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Careful with those temps!Quote:
Originally Posted by xclite
I'm folding with 4 consoles on a Q6600 G0 @ 3.2GHz and my temps (per Core Temp) are 35/37/39/40. It helps that my ambient is only 65F, which is all my Sheepdogs will tolerate without panting like fools. I tried out 76F ambient and all four cores went up to 44-46 with F@H x 4.
What kind of HSF are you using? Mine has an Ultra 120 rev A and a S-FLEX 49 cfm fan.
I have a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118020Quote:
Originally Posted by RealBeast
When I get back to school my ambient temperature will be much cooler than here. I read that under load, G0s are fine at around 71. I would like to go water cooling, but don't have the money atm. I also don't plan to keep this as a permanent folding machine, I want to build a new machine specifically for folding.
Edit: When do I stop being a catfish?
I think it's reef shark at 250.
That's a nice fan, but even with high ambients I am still surprised by those temps being so high unless you are at 3.6GHz and have upped the Vcore a lot.
Are you using Core Temp to check those? Are you sure that your HSF is well seated and has a small amount of thermal paste?
Nice plan -- the full time folder, I have several in my hope to cure cancer before my decadent lifestyle overtakes me. :D
So far, I'm really impressed with how well my PS3 folds. It has completed 20 work units compared to only 3 by my desktop in my sig and 5 on my Core2Duo desktop. Would cost a little bit of money, but buiding a small PS3 farm would probably be cheaper than the equivalent PC farm.
I am actually at 3.6 GHz, with a Vcore of 1.36 (actual Vcore, BIOS is obviously set higher). I am using CoreTemp, the HSF is centered and the paste came with a brush. I hope to move to water cooling eventually. I have this whole idea in my mind of cutting the letters VT (I go to Virginia Tech) into the side, with orange and maroon tubing (if this can be found) or something along those lines inside.Quote:
Originally Posted by RealBeast
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Originally Posted by ksuohio
A farm with Q6600s running the Linux SMP client will smoke a PS3 points wise, especially if they're overclocked. It'd also be faster running those same CPUs with the Windows SMP client, but the Linux version is more efficient and Linux is free. I'm sure you could make an argument as to which is doing more science, but if you want to do a lot of science and not worry about points the GPU client is the best.
Nice! I like the VT mod idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by xclite
Next time that you spread HSF paste, smear some on all over and then smooth it with a credit card both directions leaving only a thin layer to take out any air pockets.
Seems from the stats page, which obviously includes lots of old pcs, seems to favor the ps3 although I have not seen any "fair" comparison where exact amounts of work are compared.Quote:
Originally Posted by ksuohio
It's really hard to compare since the PS3 folding program doesn't do all of the variations that the PC client does. Anyways, it's fun to try out. I'm going to load Linux on it sometimes soon and I'm curious to see how well the Linux client folds on it compared to an actual PC.Quote:
Originally Posted by RealBeast
So, where did most of the folding team go? I remember when we started, we where moving up quickly and in the top 100, now it looks like a slow death.
We are actually picking up the points again -- we were down to just over 10k a day. Some fell off the face of the earth, like saps.Quote:
Originally Posted by ksuohio
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Originally Posted by RealBeast
As soon as I find myself a little hd, i will have a dedicated rig running folding 24/7. Im also trying to get my buddy to join in as well and we are going to piece a system together next week and it will be a 24/7 rig as well. Hope it helps the team and gets some results!
come to think of it, does folding take up a large amound of hd space? or any? my plans are to just leave a box in the corner that just folds. i wont have a monitor or keyboard or anything hooked up to it at all so is there any way to have it just start automatically when i boot up the machine? i wont be needing to do that much at all, like i said it will be running 24/7. but just in case the power goes out or something.
edit: also which version should i dl? there are a crap load to choose from. ill have winxp on the rig and just want it real easy to set up and start crunching.
you can just put a shortcut in your startup folder....that would make it launch every time its turned on assuming you have it automatically boot into that user account which i would assume you would...then i dont know but im pretty sure for a pc you have to have a keyboard plugged in for some bios for the system too even boot...so i would say you might want a keyboard just on top of the box or something thats how i have my server setup at my place....
and im folding! i put folding@home in my startup folder and it starts up with windows so i think im all set. i set my connection to what ie uses but im not sure if i should set the port and what not cause it says it needs a certain port. i just wanna make sure it can send the work when it needs to.
also, im not on the sharky list yet......mabey i need to let it finish a workload before it puts me on there?
Yup, you need to finish a WU to show up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Squirrel Meat
You usually don't need to change any of the connection options unless you are behind a firewall that you don't control.
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Originally Posted by RealBeast
I have to wait for a WU to be done?! :eek: Thats gonna take forever!!!!
holy crap, even my main rig takes a while to finish a frame. how the hell do you guys have so many wu done? it estimates a month to finish my first wu on my folding rig and 3 1/2 on my main rig (although my main rig is working on one that has 5000 frames and my folding rig is working on one that is 1700 frames). So its gonna take a month before I even get on the roster? Damn that sucks. Well Ill get there soon!
edit: never mind, my main rig is flying through the frames now lol. It should be done tommorow. Kinda funny how much faster this dual core is over a 1.13 xp proc haha.
question for you people...i have a few boxes running FAH and i think some of them are not sending in their work units or im not getting credit for them. because i did the math for all the boxes i have running it and it doesnt add up to the number being displayed...and i know how they do not have them up as soon as they are done, but mine dont show up even after the time the should show up.. you guys have any thouhgts?
Look at the FAHlog-Prev.txt and FAHlog.txt in each of your folding instances.
You should be able to determine if each WU was sent and the notation that it was credited to you. Also check and make sure that your username and team are correct for each folding instance.
You may just be getting some really big units that take a long time to finish. Looks like your production is rising HERE.
yeah i know thats how i have been judging it however i have 5 or six boxes and when i look at my FAHlog.txt it says it has completed but i dont get a Prev log it just tacks on to the FAHlog...im also split across PPP linux SMP and and just a few regular windows ones. but it still doesnt seem like it counting them all right... then on my PPP one it couldnt connect to the server it kept saying attempted connect to 0.0.0.0...no idea whats causing that either...
I can't help with Linux folding, all mine are on Windows. When I have a particularly tough issue, I post over HERE and they will get you fixed up fast.
cool beans, thanks...its just really weird...
Nice work mikead_99! :D
How can I use a GPU to fold? Can the card be plugged in and programmed to fold independently of the CPU?