First, the F@H team has released new work units that allow those of us running the Windows GUI or console versions of F@H to step up and grab points galore.
The new work units will only be available to those who use the "-adv" flag on their F@H console. I understand that it is also available to GUI participants but I have not been able to verify it.
I waited a bit to ensure that it does make a difference. My daily points have increased from about 3,500 ppd to about 6,000 ppd, due almost entirely to these new work units. I run about 50 systems with the console version, and one system with a GPU.
I will still get blown away by EasySt, but at least it will take him another week to catch me!
Check out the stats here and you will see the increase in points that our team has enjoyed:
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=36120
Secondly, as a team we are nearing several milestones. The FR Folding@hHome team 36120 will hit 50,000,000 points on Wednesday or Thursday! WOW!
There are several FReeping Folders who were here at the beginning when soccer_maniac started pumping the team I started in 2002. With his efforts, in two weeks we jumped from about 4,000th to 2,000th in the worldwide ranking of teams. Then malsua joined and set a new standard for points in a day. He was king until Klutz_dohanger convined the superintendent at his school district to let him install F@H onto the computer labs in his district and set new standards for points and systems.
FWIW, the whining and crying over at DU increased to a crescendo when they realized that they would never catch the FReeper Folding team. Ah, those were good days!
Now, we average about 200 FReepers every day that fold on about 900 systems. Due to the addition of graphic cards, multicore systems and PS3 consoles, it may seem that the points contributions of older Windows systems are being forgotten. The changes Dr. Pande highlighted above show that there is a need for every system that we can get into the program.
Please help congratulate the new FReepers that have helped us push past 50 million on our way to 100 million points!
If you have noticed someone who has hit a milestone, such as 100,000 points or 1,000,000 points please post their names here.
Most of all, if you have upgraded to a new system and didn't reinstall F@H please follow the thread and let us help you get folding again.
Remember, the research you support to cure Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease may one day save YOUR life, or a beloved family member.
What? I think I missed something.
If your systems have dropped off then please restart them.
If you haven't folded before then please ping us for help!
If your systems have dropped off then please restart them.
If you haven't folded before then please ping us for help!
How does it work?: You download a safe, tested program (see link below) that is certified by Stanford University. It gets work from Stanford, runs calculations using your spare computer power, and sends the results back to the University.
Is it safe? Yes! Folding@Home rarely effects computer performance in any way and won't compromise your privacy in any way. It only uses the computing power you aren't using so it doesn't slow down other programs.
How do I get started folding for Team FreeRepublic?:
1.) Download the folding program from Stanford University's folding download page (Folding@home Client Download). Type in your desired user-name.
2.) Type in 36120 for the team number. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT - if you get the number wrong, you won't be folding for team FreeRepublic!
3.) The third question asks, "Launch automatically at machine startup, installing this as a service?" - We recommend you answer YES. Otherwise you will have to manually start the program after every reboot.
How can my computer help? Even if they were given exclusive access to all of the world's supercomputers, Stanford still wouldn't have as much processing power as they get from the supercluster of people's desktop systems Folding@home relies on. Modern supercomputers are essentially a cluster of hundreds of processors linked by fast networking. But Stanford needed the power of hundreds of thousands of processors, not just hundreds.
There's no reason to not get involved! It's free, easy, and you can know you're helping every minute without lifting a finger.
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List of Relevant Folding Links
Why Fold - Watch This !!
Extreme Overclockers Stats for FreeRepublic
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Competition (Not!!) Dummies ..Daily Kos
Dummie Folding Threads #7 #8 #9#10#11 #12
Hey DUmmies, can't ya'll post a new thread at least once a year?
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Other Useful Stuff - Links
How much are those work units worth? And what are they?
