3
GTX 260 892MB
1TB HDD

Been able to hit 3.8Ghz without changing the voltage very much. Maybe 1.25v. Didn't see the need to overclock just to see Facebook. Stock speeds are plenty fast for me now. Might bring it up gradually.

I hardly use that computer though, after I got my MBP :(

well the point of folding is to help scientists research cures for diseases, like cancer. please tell me why you think there's no point in that?

[OrangeSVTguy]

It's for a great cause. Putting CPU/GPU cycles to good use. The whole points thing makes it kinda competitive and lures people in. lol.

Watch out for that motherboard. My 950 ran fine OC'd but committed suicide with the beastie 970.

[twoodcc]

It's for a great cause. Putting CPU/GPU cycles to good use. The whole points thing makes it kinda competitive and lures people in. lol.

Watch out for that motherboard. My 950 ran fine OC'd but committed suicide with the beastie 970.

i agree.

thanks, i will. i just have a 930 in it. and right now it's not OC'd that much

[alphaone]

So with the announcement of the new MBPs I've decided to wait for the redesign of the computer slated to take place next spring and build a new desktop now. Specs will be as follows:

Lian Li PC-A05NB case
Intel 2600k
MSI P67A-GD65 (argh hurry up everyone with getting the new mobos out there already! I don't even care about SATA II!)
8GB DDR3 1600
AMD 6970 (chose mainly because it won't make the lights dim as much as the Nvidia competitors when it runs)
Corsair AX850 PSU
WD Caviar Black SATA III HD
Blu Ray optical combo drive (already have)

I was going to put a 60GB SSD in there as the system drive but after reading a bunch of reviews I've decided that the reliability just isn't there for me yet.

This should be a giant boost over my current 2005 build desktop pc (and surprisingly slightly cheaper actually).

[techfreak85]

Awesome! Are you going to OC it?

[alphaone]

Awesome! Are you going to OC it?

But of course! Should be able bump up the turbo multiplyer to hit 4.4 on stock air from what I've read, and let it scale back to stock clocks when idle, if it's ever idle haha. We'll see how that performs (and what the noise level is on stock air) and go from there. Everything I've read says the stock cooler for the 2600k is overbuilt by intel purposefully to allow for overclocking.

It's uses will be: Encoding blu ray and dvd rips, and rapid re-compressing of video for my phone (all of this should be 10x faster than it is on my current MBP C2D). Playing games; hello Civ V maxed out and Portal 2, BF3, FSX, etc (and Minecraft at a billion fps). And of course folding with the rest of the spare clock ticks.

[OrangeSVTguy]

Something wrong is going on. My 970 is only doing half of what it should be doing. Glad I got a snow day today so I can mess with it :D Basically only getting 2k more PPD than my 950 but on 4 more threads and higher cock?

[techfreak85]

Something wrong is going on. My 970 is only doing half of what it should be doing. Glad I got a snow day today so I can mess with it :D Basically only getting 2k more PPD than my 950 but on 4 more threads and higher cock?

Smp argument set correctly?

[rwh202]

Something wrong is going on. My 970 is only doing half of what it should be doing. Glad I got a snow day today so I can mess with it :D Basically only getting 2k more PPD than my 950 but on 4 more threads and higher cock?

As techfreak85 says, have you checked the -smp argument and what does task manager show?
Another couple of ideas:
Do you have enough memory for 12 threads? Is it running triple channel?
Is this with the same WU type? I think its the 6701 (smp) and 2684 (bigadv) units that are much slower than the normal ones (eg 6900 on bigadv).
Also, the new 6.34 client and A5 core came out this week - are you still using the same one as before?

Hope that helps
Rob

[OrangeSVTguy]

Running tri-channel @ 1600mhz (2gb x3). Have -smp 11 flag. Task manager shows 90-93% like it should while all the cores are at 100%.

Haven't downloaded the new client yet as I didn't know a new one got released. Will do that tomorrow when I get some time.

[twoodcc]

Running tri-channel @ 1600mhz (2gb x3). Have -smp 11 flag. Task manager shows 90-93% like it should while all the cores are at 100%.

Haven't downloaded the new client yet as I didn't know a new one got released. Will do that tomorrow when I get some time.

let us know how it does with the new client. also, make note of which work unit that you are folding, as stated before the 2684's are tough units.

[OrangeSVTguy]

let us know how it does with the new client. also, make note of which work unit that you are folding, as stated before the 2684's are tough units.

Thanks and will do. My smp wu ends in 1/2 hour so will try the new client then.

Nice avatar btw!

[OrangeSVTguy]

Upgraded to 6.34. Working on a P6900 and will update with TPF/PPD once I complete a few steps.

