****Folding@home setup guide****

[Pilgrim57]

Any chance of an update to cover the new FAH Control?

 

[dekez]

Any chance of an update to cover the new FAH Control?

Yes will do

 

[colinmcr]

Excuse my ignorance but is Team 10 different from "OcUK - Overclockers UK" which I have as a team?

 

[ozaudio]

no team 10 is ther number linking to ocuk / overclockers uk is the full name

 

[Muzza1875]

Do we need a password to fold for you guys?

can someone tell me how to add -bigadv to v7 client?

cheers

 

[Snapshot]

There's no such thing as a password but if you want the early completion bonus points then you do need a passkey which is just for you. There's a FAQ on how to get one on Stanford's site.

Is your hardware good enough to make use of -bigadv?

 

[Muzza1875]

There's no such thing as a password but if you want the early completion bonus points then you do need a passkey which is just for you. There's a FAQ on how to get one on Stanford's site.

Is your hardware good enough to make use of -bigadv?

17 950 @4.2 and a 6950 good enough?

 

[Snapshot]

Nope, nowhere near. You need a PC with a minimum of 16 threads these days. I used to happily, if slowly, run -bigadv on my i7 860 then a bit better on my i7 2600K but Stanford moved the goalposts at the start of the year and I don't think there are any single CPUs that still make the grade. It's just -advmethods for us now.

Oh, and don't waste time/effort folding on an AMD GPU. Although the V7 client is much better than V6 , it's still miles behind what you'll get from the equivalent Nvidia card.

 

[Biffa]

Is only a waste of time and effort if you are in it for the points alone, you can still help with the science very capably with what you have got.

 

[HankScorpio]

I found using my gpu with SMP dragged my ppd down to 8-10k, when I turned gpu folding off it went up to 18k on average.

What does -advmethods tag do for single smp folding?

 

[charsi]

i just installed this and am currently running wit a project assigned and everything..
but my userid is not showing up here-- http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_list.php?s=&t=10
i do have the team set to 10 in the client

EDIT: Just realized there are multiple pages on that link!

 

[Pabl0]

guys, i've just set up FAH control v7 and got it all running for team 10.

Now i just did the express install and it started to fold, how do i know its using my i5 3750k and my 7970? I can hear the coil whine on the GPU, and in after burner its at 53% usage, the i5 is at 100% load..

Is there anyways to tell its all working correctly?

oh, i've just changed the mode and can see both smp and the 7970 doing its thing...

 

[Ollie1132]

Just joined the team for folding ^.^ Will be doing as much as I can!

 

[kerrgreg]

Whoop! Welcome along !

 

[JamesM]

Best setup for a i3770k and a 670?

Shall I allocate a core to the GPU? or just leave things as they are

 

[ozaudio]

Leave as it is only amd cards eat a cpu core . Nvidia takes next to nothing

What's your ppd from these running

 

[miniyazz]

What you may find is you get better PPD by leaving a core free. It's not just the GPU which it can handle, also other background tasks that otherwise slow the whole process down. Try it and see.

 

[kerrgreg]

Yeah i find keeping a core free gives better results.

 

[Biffa]

Leave as it is only amd cards eat a cpu core . Nvidia takes next to nothing

In the past, in the present and future the roles seem to be reversed for now.

 

[JamesM]

So setting the CPU number to use as 7 would correct since its a 3770k yeah?

I had seen around 52,000 PPD

Also for those of you who fold on your main system while using it, whats the best way to keep 'snappy' performance while browsing the net and stuff? Mine has a small delay while doing things due to folding which i'd like to minimize if possible without effecting folding too much. It's only noticeable when using the GPU to fold