Hmm, maybe I will, maybe

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Well, I used to run numbers for SAH and BOINC (ermm, predictor etc).
Now, since my machines are on all the sodding time anyway I am thinking about le crunch.
Obviously every little helps, but with the following running for starters would it be worthwhile?

A64 3500+ (2.7ghz)
A64 3200+
P4HT 3ghz (prescott)
XP2400+

Those are the machines I currently have running, there are a few more similarly specced boxes that are currently mothballed.
Another question, does this support GPU processing and if so would an X1900XTX be better than the 3500+ (once I fit a WC block to it) or could I do both?

Opinions?
 
First 3 machines should be fine. Last one probably isn't worth the amount of heat and leccy it will cost to run at 100%.

Folding@Home is the ONLY DC project that can use a graphics card. An X1900 should get you a pretty healthy 600PPD at stock if memory serves.
 
malfunkshun said:
Another question, does this support GPU processing and if so would an X1900XTX be better than the 3500+ (once I fit a WC block to it) or could I do both?
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The GPU client also needs a whole CPU core to keep the data flowing through the GPU so you can either do one or the other but not both.
Since it's a single core machine the GPU client would give far better output than a standard CPU client.

To be totally honest with you, apart from the GPU machine you'd probably be better off running one of the Boinc projects on those - their combined output could probably be matched if not bettered by one of those nasty C2D machines running the SMP client. That's just the way that Stanford have made it, single core machines without a high-end GPU just aren't competitive any more :(

It's unlike me to try and warn people off of Folding but unless you're really not fussed about personal stats and just want to help the cause in any way possible you may very well end up a bit dissapointed and nobody wants that. :)

Though it's after all this I realise you didn't actually mention Folding in your post :p
 
As heyes has said it will run on quite a few ATI cards, but is pretty much useless on anything below an X1900XT.

I don't know if they have got it working on the new X2900s however. If they have [or intend to] then their output should be pretty good.
 
The list of BOINC projects has risen exponentionally in the last 12 months.

See www.boincstats.com for a fairly comprehensive list.

Predictor has been resurrected although the RAM requirements are quite beastly on their new WU's.
Rosetta@home is also a good protein structure prediction project which has seen a lot of recent success.
 
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