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lordonuthin

lordonuthin

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twoodcc said:
let us know how it goes
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I've started with <./fah6 -bigadv -smp 16 -local> after getting rid of the unit it was working on, it is finally using all 16 cores now, had only been using 8. It doesn't look like it's doing anything more strenuous.

[05:54:53] pleted 2500 out of 250000 steps (1%)
[05:57:58] Completed 5000 out of 250000 steps (2%)
[06:01:02] Completed 7500 out of 250000 steps (3%)
[06:04:07] Completed 10000 out of 250000 steps (4%)
[06:07:13] Completed 12500 out of 250000 steps (5%)
[06:10:20] Completed 15000 out of 250000 steps (6%)
 
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SciFrog

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This is not a bigadv unit... The fastest machines out there do a frame in 22 mins...


PS: I am folding on an air, good for 800PPD...
 
twoodcc

twoodcc

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lordonuthin said:
I've started with <./fah6 -bigadv -smp 16 -local> after getting rid of the unit it was working on, it is finally using all 16 cores now, had only been using 8. It doesn't look like it's doing anything more strenuous.

[05:54:53] pleted 2500 out of 250000 steps (1%)
[05:57:58] Completed 5000 out of 250000 steps (2%)
[06:01:02] Completed 7500 out of 250000 steps (3%)
[06:04:07] Completed 10000 out of 250000 steps (4%)
[06:07:13] Completed 12500 out of 250000 steps (5%)
[06:10:20] Completed 15000 out of 250000 steps (6%)
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yeah that's not a bigadv unit. i think you have to download the correct binary before you can use the -bigadv flag (i think). just take a look at stanford's web page for instructions.

SciFrog said:
This is not a bigadv unit... The fastest machines out there do a frame in 22 mins...


PS: I am folding on an air, good for 800PPD...
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really? it just seems like the air would really overheat. is it usable at all while folding?
 
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SciFrog

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It is usable, but when you use it on your lap, it gets warmer and the CPU throttles down, resulting in slower times. I don't use it much so it works, and is under warranty... I rests on a laptop stand. It is the original 1.6Ghz, but seeing how some reputable magazine saw the slowdowns on the 2.13Ghz even more, not tempted to upgrade.
 
ayeying

ayeying

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twoodcc said:
are you really folding on an air?
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Yes. It's a great machine and very capable. I don't experience any overheating issues or such. However, at night, when I'm asleep, I run it on a cooling pad in the kitchen for those "just-in-case" moments. However, during the day, I just run it without the cooling pad since it's pretty loud.
 
lordonuthin

lordonuthin

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ayeying said:
Yes. It's a great machine and very capable. I don't experience any overheating issues or such. However, at night, when I'm asleep, I run it on a cooling pad in the kitchen for those "just-in-case" moments. However, during the day, I just run it without the cooling pad since it's pretty loud.
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My first thought was; the AIR is loud?? but then I realized you meant the cool pad :eek:
 
lordonuthin

lordonuthin

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twoodcc said:
yeah that's not a bigadv unit. i think you have to download the correct binary before you can use the -bigadv flag (i think). just take a look at stanford's web page for instructions.
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I thought I did everything right but... I did find that it was running another wu on 8 cores after I set it up, duh. Fixed that but it still won't pick up the bigadv so I thought maybe they are out of them? it will pick up normal wu's if it can't get bigadv one's. And maybe I need more than 6 GB of ram?
 
ayeying

ayeying

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lordonuthin said:
My first thought was; the AIR is loud?? but then I realized you meant the cool pad :eek:
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Yeah, my bad :D The cooling pad is loud but its not as loud as my first HP Pavilion laptop with a Pentium 4 desktop (yep, a desktop processor) processor in it. That thing had 3 fans running all the time.
 
twoodcc

twoodcc

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lordonuthin said:
I thought I did everything right but... I did find that it was running another wu on 8 cores after I set it up, duh. Fixed that but it still won't pick up the bigadv so I thought maybe they are out of them? it will pick up normal wu's if it can't get bigadv one's. And maybe I need more than 6 GB of ram?
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check out this thread. near the bottom it says about a new binary