Update:
ETA: 1d 12h 54min, TPF: 22:22, PPD: 58165, Credit: 90324

I look like this now ~~~> :D

I'm now at 81k PPD with my 2 GPU and 1 SMP clients. The 970 was an awesome upgrade.

[twoodcc]

Upgraded to 6.34. Working on a P6900 and will update with TPF/PPD once I complete a few steps.

Update:
ETA: 1d 12h 54min, TPF: 22:22, PPD: 58165, Credit: 90324

I look like this now ~~~> :D

I'm now at 81k PPD with my 2 GPU and 1 SMP clients. The 970 was an awesome upgrade.

nice! what is the overclock right now?

[OrangeSVTguy]

nice! what is the overclock right now?

I've been running at 4.2ghz. My volts are very good too at 1.26, I did manage 4.4 @ 1.27v but wasn't stable enough under my current cooling. I upgraded the mobo to an Asus Rampage III Extreme and upgraded the PSU to a TX850 Corsair. I'm getting my old 1600w Ultra X3 replaced with the X4 and will probably run that as I want to add more GPUs to my system, more than likely 2 more 460s.

[alphaone]

Interesting how the 970 @ 4.2 is about 4-5 min faster than the 2600k @ 4.5 on the same WU.

edit: Forgot that it was a hexacore :)

[twoodcc]

I've been running at 4.2ghz. My volts are very good too at 1.26, I did manage 4.4 @ 1.27v but wasn't stable enough under my current cooling. I upgraded the mobo to an Asus Rampage III Extreme and upgraded the PSU to a TX850 Corsair. I'm getting my old 1600w Ultra X3 replaced with the X4 and will probably run that as I want to add more GPUs to my system, more than likely 2 more 460s.

nice! hey did i hear they released a 460 x2?

Interesting how the 970 @ 4.2 is about 4-5 min faster than the 2600k @ 4.5 on the same WU.

edit: Forgot that it was a hexacore :)

yeah 6 cores make a difference. both are still great. looking forward to the next gen 6 and 8 cores from intel

[OrangeSVTguy]

nice! hey did i hear they released a 460 x2?
Wow never heard of that! Google found this, Zotac GTX 460x2 (http://www.nordichardware.com/news/71-graphics/41534-zotac-building-geforce-gtx-460x2-graphics-card.html).
http://www.nordichardware.com/images/labswedish/nyhetsartiklar/Grafik/zotac.gtx460/fullimages/zotac_gtx460x2_02.jpg
Yeah that would be so nice to have SLI 460 on one card. It's a very good card in SLI anyways. I only purchased the 768mb versions, the 460x2 comes with 2gb.


yeah 6 cores make a difference. both are still great. looking forward to the next gen 6 and 8 cores from intel

6 cores makes a difference. It'll be a while before I upgrade to the next gen as this rig will keep me happy for years.

[twoodcc]

Yeah I just recently heard about the 460 x2. Should be great for folding though.

Yeah if I can a 970 hexa core, I wouldn't worry about upgrading either. I'm not saying I'll upgrade, but I do wanna see the newer 6 and 8 core chips out though

[OrangeSVTguy]

Well that was 6 months ago they released the info on the 460x2 but I haven't seen any that has hit the market.

Oh, good news.

That faulty x3 1600w PSU I had, well I called them up and they shipped me a brand new in box x4 1600w PSU :D.

They did screw up and sent me a 600w lol which I have to send back and I did have to put a deposit on both but I'll get a refund once I ship them both back, the 600w and faulty 1600w.

All these people that claim Ultra to be ****** products, they do have excellent customer service and are based in my state so shipping was fast :D.

This X4 is pretty cool. It offers short circuit protection and now comes with an extra 8 and 6 pin PCIe connections so a total of 3 each.

[twoodcc]

Well that's good. Stinks that they sent the wrong one though

[OrangeSVTguy]

Just found a guy locally selling a full watercooled 980x and tri sli 480s complete system for $1200. :eek: Ramage III Extreme + crap load more. This could easily bring me up to around 175-200k PPD with just 2 boxes :eek:

So long Macbook Pro/OSX :p I'll still have iOS :)

[alphaone]

That is an incredible deal!

Not a fan of the lighting though, I prefer my systems to be nice and clean and unobtrusive.

[twoodcc]

yeah that is a great deal! let us know if you really get it!

[OrangeSVTguy]

Wow :eek: Sure hope it's gonna be under $250.

Too bad it's EVGA...

http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=02G-P3-1387-AR

http://www.evga.com/PRODUCTS/IMAGES/GALLERY/02G-P3-1387-AR_LG_4.jpg

[OrangeSVTguy]

Bought 2 more gtx 460s :p. My rig will be putting out some serious numbers now :D.

[DeSnousa]

Thought I would post my folding setup as I have a computer on loan for a few months:

Folding with:

Rig 1:
-AMD Phenom x4 945 overclocked to 3.75ghz
-Currently saving up for a 460gt or something (suggestions?)

