Bigadv folders:

techfreak85 · 07:57 PM

If you run bigadv on Windows or Linux, make sure you update your client asap so you can get the new A5 core. They are phasing out A3 bigadvs tomorrow.
http://folding.typepad.com/news/2011...to-bigadv.html
As for us folding bigadvs on OS X, until they update the client for us, we may be out to dry.

twoodcc · Mar 3, 2011, 10:23 PM

thanks for the update!

techfreak85 · Mar 3, 2011, 11:05 PM

Yes, unfortunately I am stuck running 921 point units until a new OS X client comes out.

twoodcc · Mar 4, 2011, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by techfreak85

Yes, unfortunately I am stuck running 921 point units until a new OS X client comes out.

no bonus?

techfreak85 · Mar 4, 2011, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by twoodcc

no bonus?

Yes I'm getting a bonus, but not as much as a bigadv would give.

twoodcc · Mar 4, 2011, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by techfreak85

Yes I'm getting a bonus, but not as much as a bigadv would give.

oh ok. yeah i know it's not like the bigadv, but it's better than no bonus. hopefully Mac OS X will get bigadv back again soon!

SciFrog · Mar 4, 2011, 10:57 PM

All this while my main machine has crashed and is 1,000 miles away...

twoodcc · Mar 4, 2011, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SciFrog

All this while my main machine has crashed and is 1,000 miles away...

that's not good! i hope you get it back up soon!

OrangeSVTguy · Mar 6, 2011, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by SciFrog

All this while my main machine has crashed and is 1,000 miles away...

I just bought the Remoter($.99) app for my iPhone and installed TightVNC($Free) on my i7 rig as I didn't want this happening but I'm trying to figure out how I can do this over 3G

Because it seems like it was kind of a waste since I have to be on my own network to "control" my computer.

Do you have anything that can remotely access your computer?

SciFrog · Mar 7, 2011, 10:53 PM

Back to my Mac and everything is built in Mac OS 10.6...

SciFrog · Mar 12, 2011, 09:02 PM

Wait, does this mean no more bigadv for macs?

rwh202 · Mar 13, 2011, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by SciFrog

Wait, does this mean no more bigadv for macs?

'fraid so - at least until an updated client is released.

There is a thread on folding forum about this:
http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17770

Hopefully it won't be too long, but there was the best part of a year without a linux bigadv client when a3 replaced a2.

There were ways around previous os incompatibilities like running the windows client in linux using wine or running the linux client in windows via a VM, so it should be possible to do the same in OSX.

Rob

badlight · Mar 30, 2011, 09:11 AM

No bigadv as yet, though.

https://fah-web.stanford.edu/project...ki/BetaRelease

twoodcc · Mar 30, 2011, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by badlight

No bigadv as yet, though.

https://fah-web.stanford.edu/project...ki/BetaRelease

thanks for the heads up!

SciFrog · Mar 30, 2011, 04:11 PM

OS X 64 bits: you need to boot in 64 bit kernel?
I don't think my Mac Pro 2,1 can do that...

Anyway, even with these, no bigadv for OS X?

Tks

techfreak85 · May 22, 2011, 03:34 PM

Until v7 is released with an A5 core for OS X, I am running the windows client in Wine. Just got it configured today....will let y'all know how it all works out.
http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=18006

SciFrog · May 23, 2011, 10:28 AM

You are brave. Still waiting for Mac bigadvs...

FluJunkie · May 25, 2011, 01:19 AM

Is there a console command for running the new beta client over Terminal? I rather preferred it to the application that the new client runs in, but my success getting it to run was always somewhat haphazard.

techfreak85 · Jul 2, 2011, 06:19 PM

Looks like point advantage for bigadv WU's is going down. While I am a little sad that there will be less points for bigadv WUs, but hopefully this will help make things a little more fair.

rwh202 · Jul 3, 2011, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by techfreak85

Looks like point advantage for bigadv WU's is going down. While I am a little sad that there will be less points for bigadv WUs, but hopefully this will help make things a little more fair.

