Folding @ home

[Crabtoes]

i downloaded and started it....do i leave it running and if i do close it, does it have to start all overc or does it remember where it left off

[ScottE]

Yeah you just leave it running. Yeah you can stop it and restart it and it will pretty much just start up where it left off.

[Crabtoes]

it just says "completed o out of 500000 steps <0> and it hads been running ten minutes??? is this normal???

[Grimson]

Some wu's take longer to finish than others. What kind of system are you running it on ??

You will want to stop it when you play BFV too.

[Crabtoes]

XP pro, athlon 1.7 gigx w/ 1.5 gig of ram

[Mark]

it just says "completed o out of 500000 steps <0> and it hads been running ten minutes??? is this normal???

yes it may take some time depending on the work unit you get, some can be done in 6 hours, others can take a few days.

go here for a cool monitoring program (http://fahstats.sourceforge.net/mt/) to check how long it will take.

fold on :)

[Crabtoes]

now it says completed 5000 out of 500000 so i guess it is working now just wanted to make sure i was running it the correct way..... ty for the help

[Crabtoes]

xp2400@?,asus a7n8xdeluxe,1.5GBcorsair3200,80GBsystem,160GBstorage,250GBstorage,40GBscratch,9700 pro,Plextor PX-708A DVD,ViewsonicPF790,coolermaster 201,XP pro,Klipsch 4.1's

BTW mark, that system is very close to what i have....do u overclock ur 9700 proo at all ad if so how... i have always wanted to do it to mine but was scared of blowing it up

[Mark]

BTW mark, that system is very close to what i have....do u overclock ur 9700 proo at all ad if so how... i have always wanted to do it to mine but was scared of blowing it up

i have overclocked it some times to run benchmarks, even installed ram sinks but never really got too high with it, so i just run it default speeds.

i used the rage 3-D tool i think, the one that integrates with the display properties.

[YeOldeStonecat]

Wether you leave it running or not, kinda depends 1) on what kind of system you have, and 2) what game you're playing.

Older slower systems might not play games too well with folding running. Especially with very system intensive games.

On paper, Folding is supposed to only use idle CPU times...but actually there's a tiny bit of intrusion on the CPU to keep checking for idle. Most apps don't notice it..but some might act up, especially if your system is not very robust.

My AMD XP system, most games I'd leave it folding, but some, like when BF 42 just came out..ran better without folding. But my P4C system, I run 2x instances of folding most of the time, I close one and leave the other running while playing BF:V. The hyperthreading really helps out.

[Crabtoes]

k thnx

[Roody]

k thnx

Welcome to the folding madness :thumb:

[Illini25]

:thumb: Welcome to team SG Crabtoes!!! Thanks for helping out!

-Fold On!!!!

[brembo]

Team 15, user name "brembo". Thanks :D

Cancer can suck my left nut.

[Crabtoes]

brembo ur not getting my stats, but team 15 is because those SG guys are better to have as freinds than enemies

[Crazycanuck]

i downloaded and started it....do i leave it running and if i do close it, does it have to start all overc or does it remember where it left off
What's Folding @ home ?


Who copyrighted the copyright symbol?

[Crabtoes]

like SETI@home only more important

http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/