All Projects Listed
Point Summary for Workunits
Fahmon Third Party Monitoring Software
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Past FreeRepublic Folding threads
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 #31 #32 #33 #34 #35 #36 #37 #38 #39 #40 #41 #42 #43 #44 #45 #46 #47 #48 #49
And Macs! I have one each Mac, Windows and PS3 running F@H.
| Client statistics by OS |
| OS Type | Current TFLOPS* | Active CPUs | Total CPUs |
| Windows | 186 | 195345 | 2007144 |
| Mac OS X/PowerPC | 7 | 8534 | 115003 |
| Mac OS X/Intel | 24 | 7816 | 47136 |
| Linux | 51 | 29997 | 291258 |
| GPU | 131 | 1895 | 7533 |
| PLAYSTATION®3 | 1832 | 60673 | 507119 |
| Total | 2231 | 304260 | 2975193 |
| Total number of non-Anonymous donators = 979297 |
| Last updated at Sat, 03 May 2008 12:03:54 |
| DB date 2008-05-03 12:39:59 |
| Active CPUS are defined as those which have returned WUs within 50 days. Active GPUs are defined as those which have returned WUs within 10 days (due to the shorter deadlines on GPU WUs). Active PS3's are defined as those which have returned WUs within 15 days. |
| *TFLOPS is the actual teraflops from the software cores, not the peak values from CPU/GPU/PS3 specs. Please see our main FAQ or PS3 FAQ or GPU FAQ for more details on specific platforms. |
you mentioned running the GUI with -advmethods -- you can create a second shortcut in your F@H folder, then place that icon on your desktop and add the switches there: C:\FAH1\winFAH.exe -local -verbosity 9 -advmethods -- same thing for the Console version. That way you can add or subtract as needed. Make sure you have shut down the running session of F@H first, and if you have more than one running they point to individual cores and work folders.
To reward users for participating in this exciting project, we will be giving a x1.5 bonus in the points awarded. What's the catch? These projects will be less rigorously beta tested, so there will be an increased risk of Early_Unit_End errors. We believe the risk of this is minor (there will likely be a higher rate of early unit ends, especially very early in the WU, but we do not expect client machines to become significantly less stable). However, if you do not wish to participate in this project, just remove the -advmethods setting from your client.
Is this the standard install for F@H or do you have to modify your setup to take advantage of it? If you do have to modify it, how? I run 2 pcs with Win2k
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Hey, T.B.
Thanks for the ping-a-ling.
A new topic?!?!?!?!? IT’S ALIVE!!!!
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I got bored running all day+ for 150-250 points and getting passed up by others way too fast using my old Northwood Pentium OC’s to 3.5. So I stopped folding for most of last year and this year.
Then made the mistake of walking into my local Fry’s last month to ‘browse’. Yea, I walked out with a E8400 Core-2 Duo, 9600GT, and Gigabyte MB. First thing I did was overclock it to 3.6g. I had to use a lot more voltage then other’s I’ve read about, so I must have a lower grade E8400. Anyway, read about how the SMP client rocks. I tried to install the SMP client on XP and had problems...No patients, so ditched that effort.
So last week I decommissioned an old PC of he kids and had an extra SATA. So I installed Ubuntu and gave the SMP client another whirl.. WOW! My CPU cranks through a SMP WU in 1/2-3/4 of a day and they’re worth about 1780 a pop!
The only problem is most of my daily stuff... and games :) ... is on XP. So I only boot up to Ubunto for folding when I am not using the PC. But still.. I go to bed and boot up Ubunto, kick off a fold.. and wake up the next morning to a nice little 1700+ point bump before booting back up to XP. Cool!
The only question is which of us make it first.
Its still looking like photo finish
That will make 10 of us to reach that point with GOPBiker about 2 weeks behind us.
Just added a 3.0GHz dual core to the mix. Hope I can finally get some decent numbers.
Like I said in my last post: this is one tough crowd!!
I upgraded to a new duel core processor and re-installed F@H. I set the CPU usage to 100% but it is only using 50%. Strange. Guess I don't understand how the duel core machines work.
Also, I get core download errors that sometimes last for days before it will take off working! That is killing my production.
This note is to all on the thread. If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thinking of upgrading my ‘puter bump. Foldin’ is fun!
I’ll get back to it later.
