Project 2610 sux

2bullish · 2 Apr 2007 at 13:09

...and thats all I ever get on my two C2D machines, a little variety would be nice. Only had 1 of each of the other two units bah this unit really is pants.

SiriusB · 2 Apr 2007 at 13:19

You could always give Linux a try

VeNT · 2 Apr 2007 at 14:41

hehe, I seem to get a never ending stream of 2610s atm as well
still
better that 2125/6/7

shadowscotland · 2 Apr 2007 at 14:51

2bullish said:
...and thats all I ever get on my two C2D machines, a little variety would be nice. Only had 1 of each of the other two units bah this unit really is pants.

looks like you've had 15 of these - and your not the only one.

xgeek · 2 Apr 2007 at 15:47

Only just joined the OcUK folding effort 3 days ago and am on my 4th 2610.
What is the issue with the 2610s over other WUs?

BillytheImpaler · 2 Apr 2007 at 15:56

xgeek said:
What is the issue with the 2610s over other WUs?

FAH points are based on the amount of time it took a benchmark computer to complete it. The machine they're using to benchmark is a dual dual core (4-cores total) Xeon-equipped Mac Pro running OS X, Linux, and Windows XP. This 4-processor machine runs the 2610s at the same rate that it runs the rest of the WinSMP WUs but many others, including myself, see dismal performance from the WU on a dual core rig or a dual hyperthreaded proc rig.

joeyjojo · 2 Apr 2007 at 16:02

Get linux back tbh. Been on non-stop 2605s (the 1760 pointers). Damn nice wus.

2bullish · 2 Apr 2007 at 16:27

Been down the Linux route with VMware, total pain in the ass to setup, I'll stick with lower ppd (with the 2610) and no hassle and just have a rant every now and again.

shadowscotland · 2 Apr 2007 at 16:39

2bullish said:
Been down the Linux route with VMware, total pain in the ass to setup, I'll stick with lower ppd (with the 2610) and no hassle and just have a rant every now and again.

I agree with the 'tpita' to setup comment but it is actually worth the effort.
Check out the SMP guide thread for my problem install. That said if you what some sleep this week I total agree with sticking with WinSMP.

rich99million · 2 Apr 2007 at 19:04

shadowscotland said:
I agree with the 'tpita' to setup comment but it is actually worth the effort.
Check out the SMP guide thread for my problem install. That said if you what some sleep this week I total agree with sticking with WinSMP.

I had no problems at all setting up VMware and Ubuntu on this machine - however with only 1GB RAM it doesn't take much for the machine to start getting a bit iffy

That coupled with the fact I can get pretty much the same output with the GPU and a standard client (as either SMP) and much lower RAM usage wins it for me - if I had 2GB then I'd possibly go the VMware + Ubuntu route as it'd save some leccy

shadowscotland · 2 Apr 2007 at 22:27

rich99million said:
I had no problems at all setting up VMware and Ubuntu on this machine - however with only 1GB RAM it doesn't take much for the machine to start getting a bit iffy

Most of my problems were due to tiredness and not following instructions 'to the letter' to be honest. On the 8th install it went like a dream

SiriusB · 2 Apr 2007 at 23:10

2bullish said:
Been down the Linux route with VMware, total pain in the ass to setup, I'll stick with lower ppd (with the 2610) and no hassle and just have a rant every now and again.

I can set it up for you. Cost you like

Darryn · 2 Apr 2007 at 23:15

I like 2610s 2758.6PPD is good...

kinnison · 3 Apr 2007 at 00:16

DreederOcUK said:
I like 2610s 2758.6PPD is good...

Good grief, what's that - a quad core??

Darryn · 3 Apr 2007 at 00:21

kinnison said:
Good grief, what's that - a quad core??

Yus, Dual-Dual 2.66 Macpro with 4gb ram... running Windows XP.

kinnison · 3 Apr 2007 at 02:13

DreederOcUK said:
Yus, Dual-Dual 2.66 Macpro with 4gb ram... running Windows XP.

<sigh> I need one of them... I'm currently trying to run 2 instances of EVE, transcoding a DVD to an AVI, and transcoding an AVI to a DVD as well! An AMD 3800x2 just isn't up to the task.

muon · 4 Apr 2007 at 00:35

Whats the deadline for a 2610? I have a machine which has been offline a while.

Completion time will be a couple of hours under 3 days.

Mattus · 4 Apr 2007 at 00:42

Deadline is 4 days, you're alright.

shadowscotland · 4 Apr 2007 at 09:42

To check how you are doing vs. the deadline check a file called unitinfo.txt in your folding folder, and looks like this:

Current Work Unit
-----------------
Name: Protein
Tag: -
Download time: April 2 09:19:12
Due time: April 6 09:19:12
Progress: 77% [|||||||___]

It's the same file name for standard client, and linux SMP (so I'm guessing its on the mac version too)

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