[PB PM]

We have hydro here in BC, it is dirt cheap! One month I folded 24/7, and the bill was $60, the highest we ever had. Our heating is natural gas, so that is another $40-60 month, just to put it in perspective.

[turtle2472]

So after 95:22 of use I've consumed 11.91 kWh on my PS3. It's still staying right around 125W. Not bad if you asked me. Certainly not a huge drain on a wallet to run F@H for a long period of time.

[torifile]

So what's the best way to get my i7 rig folding? I'm running Windows 7 64-bit. I don't think I can fold in OS X because the program isn't compiled for the processor. Any tips?

[Eugene]

It should work fine. As usual, I recommend just using the SMP console client and forgoing front-ends like InCrease altogether.

[turtle2472]

Originally Posted by Eugene It should work fine. As usual, I recommend just using the SMP console client and forgoing front-ends like InCrease altogether.

When you use the console do you run a console per core or does it handle everything for you? I'm looking to boot Beast in Win7 most of the time now since I haven't been able to tweak him right as a hack. OnceI do that I'll have him folding again.

[Eugene]

One client will start 4 cores by default. You can tell it to start as many cores as you need. Just follow the FAQ/guides on the project homepage.

[turtle2472]

Thanks! As soon as Beast finishes the current WUs he is doing I'll see about switching him over to Win7 instead.

[Eugene]

Note that the Windows SMP clients use a hacked up implementation of MPI and are typically less efficient than their unix-based counterparts.

[PB PM]

Yup, the windows SMP seems slow compared to under Mac OSX. I was surprised that the 2.53Ghz C2D in my MBP was getting more PPD than the E8400 (3.0Ghz C2D) in my PC.

[turtle2472]

I'm so tired for trying to get folding running on Beast in Win7.

Everything I tries gives one error or another. I don't have the time to fight it out either. None of the guides actually work with my system either. Seems the real hitch is that I'm running 64bit and can't put in .Net 2.0.

So now I'm back to running Beast with InCrease for now. The 2144 point work units fail to complete in time though. It takes days (7 estimated) for a Gromacs SMP to complete using InCrease on Beast.

I'm pretty frustrated right now. At least I still have my PS3 going.

[Banana]

I don't know about the problem with Win7, but for .NET 2.0... I do believe it already should be installed and does support 64-bit. You can verify this by checking your Uninstall/Repair Software (you may need to check a box to look at Windows component or upgrades or something like that). I know that .NET 2.0 download gives out an error when it should have had said "You have it already installed."

[turtle2472]

I finally have Beast folding under Win7! I'm going to boot into Mac OS when I need to, but for the most part this system will likely stay booted into Win7 now.

It was a pain to get him running, but finally just followed the steps again and it worked. Currently running a A3 core with my new passkey. I hope to get us some good bonus points now too. Once I can get some RAM and graphics for my new system I'll get it folding too. (i7 860)

[turtle2472]

So all of my points are from a PS3, i7 860 and and i7 920. It seems these A3 cores really work well. On Beast and Junior I'm using console mode rather than any GUI.

The A3 cores actually spread over all threads on the CPU too. The A1 or A2 only use the actual CPU cores not threads. I'm not sure why, just an observation from my two PC folding.

[PB PM]

I'm taking a break for a while, since I've sold my PC to a friend. I'll start folding again when I get my Core i5 27" iMac in three or four weeks.

[turtle2472]

Only 5 active folders?!?!?! Come on people. Where's the love for Stanford?

[PB PM]

I've been trying to fold, but there aren't many work units. The last few weeks when I do get a work unit it gets to 2% and it stops with an "Unstable Machine" error. I've given up for the time being as a result.

[DMBand0026]

I guess I could put my HTPC to work on folding, it mostly just sits there except for when it's recording or my girlfriend is playing the Sims on it, which is pretty frequent. I'm not totally sure how to do it though, I guess I'll look back through this thread and figure it out. It can't be that hard...right?