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Boards.ie 2-day Foldathon

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  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,103 Mod ✭✭✭✭ cherryghost


    I'll also contribute, although not much I'm afraid


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,376 Mod ✭✭✭✭ Solitaire


    You can't be as bad off as me :o:p


  • Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    16 sign ups! That's a new record! :D


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,103 Mod ✭✭✭✭ cherryghost


    Got my i7 pc running a low usage at home, havent used [email protected] in a while, wanna see how efficient the i7 is :pac:


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,376 Mod ✭✭✭✭ Solitaire


    *looks at my low-cache C2D*

    :(:(


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  • Registered Users Posts: 36,124 ✭✭✭✭ ED E


    Can I use my 360? It gets little enough play time and may as well make itself useful.

    Also, there's an ancient pentium something or other inside, should I bother setting that up?:p


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,376 Mod ✭✭✭✭ Solitaire


    I don't think there's a client for the 360, only one for eight-core behemoth inside the PS3 :( Otherwise I'd be running my 360 as well as my PC!! :o


  • Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    Got my i7 pc running a low usage at home, havent used [email protected] in a while, wanna see how efficient the i7 is :pac:

    Very efficient. ;)

    Make sure you request a passkey, and then you'll need to complete 10 WUs to qualify for bonus points.

    After that, you can get anywhere from 15-20k PPD just by running the SMP client. Each WU will take ~6hrs. If you're a more dedicated Folder, and you can get an overclock of at least 3.6Ghz, you can Fold -bigadv WUs. They need you to Folder ~20hrs a day and take 2-3 days to complete, but get 30-40k PPD. :)
    Solitaire wrote: »
    *looks at my low-cache C2D*

    :(:(

    Until a week or two ago I was using a Pentium D for non-stop Folding on my main rig. Little thing pumped out 400 PPD, and took more than 2 days per WU. :D
    Can I use my 360? It gets little enough play time and may as well make itself useful.

    Also, there's an ancient pentium something or other inside, should I bother setting that up?:p
    Solitaire wrote: »
    I don't think there's a client for the 360, only one for eight-core behemoth inside the PS3 :( Otherwise I'd be running my 360 as well as my PC!! :o

    Yeah, I'm afraid the Xbox doesn't have a Folding client. Someone did manage to get Linux running on it and started a Folding client, but it got less than 100 PPD IIRC. Not really worth the effort.


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,376 Mod ✭✭✭✭ Solitaire


    zodac wrote: »
    Until a week or two ago I was using a Pentium D for non-stop Folding on my main rig. Little thing pumped out 400 PPD, and took more than 2 days per WU. :D

    Jebus! :eek::o:o:o Even my C2D scores over five times faster! :o:o
    Yeah, I'm afraid the Xbox doesn't have a Folding client. Someone did manage to get Linux running on it and started a Folding client, but it got less than 100 PPD IIRC. Not really worth the effort.

    Ouch! :o:o Wonder if that was solely down to the stripped-down ARM CPU or whether there was another issue going on... simple or not, a fast tricore should be pumping out more than that! :eek::eek:


  • Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    Solitaire wrote: »
    Jebus! :eek::o:o:o Even my C2D scores over five times faster! :o:o

    Yep... still went a year and a half Folding before I gave it a break though. This Q6600 is doing a good job of picking up the slack. :cool:


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  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,376 Mod ✭✭✭✭ Solitaire


    Q6600...

    *is envious again* :(


  • Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    On a Dell motherboard though, so no OCing. :(


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,376 Mod ✭✭✭✭ Solitaire


    You still have 9.6GHz of Core2 grunt!! :p I only have 6.66GHz... :o

    I wonder when the next Competiton will take place...? *dreams of OCd i5-760* :D:p


  • Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    Well , that's true. It does bring in double the PPD you get. :p

    Anyway, E8400 and GTS 250 switched over to Boards. Will move the 9800GT and Q6600 as soon as this SMP WU is finished. :p


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭ ronkmonster


    Which would I be better using?
    i7 at 4ghz or 5970 with gpu folding?


  • Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    Long term, the i7 will get you ~15k PPD (or 30-35k with -bigadv). However, for the first 10 WUs, you'll only be getting 2-3k PPD since bonus points won't have kicked in.

    The 5970 will get 6-7k PPD, but will hurt SMP Folding, and takes a lot more power to run.


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,376 Mod ✭✭✭✭ Solitaire


    I suspect that we won't be scoring very high until next time, as this time around at this point (or even several days before, for anyone without a fast i7 or X6) any newbs to folding won't have had time to start racking bonus points :o


  • Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    No, I wouldn't expect a load of points this month. But if we get enough people to sign up, we can expand next month.

    Baby steps. ;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 670 ✭✭✭ C.D.


    I'm very curious to see what change in PPD we will get, though we have dropped about 9k PPD since the end of September.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭ Unregistered.


    Sigh, I forgot to copy down my passkey and I won't be in College til 4ish tomorrow.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 316 ✭✭ laurence997


    Crap. I didn't realise I had to get the Life with playstation thing for playstation to fold! :o Hadnt even the feature enabled. That means I wont get folding for hours:(:(


  • Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    Sorry for missing the start guys, but the first Foldathon is go! :D
    Sigh, I forgot to copy down my passkey and I won't be in College til 4ish tomorrow.

    Are you using college computers? :confused:
    Crap. I didn't realise I had to get the Life with playstation thing for playstation to fold! :o Hadnt even the feature enabled. That means I wont get folding for hours:(:(

    Isn't Life with Playstation added with like Firmware version 3?


  • Registered Users Posts: 316 ✭✭ laurence997


    zodac wrote: »
    Isn't Life with Playstation added with like Firmware version 3?

    Not for me it wasn't.:(
    It doesn't seem to want to download itself for me either.:mad:


  • Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    Try downloading off the computer, then sticking it ona USB and updating that way?


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭ Unregistered.


    zodac wrote: »
    Are you using college computers? :confused:
    Wanted to try out the new machines in College. Just started folding at home an hour ago


  • Registered Users Posts: 316 ✭✭ laurence997


    I dont think thats possible for the Life with playstation thing.
    I guess I should have it up and running by tomorrow anyway


  • Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    Well, I meant get the newest Firmware. Maybe it only came with Slim PS3s though...


  • Registered Users Posts: 316 ✭✭ laurence997


    I have the newest firmware, ps3 slim 250gb.
    Every piece of technology I have backfires on me see, even though I'd be a rather techy type.


  • Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭ zodac


    We're doing well lads. 19 active Folders, and 36k, with 3 more updates to go. :D

    Now, I'm guessing here but our previous best week was ~300k. That means 42-47k seems like a reasonable estimate of our best haul for a single day. We're gonna smash that today. ;)


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  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,103 Mod ✭✭✭✭ cherryghost


    Knocked it up a notch now :D


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