The 3rd Folding@Home Holiday Season Race in December 2008

[Markfw]

I will serve where needed, and be proud to do so !

 

[petrusbroder]

:beer:

 

[lightstar]

this looks like fun although the teams look a bit unbalanced. . . .how do i join TAS?

 

[biodoc]

Originally posted by: lightstar
this looks like fun although the teams look a bit unbalanced. . . .how do i join TAS?

Just send Petrusbroder a private message in this forum!

Recruiting is encouraged, right?

MarkFW, there are only 2 "rules" in TAS: 1) have fun and 2) crunch whatever you want (no questions asked).

Is that right Peter?

 

[petrusbroder]

Lightstar, Your PM has an answer! Welcome to TAS!

Yeah biodoc you are quite right - an I'll have the most fun: deciding who will be on which team, doing the stats, deciding which project to run (for myself), monitoring the WCG-New Yers Race (yeah, we got that too!!!), and some more.

 

[Markfw]

Well, If I can crunch whatever I want, then sigh me up with TAS !

 

[petrusbroder]

Welcome to TAS, Markfw900! Your PM has been answered!

 

[Markfw]

ell, I logged into the new forums, changed my password, but still having problems...I can't even get to the forums..

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Woohoo!! More TAS members!

 

[biodoc]

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
Woohoo!! More TAS members!

Welcome to TAS MarkFW and lightstar!!!:beer::beer:

 

[petrusbroder]

Originally posted by: Markfw900
ell, I logged into the new forums, changed my password, but still having problems...I can't even get to the forums..

Can you describe what kind of problems? Or send a PM here!

 

[Assimilator1]

Hmm, I seem to remember I was in this last year ......IIRC!

Count me in for The Folders

Only folding power is my Q6600 @3.35 GHz (which I haven't yet fully tweaked or stabilty tested, although it has passed OCCT for 21hrs at its current settings).

What's the best setup for a quad core these days? 1 or 2 SMP clients?

 

[Markfw]

well, I got my avatar modified, and I edited a post. Its being flaky, but I am making progress.

Assimilator. Best PPD in Vista, is 2 GPU and two SMP. Best in XP is 2 GPU and one SMP. How many video cards, and which ones(s) do you have ?

Edit2: If its still what your sig says, just go 2 SMP clients for ~4000 ppd.

 

[Assimilator1]

Yea my sig is upto date, so I'll go with the 2 SMP option.
Sadly my X1950 Pro no longer can run a GPU client , as you know.

For 2 SMP clients do we still have to run affinity changer for best points?

 

[Insidious]

yes, in WinXP you still want the affinity changer.

Glad to have ya aboard AS1

-Sid

:beer:

 

[PCTC2]

I believe we, the non-TAS Folders, have a distinct disadvantage despite having Gravity on our side. We need to have more sign up! There's 287 active folders for the TeAm.

Man, my bank just charged me $180 in overdraft fees. I can't buy anything now... so much for ramping up production for the race...

 

[rabrittain]

OK - I installed fah6.22beta2 (SMP - mpich) on one of my AMD FX-60 machines today. It was good to be able to configure the checkpoints. I ran the client for about 45 minutes just to see how it would do. I'm also running Rosetta@home for a couple of days while I try to understand FAH a little better. I expect to bring 2 FX-60 machines fully on line for FAH this Sunday.

I am away from my computers much of the time. I use TeamViewer from my ex-wife's computer to look at the desktop of one of my machines; then, I use Remote Desktop connection from that desktop to look at the other two. Because these other programs require cpu cycles and RAM, I configured FAH to run at 95%. I also reduced the amount of RAM that the program can use.

I would enjoy hearing from anyone who has more knowledge about configuring FAH -- or, maybe I'll have to play with it till I figure it out.

I would like to know more about the switches. For example, when this race is over, how do I configure FAH so that it "will not allow new tasks"?

Hmm. - ...much to learn.

 

[biodoc]

To shut down FAH after finishing a work unit use the -oneunit switch.

Check out Sid's guide for quite a bit more info here.

He also uses the -forceasm -advmethods -verbosity 9 switches too.

Here's alink that lists all the switches along with an explanation for each one.

:beer:

 

[Philippart]

please register me for TAS

 

[petrusbroder]

Tom, you are in!

 

[TAandy]

Originally posted by: PCTC2
I believe we, the non-TAS Folders, have a distinct disadvantage despite having Gravity on our side. We need to have more sign up! There's 287 active folders for the TeAm.

Man, my bank just charged me $180 in overdraft fees. I can't buy anything now... so much for ramping up production for the race...

don't even go there, please!
it's usual for me

ok, i'm a non TAS member, how do i sign up?

 

[petrusbroder]

You are in, TAndy - on the Folders' side!

 

[TAandy]

Originally posted by: petrusbroder
You are in, TAndy - on the Folders' side!

:beer:

 

[Assimilator1]

Hey Andy I don't think it's been often we've crunched on the same project, we can sup :beer:s together now

Hey Sid, other than install it, is there anything else I need to do for affin changer?
Oh god, do I want the Deino or MPICH version??? & should I also go for the v6.23 replacement exe??

 

[TAandy]

Originally posted by: Assimilator1
Hey Andy I don't think it's been often we've crunched on the same project, we can sup :beer:s together now

Hey Sid, other than install it, is there anything else I need to do for affin changer?

hi sid!
wouldn't be to sure about that!!
but, yep, this crappy gt8600gt seems to be hammering out the units/points

dammit, wrong name
sorry mark!!