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adi67

adi67

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I'm using a Q6600 at 7x400 for 2.8GHz and a standard clocked ATI 4850. I'm running the GPU client and the SMP client.

FahMon tells me my PPD with this combination is a whisker over 2.5k.

Is that right? I've read some posts on various Folding related forums with people getting many thousands more PPD on a single machine than this - so I want to check I'm not doing something wrong.

Thanks.
 
The SMP client is running project 2665 (R0, C571, G34). It was started with the -smp option - is there something else I need to do to make sure it's getting the right type of WU.

The PPD is split 942 for the SMP client and 1565 for the GPU client (which is running project 4726 (R3, C403, G2)).

Is that the right project info? Taken from FahMon - point me in the right direction if not.

Thanks for the help.
 
Why do the nvidia cards make so much more PPD than the ATI ones? Just for interests sake.

I have no problem using Linux VM's (have done so frequently in the past) if that's the optimal way to run the SMP client. Do I understand correctly then that the Linux SMP client is much more efficient / productive than the Windows one?

Or are points weighted to encourage the take up for, for example, of folding on nvidia cards such that the points awarded don't always reflect just the work involved but also an incentive to fold on particular clients?

I know my overclock is so mild as to be practically not worth mentioning...but in essence my question is: does 2.5k PPD sound right for the setup I outlined in the OP under Vista 64bit and with 4Gb RAM (guess they're all the most relevant specs).

Thanks for the info and help chaps.
 
Guys, that's helpful stuff to a novice folder - thanks. If you can stand it, I have a few more questions...

1. Why does running VMs avoid the WU's like 2665 that generate lower PPD?
2. I thought (from what I've read) that the SMP client was optimized for 4 cores...so what's the deal with running multiple VMs with 1-2 cores each? (ie. 2 x VM instances running the SMP client on 2 cores or the example above where 1 core is devoted to the GPU).
3. My second machine is a creakingly ancient Athlon 64 X2 4200+. Once it had finished it's initial CLI client WUs, I swapped it to the SMP client. As it's running XP 32bit with 2Gb of memory perhaps this would be better reverted to the CLI client?
4. What about I create a native Linux install (probably Fedora or Gentoo as they are the distros I have most familiarity with), either on an HDD or perhaps on a USB drive) and run 1 instance of the SMP client? Would this do better or worse than 2 x VMs under Vista on my quad core?

Sorry for the list, and thanks once again for the input. Hopefully I'll find the best space for my machines to fold in very soon and the questions will cease.
 
Well with a change of WU for the SMP client and the CPU speed upped to 3.2GHz I'm now slightly north of 3.5k PPD.

Better. Have to see what I can squeeze out of the old Athlon 64 X2 now.
 
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