Laptop Folding

robj20 · 27 Feb 2013 at 07:50

What sort of points will a i7 3740QM and 680M get? Is it worth even using it to fold.
On the plus side i have my 2600K and GTX670 folding again.

kerrgreg · 27 Feb 2013 at 09:21

Give it a try and see :-)

robj20 · 27 Feb 2013 at 09:37

Not got it yet, but i'm fancying one for some gaming in work during breaks. I could leave it folding all day in work.

MGP · 27 Feb 2013 at 10:27

Given that a lappy usually only has a small power wattage power block, the PPD you will receive are probably proportionately good, compared to a desktop. But the biggest consideration is heat. Lappys often aren't that well cooled, and not really intended to have everything going flat out at 100% use.

robj20 · 27 Feb 2013 at 10:47

Good point, probably would get rather toasty.

kerrgreg · 27 Feb 2013 at 11:20

Sure a laptop tray would be sufficient and after all the like of the above laptop are designed to play games and be pushed they should have relatively better cooling.

ozaudio · 27 Feb 2013 at 11:49

just dont fold on all 4 cores, that should reduce heat abit?

robj20 · 27 Feb 2013 at 12:16

Its still just an idea, I may end up blowing the money on a proper folding rig.

Biffa · 27 Feb 2013 at 12:56

I crunch on my laptop, mainly "other" boinc projects (Rosetta, Cosmology, yoyo and GPUGrid)

Its a Lenovo T520 with i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.2Ghz and Nvidia NVS 4200M