Folding@home news 4th - 11th July 2013

[diogenese]

Please don't do that again

Didn't you get any?

 

[Akagi]

Note, scores quoted are for the Core_17 Zeta App, you need to be running with client-type advanced or client-type beta if you are a beta tester.

How can I use/access this? I don't see a download/option anywhere.

 

[Biffa]

In v7, it is under the Configure button - Slots tab - Select the GPU slot - Click Edit - Extra slot options. Add a new option, Name is client-type, Value is advanced. Then add another one called next-unit-percentage and value of 100

 

[Akagi]

In v7, it is under the Configure button - Slots tab - Select the GPU slot - Click Edit - Extra slot options. Add a new option, Name is client-type, Value is advanced. Then add another one called next-unit-percentage and value of 100

Cheers.

Will that take effect immediately or will I need to finish the current WU and/or restart the client?

 

[Frozennova]

Will take effect after the current WU

 

[Akagi]

Will take effect after the current WU

Thanks. Anything similar I can do for CPU slots?

 

[Frozennova]

Biffa is your man really, I've been away from folding for 12+ months so not really sure. But adding the same flags to the CPU slots wont hurt

 

[Biffa]

Its not really worth running anything on the CPU once you start running Core_17

 

[MGP]

Didn't you get any?

I seem to have got a bit of a PPD boost, so probably, but that isn't the point is it

 

[Akagi]

Its not really worth running anything on the CPU once you start running Core_17

At the moment I get 11 - 15K from the CPU (which for me is a reasonable amount, thats 1/4 of my total points)

 

[Akagi]

My god, thanks so much Biffa! My PPD has gone up so much!

 

[Biffa]

All for the good of the Worlds Greatest Team<tm>

 

[swiftmetal]

hi i am swiftmetal and have just joined your team and hope to be an asset to it too

1st system

12 hour a day folder
amd fx 6100 stock
xfx 7870 tahiti
around 25k ppd

24/7 syestem
amd phenom x4 965 stock
asus 6670
around 15k ppd

 

[Akagi]

hi i am swiftmetal and have just joined your team and hope to be an asset to it too

1st system

12 hour a day folder
amd fx 6100 stock
xfx 7870 tahiti
around 25k ppd

24/7 syestem
amd phenom x4 965 stock
asus 6670
around 15k ppd

Welcome aboard.

Have a word with Biffa about getting the most out of that 7870, I think you can get two or three times the PPD out of it with a few tweaks.

 

[swiftmetal]

I really do need some help any way as I have many issues around using this software.

1. I know I have not finished my 10 Wu to get any bonus but my 6100 is only pulling around 5 to 8k ppd and keeps stepping down when I just leave it for a while. I have set the flag to advanced and also I am doing smp folding and it says CPU 5 which I am presuming that it is using 5 cores and one to power my gpu and is doing around 20 mine tpf

2.not to bothers about ppd on the 24/7 unit but I would like to monitor it seen as it is headless. I am not sure if I need a dummy plug for the gpu (os win7). I have tried both fah controll to monitor and hfm.net on my main computer and tried many guides but to no avail.

Most of all any tips and tricks that you could offer in any way would be most helpfull
thank you

 

[Biffa]

8K sounds about right for that CPU, think its not much faster than a Q6600 Core processor. Plus if you are running Core 15 or 16 work units on the AMD card it will be using a lot of CPU power. I would not bother folding on the CPU and just use the GPU.

Make sure you have the folding power slider set to full. Make sure as above you have the GPU slot set to client-type advanced as per the instructions above.

You don't need a dummy plug for the gpu.

 

[Human-Shield]

Any tips to get more from a nvidia quadro fs 3800?

or a cpu Xeon E5645?

I know its old stuff but its all ive got

 

[Akagi]

What PPD can I expect from an i7 930 (somewhere between 3.6 and 4.0) and a GTX570? (unsure what clocks as of yet but it will be overclocked, so just a rough guesstimate)