Anyone out there Folding@Home?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(clearview22 @ Jul 21 2007, 05:31 PM) [snapback]482883[/snapback]</div>

The $100 price drop was the main reason. Also I found Wii is more fun for game (family type). Once I get back from vaca, I will look for another PS3 bundles. For folding purpose, $500 is not bad for a device that can generates ~8000 points per week.

 

I'm back. I'm powering up my PC and also got my new PS3 up and running.

Let try to get our rank into the 400's. B)

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(chinalfr2 @ Jul 30 2007, 12:45 AM) [snapback]487305[/snapback]</div>

Welcome back chinafr2! It looks like we are up for a trip into the 400s this weekend!

 

499 and climbing!
chinalfr moves to second place in daily production!
Quad-cores are cheap, if you are looking for a new computer...
Fold on!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Wildkow @ Aug 8 2007, 02:17 AM) [snapback]492270[/snapback]</div>

Slow and steady wins the race, a lot of the teams that we are passing used to be big, now they have died out. Every folder is important to the cause, because it is a team effort.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(clearview22 @ Aug 8 2007, 07:33 AM) [snapback]492300[/snapback]</div>

It's taken us 10 months to move into the top 500, and the 'radar' view of the Kakao stats projects us moving up to 394 in another 2 months, assuming no changes. We only broke the 800 rank two months ago. So we're definitely 'steady', but we're not all THAT slow!

I just bought a new computer and was even considering adding an ATI video card simply for helping out our folding effort, but unfortunately I'd have to upgrade my power supply, too, and I can't really afford to do that while I'm still job hunting.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Wildkow @ Aug 8 2007, 11:13 AM) [snapback]492400[/snapback]</div>

LOL! I tend to be a klutz, so I can't really imagine myself installing a new power supply or even figuring out what all I'd need to do to install an ATI board (although I'd hope that wouldn't require me to be making connections)!

I tried to install extra memory on my 'old' compuiter and couldn't get one of the DIMMs to go into the slot properly, and took it to the 'shop' where I needed to replace the hard drive, anyway. But the increased memory from half a Gb to 1.5 GB really helped my old p4 2.8 Ghz machine a lot - it's folding nearly twice as fast as it used to.

I'll have to admit, though, I was surprised to discover that my brand-new HPa6130n with AMD 64x2 5000 processor and 3Gb of RAM and Windows Vista Home Premium has such an inadequate power supply - 220 watts. Several salespeople at the store where I bought it said I could add a graphics card and they didn't seem to be aware of the power supply issue - I had to call HP to find it out, and THEIR people tried to sell me an NVIDIA board that required more than the power supply I have <g>.

 

hey we need to get another recruiting campaign going here. even if you fold one project a week, with a few hundred of us doing just that, that will be enough to put us over the top

 

<span style="font-family:Comic Sans Ms">Thank You, Thank You! It was a long difficult road using only one (non-PS3/GPU) computer - but it was well worth it for science sake. :lol:

(P.S. 1,000 WUs . . . . not 1,000 points.)

 

I just threw another 4 processors at the effort --- bwiederholt/bigdaddy/cornboy

 

Well I guess that I will have to try to pronounce that Mo-langi-Naeda name, because he just blew past everyone in daily production! What kinda heat are you packin dude, to get 6800+ points in 24hrs? Keep up the good work!

 

Okay, I'd like to help the team more. Have I done something wrong in the setup or is this all my measly computer can dish out or does it seem about right for this age of computer? It's about 3 years old. I've looked at the forums over there a little and a lot of it seems to be over my head, but I think this may be the best it can do.

Here's my specs

3.2 gHz Pentium 4 HT (Northwood)
8kb primary cache
512 secondary cache
1GB memory
GeForce FX 5200

Any suggestions other than new hardware (this is my work station).

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(kettledrum @ Aug 13 2007, 12:17 PM) [snapback]494725[/snapback]</div>

(assuming you are running Windows Operating system)....
You don't have to upgrade your hardware. Your machine will run Folding@home Client. Depends on your comfort, you can run either the GUI (Graphic User Interface) or Text only client. GUI is much more simple to deal with for a starter.
Since you have a P4 HT CPU, the GUI/text only client will not take the advantages of HT. Allocate 100% CPU on the Folding Client will only take net ~ 50% of your CPU cycle. If you want to contribute more (allocate 100% of your CPU cycle), you can run 2 instances of the Folding@home client. Let me know if you have any problem on setting up the "dual instances" client.
But first, try to download the client from HERE. Install the client and configure the client with your preferences.

Normal configuration is
Team Number = 52533
Ask before using network = No (not check)
Use Internet Explorer = No (not check)
Use Proxy = no (not check)
Allow work assignment of 5mb or more = Your choice of yes (more computation, more point but take longer time to finish) or no (less computation, less point but fastest to finish the work)
CPU Priority = lowest possible.
Checkpoint = 30min.

Hope this help.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Wildkow @ Aug 18 2007, 08:18 AM) [snapback]498264[/snapback]</div>

Clearview just kicked my sorry but cute butt out of 2nd place! :lol:

[attachmentid=10727]Congrats Clearview22[attachmentid=10727]

Wildkow [attachmentid=10728]

p.s. Daniel! Wherefore Art Thou?
[/b][/quote]Thank you Wildkow, it is nice to see that you do not hold a grudge after I ran over your butt and left Prius tracks on it. The traction control kept me honest. We are all working for the greater good. There is new hardware on the way!