SciFrog said:
It is usable, but when you use it on your lap, it gets warmer and the CPU throttles down, resulting in slower times. I don't use it much so it works, and is under warranty... I rests on a laptop stand. It is the original 1.6Ghz, but seeing how some reputable magazine saw the slowdowns on the 2.13Ghz even more, not tempted to upgrade.
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ayeying said:
Yes. It's a great machine and very capable. I don't experience any overheating issues or such. However, at night, when I'm asleep, I run it on a cooling pad in the kitchen for those "just-in-case" moments. However, during the day, I just run it without the cooling pad since it's pretty loud.
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wow. i'm very surprised that ya'll are folding on an air. it seems the fans come on my air when watching a youtube video.
 
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Storm9

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lordonuthin said:
I've started with <./fah6 -bigadv -smp 16 -local> after getting rid of the unit it was working on, it is finally using all 16 cores now, had only been using 8. It doesn't look like it's doing anything more strenuous.
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How can you tell how many cores its using?
 
iShater

iShater

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My MBP is up and running 24/7 now, HP laptop working during business hours, and my CD iMac is running at night. I should be back to my "normal" output.

Now I am itching to buy a MP :p
 
twoodcc

twoodcc

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lordonuthin said:
I thought I did everything right but... I did find that it was running another wu on 8 cores after I set it up, duh. Fixed that but it still won't pick up the bigadv so I thought maybe they are out of them? it will pick up normal wu's if it can't get bigadv one's. And maybe I need more than 6 GB of ram?
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also, you need to have a passkey and completed 10 WUs with your passkey before you'll get a bigadv unit
 
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SciFrog

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twoodcc said:
also, you need to have a passkey and completed 10 WUs with your passkey before you'll get a bigadv unit
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Actually you should get the bigadv right away, but the bonus will be awarded once you get 10 units recorded with the passkey.
 
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SciFrog

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twoodcc said:
yeah for real. but that iMac sure does seem nice
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Someone claim the got 43 mins frame time on the biadv with a core i860 and Linux, same CPU as the higher end iMac. That is the same as my 3Ghz 8 core Mac Pro. You think it is possible?
 
lordonuthin

lordonuthin

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twoodcc said:
also, you need to have a passkey and completed 10 WUs with your passkey before you'll get a bigadv unit
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I got a passkey a couple of weeks ago and have it on all of the machines now. The mp has run through quite a few wu with the passkey by now.
 
lordonuthin

lordonuthin

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SciFrog said:
Someone claim the got 43 mins frame time on the biadv with a core i860 and Linux, same CPU as the higher end iMac. That is the same as my 3Ghz 8 core Mac Pro. You think it is possible?
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I think they were dreaming;) my i7 920 with ubuntu does normal frames in about 6 minutes, I think, I'm at work now so not absolutely sure but in that range. The mp is running normal frames at about 2 minutes.
 
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SciFrog

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Looks like 45 mins is more realistic. These chips seems as fast as i920, Impressive.
 
lordonuthin

lordonuthin

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I spent most of the night last night trying to get gpu2 running in wine on the i7 machine but ran into a problem and gave up. But I have found that the issue may not be with my set up, it may be the wu are bad so I will work on that again tonight to see what happens if I can get a different wu. Here is some info.

I would love to add the points from my 2 gtx 960's especially since that is why I got them :D
 
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SciFrog

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With similar hardware, is Umbutu faster at Folding?
I saw some strange results on the Folding forum.

Any chance to get GPU via wine in MAc OS X?
 
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trainguy77

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lordonuthin said:
I spent most of the night last night trying to get gpu2 running in wine on the i7 machine but ran into a problem and gave up. But I have found that the issue may not be with my set up, it may be the wu are bad so I will work on that again tonight to see what happens if I can get a different wu. Here is some info.

I would love to add the points from my 2 gtx 960's especially since that is why I got them :D
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here is a how too: http://moderngeek.com/node/81

This might help too: http://gpu2.twomurs.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
 
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