Rig 2:
-Laptop
-Intel i7 Q720 at 1.6ghz
-Nvidea mobile 220 or something like that.

Rig 3:
-Intel i7 920 at 2.8ghz
-Nvidea 280gtx
-This one is on loan and I cannot overclock it :(

[OrangeSVTguy]

Bummer that you can't overclock that 920. You could do some bigadv units. I do wonder what that chip would be capable off. Those 920s are overclocking beasts.

How's that laptop folding?

I do recommend the gtx 460s. They are an excellent running card with lower temps and power consumptions. I've always wanted to buy a kill-a-watt to test out what my rig pulls on full and idle.

[DeSnousa]

Bummer that you can't overclock that 920. You could do some bigadv units. I do wonder what that chip would be capable off. Those 920s are overclocking beasts.

How's that laptop folding?

I do recommend the gtx 460s. They are an excellent running card with lower temps and power consumptions. I've always wanted to buy a kill-a-watt to test out what my rig pulls on full and idle.

For the laptop FahMon indicates between 750-950 PPD (with out bonus) from my CPU which is rougly a 2300 point WU with bonus every 12 hours or 4600 PPD :) Low power and a speed demon for a laptop I reckon!

[Hastings101]

When I did folding@home on a computer I did it on an 1.42 ghz eMac, nothing compared to what you guys use now :p but it was the only thing I had at the time.

Right now I use my PS3 running 24/7 as my folding machine.

I've never been big on Folding@home, I'd rather donate money or my time to an organization (I'm not bashing Folding@Home though, I think it's a great thing, it just doesn't interest me personally).

[OrangeSVTguy]

What a beautiful sight this is. I think I got a tear in my eye :o lol


http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/OrangeSVTguy/8bb60e30.jpg
She'll be back online before the end of the weekend, router/Internet issues.

[DeSnousa]

Quick questions - How does folding with multiple GPU in a rig work? Do you use one GPU client and all the GPUs fold that one WU faster or do you use a GPU client for each card?

[OrangeSVTguy]

Quick questions - How does folding with multiple GPU in a rig work? Do you use one GPU client and all the GPUs fold that one WU faster or do you use a GPU client for each card?

One client per card. So I will have 5 clients in total running. 4 GPU and 1 SMP.

[twoodcc]

nice setup! :cool:

[rwh202]

What a beautiful sight this is. I think I got a tear in my eye :o lol

She'll be back online before the end of the weekend, router/Internet issues.

Wow!

One question, are you using just the one PSU? I'm guessing you'll be running it pretty close to the limit for 24*7, especially if the cards are OCed.

Good luck!
Rob

[OrangeSVTguy]

Wow!

One question, are you using just the one PSU? I'm guessing you'll be running it pretty close to the limit for 24*7, especially if the cards are OCed.

Good luck!
Rob

I will be using my 1600w, 1200w till I run a dedicated 20amp outlet :p

My 850 corsair has no problems handling 3 OC'd 460s and OC'd 970.

[DeSnousa]

twoodcc may I ask if any of your setups have gone down?

Output of the team has gone down lately :(

[OrangeSVTguy]

twoodcc may I ask if any of your setups have gone down?

Output of the team has gone down lately :(


My 24 hour average dropped in half but I'm back running. Next week or two will be off/on for me as I've been moving my stuff but once I finish my bathroom I'll be moved into my house and will be folding away non stop. I'm up to around 90-100k right now so hopefully that'll jump start things some more.

[alphaone]

I had to turn off my SB box for the week since I'm away from home on business, so that's probably another reason it dropped. This will probably be happening more often now, unfortunately for folding (but fortunately for me because I love my job).

[OrangeSVTguy]

I may have a little "surprise" coming at the end of the week. :D

**crosses fingers**

[techfreak85]

I may have a little "surprise" coming at the end of the week. :D

**crosses fingers**

I can't wait! :D:D

[iBookG4user]

Just started folding, only running it on one computer right now though. It's running on my 2.66GHz 12 core Mac Pro. Every little bit helps though, right? :)

[techfreak85]

Just started folding, only running it on one computer right now though. It's running on my 2.66GHz 12 core Mac Pro. Every little bit helps though, right? :)
Absolutely! Did you get a passkey? You'll start reeling in the points after ten work units. Especially when bigadv returns to OS X.

[cherry su]

Absolutely! Did you get a passkey? You'll start reeling in the points after ten work units. Especially when bigadv returns to OS X.

Wow, I just found about passkeys and bigadvs. I never realized that they were tied to your passkey until today when I was skimming some other forums and wondering why my 12 core box wasn't reeling in tons and tons of points.

