So I am thinking about signing up...

[GLeeM]

Originally posted by: Freewolf
"I'm considering adding FaD to my folding efforts. How memory intensive is the program and how well would it run on a p4 2.66 already running 1 instance of F@H and a p4 3.2HT already running 2 isntances of F@H? "

A little late but Find a drug uses very little memory . If the 2.66 is hyperthreaded you could run one instance on it and get some production out of it. On the 3.2 which is already running 2 instances of folding it would stall since the Folding program would take all the cpu cycles.

@Son of a N00b
Sorry for the off topic post here.

@Freewolf, hope you don't mind my adding a little to this.

@JeffCos
You wouldn't get much, if any, improved production by running three (3) programs on HT.

However, it is possible to increase overall production from a HT Intel computer by finding two projects that run well together.

If you are running a F@H QMD core WU on a HT computer and try to run another F@H WU it will just slow down the QMD and you won't get better PPD.

I would guess that FaD would be a good second project to run with a QMD core WU.

Try it and let me know how much it slows down the QMD.

From experience with these projects (Seti1, UD, E@H, ProteinPredictor@H) running with a QMD:
PP@H is the worst, it must use the same CPU resources as another F@H WU.
E@H slows down the QMD the least.

If Freewolf is correct in that FaD uses little memory it could turn out to be the best to run with a QMD.

 

[ICXRa]

Nice try guys but I think he is pretty much hooked on folding now!

:beer:

 

[ICXRa]

Originally posted by: Son of a N00b
okay the second to last post really confused me lol...going back to reread...anyway thx, ill read the guide's at folding...


anything out there that will really take advantage of my system specs? is SETI still the biggest distrib. comp team at anand?

I believe S@H is still the largest TeAm by far!

Is everything going okay? Did you download the service install?