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I was hoping to make this a more widespread project but with the stats page down (for who knows how long) I've having a hard time justifying pushing it since there's no way to track folks' progress.
Looks like the stats page is now working, and I'm (mjallemand) being throughly shamed by a few folks.
I guess that's what happens when I'm Folding on 5 PCs but none of 'em have GPUs. (And one is practically ancient.)
Should I make a new thread as an announcement to try to get folks on board?
I guess that's what happens when I'm Folding on 5 PCs but none of 'em have GPUs. (And one is practically ancient.)
Should I make a new thread as an announcement to try to get folks on board?
Just made a new thread, hopefully to catch some more eyeballs.
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With the announcement that the Folding@Home project will be adding the 2019-nCoV virus, otherwise known as Coronavirus, as one of their fields of research, I figure now's a better time than ever to get back into donating those spare CPU & GPU cycles. What is Folding@Home? CORONAVIRUS – WHAT...
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This is legit, right?
This isn't some stealth bitcoin mining thing, right?
Everything got me paranoid anymore.
This isn't some stealth bitcoin mining thing, right?
Everything got me paranoid anymore.
Folding@Home has been around for almost 20 years, it's legit.
This is legit, been going on for a long time. PS3 used to do it back when it launched as well.
Stats are working again! (albeit slowly)
IMO, just let it run on (a relatively modern) GPU is good enough. I think the heat generated from cpu vs performance is just not worth it. I limit mine to fully utilizing the gpu and only partially on cpu.
PS4 GPU alone can beat PS3.
This is from 2007.
Folding: The Death of the General Purpose CPU
A few recent articles have highlighted the disproportionate contribution Playstation 3 consoles are making to the Folding@Home effort. The OS statistics page for Folding@Home tells the tale: TFLOPSActive CPUsTotal CPUs Windows152160,1731,626,609 Mac/PPC78,77695,435 Mac/Intel92,8647,400...
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IMO, just let it run on (a relatively modern) GPU is good enough. I think the heat generated from cpu vs performance is just not worth it. I limit mine to fully utilizing the gpu and only partially on cpu.
PS4 GPU alone can beat PS3.
This is from 2007.
Folding: The Death of the General Purpose CPU
A few recent articles have highlighted the disproportionate contribution Playstation 3 consoles are making to the Folding@Home effort. The OS statistics page for Folding@Home tells the tale: TFLOPSActive CPUsTotal CPUs Windows152160,1731,626,609 Mac/PPC78,77695,435 Mac/Intel92,8647,400...
Hah, one of the computers I'm folding on is using a Pentium D CPU, I can't imagine how slow it must be by comparison.
But it's on all day driving a television display anyway, so may as well use it.
I really wish they never removed the PS3 version. I'd have it running almost constantly if they brought it back. The Cell processor could seriously crank out those work units compared to my PC at the time.
If they made a client for PS4/XB1 I'd run them as well.
If they made a client for PS4/XB1 I'd run them as well.
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I've started to finally get COVID-19 work units and it looks like they're GPU only (core 22). I've turned off my CPU slots. My 1080 Ti and my wife's 980 Ti are pushing units at a decent clip.
High end GPU users especially, it's time to put our TFLOPs to good use.
High end GPU users especially, it's time to put our TFLOPs to good use.
Yeah, kinda bummed that I'm not actually doing any Covid-19 related research with my CPU-only machines, but it's all going to good causes nonetheless.
Guess I'll keep an eye out for any decent GPU deals coming down the pipeline.
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I turned off the CPU tasks and I haven't had a restart yet. My GPU is hitting 106% at medium power though. It's the same at medium and full...
I turned off the CPU tasks and I haven't had a restart yet. My GPU is hitting 106% at medium power though. It's the same at medium and full...
Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a variable slider for GPU tasks, it's either "on" or "off".
One thing immediately noticeable in Web Control is the Folding Power Slider bar. The slider controls how much system resources Folding@home uses. Adjust this level at anytime and the software will automatically reconfigure itself. There are three predefined power configurations allowing you to easily customize Folding@home performance from low to maximum. Click and drag the slider as needed.
Here is what it looks like:
The Power slider has three positions and two running options:
Note: The software uses several different methods to determine if the system is idle. In Windows, if there's no user input on the mouse or keyboard for a while (the exact timing depends on the system's configuration) the power management settings can turn off the monitor, or Windows can decide that it's in "away mode", whichever comes first, and folding while idle starts. In Mac OS X, the system is idle if there's no user activity for around five minutes. In Linux, the screensaver and a lack of user input are used to determine idleness.
- Light
- CPU is Folding at half speed, GPU Folding is off.
- Medium
- CPU is Folding at three-quarter speed. GPU Folding is on. This is the default setting, and recommended for most users.
- Full
- CPU is Folding at full speed. GPU Folding is on. This is the most productive setting. Will cause fans to run faster and may produce more heat.
- While I'm working
- Folding is enabled to run at all times, based on the slider position.
- Only when idle
- Folding starts only when the system has not been used for several minutes.
More details of these settings are provided in the V7 Intermediate page.
The PCs I'm folding on are all over the place, ranging from a 15-year old Pentium D, a 10-year old Core 2 Quad, a 5-year old Intel i5, two Pentium "G4600", and a Ryzen 3 2200G that I just built plus a few-years old AMD A8 APU-based pre-built.
The Ryzen 3's onboard GPU actually seems to be folding, and the A8's GPU tried, but ran into an error, but that's about it. Nothing else seems to be compatible, or at least wasn't recognized as a GPU automatically by the F@H software.
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What sort of WU rate/prediction are people getting with Zen 2s?
I'm not back in the UK until June time so can't do anything myself, but I love how much of a bug pushing for maximum folding efficiency is!
I'm not back in the UK until June time so can't do anything myself, but I love how much of a bug pushing for maximum folding efficiency is!
Downloaded and joined, anybody's web client timing out on them? How's everyone's CPU temps? Mine's running a little high at 160F-180F (71C-82C).
Nevermind, I'm dumb, didn't allow it through noscript.
Nevermind, I'm dumb, didn't allow it through noscript.
Haven't folded in years. Time to put this 9900k/2080 Ti to work.
I feel like I'm really stressing my PC, even though GPUs are usually at max load while playing games anyway. It's just something we usually don't think about while gaming.
I feel like I'm really stressing my PC, even though GPUs are usually at max load while playing games anyway. It's just something we usually don't think about while gaming.
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