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A distributed computing project by Vijay Pande and Stanford University Folding@Home is quite possibly one of the most important things your computer, or Playstation 3, will ever be used for. It is hoped that the study of how protiens within the body "fold" will eventually lead to cures for at least some the most prevalent illnesses in the world today, such as certain cancers, Alzheimers, CJD, and the Flu. A great deal of progress has already been made but with your help it may happen that little bit quicker. So, if you want to use those spare MHz all you need to do is join us! Everyone is welcome. If you need to know more, please check out the Frequently Asked Questions. Need some one-on-one help to get up and running? Jump in to our dedicated forum topic and ask for some assistance. "Our goal: to understand protein folding, misfolding, and related diseases"
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Written by ccperf721p
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Saturday, 10 October 2009 16:41 |
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This is the finished version of the linux GPU2 folding guide. I've tested it on a couple of rigs and can verify it does work.
These are Ubuntu/Mint linux 64-bit instructions. 32-bit set up is coming soon. Can be used for Gentoo, Arch and most other distros with some modifications. Under Gentoo you only need to install wine and start from that point in the guide as the rest is already in place. You will need to mask any nvidia-drivers newer than 180.60 to make it happen though. Under Arch you will need to install base-devel and wine.
Make sure you have an updated system with the 180 series nvidia drivers. Can be installed through the package manager. Do not install drivers newer than the 180 series if you plan to run GPU2. They do not work and will only give an UNSTABLE_MACHINE error.
For the rest, go here:
64-bit LINUX setup guide for GPU client under WINE
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Written by Samuknow
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Monday, 31 December 2007 06:39 |
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ThunderRd has just put up a Guide to quad core folding for windows. Posted by ThunderRd: This is a companion to ccperf's Dual Linux SMP clients how-to, for the LINUX-impaired.
I have, as a test, replaced one of my 925 dual cores with a Q6600 a few days ago. Just a straight drop-in, no muss/no fuss, no overclocking as yet. It's in one of my home machines, folding 24/7 on XP.
With no special attention it ran 10-11 minute step times on the SMP client. That's about 2100 PPD out of the box.
But here's the good news: are you aware that you can run 2 SMP clients on your quads? Now, there are several ways to do this. You can simply install another instance of the client and run it, XP setting both clients to use all cores. This works, but it isn't the fastest way. The next way is to manually set the affinity of the first client to 2 cores, and the second client to the other two. This is faster, but it's difficult to know how Windows detected the cores on boot and which two cores currently share cache. There are various combinations that windows uses, and it can change on rebooting so it's not always the same. Also, you'd have to babysit the clients and manually set the affinity each time a new WU is started; windows has no ability to pass the affinity assignment from parent to child processes in the FAH setup. So this isn't the most efficient way to run 2 clients, either. Read the Guide Here |
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Written by Samuknow
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Monday, 31 December 2007 06:20 |
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ccperf721p has put up a How To for Quad core folding on Linux. It is worth a look if this is your cup of tea. Posted by ccperf721p: This is a 64 bit Linux How To, it will not work with VMware..
After running folding@home's SMP client on several dualcores then moving into a quad I noticed that it does not perform as expected, giving only a 33% gain in performance. After scouring the net it seems the best solution is to run dual smp clients and setting affinity to 2 cores for each client. Read the "HOW TO" here |
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Written by Danrok
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Friday, 02 November 2007 16:54 |
Thanks to the power of Sony PS3From the BBC: A project that harnesses the spare processing power of Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) to help understand the cause of diseases has entered the record books. |
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Written by Samuknow
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Thursday, 27 September 2007 13:13 |
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Some of the members from team 45 put up a good trouble shooting thread for SMP. There is a lot of information here if your having issues with SMP client. Even if your not, it's a good read. Forum discussion |
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