[OrangeSVTguy]

Just started folding, only running it on one computer right now though. It's running on my 2.66GHz 12 core Mac Pro. Every little bit helps though, right? :)


Nice! Welcome to the team. :D

[techfreak85]

Wow, I just found about passkeys and bigadvs. I never realized that they were tied to your passkey until today when I was skimming some other forums and wondering why my 12 core box wasn't reeling in tons and tons of points.

Get crankin' out those WUs with a passkey now! :D Run standard units (they are much quicker) with a passkey until you meet the 10 WU requirement for bonus points. After you start getting the bonus, run Bigadvs. Bigadvs are only on Windows for now, is your 12 core machine a PC?
What is your F@H username?

[SciFrog]

Ordered a 3.4 iMac, not sure when it will show up with the SSD BTO... Now where are the bigadvs for OS X????????

[twoodcc]

Ordered a 3.4 iMac, not sure when it will show up with the SSD BTO... Now where are the bigadvs for OS X????????

nice! you'll have to let us know how it folds!

[OrangeSVTguy]

Anyone familiar with Ubuntu? I got it all downloaded and installed, 10.04. I also have the latest 11.04 downloaded too. Which would be better suited for SMP folding for bigadv?

This is my first time dealing with Linux and I must say I really like this OS. I think I read that 10.04 wasn't compatible with the SMP client, but that might be old news?

[rwh202]

Anyone familiar with Ubuntu? I got it all downloaded and installed, 10.04. I also have the latest 11.04 downloaded too. Which would be better suited for SMP folding for bigadv?

This is my first time dealing with Linux and I must say I really like this OS. I think I read that 10.04 wasn't compatible with the SMP client, but that might be old news?

I'm not exactly familiar with Linux, but have got it running on all my folding boxes.

The 6.34 client should run fine on 10.04. (I'm using both 10.04 and 10.10 OK) I think you'll need 11.04 if you're planning on using Sandy Bridge integrated graphics.

The earlier incompatibility between folding and Ubuntu 10 was easily fixed by installing and enabling nscd host caching, but that shouldn't be necessary anymore.

Hope that helps

Rob

[OrangeSVTguy]

Thanks Rob. Hopefully I will have time tonight to work on it and get the SMP client up. I'm trying to pick up a couple more gtx 460s :D... Then I think I'll be done for a bit ;)

[Angelo95210]

Hey guys, I don't want to hijack this thread and promote my signature but now that seti@home is about to stop, some of you with powerful machines might want to join the milkyway@home project where macrumors has a team? :D

[OrangeSVTguy]

Heres my next project I'm working on.

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k298/OrangeSVTguy/7463165c.jpg

Progress as well as more pictures are found here, http://www.overclock.net/case-mods-general-discussion/1019921-im-more-productive-while-drunk-custom.html#post13558039.

Sadly my main rig is down one GTX-460 as I'm using it on this for test fitting.

[techfreak85]

This is a different rig than the one you are folding with right? This one will be in addition to the current?

[OrangeSVTguy]

This is a different rig than the one you are folding with right? This one will be in addition to the current?

Yup ;)

Rig one is my sig

This new rig has a 920 @ 4ghz+
Possibly with more GTX 460s on the way :p

[techfreak85]

Yup ;)

Rig one is my sig

This new rig has a 920 @ 4ghz+
Possibly with more GTX 460s on the way :p

:eek::D
Get workin'!:D

[hexonxonx]

Hey guys, I don't want to hijack this thread and promote my signature but now that seti@home is about to stop, some of you with powerful machines might want to join the milkyway@home project where macrumors has a team? :D

Seti isn't going anywhere. I'm about to start up again.

I used to have an 8 core Mac pro that I used but when my power bill doubled in one month from using it, I stopped and never used seti@home since.

I only have two duo core Macs now but at least it won't kill my power bill.

[twoodcc]

it's been awhile, but i thought since it's getting colder, and we have some newer members, that this would be a good time to see what everyone is folding with.

anyone got any new systems they are folding with? new members? let us know!

[OrangeSVTguy]

Yeah Kinda wished I kept my rigs now that it's starting to get colder out. They would have no problem keeping my house nice and warm. :)

[twoodcc]

Yeah Kinda wished I kept my rigs now that it's starting to get colder out. They would have no problem keeping my house nice and warm. :)

yeah that's true. what happened to your systems?

[techfreak85]

Yeah Kinda wished I kept my rigs now that it's starting to get colder out. They would have no problem keeping my house nice and warm. :)

I wish you would have too! Did you manage to sell all the parts? Or do you still have a 970 that needs a new home?;)

[rwh202]

anyone got any new systems they are folding with? new members? let us know!

Sorry I've been a bit quiet with my MacRumors folding lately.

At the moment I'm just running a 2600k and an i7 860 for around 55k ppd.
My other systems are still crunching, but have been hijacked by other DC projects and folding teams.

