F@H: Folding@Home Getting Started Links

[draco8099]

If you are useing the graphical client just right click on the icon in the system tray, go to configure and change the team number to 198 which is Team AnandTechs team number.

 

[SlangNRox]

I just edited the .cfg file and changed it from 33 to 198. Hope that works.

 

[draco8099]

Welcome to the team SlangNRox .

You should start to show up in the Stats (probably less than a day) after a WU is completed under team 198.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: SlangNRox
I just edited the .cfg file and changed it from 33 to 198. Hope that works.

Check the text (if you run the CLI) or FAHlog.txt in the Folding@Home folder (if you run the GUI or CLI-as-a-service) when the client starts; you should see something on the order of "Username: YourName (Team 198)" if it properly recognized the change.

 

[KifArU]

On which cpu does this client run best? AMD XP or Intel P4?
And is there an easy way to benchmark a machine (not waiting a day or 2 to finish and find out different wu's take longer)?

 

[SlangNRox]

Originally posted by: KifArU
On which cpu does this client run best? AMD XP or Intel P4?
And is there an easy way to benchmark a machine (not waiting a day or 2 to finish and find out different wu's take longer)?

Thats the same question that I have

 

[KifArU]

The latest benchmarks I could find (about a year old):
http://forum.folding-community.org/viewtopic.php?t=656&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

 

[ProviaFan]

Bump

 

[ICXRa]

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[KifArU]

For speeds and benchmark results, go here: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=39&threadid=1114137

 

[ProviaFan]

Bump

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Joined!

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=39&threadid=1127291


bump

 

[ProviaFan]

Bump.

 

[ProviaFan]

Bump, because I should have posted an updated version of this thread this afternoon, but I slept instead.

 

[r0tt3n1]

Originally posted by: jliechty
<-- whacks thread with a smelly trout to propel it back to the top of the thread listing.

:Q

 

[ProviaFan]

*bump*

:beer:

 

[Slomover2001]

bump

 

[bgeh]

btw, can you update the statsman links?
and add folding.extremeoverclocking.com too

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: bgeh
btw, can you update the statsman links?
and add folding.extremeoverclocking.com too

Sure, I'd be glad to!

 

[ProviaFan]

bump

 

[ProviaFan]

Bump

 

[beatle]

Is Narzy's CLI setup walkthrough down or gone for good? It's winter again and I need some more heat in my computer room, so I'm planning to put my duallie and tbred rigs to work again.

 

[Overkiller]

I have a few questions about this project ( i have read the main guide):

-How often is there a software update requiring a change of client?
-I have seen threads entitled "new protein blah blah blah @ 3PM Sunday". What does this mean and does this require manual intervention
-How "well" does this run on dialup/no internet access. I have 1 pc on broadband but the rest are not, will this run on machines without internet connection (i.e. has the caching of Wus been enabled yet?)


lastly,

I would really like to participate in this project after S@h1 is done b/c SOB now seems to have a TON of new users (more than enough to beat off ars when they try to retake the #1 spot) but i do not know about the whole "internet connection required" part of it. This is a hindrance to many of the projects as one nice thing i've noticed about Seti 1 in my very brief time of crunching it (i'm a SOB kinda guy ) is that i have been able to add computers that otherwise could not have crunched b/c they lacked internet, but w/ Seti i can just queue up 100 Wu's and let them be for a week w/out any intervention <--- big plus!

If I do decide to join this project i could conceivably add:

2.8 ghz p4
1.2 ghz athlon
p-3 450
1700+ @ Unknown Yet (in transit )
and maybe another dedicated cruncher of Barton 2500+ variety.

In the end i guess i'm just trying to edumacate myself on fellow projects

Thanks!

 

[Overkiller]

I have a few questions about this project ( i have read the main guide):

-How often is there a software update requiring a change of client?
-I have seen threads entitled "new protein blah blah blah @ 3PM Sunday". What does this mean and does this require manual intervention
-How "well" does this run on dialup/no internet access. I have 1 pc on broadband but the rest are not, will this run on machines without internet connection (i.e. has the caching of Wus been enabled yet?)


lastly,

I would really like to participate in this project after S@h1 is done b/c SOB now seems to have a TON of new users (more than enough to beat off ars when they try to retake the #1 spot) but i do not know about the whole "internet connection required" part of it. This is a hindrance to many of the projects as one nice thing i've noticed about Seti 1 in my very brief time of crunching it (i'm a SOB kinda guy ) is that i have been able to add computers that otherwise could not have crunched b/c they lacked internet, but w/ Seti i can just queue up 100 Wu's and let them be for a week w/out any intervention <--- big plus!

If I do decide to join this project i could conceivably add:

2.8 ghz p4
1.2 ghz athlon
p-3 450
1700+ @ Unknown Yet (in transit )
and maybe another dedicated cruncher of Barton 2500+ variety.

In the end i guess i'm just trying to edumacate myself on fellow projects

Thanks!

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: Overkiller
-How often is there a software update requiring a change of client?

Client updates are not frequent, and are rarely required unless it's a major version number update, or some other critical issue (I've yet to hear of any security vulnerabilities).

-I have seen threads entitled "new protein blah blah blah @ 3PM Sunday". What does this mean and does this require manual intervention

That's Distributed Folding (not to be confused with Folding@Home). We don't have to worry about those kind of things. The client may need new "core" software to process a new format of work unit, but it will download that little bit of code automatically, no intervention required.

-How "well" does this run on dialup/no internet access. I have 1 pc on broadband but the rest are not, will this run on machines without internet connection (i.e. has the caching of Wus been enabled yet?)

Sadly, due to the time-critical nature of the work (well, according to the F@H people anyway - that's why there are deadlines of a few weeks to a month on the WUs, to keep the research moving along), the client can not cache WUs. It works reasonably well if you can set up your dialup connection to be able to automatically connect as necessary (I'm doing it), but it's more of a PITA than it should be. If you can not have a demand-dial connection, then I'm afraid it would be more trouble than it's worth.

lastly,

I would really like to participate in this project after S@h1 is done b/c SOB now seems to have a TON of new users (more than enough to beat off ars when they try to retake the #1 spot) but i do not know about the whole "internet connection required" part of it. This is a hindrance to many of the projects as one nice thing i've noticed about Seti 1 in my very brief time of crunching it (i'm a SOB kinda guy ) is that i have been able to add computers that otherwise could not have crunched b/c they lacked internet, but w/ Seti i can just queue up 100 Wu's and let them be for a week w/out any intervention <--- big plus!

That's the bad part. Like SoB (unless something changed) and some others, this project is highly dependent on getting to the internet whenever it needs to, without having to wait. Unfortunately, our F@H TeAm might suffer from this to some degree, because the project not only (almost) requires an always-on or demand-dial connection, but also doesn't have the "flashiest" stats.