Folding@home news 20th - 27th June 2013

Stan_Lite said:
Sorry dude - nothing personal :p

Ultimate plan is to let Stan_Lite catch up with Bigstan and then split my output between both accounts and see if I can keep two accounts in the top 5.
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Now that really would be unfair, especially if you try and claim they are individual PC's and so enter them in the single crunchers leagues too. Don't want to give you ideas, you don't need any.
 
I'm coming back to the UK next weekend, will probably be a few months before I get a rig together (have to buy a house first), but I fully intend on getting back into the top 5 as well :D

Not sure how I'll match Stan's might but I'll give it a go ;)
 
MGP said:
Now that really would be unfair, especially if you try and claim they are individual PC's and so enter them in the single crunchers leagues too. Don't want to give you ideas, you don't need any.
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Already thought of that ;)

dekez said:
I'm coming back to the UK next weekend, will probably be a few months before I get a rig together (have to buy a house first), but I fully intend on getting back into the top 5 as well :D

Not sure how I'll match Stan's might but I'll give it a go ;)
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Bring it on :p A bit of healthy competition keeps things interesting :)
 
loudbob said:
Where....

When....

How....

???

:D :D :D
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I wish mate. Maybe next year once the credit cards have been cleared ;)

I'm 4th but a long way behind you guys at the top (although Baba seems to have lost his way a bit). I can't afford the hardware to challenge you guys yet (I probably could have if I hadn't got distracted by the SR-2 build and the gaming rig upgrades but, meh :p). I'm trying to stir up a bit of competition in the lower ranks until my finances are in a better place. Sometime in the next year, you'll have a trust email asking advice about 4P systems ;)
 
Stan_Lite said:
Sometime in the next year, you'll have a trust email asking advice about 4P systems ;)
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loudbob said:
Help is at hand for those who need it ;)
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Or if you need to buy it
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On another note, it might be all change soon for bigadv, but also in case anyone missed it heres Vijay's blog post about Core17 moving out of beta to advanced:

June 29, 2013
Welcome to FahCore 17!
We are proud to announce that our latest GPU core, FahCore 17, was recently moved from beta to advanced testing, the last quality assurance step before a full release. As we previously mentioned, this core is a significant step for us. FahCore 17 is a complete overhaul from our previous GPU cores. It brings a cleaner and more streamlined codebase, new serialization mechanisms that allow us to set up diverse simulations, and improved stability. Its use of OpenCL has united our development, allowing the single core to run on both Nvidia and AMD cards, and theoretically any OpenCL-capable device. It is also our first GPU core to run natively in Linux, although we are only supporting Nvidia GPUs there for the time being as we wait for AMD's Linux drivers to mature a bit more. Overall, this core sets a strong foundation for the future of GPU core development.

On AMD cards, FahCore 17 is about 10 times faster than the old GPU cores, and on Nvidia it's about twice as fast. This is mainly due to its OpenMM 5.1 base, which contains many optimizations which deliver a significant speedup. One optimization in particular that we are waiting for is CUDA JIT, a just-in-time compiler that Nvidia may be introducing into its drivers in the coming future. Not only will this technology allow us to offer support for the CUDA platform with FahCore 17, but the JIT compiler is likely to deliver a massive speedup. For the time being, we continue to work at finding additional optimizations on our end. We have also successfully tested FahCore 17 with extremely large proteins (500,000+ atoms), which are on par with the ones used by "bigadv" CPU projects.

To run FahCore 17, you need a Fermi GPU or better and Windows or Linux, or a AMD HD5000 or better and Windows. It also currently requires proprietary drivers from these vendors. You can test FahCore 17 by adding the "client-type = advanced" setting into the extra core options in the V7 client, as in the Configuration FAQ. Another excellent resource is the GPU FAQ which describes why GPUs are so helpful to us.

We'd like to thank all the alpha testers on FreeNode's #fah IRC channel, as well as the beta testers on foldingforum.org, who have all helped us bring the core to this point!
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I'm now back, although it will only be part time on a GTX460.

Currently running it at 850/1700/2000 and HFM is reporting just under 19k on a P8054.

Are the Core17 units still beta, and what do I do in the V7 client to get them.

I've not folded since the v6 client
 
They moved out of beta so you can get them on client-type beta or client-type advanced. Obviously to use beta you "should" be a part the beta test group to get support at foldingforum.org, just saying that because if you go asking in there for help with the beta flag they won't unless you are. :)

You mainly need two things (3 with the v7 client):

1. A passkey - this is the same passkey you use for SMP work. I assume most of you have one already.

2. You need to set the beta flag. In v7, it is under the Configure button - Slots tab - Extra slot options. Add a new option, Name is client-type, Value is beta.

3. (v7 only) add another Extra slot option, Name is next-unit-percentage, Value is 100.
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Thanks. Just trashed a unit trying to push the clocks a little higher so killed the client added the beta flag and its now downloading a core17 unit.

Only folding on the GPU this time around as the Phenom II doesn't produce great PPD, I may not reach the deadlines and heat seems to be an issue at the moment as well on the cpu
 
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