Folding@home News

lordonuthin · Apr 27, 2010, 09:48 PM

Good news on the GPU3 front it's getting closer now.

I thought I would start a thread on news about Folding like the above...

SciFrog · Apr 28, 2010, 02:23 AM

No mention of Mac support yet... Patience patience. But these NVidia GT4XX look like they will be monsters at Folding.

Still waiting on bigadv to move to a3 core though...

twoodcc · Apr 28, 2010, 09:38 PM

well that is good news. it seems GPU3 will be out very soon

lordonuthin · May 11, 2010, 01:23 AM

Update on the problem getting work units

twoodcc · May 11, 2010, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by lordonuthin

Update on the problem getting work units

yeah i read this last night. glad they are working on the issue

SciFrog · 11:50 AM

Got an a3 unit but it says bigadv in the Wudget...

4 mins time frame, doesn't look like a bigadv...

Core 2.21 is also ready now.

Update: one a3 bigadv has been released, it is project 2684. I did not get it though and got assigned a 6012 which is a regular a3, never got one before...

Update 2: one crashed at 2%, the other one at 10%, then I got an a2 bigadv... Go figure.

Stanford doesn't seem to have solved the early crashing problem yet that 2.21 was supposed to fix.

twoodcc · May 22, 2010, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SciFrog

Got an a3 unit but it says bigadv in the Wudget...

4 mins time frame, doesn't look like a bigadv...

Core 2.21 is also ready now.

Update: one a3 bigadv has been released, it is project 2684. I did not get it though and got assigned a 6012 which is a regular a3, never got one before...

Update 2: one crashed at 2%, the other one at 10%, then I got an a2 bigadv... Go figure.

Stanford doesn't seem to have solved the early crashing problem yet that 2.21 was supposed to fix.

hmm. interesting. well at least something is going on. hopefully soon they'll have something worked out

DeSnousa · May 23, 2010, 07:53 AM

So does this mean that if I get a ATI graphics card, it will fold great?

DeSnousa · May 23, 2010, 08:00 AM

So does this mean that if I get a ATI graphics card, it will fold great?

SciFrog · May 23, 2010, 09:02 AM

No, these are CPU clients.

The ATI vs Nvidia PPD difference is not going away anytime soon, something where the architecture of Nvidia cards better suited to Folding.

What we are waiting for however is a GPU client for Mac/Linux.

lordonuthin · May 30, 2010, 05:07 PM

GPU3 open beta is out for testing

SciFrog · May 30, 2010, 09:08 PM

Not for macs/Linux.

lordonuthin · Jun 1, 2010, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SciFrog

Not for macs/Linux.

Yes, but at least maybe they will have time to start work on mac/linux versions soon, I hope...

SciFrog · Jun 3, 2010, 12:07 PM

It looks like a3 bigadv produce 20-30% less PPD...

lordonuthin · Jun 4, 2010, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SciFrog

It looks like a3 bigadv produce 20-30% less PPD...

That is quite a difference!

SciFrog · 01:22 PM

No idea of points yet, but my completion time went from 2 days 22 hours to 3 days 14 hours. Before I was getting 51k points per unit. Oh and it is using core 2.22 for these a3 bigadv.

Somehow though according to the table, it should yield the same 16.5k PPD. My machine is a 8 cores with no PPD hit? It looks like the one getting hit by 20-30% less PPD are 4 cores plus 4 virtual.

We will know for sure in two days.

SciFrog · Jun 7, 2010, 05:32 PM

Yup, 58.5k points with the bonus so more than the a2 units, very small PPD loss in the end, unlike the virtual cores... And this a3 unit survived a restart! Great update!

SciFrog · Jun 15, 2010, 12:21 PM

Some a3 servers are down, uploads are not working... Also the a3 now serves a 6701 unit, quite a slow one...

SciFrog · Jun 17, 2010, 07:32 PM

All the problems seem solved.

Hey, where is everybody?

SciFrog · Jun 22, 2010, 08:03 PM

Core a3 2.22 is out, it is somewhat faster than 2.21. It doesn't seem to update by itself yet, so once a unit is finished, you need to manually delete the core to get the new one.

johnisgood11 · Jul 19, 2010, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SciFrog

Core a3 2.22 is out, it is somewhat faster than 2.21. It doesn't seem to update by itself yet, so once a unit is finished, you need to manually delete the core to get the new one.

I am new... but i have heard quite a bit about seti@home. Can you explain a bit about why people are doing it?

SciFrog · Jul 20, 2010, 07:50 AM

Medical research. Many people felt SETI was fun but a bit useless. Please refer to their site for more info:

http://folding.stanford.edu/

lordonuthin · Jul 22, 2010, 04:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SciFrog

All the problems seem solved.

Hey, where is everybody?

