Folding@home

[BrynDETT]

I'm in.. I don't have a super computer but every little bit helps

indeed it does. are u "Aberax"?

edit: just seen ur #26

Edited January 9, 2011 by BrynDETT

[Fry_33]

edit: just seen ur #26

What gave it away?

[Aberax]

indeed it does. are u "Aberax"?

edit: just seen ur #26

I am Aberax

[mattis96]

thought i'd join the team to as it makes sense

[Fry_33]

Thought I'd bump this topic in the hope that others may join in. I stopped for a while as I couldn't use it with my ATI/AMD HD6850 GPU after I upgraded. I have recently downloaded the Beta V7 and I can now make use of the GPU again. As far as I can tell this Beta is basically just a new way to change all of the setting in a windows based style, instead of via command line tweaks.

I got the V7 Beta from here (NOTE: there is only a 32bit version as 64bit doesn't speed up folding).

This link was a good help to get it up and running.

If you want to use GPU only then I think you can choose this when installing it.. if not it's no drama. You can change to the EXPERT screen, click on configure, then the slots tab. I ended up removing the cpu slot. Then click on the GPU slot and click Edit. To make use of the HD6850 I made the index values -1. Then go to the bottom of this configure folding slot screen to the Extra Slot Options and click ADD below it and put in the following values..

NAME: client-type

VALUE: advanced

That was basically it and I could fold after that.

There are currently only 2 Projects available for the ATI cards so the number won't really change much at the moment. The Nvidia cards really do have a major edge when it comes to folding as far as I can see.

Good Luck!

Edited January 30, 2012 by Fry_33

[Birds]

You can't bump a sticky!

[Fry_33]

Yeah, I noticed it was a sticky a bit after I mentioned it I think it may bump it within the stickies but not 100% sure on that.

Anyway I figured it was worth getting a newer post in the thread anyway in case it could possibly get more people doing it.

[Daco]

I know no one has posted for a while but hoping others are still folding as i've just started.

Using both my 2 GPUs and 1 CPU to help out

[Cowboy1600]

Just fired up FaH on my machine. Says I'll nail 15,000PPD at this rate. Will be interesting to see that when my PC is idle.

[Daco]

Nice dude, i think mine said 42,000 or something lol

[Cowboy1600]

Woot, into the top 20

Pretty sure I'm the only person in the SAU team actually folding at the moment though.

[Daco]

Yeah my PC has been having issues of late

will fire it up as soon as it's back up and running though

[BrynDETT]

Hmmm I need to buy a power supply lol

. Donations anyone ? Haha

[Tony Olsson]

Is Folding@home still going..? I used to have it on PS3 but that service has shut down now but if its still going on PC I might download again.

[Cowboy1600]

Still going on PC.

[Tony Olsson]

Thanks Cowboy, on it now

[JezR31]

Hey guys,

Thought I'd give this topic a bump. Anyone still going with folding@home? I just started today.

[R_34]

Yep. This is my fifth year of contribution today.

A little more than 80 millions of points.

[BrynDETT]

obviously not for sau though !! lol

[T-Rex]

I have begun folding again and changed my team to team SAU. It has changed a lot since I first did it, I only use the GPU as the CPU just doesn't cut it in comparison. It seems you get rewarded for the speed in which you complete folds, if I complete the fold in one session (6 hours for instance) I get about 90,000 points. If I turn the PC off and resume 18 hours later with the fold part way in I might only receive 30,000 points. My points per day is over 300,000 but I haven't had it running 24 hours straight.