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Swordmaker and Route66_FreeRepublic will both break the 100,000 points barrier this week!

Thanks for the recognition...

For those of us with new multi-processor computers, F@H has new versions of the Folding @ Home software that will take advantage of the second, third, fourth or what have you cores. It is called Symmetric Multi-processing (SMP). It is still in Beta but could increase our productivity!

Check it out:

F@H SMP FAQ

F@H SMP Downloads

57 posted on 05/28/2007 9:54:44 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE)
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To: Swordmaker; All

Can Highly recomend the smp clients.

The windows one - is dead easy to install and get running - does need a little bit of baby sitting and ideal for quad and C2D’s with a min of 1gb ram. (600-1200ppd on a C2D@2.0)
but will run on pentium d’s (above 2.8) and X2 (4000+)

The 64bit linux client is the top performer (1500-2100ppd on a C2D@3.0) One of my teams members has a guide to setting it up
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~as239/temp/SMPGuideVer0.5.pdf
Its good with the x2’s, C2D & quads - Pentium D 900 series can work but only just.

It’s hassle to set up (unless you use linux which I don’t) but once running is really stable.

But types of SMP have WU with really short deadline (3 or 4 days) so really need to be run on pc’s that fold more that 15h a day if not 24/7.

Can some one add me to the ping list missed this thread completely.


68 posted on 06/04/2007 4:41:30 AM PDT by shadowscotland (London, UK)
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