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Originally posted by Saffire
Dunno if this has been asked, but how's the new 4.0 folding thing? I haven't folded on my main rig (since its been in pieces) for like a week now, and now theres a 4.0 (last thing I saw was 3.something beta)

Trying it out right now.

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I use 4.00 console on all my folding rigs now... I heard/read there is no speed improvement from 4.00 to 3.24/3.25..

But if there is no speed improvement or loss.. Why not just upgrade to it. I did :)

I even did it while I was in the middle of a WU and it worked just fine. Finished off where 3.25 left off...

Well I just reformated so I stuck 4.0 on there anyway ;)

Honestly, I can't tell if its any slower or faster, but I got a 400, and I'm goin up 1 every 3 min, which is a bit faster then I used to...maybe these things aren't that bad for folding :)

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Originally posted by Colossus
How do you assume that? What stats are you looking at?

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http://folding.extremeoverclocking.c...p?UserID=63748

i have been using 4.00 in linux for a few weeks, ever since upgrading to the 2.6.0 kernel. no noticeable performance difference over 3.2x (except for it not dropping WUs left and right anymore with the new kernel).

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Originally posted by serotone9
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.c...p?UserID=63748

i have been using 4.00 in linux for a few weeks, ever since upgrading to the 2.6.0 kernel. no noticeable performance difference over 3.2x (except for it not dropping WUs left and right anymore with the new kernel).

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ahh cool...

But I am adding 1-2 more machines around wed/thur.. So it will be much sooner then April :D

Blah, I am getting more Tinker's now... I got 2 more :(

I hate these 32 point WU's... Bring back those 60-points!!!! :)

Im moving up slowly.. #38 now in the sharky team :)

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Originally posted by Colossus
Blah, I am getting more Tinker's now... I got 2 more :(

I hate these 32 point WU's... Bring back those 60-points!!!! :)

Im moving up slowly.. #38 now in the sharky team :)

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Wait until you get get a 70.9 point tinker.:)

hmmm.. Nope I dont get those.. Maybe if I had the -advmethods off I would.. But those take a few days?

But what I did was... I got this Tinker 2 days ago or so.. It was only 30 points and it would take my 2.4c @ 3.2Ghz about 24 hours to complete for 30.1 points...

I let it work the WU for a few hours... Then moved it to my P3 500 box and taken the 60 point WU from there and put that on my 2.4c..

Now that 30.10 point Tinker is going to take *checks* 58 hours left... And I moved it there like 2 days ago.. :)

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Originally posted by Colossus
hmmm.. Nope I dont get those.. Maybe if I had the -advmethods off I would.. But those take a few days?

But what I did was... I got this Tinker 2 days ago or so.. It was only 30 points and it would take my 2.4c @ 3.2Ghz about 24 hours to complete for 30.1 points...

I let it work the WU for a few hours... Then moved it to my P3 500 box and taken the 60 point WU from there and put that on my 2.4c..

Now that 30.10 point Tinker is going to take *checks* 58 hours left... And I moved it there like 2 days ago.. :)

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Are you running two consoles on that 2.4c rig by using hyperthreading.

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Originally posted by lonewolfroger
Are you running two consoles on that 2.4c rig by using hyperthreading.

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No, I dont really see a benefit... I didnt notice anything other then everything taking longer to complete...

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Originally posted by Colossus
No, I dont really see a benefit... I didnt notice anything other then everything taking longer to complete...

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I have noticed that in some cases, it takes almost twice as long to do a tinker, compared to a gromac. I had some of those 30.1 tinkers on my rigs and it took 13 and a half hours to finish it, compared to 6 and a half hours it takes to do a 32 point gromac. BTW, one thing I like is that I only have two computers folding, but I`m producing in the yellow at EOC.:)

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Originally posted by Colossus
No, I dont really see a benefit... I didnt notice anything other then everything taking longer to complete...

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So did you turn hyperthreading off? When I only run 1 console on my 2.6C is just runs at 50%, so I run 2.


w00t, I am in the top 50 on Sharky's Team!

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Originally posted by mynameis
So did you turn hyperthreading off? When I only run 1 console on my 2.6C is just runs at 50%, so I run 2.


w00t, I am in the top 50 on Sharky's Team!

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Its a misconception... It stats as 50% since the OS believes its a true SMP board... So even though it is showing 50% it is really using almost all of your processing power (minus a few percent)...

I prefer it that way.. For a few reason...

1. My system is more responsive with only one console run with HT enabled..

2. The benefits from using 2 consoles with HT is not that much... It adds a large time frame to complete the first console and the second console would take even longer!

I have played around with HT and 2 consoles for a few days...

Ohhh the [H] folding team is about to make the #1 spot over Australia...

only about 8,000 point difference right now... They should be #1 by tomorrow!!!!

That is awesome!

I cannot believe they push out over 114k per day! That is insane!

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Originally posted by Colossus
Its a misconception... It stats as 50% since the OS believes its a true SMP board... So even though it is showing 50% it is really using almost all of your processing power (minus a few percent)...

I prefer it that way.. For a few reason...

1. My system is more responsive with only one console run with HT enabled..

2. The benefits from using 2 consoles with HT is not that much

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I agree with Colossus. I only run 1 instance for the same reasons. With only one instance my computer almost always feels like folding isn't even running, and running two instances doesn't increase performance by much (I think it's RealBeast that calculated 15% on his HT rig(s), which is in line with normal HT gains).

Yup, with nothing else running, two instances on my HT machines run 12-15% faster than one at a time. I have to kill one console to do anything else other than web surfing though, because the machines are real sluggish with 2 running.

I added 3 more 2GHz P4s a couple days ago and they're starting to contribute better now that they got through the Tinkers that they all got to start. Tinkers take at least twice the time per point compared to Gromacs on my machines. Fortunately, right now I have none of them. :)

Is EOC down?