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

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?
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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...
 
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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
 
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