However, just this morning I got a shiny new Z68 board, 2600k and 8GB to replace an ageing C2Q in an Antec Skeleton:

312769
312768

Also fitted a pair of GT430s so might just get these helping out MacRumors as well.

[techfreak85]

Sexy skeleton thingy! Get those bigadvs going while you can!

[twoodcc]

Sorry I've been a bit quiet with my MacRumors folding lately.

At the moment I'm just running a 2600k and an i7 860 for around 55k ppd.
My other systems are still crunching, but have been hijacked by other DC projects and folding teams.

However, just this morning I got a shiny new Z68 board, 2600k and 8GB to replace an ageing C2Q in an Antec Skeleton:

312769
312768

Also fitted a pair of GT430s so might just get these helping out MacRumors as well.

Thanks for sharing! Are you overclocking any? How's your power bill been?

[rwh202]

Thanks for sharing! Are you overclocking any? How's your power bill been?

Yeah, the CPUs are all overclocked - Nothing mega, but the i7s over clock so easy it seems silly not to! The 2600k's are at ~4.5, the 860's at ~3.5.
The GPUs are factory overclocked versions - trying to do it manually in Linux is more hassle than its worth.

About the power bill - I daren't look! We only get the meter read once a year round here, so I might be in for a surprise!

[twoodcc]

Yeah, the CPUs are all overclocked - Nothing mega, but the i7s over clock so easy it seems silly not to! The 2600k's are at ~4.5, the 860's at ~3.5.
The GPUs are factory overclocked versions - trying to do it manually in Linux is more hassle than its worth.

About the power bill - I daren't look! We only get the meter read once a year round here, so I might be in for a surprise!

4.5 ghz is pretty good! yeah i never mess with overclocking the GPUs.

oh i see. well lately my power bill has been kinda high, and i have a feeling this month will be high also. but once it starts getting really cold, it shouldn't be too much of a problem

[CRIIM44]

Running my ps3 almost 24/7 and

2008 Mac pro 1x2.8ghz Xeon with 4gb of ram also running non stop.

Been contemplating building another custom rig. I haven't built one since the pentium 4 came out.

[twoodcc]

Running my ps3 almost 24/7 and

2008 Mac pro 1x2.8ghz Xeon with 4gb of ram also running non stop.

Been contemplating building another custom rig. I haven't built one since the pentium 4 came out.

Nice. Yeah I've got my ps3 folding again.

I wonder how that Mac pro is folding. Are you running the console client?

Now is a good time to build! Youve got plenty of processor choices

[CRIIM44]

Nice. Yeah I've got my ps3 folding again.

I wonder how that Mac pro is folding. Are you running the console client?

Now is a good time to build! Youve got plenty of processor choices

Well was folding till an hour ago when the wife decided to turn on Netflix.

Running the client that's in system prefs not sure which that is. How can I see how it's doing?

Last I saw my score was at like 15k and it's been on the Mac pro since last weekend. Ps3 since Thursday though the ps3 wasn't on at night until last night. currently completed 17 WU

[twoodcc]

Well was folding till an hour ago when the wife decided to turn on Netflix.

Running the client that's in system prefs not sure which that is. How can I see how it's doing?

Last I saw my score was at like 15k and it's been on the Mac pro since last weekend. Ps3 since Thursday though the ps3 wasn't on at night until last night. currently completed 17 WU

Well for Mac, you have 2 client choices: the preferences pane, and the console client.

The preferences pane is basically on or off, you don't have much control.

Th console client runs in the terminal, but you have more control. If setup properly, ther preferences pane can do everything.

The first thing, is do you have a passkey? If not, just search this thread - someone made a tutorial on how to get one. Once you get that, you need to configure your client with it so you can get bonus points

[CRIIM44]

Well for Mac, you have 2 client choices: the preferences pane, and the console client.

The preferences pane is basically on or off, you don't have much control.

Th console client runs in the terminal, but you have more control. If setup properly, ther preferences pane can do everything.

The first thing, is do you have a passkey? If not, just search this thread - someone made a tutorial on how to get one. Once you get that, you need to configure your client with it so you can get bonus points


Yep did the pass key when I setup last weekend. Sucks it's not supported on PS3 though.

I will look into switching to the console client tomorrow though I will be shutting everything down Wednesday night for my thanksgiving trip

[twoodcc]

Yep did the pass key when I setup last weekend. Sucks it's not supported on PS3 though.

I will look into switching to the console client tomorrow though I will be shutting everything down Wednesday night for my thanksgiving trip

okay glad you have the passkey.

well do you remember what arguments you put into the preferences pane? an example

-smp 8 -advmethods

i'm guessing our mac pro has 4 cores, and hyperthreading, so you could run the above on your mac.

