Folding@Home: CF Official Discussion Thread

I have been folding off and on for years.
Different names and teams, sometimes folding for up to 3 teams at the same time.
I remember several years back when they started the PS3 client that I wished I had one but couldn't see the money to just fold with it.
They were cranking out 1k ppd while each of my low end comps were lucky to make 100 each.

Now I at the point that I am debating throwing some money at some new hardware to move up my ppd on less power.
The GTX 460 was a good choice for me.
Wrong time of the year for me to seriously think about it but I can always dream. :)
 
What, in your opinion, would be an optimal system for folding?

I'm thinking intel CPU with an nvidia card.. dual folding right? or can the client only handle one chunk of hardware of a time??..
 
With your set-up I'd get 3 GTX-460 V2 or GTX 560's and over clock them for folding, that alone would give you about 50k ppd.
I'm not sure what your i7 can do, I haven't had time to look that up.

Not sure how that set-up would do for gaming but it would fold like a beast.

The 460/560 atm are the most efficient for ppd/watt that I am aware of.
I bought my 460 mainly for folding because I'm not really a gamer.

There are way better set-ups if one was to invest around $2.5-3k just for folding that would crank out the points and use less power.
 
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I left both of my work pc's folding and I'm going to install the client on my ps3. Unfortunately, both of my work pc's run ati graphics
 
The room sure has dropped in temp since I finished the wu's my HP was working on.
Now to find some time to do some tweaking.
Probably going to order a heatsink today so I can OC it.
The Dell is still folding but it has one of those 24 hr+ wu's.
The other rig is winding down on one of those 24 hr+ wu's then it needs some down time for tweaking and some software upgrades.
I'm also going to order a Kill A Watt meter today (Newegg has them on sale today) so I can see how much power I used for folding and the fact it is handier than using my Fluke meter for power measurements.
 
I have no AC out in the barn where those comps are.
The down time will give me a chance to take them outside for a dedusting session even though I did it less than 2 months ago.

On a side note we got some rain Tuesday and the corn is happy, the lawn seems to be turning green again (I dislike mowing but hate yellow grass).
 
issues are here. Don't know what it is, Reinstalled twice. Can't figure out the old SMP v6 and got the v6 fermi client running right now. that is until the v7 issue shot below can be sorted.

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It works just as well as 7 on any system. If you have a problem with it then please keep it to yourself. If i can't help fold then fine. Its not like it is actually being used for anything that is good in the world.
 
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