PS3 Folding@Home Team

I want :(

Maybe you guys would consider running it on your PCs too, if you don't already? That way you're helping science and OcUK whether you're gaming on your PS3 or PC! Core2Duos can get even better points than PS3s, we'll show you how ;)
 
I'm gonna download for my PC as well. Also I run a computer training centre which has 30+ PC's - does the PC version run as a screensaver like Seti@Home used to or do you have to turn it on? I wouldn't mind installing it on all of the work systems if it turns off automatically when you move mouse or press a key etc.
 
Joebob said:
I'm gonna download for my PC as well. Also I run a computer training centre which has 30+ PC's - does the PC version run as a screensaver like Seti@Home used to or do you have to turn it on? I wouldn't mind installing it on all of the work systems if it turns off automatically when you move mouse or press a key etc.
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Probably better discussed in the DC forum but it can be set up as a service so it just runs in the background all the time using any spare CPU cycles going :)

You'd never even know it was there.
 
Joebob said:
I'm gonna download for my PC as well. Also I run a computer training centre which has 30+ PC's - does the PC version run as a screensaver like Seti@Home used to or do you have to turn it on? I wouldn't mind installing it on all of the work systems if it turns off automatically when you move mouse or press a key etc.
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It can be a screensaver. Check out the DC forum's Folding sticky for some helpful info.
 
PS to anyone - certainly for me F@H doesnt work while playing a BR movie - even just on the menu screens it seems to completely stop

Have now joined team 10 :D
 
Lol

Welcome to the world of highly competitive distributed computing at team 10 everyone :D

The stanford stats, do they count PS3 cores or PS3 cells?
 
oceaness said:
The stanford stats, do they count PS3 cores or PS3 cells?
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Since there's only one proc at work, regardless of its supplementary vector units, I reckon it'll count as one active machine. This is just as the GPUs are counted. Each pixel pipe doesn't count as one processor, the whole thing counts as one.

I imagine all it means is that PS3 crunchers can join the Single Machine Crunchers League.
 
BillytheImpaler said:
Since there's only one proc at work, regardless of its supplementary vector units, I reckon it'll count as one active machine. This is just as the GPUs are counted. Each pixel pipe doesn't count as one processor, the whole thing counts as one.

I imagine all it means is that PS3 crunchers can join the Single Machine Crunchers League.
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Thats what I thought I just dont remember them specifcying lol.

All of these stats are meaningless without that piece of info.

Anyway, 1 GPU calculate 2.4 more FLOPS than a PS3 cell :p
 
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folded all night - watched a film and had a blast on GT:HD and about to head out and leave PS3 folding - about 60% thru 3rd WU

One thing I will say is that the PS3 is still completely silent - there is no noise at all its quite incredible
 
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