F@H Performance on PS3 Not That Impressive?

[CupCak3]

Some screencaps and vids are now available on the PS3 FAQ on the F@H homepage.

http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/FAQ-PS3.html

It looks like one core of my x2 @ 2.72 has very similary performance... but I'm really hoping that these "benchmarks" are a bit off..

 

[BlackMountainCow]

Hehe, I was thinking the same when I first saw the vids. But I don't know how many cells of the PS3 CPU are actually working at that moment. I mean, it can't be all 8 of 'em, that would be a really poor performance.

 

[CupCak3]

my thoughts exactly BMC. I am really hopeing we'll be able to take adantage of all 8 cells 🙂 "supposidly" the ATI gpus are suppose to put our more raw processing power than the PS3's cells


the wait for real answers is killing me 🙂

 

[BlackMountainCow]

11th of November in the US, right?

 

[CupCak3]

i believe so but I think benchmarks and install's should be available by the end of Sept. (at least for ATI cards)

 

[GLeeM]

Originally posted by: BlackMountainCow
I mean, it can't be all 8 of 'em, that would be a really poor performance.

Good observation guys!

Makes me wonder if we will be able to run eight clients.

Or will the new client run eight WUs.