[CRIIM44]

okay glad you have the passkey.

well do you remember what arguments you put into the preferences pane? an example

-smp 8 -advmethods

i'm guessing our mac pro has 4 cores, and hyperthreading, so you could run the above on your mac.

I've got -advmethods put in but not -smp 8 what's that one do?

Im torn between getting a second 2.8ghz processor upping the ram and adding an SSD or building a custom rig. I plan to do both but it's just a matter of which I do first. Either one will probably have to wait till after the new year

[twoodcc]

I've got -advmethods put in but not -smp 8 what's that one do?

Im torn between getting a second 2.8ghz processor upping the ram and adding an SSD or building a custom rig. I plan to do both but it's just a matter of which I do first. Either one will probably have to wait till after the new year

-smp 8 tells it to use 8 cores.

i'm not sure how easy it would be to add another processor, but if it's easy, then i'd do that first

[CRIIM44]

-smp 8 tells it to use 8 cores.

i'm not sure how easy it would be to add another processor, but if it's easy, then i'd do that first

Even though there are only 4 physical cores?



As simple as a new processor and swapping the dummy heat sink for a real one.

[twoodcc]

Even though there are only 4 physical cores?



As simple as a new processor and swapping the dummy heat sink for a real one.

yes, with hyperthreading, you have 8 logical cores. so if you add another, you'd use -smp 16

well if it's that easy, then i'd do that if you can get the other processor for a reasonable price

[CRIIM44]

yes, with hyperthreading, you have 8 logical cores. so if you add another, you'd use -smp 16

well if it's that easy, then i'd do that if you can get the other processor for a reasonable price

Added thanks.

[twoodcc]

Added thanks.

ok. let us know if it makes a difference.

[CRIIM44]

ok. let us know if it makes a difference.

In my search for a second heatsink I realized my Mac Pro(2008) does not have hyperthreading.

But I found I can get a second 2.8ghz processor for a little less than $100 and the heat sink for around $200. Just need to swallow the ram price almost $500 from OWC for 16gb

[twoodcc]

In my search for a second heatsink I realized my Mac Pro(2008) does not have hyperthreading.

But I found I can get a second 2.8ghz processor for a little less than $100 and the heat sink for around $200. Just need to swallow the ram price almost $500 from OWC for 16gb

oh that stinks.

do you really need that much RAM?

[CRIIM44]

oh that stinks.

do you really need that much RAM?

i used to use the mac pro for my photo/video needs. I started using my macbook pro instead about a year ago for most things though it is much slower a lot of my work is done on the road. The macbook pro doesn't seem to perform as great as it used to, if i add a second processor to the Mac Pro and an SSD i may start doing most of my work from home again. The only things i can do for the macbook pro are another 2gb of ram and an SSD though it being an original unibody I'm not sure if the expense is worth it

[twoodcc]

Alright aednichols, what are you folding with?

[techfreak85]

Alright aednichols, what are you folding with?

Yea! Out with it! :p It's been great having him/her!:)

[praetorx]

I'm folding (BOINC) on a Supermicro workstation:

2x Xeon X5690 3.4GHz (12 cores x 2), 12GB RAM DDR3 ECC, LSI SAS RAID, 2x 15000 RPM SAS HDD, nvidia Quadro 2000

[techfreak85]

I'm folding (BOINC) on a Supermicro workstation:

2x Xeon X5690 3.4GHz (12 cores x 2), 12GB RAM DDR3 ECC, LSI SAS RAID, 2x 15000 RPM SAS HDD, nvidia Quadro 2000

Folding@home has a BOINC project? Pretty sure there isn't one.:confused: We would love to have you Folding instead with a rig like that!:D

[twoodcc]

I'm folding (BOINC) on a Supermicro workstation:

2x Xeon X5690 3.4GHz (12 cores x 2), 12GB RAM DDR3 ECC, LSI SAS RAID, 2x 15000 RPM SAS HDD, nvidia Quadro 2000

Nice! Do you use that machine for anything else?

Folding@home has a BOINC project? Pretty sure there isn't one.:confused: We would love to have you Folding instead with a rig like that!:D

Yes we would!

[praetorx]

Nice! Do you use that machine for anything else?



Yes we would!

I build it for Maya but ended up using it mostly for .net development.
When it's not in use I let it crunch for the milkyway project.

[twoodcc]

I build it for Maya but ended up using it mostly for .net development.
When it's not in use I let it crunch for the milkyway project.

oh okay.

well i don't know if you've looked at folding@home, but it is a good cause. we'd love to have you folding for us. let us know if you decide to join and need any help :cool:

[praetorx]

oh okay.

well i don't know if you've looked at folding@home, but it is a good cause. we'd love to have you folding for us. let us know if you decide to join and need any help :cool:

Are you guys in a team? I'm getting the SMP version now...

[twoodcc]

Are you guys in a team? I'm getting the SMP version now...

