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Folding@Home - Turning Up the Speed!
Departments of Chemistry and of Structural Biology, Stanford University ^
| August 4, 2008
| Dr Vijay Pande
Posted on 08/17/2008 9:23:54 AM PDT by texas booster
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To: texas booster
With the 6.20 (classic & GPU) and 6.22 (SMP) clients out...I'm still using 5.03, is the 6.20 much faster?
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posted on
08/17/2008 11:13:04 AM PDT
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: texas booster
I’ve been racking up with the new nVidia chipset client.
They’re also starting to support other GPU’s now.
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posted on
08/17/2008 11:48:40 AM PDT
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: bamahead
BUMP!!!
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posted on
08/17/2008 11:54:01 AM PDT
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: texas booster
I can kick it up a notch on my second machine as soon as they add a client that isn’t so bloody confusing. Right now I’m just running the basic one so SOMETHING gets done, but it’s capable of a lot more.
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posted on
08/17/2008 12:17:24 PM PDT
by
Fire_on_High
(Cthulhu 08! Why vote for the Lesser Evil?)
To: Ancient Drive; astyanax
NVidia video cards sorted by points per $$.
Lets face it - 4000 points per day from an $80 video card ... wow.
Any of these cards blow my older ATI away. It may be time for an upgrade.
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posted on
08/17/2008 12:48:44 PM PDT
by
texas booster
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To: Ancient Drive
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posted on
08/17/2008 12:54:18 PM PDT
by
texas booster
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To: Moonman62
At one time Harvard included a detailed version with a dry-as-sawdust narrator. It might still be there.
It is amazing how much you can learn from folding. It certainly keeps you abreast of all the developments in the medical field concerning protein misfolding.
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posted on
08/17/2008 12:58:17 PM PDT
by
texas booster
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To: Straight Vermonter
The new 6.20 client - you are using the GUI version, the one that leaves a red flower in the system tray - is certainly faster than the 5.03 client.
However, since it is in beta, you will need to keep an eye on it so that it doesn't lock up, go into an infinite loop or have the beta time period expire.
I have about 50 systems that run F@H, scattered all over Texas. I only run the 5.04 console version of F@H, since I don't visit most of these folks but once a year or so.
I did install 6.11 on my main system and, except for the expiration this past Aug 2, it has run fine. Still, its only on my every day system.
That's one reason why I had to start a new thread. Many of our folders forget about the folding, and the betas expire, or they don't reinstall when upgrading to a new computer at the start of school.
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posted on
08/17/2008 1:06:32 PM PDT
by
texas booster
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To: bamahead
What is your folding user name?
Are you folding for 36120?
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posted on
08/17/2008 1:07:31 PM PDT
by
texas booster
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To: Fire_on_High
Tell me more!
What type of systems are you running?
Have you upgraded to a more recent folding client?
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posted on
08/17/2008 1:08:55 PM PDT
by
texas booster
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To: astyanax
What kind of systems do you have, and which OS?
You will need one CPU core free per GPU, and about 512 MB of RAM.
All else is manageable.
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posted on
08/17/2008 1:14:57 PM PDT
by
texas booster
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To: brityank
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posted on
08/17/2008 1:16:10 PM PDT
by
texas booster
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To: texas booster
891 of my 1336 WUs came from my PS3 Sony Play Station.
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posted on
08/17/2008 1:41:41 PM PDT
by
ThomasThomas
(Orationem pulchram non habens, scribo ista linea in lingua Latina.***)
To: ThomasThomas
Many algorithms for the GPU came from the work on the PS3, and visa versa.
The points values for either type of folding are tremendous.
Of course, this specialized folding does not provide all of the information needed to solve certain problems, so good old fashioned general purpose CPU folding is also needed for th research.
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posted on
08/17/2008 2:09:46 PM PDT
by
texas booster
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To: texas booster
Thanks for remembering me. LOL
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posted on
08/17/2008 3:02:55 PM PDT
by
papasmurf
(This space left blank intentionly.)
To: Moonman62; texas booster
I found that HArvard has a whole bunch of interesting web-pages that, while not directly involved in Folding, are all worth checking out.
Look around, there's a lot out there. Enjoy!
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posted on
08/17/2008 3:04:39 PM PDT
by
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
To: neverdem
Just a ping to let you know about our latest F@H thread.
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posted on
08/17/2008 3:04:50 PM PDT
by
texas booster
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To: texas booster
I shut mine down a couple months ago. The power consumption was killing my budget.
I did my share..."madaniels2". I just had to give it up.
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posted on
08/17/2008 3:06:48 PM PDT
by
Cold Heat
(Soetoro???? Who is Barry Soetoro? Bwahahahahahahahaha!)
To: texas booster; Ancient Drive; astyanax
Lets face it - 4000 points per day from an $80 video card ... wow.
Any of these cards blow my older ATI away. It may be time for an upgrade. Guys -- be aware -- verify that your Power Supply will handle the added load, or you will find out that Lucas Electrics isn't the only company that relies on keeping the smoke in the circuits to maintain operation. ;^)
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posted on
08/17/2008 3:10:15 PM PDT
by
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
To: Cold Heat
Your power rate/kwh must be a lot higher than here; however, I will run mine with solar power that is surplus except during blackouts. Even in the dead of winter there will be enough power to run 40 laptops lol
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posted on
08/17/2008 3:11:08 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurture™)
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