I know... for some reason I don't get excited about voting, or other things that you contribute less than 1% of the results, but folding seams cool
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I know... for some reason I don't get excited about voting, or other things that you contribute less than 1% of the results, but folding seams cool
Folding is cool! I wonder what a G5 XServe would be like with folding... *imagines having an XServe in his closet*
Crappy, maybe 1/3 as fast as a new Pentium 4.
I wish macs were as fast as PCs at folding... I would have about 500 extra points
That's odd...I wonder if it's a software reason or hardware limitations. Either way, at least I have access to two P4s at home to keep on folding while I am off at college with my PowerBook. Here's hoping I'll have at least one roommate with a P4 again this year to con into folding for me..."If you let me install this folding client on your computer you get unlimited use of my Xbox"
Well I'm at 64% of a 500 WU...sometime late tonight it should be done. The 1.6 GHz Compaq seems to be *a lot* slower than the 2.8 GHz Dell...it's still way low on just a 250 WU.
General [M]ayhem - 13,619.57 points per day - Active processors within a week
503
Macrumors.com - Team Folding - 6,510.03 points per day - Active processors within a week
418
I did the math, and if we had the same CPUs as them (PCs instead of macs), we would be doing over 11,000 points per day
That's why it should be our mission to save PCs from their sad existance as Windows boxes and use them for something better, such as folding...
I'm not sure yet since I haven't completed a WU so far, but if you go to status and click on your user stats, it tells you.
My question has been answered!
(how the hell did PowerBook G5 blaze through 40% of a work unit in a day?)
Oh god, this means I need to use a PC....there IS a dual 1.8Ghz P4 server sitting without a job in the NOC...hmm.
OK, we *have* proven faster processors, but our folding efforts suck.
One of us needs to use the source, Luke.
Better yet, the Schwartz.
I'm going to test the console version for OS X. Anyone ever tried it? Does it make a difference?
I was wondering if the text version would be faster...right now I am around 80% on my 500 WU on the Dell...I hope to have it done around 12:30 tonight, which means by the time I wake up tomorrow I could be done with another My mom shut down the computer for a while before she went to bed, but I went back in and turned it back on to let it do its thing.
My mom shut down the computer for a while before she went to bed, but I went back in and turned it back on to let it do its thing.
Since we seem to be newb guiding the other folding newb lets try to clear the air shall we?
The Graphical Client slows folding a little because every 5 seconds the graphics move, and its possible the client uses 3-7% CPU for that time.
That uses some CPU time.
If you look in the FAQ by Rower
For Terminal (Console) Scripts made by mc68k -- I Highly suggest these.
Aint that redundant?
Water Cooling... and Fans?
And what the hell is that...water cooling is suppose to cool the processor much, muct more then a fan would...
I'm running the Graphical Client on a QS@1.26GHz, a iMacFP@700Mhz and a B&W g3 with a G4@450Mhz.
I've found that if I "Hide Application" from the pull down Menu it runs faster as view'd from "TOP".
I hit the app's Doc Icon to view the Almighty % and then back to hideApp !
Fold on
I've found that if I "Hide Application" from the pull down Menu it runs faster as view'd from "TOP".
I hit the app's Doc Icon to view the Almighty % and then back to hideApp !
Fold on
I checked and I finished a 70 point WU last night, but my score is still 0...am I missing something?
didnt see someone answer this... but if they did oh well
the 3.06 prob has hyper threading on so it can act as two cpus. Each WU will take up 50% of the cpu speed. I'm not sure if it is faster or not to have it run one really fast or two fast.
I had 3 machines running the terminal app - now I'm just down to two. But when I eventually get a new G5 later this year I'll be putting out a few more units....
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It must have taken a while to register, I saw this morning I was at zero and was like "noooo, register you son of a...yeah, not good" For some reason, my sister's Compaq as been stuck around 30% on the same 250 WU for the past two days...not sure why it's going so slow, she's at school so the only thing running is folding. The Dell is around 32% on its second 400 WU, though, I'm pretty impressed with the performance of its 2.8 GHz...except it feels like the case/desk it hot enough to cook bacon off of it. I just cannot imagine what a dual 64-bit CPU will be capable of (Mmm...G5...) if only I were in the market for one!