Strange result here.

[Denithor]

I was in the middle of a 50K work unit using an e6300 on the Asrock Dual775-VSTA board with 2GB (2x1024) OCZ DDR2-667 (4-4-4-8 2T) gold memory. I shut it down and swapped that RAM for 1GB (2x512) Corsair DDR-400 platinum memory (2-2-2-6 1T). With the OCZ memory I was running 11s/frame and with the Corsair memory I am now running 4.8s/frame.

Any ideas why this would happen? Doesn't seem to make any sense to me.

I am currently running a single session of F@H. How do I run a second session on the same computer to take advantage of the second core? I haven't figured this one out yet.

Thanks for the assistance!

EDIT: By the way, I have just updated my F@H to work for Team Anandtech. This includes a Northwood 2.8 and a Conroe 1.86 (for now).

 

[Coquito]

Tighter timings on the ddr. Folding doesn't need all the bandwidth you're providing. Try running something that needs more throughput(like a game) & you'll get the results you're looking for.

 

[amdxborg]

Hey Denithor welcome to the TeAm!!!

For running 2 instances of FAH, check MDE's Folding setup guide here

If you've got any more questions, plz ask!

 

[Denithor]

But a >100% increase in performance just based on tighter RAM timings? That seemed rather odd to me, seems like something else is going on there (could the OCZ RAM have been slowing it down or something?).

Thanks for the link to the further instructions. Just one question, why is the CLI version prefered to the graphical version? I haven't played with the CLI at all but have been running the graphical interface for over a year or now (have nearly broken into the top 2% of all folders, with a score of 91931 under Matt_Timmons), I just wish I had added TeAm 198 sooner.

 

[RaySun2Be]

If it works like most of the other GUI versus CLI clients, the CLI is usually much faster. It also allows you to install it as a service, so that as long as the PC is up and running, the F@H is crunching, even if it is at the logon screen. Great for those of us who have multiple users / profiles on the same PC. There are 3rd party apps that you can use to check progress and stats.

 

[GLeeM]

Welcome Denithor

Sounds to me like you are not running with optimizations. If you did not shut down the F@H client properly it will restart without optimizations turned on. Try closing properly and restarting, that should get you going at full speed.

If your computer is F@H stable you could also add the -forceasm flag to the startup shortcut. This tells the client to not check how it was last shutdown.

You cannot run two GUI clients on one computer. You can run one GUI and up to seven CLIs. Or you can run up to eight CLIs. (the GUI defaults to MachineID #1 and cannot be changed, the CLI can be configured to any number between 0 and 9, each client per computer must have a unique MachineID number)

The GUI and the CLI both start the same program called the core that does all the crunching. If you don't leave the GUI showing on the desktop and thus using CPU cycles, both the GUI and the CLI perform much the same. The CLI has more options and so is more popular among those that want to take the time to learn how to use it, the GUI is easier to use.

Any more questions, just ask.