Yes. Our team number is 3446. Also be sure to get a passkey. Just search this forum, someone made a tutorial on it

[praetorx]

Alright, I just joined the team.

[techfreak85]

Alright, I just joined the team.

Sweet! Be sure to add the -smp argument! :)

[praetorx]

I have, all 24 cores are at 100%, completed 1 run and 40% of second :)

[techfreak85]

I have, all 24 cores are at 100%, completed 1 run and 40% of second :)

Awesome! Is your folding name praetorx as well?

[twoodcc]

Alright, I just joined the team.

thanks for joining!

Awesome! Is your folding name praetorx as well?

was wondering that also

[praetorx]

thanks for joining!



was wondering that also


No, I'm using "fatudora" for all distributed computing projects.

[twoodcc]

well i may be down for a few days, as i am re-arranging some of my systems. i'm also giving one rig away, but the person i'm giving it to will continue to fold with it in my name.

my overall production will be down a little, but i'm okay with it. the power bill is just too high right now, and it sucks when my wife tries to vacuum and breaks a circuit. :eek:

[twoodcc]

well i finally got my 3 GPUs on my main pc folding again. i reinstalled everything on a bigger hard drive (1TB), and i was having problems getting the GPUs to fold. but they are crunching away now

[techfreak85]

well i finally got my 3 GPUs on my main pc folding again. i reinstalled everything on a bigger hard drive (1TB), and i was having problems getting the GPUs to fold. but they are crunching away now

Wonderful!

[twoodcc]

Wonderful!

thanks! just trying to keep folding! I still have a couple of GPUs that are just sitting around here. not sure what i'm going to do with them

[praetorx]

Added another cruncher. This will be my "24/7" cruncher from now on (shared between BOINC and FAH projects):

HP xw8600 workstation: 2x Xeon E5450 Quad-Core 3 GHz, 16GB DDR2 ECC, Quadro FX 6400 768MB

[twoodcc]

Added another cruncher. This will be my "24/7" cruncher from now on (shared between BOINC and FAH projects):

HP xw8600 workstation: 2x Xeon E5450 Quad-Core 3 GHz, 16GB DDR2 ECC, Quadro FX 6400 768MB

nice! how are you splitting it up for each project? (if you don't mind me asking)

that seems like a very nice machine! do you use it for anything else?

[praetorx]

nice! how are you splitting it up for each project? (if you don't mind me asking)

that seems like a very nice machine! do you use it for anything else?

Right now I'm manually managing both, running F@H during weekends when milkyway is offline (or so appears to be since a couple of weeks).

Yes, this box is also hooked to my TV in the living room, using it to stream movies from Amazon but that's only a smokescreen to get by my wife :)

[twoodcc]

Right now I'm manually managing both, running F@H during weekends when milkyway is offline (or so appears to be since a couple of weeks).

Yes, this box is also hooked to my TV in the living room, using it to stream movies from Amazon but that's only a smokescreen to get by my wife :)

oh okay i gotcha :)

[praetorx]

I have abandoned the Milkyway/BOINC project in favor of Folding@Home. I made this decision after numerous unplanned outages with the Milkyway project.

F@H uptime seems to be excellent.

[techfreak85]

I have abandoned the Milkyway/BOINC project in favor of Folding@Home. I made this decision after numerous unplanned outages with the Milkyway project.

F@H uptime seems to be excellent.

Awesome!:D

[twoodcc]

I have abandoned the Milkyway/BOINC project in favor of Folding@Home. I made this decision after numerous unplanned outages with the Milkyway project.

F@H uptime seems to be excellent.

alright! thanks! i really believe fah is a great project worth devoting your resources towards. glad you're on our team!

[CRIIM44]

I'm finally back from all my travels and am getting ready to power my PS3 back up (mac pro is out of the running for now while I find a new PSU)

Though I was wondering for those of you that fold on PS3's as well does anyone have any experience between the slim and "original" I'm planning on getting a 2nd ps3 for Netflix and streaming in the bedroom that id like to use for folding as well but am curious if there are any advantages to the slim or original.

I know power consumption is less but that's a non issue for me as my non slim ps3 doesn't seem to suck down that much. I'm more wondering about durability and if a slim can run 24/7 like my original does

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PS: hope everybody had a happy holidays and a good new years as well!!

[praetorx]

The new PS3 uses a 45nm manufacturing process (vs 65nm for old SKU) and generates less heat which can be a problem if your box is not well ventilated. I also believe the old 65nm version had a higher number of YOLDs (yellow light of death).

[twoodcc]

I'm finally back from all my travels and am getting ready to power my PS3 back up (mac pro is out of the running for now while I find a new PSU)

Though I was wondering for those of you that fold on PS3's as well does anyone have any experience between the slim and "original" I'm planning on getting a 2nd ps3 for Netflix and streaming in the bedroom that id like to use for folding as well but am curious if there are any advantages to the slim or original.

