linux?

rincinDub said:
NO, your right I have a dual AMD. I will delete the FAH2. Thanks

Do you still have one FAH running on your windows?
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I run a GPU client with the slack that VMware leaves, I did try a normal client but it only gave about 30PPD with a horrid p2124 WU (makes sense as it was only getting a small part of one core)

@Cob - yep there is quite a difference it seems, probably a combination of higher clock speed and larger cache (remember the X2 3800/4200/4600 still have a tiny 512KB L2 cache per core)
My X2 is even overclocked to 2.4GHz but it's still at best 11mins a frame for a p3025 under VMware - plus that's pretty much the same whether I run the GPU alongside or not :o
 
From what Ive read I understand the SMP client even on a native install only uses 80% of CPU time.
Im not sure if it would be possible to run a single instance along side the SMP client.
Ill have a look at it tomorrow and see if it slows down the SMP client.
 
I've certainly heard that people with faster machines or quad core have been running two clients and getting improved outputs - if the deadlines were a bit longer then I'd be all for it but I don't want to be responsible for double the work having to be processed.
Not to mention with last night's outage you'd be seriously risking losing credit if the WUs got automatically deleted :o
 
Thanks for all your help last night guys.

I have sorted the clock problem.
I have just completed my first WU, but I had to restart FAH, to get the next WU down loaded??

[19:46:31] Thank you for your contribution to Folding@Home.
[19:46:31] + Starting local stats count at 1

FAH stopped after the above. Any ideas.
 
rincinDub said:
FAH stopped after the above. Any ideas.
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how long did you wait? mine seemed to pause there for a good few minutes, not sure what it was doing

mine took 4mins10secs before doing an autosend (though it had just sent the completed WU anyway) and then proceeeded to get a new WU
 
Aha perhaps I didnt wait long enough. I have just finished my 2nd WU, and it went to download the 3rd without me having to restart it. Just ashame there appears to be no work available.
 
Yip I've been waiting since half nine for a couple of new WUs.

Fired up the standard clients when I came home from work in the meantime.
 
So rich99million, how is your GPU folding doing along side your SMP. Im currently running a normal FAH along side my SMP, but it is takes ages. I have done 30% in 2 days, as its only using about 15% of the cpu. What kinds of times are you getting on your GPU, is it worth while me giving it a try?

Thanks.
 
yep definately worth a try - my GPU client is still running about half speed even though it's getting much less CPU time

I reckon I'm still getting a good 350-380PPD from the GPU client wheras a normal client with a p2124 was only giving about 30PPD


edit: I do end up a bit low on RAM though especially if I'm doing heavy browsing/office work - have 1GB and it's usually down to around 100MB left
 
I have a spare HDD on my computer at home I'll be installing linux on it methinks. When I'm out of the house I'll leave it running (on one core only as advised (it's an AMD), and then just log into Windows when I want to get back to "normality" :p

Or would it be better to just vmware it instead? And just leave it running that way, so that it means I don't have to log off etc...?
 
I would just VMware it - that way you don't need to worry so much about going over the deadlines if you've been in Windows quite a bit that day. Though if you have a spare drive it would be a good idea to install the VMware onto that as the secondary drive I have does get a little hammered sometimes if I'm accessing the files I have stored on it also :o

The 10-20% which ends up unused could keep a normal WU ticking over for about another 30PPD or could also allow for quite normal usage of the computer with no laggy aftertaste :p
 
Freefaller said:
I have a spare HDD on my computer at home I'll be installing linux on it methinks. When I'm out of the house I'll leave it running (on one core only as advised (it's an AMD), and then just log into Windows when I want to get back to "normality" :p
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This is the way I do a few of my rigs. It's as simple as when I'm done with Windows I tell it to reboot and then walk away. Linux is set to load by default at boot. When I come back it takes around 10 seconds to shut down Linux and then another 15 or so to load up Windows.
 
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