Have I got this set-up right?

[Culinia]

There was a time I thought "what a waste" (of a core i7) while leaving my computer on and just using MS Word or leave overnight to download or something simple like that.

I thought I would give folding another go and have set it up using this guide from the official website as well as running Fahmon:

Is it also alright to use computer normally i.e. turn on/off computer like I would normally would it interrupt the workloads?

I did not install as service, would this be a problem? I did not do this because I wanted to choose when to run it i.e. when not playing games.

Also it seems that if I were to set-up multi-gpus (my 2 GTX295) in the system under Windows 7, I would need to get dummy vga plugs which seems a really big pain considering that I am not running folding@home 24/7. Is this correct?
Thanks.

 

[Culinia]

Thanks for the replies guys, I will of course look into it.
I use the 258.96 so hopefully it should be ok.

I did not do the -advmethods but I will add that it!

 

[Culinia]

Awesome stuff I think I have managed to configure 4 GPUs (x2 GTX295)

Only problem is that the CPU client PPD has shooting down. I suppose because the GPUs are using at maximum 10%

So yes you can actually do it without the dummy plugs..I have disabled SLI but I have not tried to see if it works with it enabled yet.

PS: are these temps ok for gfx cards: 86/89/87/86
and cpu: 68/67/67/66

 

[Culinia]

After fiddling around some more I gained an extra 10000ppd by switching from low > idle cycles in advanced options on the smt client.

Unfortunatly with the gfx under full load the temps are getting hotter.

83/94/85/90 @ 100% fan load

not sure why there is a 11deg difference

 

[Culinia]

-smp 7 will likely up your CPU PPD. Graphics cards can run very hot without issue but I'm not familiar with acceptable GTX 295 temps.
You should start flying through the ranks with that setup, even not on 24/7

Thanks

Went from 41.3k to 44.7k i.e. +3.7kppd

ps: this folding is dangerously addictive lol
would have liked to set up a dedicated folding rig but can't afford right now...hopefully sometime in the future though not sure where I would put it though? Too hot and noisey.