(Vanity) FreeRepublic Folding@Home Project Update

http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=36120 ^

[Young Werther]

My wife told me to fold the towels in the dryer!

[tallhappy]

Thanks

[Chode]

since i'm running a 120mhz box and only at 2% on my first work unit, it looks like it'll be awhile before i show up on the list... 8^) i also set up another machine called RicKim in our work group but it's not much faster.

[prion]

They've been lobbing those three-day work units at me. I got one yesterday that took only 6 hours, and I was like, "woohoo! Lookit them proteins fold!!"

According to my system performance monitor, the console unit eats a solid, consistent 50% of my processing cycles. Oddly, I don't even notice the performance hit, even doing Photoshop (though I wouldn't try running HalfLife 2 without pausing it).

[Malsua]

You have an incredible machine if you completed 4 WUs already.

AMD Athlon 64, 4000+ with 2GB of ram :). Got two of those actually, but only one has been crunching so far. The other one started this morning. As well as 5 other machines. My number should go up a bit pretty soon. Hehe.

[Lazamataz]

I won't be satisfied until we are the NUMBER ONE protien folder.

Whatever the frog that means.

[Recovering Hermit]

I cannot leave SETI...I'm in the running to take over the #1 spot!

Does this use BOINC? I think with BOINC you can work on multiple projects simultaneously.

[A.Hun]

Do you have to complete a WU to be shown? If so, I'll be on there next July!

[soccer_maniac]

Yeah, you only show up after the first completed WU.

I also got a huge WU assigned to me that will take 3 days. The good news is that you get a ton of points for large WUs and in the end ranking is determined by points, not WUs.

[soccer_maniac]

I still think we're better off folding@home [stanford.edu] than hunting for aliens

F@H is not part of BOINC but you can run both at the same time (each sharing 50% of unused cycles)

[A.Hun]

Thanks for the info.

[soccer_maniac]

We are #1,711 http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=36120

Top 100
http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teamstats

[4CJ]

By design, the software will use IDLE CPU cycles. The software will work your CPU like nothing else - overclocked CPU's / memory will be pushed to the limit. If the software frequently dies then back off on the overclock. An average WU on a FAST machine will take about 2 days - on a slow machine a WU could take weeks. There are several different cores that are processed - each having it's own demands. The GUI interface and the screensaver version are slightly slower than the plain jane console version - which can be installed as a service - which is then up anytime the OS is up - so more folding is occurring.

On Intel machines, it's better (for Stanford and the project) to NOT use hyperthreading/process dual WU's. Hopefully some great research will become available thanks to everyone's effort.

A F@H beta-tester.

[soccer_maniac]

what does the term "overclock" mean?

[Malsua]

what does the term "overclock" mean?

The short of it, crank up the processor beyond its rated specification and crank down the memory timings.

To keep the processor within it's heat tolerance range, you need to improve the cooling over the stock coolers. Memory tends to need heat spreaders, which most quality ram has these days with an eye towards improved timings. You then make sure the case it's in is well designed to allow good airflow.

Some folks use water cooling on the CPUs, others still use compressors to get frigid temps to allow for some pretty extreme overclocks.

I tend to buy components that allow me to mildly overclock without any issues. I've not done it yet in either of my AMD 4000 machines simply because they've only been built for under a month and I wanted the Arctic Silver(CPU thermal "grease") to "set" and the machines to be stable before I monkey around.

[ken in texas]

AMD Athlon 64, 4000+ with 2GB of ram

Darn... I hate it when people have more hardware than me. Time to build a couple new machines. :-)

[Malsua]

Darn... I hate it when people have more hardware than me. Time to build a couple new machines. :-)

Heh, remember, I got 2 of them :). This particular combo, Abit AN8 Ultra + AMD 64 4000+(San diego core) will overclock to FX-57 speeds too. I've got that Zalman CPNS7700 copper brick on there and I prolly won't stretch it up to FX-57 speeds, but I will tweak it some. I put a 250gb SATA 3g/s drive in each one and my game one has a 7800GTX. No question, it's the fastest machine I've ever used in every category I can figure and it's running fully bloated XP. In an Antec Sonata II case and it's whisper quiet. Love it :)

Ok, I'll stop the geek talk :)

[TChris]

I've been running Rosetta@home on BOINC. Anybody else?

[systematic]

Congrats, A.Hun and all others for completing your 1st WU.

Team FR now [b]#1683[/b] of 41647 teams

[A.Hun]

Thanks for the update. It had told me July of next year!

The screensaver is crashing my system....any idea why?