I kind of agree with this change - the threshold for running bigadv isn't that high anymore (4GB RAM, an i7 with 8 threads) so it seems unnecessary to provide such a high bonus over base benchmark points.

However, they seem to have missed what I thought was the main argument with the current points - the exponential quick return bonus.
It worked OK setting base points using a quad core when people were then running 8 and 12 core systems, but the scaling has now become silly when 32 and 64 systems are now being used.
I don't see that a case has been made that there is the same science benefit in shaving the time of a WU down from 6 to 3 hours as there is in going from 4 to 2 days (especially when the science will be waiting for the results that still take 2 days).

Anyway, keep folding!
Rob

SciFrog · Jul 6, 2011, 09:50 AM

Seeing there still aren't any bigadv for OS X, no tears here...

Just added a 3.4ghz iMac, nice...

Mar 1, 2011, 07:49 PM	#1
techfreak85 macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Places	Bigadv folders: If you run bigadv on Windows or Linux, make sure you update your client asap so you can get the new A5 core. They are phasing out A3 bigadvs tomorrow. http://folding.typepad.com/news/2011...to-bigadv.html As for us folding bigadvs on OS X, until they update the client for us, we may be out to dry. __________________ Join the MR folding team! Help cure cancer! Take it. Embrace it. Love it.™ Last edited by techfreak85; Mar 1, 2011 at 07:57 PM.
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twoodcc macrumors G5 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Right side of wrong	thanks for the update! __________________ tville Smarter than the average bear
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techfreak85 Thread Starter macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Places	Yes, unfortunately I am stuck running 921 point units until a new OS X client comes out. __________________ Join the MR folding team! Help cure cancer! Take it. Embrace it. Love it.™
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badlight macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2008	FAH Client v7 Beta for OSX released today! No bigadv as yet, though. https://fah-web.stanford.edu/project...ki/BetaRelease __________________ Mac Pro early 2008, 2 x 2.8 GHz, 14 GB RAM. 1 TB HD Mac Mini early 2009, 2 GHz, 4GB RAM, 320 GB HD
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May 22, 2011, 03:34 PM	#16
techfreak85 Thread Starter macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Places	Until v7 is released with an A5 core for OS X, I am running the windows client in Wine. Just got it configured today....will let y'all know how it all works out. http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=18006 __________________ Join the MR folding team! Help cure cancer! Take it. Embrace it. Love it.™
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Mar 4, 2011, 10:57 PM	#7
SciFrog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	All this while my main machine has crashed and is 1,000 miles away...
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Mar 7, 2011, 10:53 PM	#10
SciFrog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	Back to my Mac and everything is built in Mac OS 10.6...
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Mar 12, 2011, 09:02 PM	#11
SciFrog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	Wait, does this mean no more bigadv for macs?
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Mar 30, 2011, 04:11 PM	#15
SciFrog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	OS X 64 bits: you need to boot in 64 bit kernel? I don't think my Mac Pro 2,1 can do that... Anyway, even with these, no bigadv for OS X? Tks
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May 23, 2011, 10:28 AM	#17
SciFrog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	You are brave. Still waiting for Mac bigadvs...
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May 25, 2011, 01:19 AM	#18
FluJunkie macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2007	Is there a console command for running the new beta client over Terminal? I rather preferred it to the application that the new client runs in, but my success getting it to run was always somewhat haphazard.
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Jul 2, 2011, 06:19 PM	#19
techfreak85 Thread Starter macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Places	Looks like point advantage for bigadv WU's is going down. While I am a little sad that there will be less points for bigadv WUs, but hopefully this will help make things a little more fair. __________________ Join the MR folding team! Help cure cancer! Take it. Embrace it. Love it.™
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Jul 6, 2011, 09:50 AM	#21
SciFrog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	Seeing there still aren't any bigadv for OS X, no tears here... Just added a 3.4ghz iMac, nice...
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