Ha ha, out to lunch I think!

lordonuthin · Jul 22, 2010, 04:56 PM

We are back to 58th place again, 57th didn't last very long

twoodcc · Jul 22, 2010, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by lordonuthin

We are back to 58th place again, 57th didn't last very long

yeah i noticed that. we need to get back on it!

Apr 27, 2010, 09:48 PM	#1
lordonuthin macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Iowa	Folding@home News Good news on the GPU3 front it's getting closer now. I thought I would start a thread on news about Folding like the above... __________________ 2009 Mac Pro, 13" Mac Book Pro, iPhone 4, iPad 2, iPod touch, 3rd gen iPod
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Apr 28, 2010, 09:38 PM	#3
twoodcc macrumors G5 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Right side of wrong	well that is good news. it seems GPU3 will be out very soon __________________ tville Smarter than the average bear
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May 11, 2010, 01:23 AM	#4
lordonuthin Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Iowa	Update on the problem getting work units __________________ 2009 Mac Pro, 13" Mac Book Pro, iPhone 4, iPad 2, iPod touch, 3rd gen iPod
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May 22, 2010, 11:03 AM	#6
SciFrog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	Got an a3 unit but it says bigadv in the Wudget... 4 mins time frame, doesn't look like a bigadv... Core 2.21 is also ready now. Update: one a3 bigadv has been released, it is project 2684. I did not get it though and got assigned a 6012 which is a regular a3, never got one before... Update 2: one crashed at 2%, the other one at 10%, then I got an a2 bigadv... Go figure. Stanford doesn't seem to have solved the early crashing problem yet that 2.21 was supposed to fix. Last edited by SciFrog; May 22, 2010 at 11:50 AM.
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May 23, 2010, 07:53 AM	#8
DeSnousa macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Brisbane, Australia	So does this mean that if I get a ATI graphics card, it will fold great? __________________ iBook G4 1.2ghz Need a new Mac
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Apr 28, 2010, 02:23 AM	#2
SciFrog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	No mention of Mac support yet... Patience patience. But these NVidia GT4XX look like they will be monsters at Folding. Still waiting on bigadv to move to a3 core though...
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May 23, 2010, 08:00 AM	#9
DeSnousa macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Brisbane, Australia	So does this mean that if I get a ATI graphics card, it will fold great? __________________ iBook G4 1.2ghz Need a new Mac
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May 23, 2010, 09:02 AM	#10
SciFrog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	No, these are CPU clients. The ATI vs Nvidia PPD difference is not going away anytime soon, something where the architecture of Nvidia cards better suited to Folding. What we are waiting for however is a GPU client for Mac/Linux.
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May 30, 2010, 05:07 PM	#11
lordonuthin Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Iowa	GPU3 open beta is out for testing __________________ 2009 Mac Pro, 13" Mac Book Pro, iPhone 4, iPad 2, iPod touch, 3rd gen iPod
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May 30, 2010, 09:08 PM	#12
SciFrog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	Not for macs/Linux.
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Jun 3, 2010, 12:07 PM	#14
SciFrog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	It looks like a3 bigadv produce 20-30% less PPD...
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Jun 5, 2010, 01:09 PM	#16
SciFrog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	No idea of points yet, but my completion time went from 2 days 22 hours to 3 days 14 hours. Before I was getting 51k points per unit. Oh and it is using core 2.22 for these a3 bigadv. Somehow though according to the table, it should yield the same 16.5k PPD. My machine is a 8 cores with no PPD hit? It looks like the one getting hit by 20-30% less PPD are 4 cores plus 4 virtual. We will know for sure in two days. Last edited by SciFrog; Jun 5, 2010 at 01:22 PM.
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Jun 7, 2010, 05:32 PM	#17
SciFrog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	Yup, 58.5k points with the bonus so more than the a2 units, very small PPD loss in the end, unlike the virtual cores... And this a3 unit survived a restart! Great update!
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Jun 15, 2010, 12:21 PM	#18
SciFrog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	Some a3 servers are down, uploads are not working... Also the a3 now serves a 6701 unit, quite a slow one...
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Jun 17, 2010, 07:32 PM	#19
SciFrog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	All the problems seem solved. Hey, where is everybody?
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Jun 22, 2010, 08:03 PM	#20
SciFrog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	Core a3 2.22 is out, it is somewhat faster than 2.21. It doesn't seem to update by itself yet, so once a unit is finished, you need to manually delete the core to get the new one.
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Jul 20, 2010, 07:50 AM	#22
SciFrog macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	Medical research. Many people felt SETI was fun but a bit useless. Please refer to their site for more info: http://folding.stanford.edu/
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Jul 22, 2010, 04:56 PM	#24
lordonuthin Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Iowa	We are back to 58th place again, 57th didn't last very long __________________ 2009 Mac Pro, 13" Mac Book Pro, iPhone 4, iPad 2, iPod touch, 3rd gen iPod
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