I know power consumption is less but that's a non issue for me as my non slim ps3 doesn't seem to suck down that much. I'm more wondering about durability and if a slim can run 24/7 like my original does

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PS: hope everybody had a happy holidays and a good new years as well!!

glad you are back and ready to fold!

i have both versions of PS3s. my old PS3 was showing signs of breaking down, so i went ahead and got a new one. i'm currently only folding with the slim one, and i think it does just fine!

The new PS3 uses a 45nm manufacturing process (vs 65nm for old SKU) and generates less heat which can be a problem if your box is not well ventilated. I also believe the old 65nm version had a higher number of YOLDs (yellow light of death).

thanks for that info! i thought the new one generated less heat, and used about half the power.

[praetorx]

thanks for that info! i thought the new one generated less heat, and used about half the power.

Yep, that's spot on!

[Louis Wu]

FYI I'm running 2 Mac Pros, 2010 versions, one 8-core and one 6-core. They seem to be good for about 25 K ppd each running the latest V7 beta and no GPU of course. I just added a PC built with a 2.8 Nehalem and was a bit disappointed to see that it only gets about 11 K ppd.

Not too sure about the new beta either; on one MP I can see the viewer but not the controller; on the other I can see the controller but not the viewer. At least they keep the room warm.

[lordonuthin]

I have decided to throw 3 of my old gpu's (GTX 470) back in the mix to see what they do for me these days (not in the mac pro). I doubt I will make as many ppd as I used to but with one mac pro and a the i7 and 3 gpu's we'll see what I can get.

[twoodcc]

FYI I'm running 2 Mac Pros, 2010 versions, one 8-core and one 6-core. They seem to be good for about 25 K ppd each running the latest V7 beta and no GPU of course. I just added a PC built with a 2.8 Nehalem and was a bit disappointed to see that it only gets about 11 K ppd.

Not too sure about the new beta either; on one MP I can see the viewer but not the controller; on the other I can see the controller but not the viewer. At least they keep the room warm.

nice! i almost got a new (2010) mac pro, but decided against it and got a macbook pro instead (much cheaper). i sure hope they release new mac pros this year!

I have decided to throw 3 of my old gpu's (GTX 470) back in the mix to see what they do for me these days (not in the mac pro). I doubt I will make as many ppd as I used to but with one mac pro and a the i7 and 3 gpu's we'll see what I can get.

hey why not! i'm still folding with a bunch of my old 260s, and my 465. might as well put those 470s to good use!

[mmomega]

I just started.
Currently have a 2011 iMac i5, 2009 iMac i5, 2011 MacMini i5, a Windows box i3 crunching away.
I'm interested to see after a week what sort of numbers I can produce.
The Windows box only running at 25% load since it serves another purpose.

[techfreak85]

I just started.
Currently have a 2011 iMac i5, 2009 iMac i5, 2011 MacMini i5, a Windows box i3 crunching away.
I'm interested to see after a week what sort of numbers I can produce.
The Windows box only running at 25% load since it serves another purpose.
Awesome!
As long as you have a passkey, after 10 units you will start pumping out the points! Folding actually takes the lowest priority of tasks, so you could leave it at 100% and it won't disrupt your other processes.

[mmomega]

Well after running FAH on the 2011 Mac Mini for 30 mins... I had to shut it down, CPU temps were holding at 195 with fan speed @ 3800rpm.
Unlike all of my other aluminum Macs, it wasn't even warm to the touch despite the high temps.

[techfreak85]

Well after running FAH on the 2011 Mac Mini for 30 mins... I had to shut it down, CPU temps were holding at 195 with fan speed @ 3800rpm.
Unlike all of my other aluminum Macs, it wasn't even warm to the touch despite the high temps.

That sucks. I guess the Minis were never ment to be workhorses anyway.

[mmomega]

That sucks. I guess the Minis were never ment to be workhorses anyway.

No kidding, considering my SandyBridge iMac is sitting at 110deg at full load, Lynnfield iMac @ 120deg.
It's not a MacPro but it's doing ok. ;)

[techfreak85]

No kidding, considering my SandyBridge iMac is sitting at 110deg at full load, Lynnfield iMac @ 120deg.
It's not a MacPro but it's doing ok. ;)

And you did get a passkey right?

[mmomega]

And you did get a passkey right?

I did, I read the FAQ and it was one of the first things I did.

That and had to find out how to get v7 because v6 didn't work right for me at all.

[PhantomPumpkin]

I may be interested in joining up.

I currently run Rosetta/Seti on my C2D iMac, i5 iMac, and i5 Mini. I'd be running it on my PPC machines if they still supported it. How does F@H compare to the stuff on the BOINC client?