New Members Welcome & Advice Thread

[Sparky]

1 SMP client runs 2 to 4 cores. The newer client though you have to put -smp in the command line to it otherwise it won't run in SMP mode.

[Jamesrt2004]

1 SMP client runs 2 to 4 cores. The newer client though you have to put -smp in the command line to it otherwise it won't run in SMP mode.

got the -smp
how can you tell it how many cores to use?
or is it random?

[Sparky]

It will use all your cores by default, up to 4. If you have one of those sweet 8 core systems, then you'd need to run 2 clients to use all 4 cores.

[Jamesrt2004]

ahh ok that all makes sense thats cool thanks alot

[Sparky]

anytime

[mackey]

Says Completed 0 out of 5000000 steps.

How long till it completes 1 step? It's been sitting here for a minute or two.

[Sparky]

It takes more than a couple minutes. Depending on the project it can take 5, 10, 15, 20 minutes for the step.

[Jamesrt2004]

how long should it take for a Q6600 at 3GHZ (for now cba to make it 3.6 its too hot lol) ... to make a step? its taking roughly just under 30 mins to make a "2500 out of....." step

so was just wondering if that sounds about right?

[Marvin_The_Martian]

James use www.fahmon.net for monitoring

And Sparky, how many is 2 two four?

[Jamesrt2004]

James use www.fahmon.net for monitoring

And Sparky, how many is 2 two four?

was anyway but didnt understand it and still dont says ppd for my GPU is about 1900 but i only EVER get about 1400/1500

and then cpu 2000 :O??? i hope thats true lols we will see

[mackey]

I finished a few WU with my GPU client but my score did not go up? I left it on all night with about 1hr45min/WU and my score is still the same? How often is it updated?

[Jamesrt2004]

I finished a few WU with my GPU client but my score did not go up? I left it on all night with about 1hr45min/WU and my score is still the same? How often is it updated?

just wait a while they had some mad outage last night so im guessing their going to be kinda busy their so just give it a while,

[Sparky]

Stats update every 3 hours, but if you upload like 30 minutes before the update it won't come until the next update. However, as jamesrt2004 said, that power outage I'm sure caused headaches. They did say they stopped the stats updates until they got the rest of the stuff back online to help speed things up.

[Kondik]

Nice Evening [ GMT +2 ] to you guys
I'm not new on XS.Org but today I decidet to dedicate my time to Folding [ 18 Hours a day, When I sleep PC sleeps to, that's the rule ]
It's just one PC but better than nothing

http://www.ninjutsu.tym.cz/Folder.jpg

[Marvin_The_Martian]

Welcome to the team Kondik

It's not important what you bring, it's important that you're here

Hope to see you around, and happy folding

Arrrgghhh I made it through here before I actually looked at the image... you CHEAT

You're still welcome though, just try to be honest next time okaaay

[Sparky]

Welcome!

[Kondik]

Welcome to the team Kondik
Arrrgghhh I made it through here before I actually looked at the image... you CHEAT

I cheat ? Umm ... [ please insert explanation ]

[Sparky]

I cheat ? Umm ... [ please insert explanation ]

I think it is because you were like "ahh just one PC" but then looking at the pic shows it is not just a typical single PC

the "cheat" part was a joke

[Kondik]

Ah , You see .. I got long wires well it's just one PC, you guys are foldin' with 2 ~ 4 GPU's , 2 ~ 6 PC's therefore

[Sparky]

Think of it this way, that PC of yours, is probably going to be awfully close to what I can do with SEVERAL PCs. I run old hardware! Because it's cheap and I don't pay the power bill...yet.

[Kondik]

Well, thanks , I'll tweak it a bit and eventually get a 2nd GPU. Now i'm sitting just at 12.000 PPD [ OCed the CPU a bit and got +800PPD ] +/-
As for the Elecricity bill, my flat my rules and since I don't have other Ohm Law Eaters except the PC [ Not a TV nor a Fridge ]
And still is around + 5 ~ 9 $ per month so 50 ~ 100 buxx per year IS Worth even if there is the smallest chance to help a single person on this planet.

[Marvin_The_Martian]

Sparky knows

Sorry if my communication skills sometimes seem to be lacking, though I thought in this case it should have been pretty clear I was joking

I think you ment long feet btw, not long wires?

And yeah, not many people here are running those dedicated folding rigs, most ppd still seems to come from the cpu's. Which is abit of a shame for a 3d oriented community like XS but maybe we just got to work on that some more.

Like I said, welcome aboard

Edit: damn please, for the sake of the americans, never post your electricity rate here ( or my sake for that matters ).

[Sparky]

I like your attitude Crunch for life, to me, as you said, if even ONE person benefits from all this, it was worth it

12000PPD Wow... I'm at 4000PPD when things are going smoothly, right now between moving to school and some system troubles and an OS upgrade my PPD has suffered but it'll bounce back.

How do you get by without a fridge??? I can see how no TV, I don't have one either, but a fridge is like a necessity IMO!

[Kondik]

I think you ment long feet btw, not long wires?
( or my sake for that matters ).

4 kW for $1

Long Wires = Brain related , it took me a couple of minutes to figure out what you thought and SparkyJJO figured it out in a matter of seconds. To put it intro a XS.org sentence, I was born with a RISC CPU , I count things fast but sometimes I'm limited with my architecture

How do you get by without a fridge??? I can see how no TV, I don't have one either, but a fridge is like a necessity IMO!

Well paid , If my body starts hunger.dll I usually call the 24/7 Delivery service or put on my clothes and a nice good warm lunch / dinner in the city, Fridges are overrated.

[Marvin_The_Martian]

But how about the cold drinks

I'm pretty attached to my fridge, it's about 20cm away from me now

And remind me to never tell you to not do something, unless I want you to do it

You're feeling right at home, I like it

Edit:

Just pointing something out to you, I got asperger ( read signature ).

If someone has a wiring problem, it's not you