New Members Welcome & Advice Thread

[Sparky]

Ah I see, just thought you might have some super-clocked 486 or something, that would have been kinda cool

[[486]]

that would be really cool, but parts [high performance ones] especially memory, and locked multi's lead me to think making my phase cooler fit on it was a waste of time

PS: 1200 frames so far,[3 days] is this normal for a a64-3200?

[Sparky]

lol yeah phase probably overkill on the 486

Which client are you running, the GUI or the console text-only client? Which project # is it? Some projects take a long time, others not so long so I'd need the project number to compare.

[[486]]

well, I just typed a big post, and when I looked at the screen it wasn't there!
I'm on 3044, but it doesn't matter because I thought they were all the same size, and i used the GUI installer, I'm not all that good with software compared to you guys, so I figured I would be less prone to give up!

EDIT: I'm at 1444 now

[Sparky]

Work units aren't all the same size, depending on the protein they are crunching they can be pretty small things or these massive jobs.

I've not used the GUI client and unfortunately the console and the GUI don't compare well to each other. The console has 100 frames (comprised of varying amounts of steps), so each frame is 1%. GUI client has a varying number of frames (why, I don't know...).

[Sir_Loin]

and i used the GUI installer, I'm not all that good with software compared to you guys, so I figured I would be less prone to give up!

Actually, the console version just doesn't give you anything nice to look at, but as far as an actual installation goes it's just as easy as the gui and generally has fewer issues than the gui. I'm a firm believer the console version has less overhead and allows the client to utilize your hardware slightly more efficiently. Trust me, when I first started folding years ago, I started with the gui too. Plus you have a good safety net. There are a lot of good people on this team that can help you out if you hit a snag.....Sparky for one is usually on top of stuff. I just pop in from time to time to lend a hand if I can.

Take the plunge....go console!

Oh, I forgot to say "Hi"

[[486]]

I'll just wait until I can get my network up, I just have to put in a new card in the other system and get a new router, so it may be awhile [saving money for the router], i'll install with the console on that computer.

[Sparky]

There are some setup guides linked in my sig if you want, might help. And don't hesitate to ask any questions

[Monkeywoman]

i just got a ps3 yesterday (boxing day special w00t) and i've started folding. ive gotten 3 protes done sofar. whats the benfit of joining a team? i'm helping alone just as well as with a team right?

[Rmc[AZ]]

i just got a ps3 yesterday (boxing day special w00t) and i've started folding. ive gotten 3 protes done sofar. whats the benfit of joining a team? i'm helping alone just as well as with a team right?

Hi there and welcome. The PS3 is certainly awesome... I have one folding as well.

For the cause of folding there is no difference in folding for yourself or a team, but folding for a team can get you more in the competitive spirit! It is the competition that helps drive a lot of us to fold more, which in turn does more for the cause of course.

If you would like, you can use 36362 to join up with XS. Currently, we are ranked 63rd overall as a team.

[Sparky]

i just got a ps3 yesterday (boxing day special w00t) and i've started folding. ive gotten 3 protes done sofar. whats the benfit of joining a team? i'm helping alone just as well as with a team right?

Benefit of joining a team is you get enough people together and you can then go out and pick on other members in the team for some fun competition or as a team pick on another team to race them to a certain goal or something like that

[leo_bsb]

I started to folding seriously now.
I have my quad at work and one at home, soon I throw some other machines too.
I'm running the console SMP client.

[Sparky]

leo_bsb glad to have you here! SMP client is a good choice for sure

[Papu]

hi im running 2x console clients on my E6520 clocked at 3.4ghz
and im getting about 380PPD out of them? is this normal or am i doing somthing wrong? both cores are maxed at 100% , ive only been running it for about 6 hours ?

[Sparky]

If you want more points, try out the SMP client. More of a pain to set up (partially since it is in beta still) and you can't set it as a service so you have the annoying button on the taskbar all the time, but it puts those cores through their paces quite well. My Opteron 165 @ 2.8GHz hits about 1100PPD with it, so your CPU should definitely be capable of some heavy hitting

[Papu]

If you want more points, try out the SMP client. More of a pain to set up (partially since it is in beta still) and you can't set it as a service so you have the annoying button on the taskbar all the time, but it puts those cores through their paces quite well. My Opteron 165 @ 2.8GHz hits about 1100PPD with it, so your CPU should definitely be capable of some heavy hitting

nice! im giving it a shoot now , bing multi processor i guess i only run 1 instance?

hopefully it'l work with fahmon

[Papu]

right some good old console hacking and its running on my main vista rig , havent got a PPD yet but il update.

time to get this running on my server box

Thanks for all the help , lets Crunch hard

done 1400pd on my main rig and about 980ppd on my server

thanks! thats double what i had before!

[Don_Dan]

hopefully it'l work with fahmon

Yes, it works perfectly with the latest version of fahmon.

The SMP-client is really amazing, and up to now I never had big problems with it. At least nothing a restart could not solve...

[Swarm dude]

Hello guys!
I joined the team, I'll try to contribute as much as I can
I'm currently folding on my lil' E2160.
Maybe I'll make a rig that will do only folding, but I'm limited with my budget, so it will probably some K7 Athlon or maybe a Duron, but it will fold 24/7

[Ugly n Grey]

Thanks Swarm! It's not just the massive crunchers who make a team, it's also the long term contribution of the regular guys that helps us out in catching the teams in front. Welcome Aboard

The top five on the XS have really picked up the pace to boot, Toms is going down in record time.... this is sooooooo nice.

[Sparky]

Thanks Swarm! It's not just the massive crunchers who make a team, it's also the long term contribution of the regular guys that helps us out in catching the teams in front. Welcome Aboard

The top five on the XS have really picked up the pace to boot, Toms is going down in record time.... this is sooooooo nice.

QFT

[angra]

Welcome swarm

UnG, what is it about Tom's that motivates us so?

[Ugly n Grey]

Welcome swarm

UnG, what is it about Tom's that motivates us so?

I am going to have to assume the question is entirely rhetorical. Having said that, I like to think of it as "Xstreme vs mainstream"

[Lurker246]

Hi guys,

Thanks to this forum..... well the P5W DH problems and fixes thread .... It's taught me how to overclock. Thanks to all the info I managed to build my system with 0 problems.

The least I could do was use my rig for folding for Team 36362 as a small thank you... but why stop there, I've also added my bro's PS3, my work comp and my second rig:

1 X Q6600 (Ubuntu)
2 X Pentium 4 (XP)
1 X PS3

and hopefully add my own PS3 next month.

Team 36362 FTW!

[Ugly n Grey]

Hi guys,

Thanks to this forum..... well the P5W DH problems and fixes thread .... It's taught me how to overclock. Thanks to all the info I managed to build my system with 0 problems.

The least I could do was use my rig for folding for Team 36362 as a small thank you... but why stop there, I've also added my bro's PS3, my work comp and my second rig:

1 X Q6600 (Ubuntu)
2 X Pentium 4 (XP)
1 X PS3

and hopefully add my own PS3 next month.

Team 36362 FTW!

Welcome man!

Whoa bud, that's a lot of rigs... numbers are flying up the curve for SURE Ugly definitely has an evil grin on his face. Most importantly, I'm glad you got some good solid info out of the forums. The folks here take their hardware pretty seriously and are a pretty damn knowledgeable group.

What's your folding ID? Welcome to the team!