Best OS for Folding?

lopkinfop · 23 Oct 2007 at 15:08

if a machines sole use is to fold what would be the best/most efficient OS for that if it will be on 24/7 with 2 command line clients. its not that good so it wont run an SMP, but i will be oveclocking.

SiriusB · 23 Oct 2007 at 15:12

Linux, preferably a server-version [no GUI].

Snapshot · 23 Oct 2007 at 15:15

No-one seems to talk about Linux for non-SMP clients so there's probably no advantage to it. If you're only going to run a command-line client then I'd be inclined to try Windows 2000 rather than XP. I'm not sure there's any advantage to two command-line clients on a single-processor PC.

SiriusB · 23 Oct 2007 at 15:35

What CPU have you got? As Snappy says, 2 clients on one processor will get you little to no benefit.

shadowscotland · 23 Oct 2007 at 15:38

I'm with snapshot on this one - and the older the os the better to minimise overheads - 98SE always ran F@H standard WU's faster that XP did. But it looks ver5 dosen't surport 98 anymore..... and Ver4 will not give you the newer, larger, ram hungry, bonus pointed WU's.

Windows NT or 2000 with the ver5 or beta ver6 client.

Single core - single client
Single core with HT - two clients (HT on) or one client (HT off)
two cores - two clients

Edit: if below 800fsb P4 not worth it for a dedicated folding PC
- 80 to 120ppd for lots of £'s of electric

lopkinfop · 23 Oct 2007 at 16:42

its a 2.8GHz Pentium D 800FSB, it has a good board and a tuniq tower so im going to try and increase that a bit.

its a stop gap untill i can upgrade to a Q6600 or Q68XX after christmas

shadowscotland · 23 Oct 2007 at 18:00

Good old PentiumD's - had a [email protected] myself for almost a year - hot, power hungry but crunched very well.

Any C2D at even 2/3 the clock speed will outproform it but if that's what your got - two standard clients will fit the bill.