New to this folding thing

Skilid · 10 May 2011 at 21:58

Hi guys. I have just followed the install instructions on the folding@home site and now have 4 cpu executables running all working away so one on each core

My machine is an i5 750 @ 3.4GHz/4GB/ATi 5850. I have input team number 10 (as said in the sticky).

Just wanted to ask a quick question, they currently say they are on about 7/250 for their current WU. If I were to turn my computer off, does that mean it would have to start all over again?

Frozennova · 10 May 2011 at 22:08

You wouldn't have to start from the beginning however, are you running 4 of the systray (uniprocessor) clients?

If you are have a read though the thread by belial that should give you a guide on installing the Smp client.

Skilid · 11 May 2011 at 01:04

Yes I am. I like that I can control them quite easily, choose how many I have going. Why would u want to use the other one?

Snapshot · 11 May 2011 at 06:34

The SMP client will give you far better results than any number of uniprocessor clients, especially after you've completed ten WUs and start getting bonus points. You must get a passkey before starting the client in order to get the bonus points.

All the clients store checkpoint data every 15 minutes (by default) so you won't lose more than a percent or two if you restart the PC.

Biffa · 11 May 2011 at 08:28

You can also control how many cores the smp client uses with the "-smp x" flag.