Welcome to folding Walter Anderson

[Xleon]

Thanks for that.

I decided not to run the SMP version as it said on the site that it was designed for 4 cores and isn't supposed to be very efficient on a 2 Core system.

Testing it here on my X2, it didn't use a great deal of CPU time. (About 33% versus 100% for two individual instances) and has the disadvantage of not being easy to determine how far it's got (no DOS box or graphical client, just the log file to check)

EDIT:- Running it as a normal Command Console client, it runs better, but still not 100%. Obviously has an issue with running as a service for one thing.

EDIT2:-Had to drop back to 2-client method. After a while of processing on the SMP client, I get the dreaded general error, "Client-core communications error: ERROR 0x01"

[wja96]

Originally Posted by Xleon

EDIT:- Running it as a normal Command Console client, it runs better, but still not 100%. Obviously has an issue with running as a service for one thing.

EDIT2:-Had to drop back to 2-client method. After a while of processing on the SMP client, I get the dreaded general error, "Client-core communications error: ERROR 0x01"

That's the risk running beta clients. In theory, all my systems running flat out 24/7 will do 10,000ppd but I'm actually doing less than half that at the moment because of lost WUs etc.

[bpm]

Damn. I've got competition. Looks like I've about 2 years before I get overtaken, going by your current folding. I can't believe you've only 3-4 machines, I've got roughly 30 and I'm only getting half your ppd. I think I'll have to recruit a quad core or two for the cause...

[Xleon]

I've got the SMP client running on some Dual_Xeons but they
don't finish a unit much faster than two separate clients. I guess the SMP units are more complicated to compute.

Your kit must be multi-Quad-Core units.

[wja96]

Originally Posted by Xleon

I've got the SMP client running on some Dual_Xeons but they
don't finish a unit much faster than two separate clients. I guess the SMP units are more complicated to compute.

Your kit must be multi-Quad-Core units.

I wish I did! - I have 2 G0 Q6600's, a B3 X3210, a 2180 and a Dual-core Acer laptop. Nothing has more than 2Gb RAM, but everything except the laptop is overclocked beyond 3GHz.

[Fezboy]

Guys can someone tell me how it works?

On the work Laptop it's only doing frames in blocks of 500 the laptop has been on all day and night and has only done about 70 frames.

Pc at home doing in blocks of 5000 and done about 1500 in 5 hours?

[devonutopia]

different work units have different block sizes. ones with smaller amount of blocks are usually harder to crunch, per block.

Are you running the graphical client, or the ms-dos typed based client? The dos based client is more efficient as the computer isn't making all those pretty DNA type piccies with it.

[Fezboy]

Originally Posted by devonutopia

Are you running the graphical client, or the ms-dos typed based client? The dos based client is more efficient as the computer isn't making all those pretty DNA type piccies with it.

Both running XP and both work & homw have DNA piccies

Another thing since I downloaded my pc & work laptop are faster

[devonutopia]

If you research my guide on how to setup folding so you don't actually have a window in the taskbar, and running the DNA stream thing - it should go a lot faster. When it next completes, cancel and uninstall the graphical client and go find the MS DOS / .exe client. There's a guide I did which makes it a doddle.

[150HP&counting]

damn he turns his back for *cough a few months and a new kid on the block is breathing VERY heavily down my neck with the folding.... will he be able to pick up all his works machine again in time....hmmmm maybe abd maybe not.... please see the other thread boys and girls for help on setting up PS3.... its do or die now lol

well done WJA93!! top effort

[wja96]

Originally Posted by 150HP&counting

damn he turns his back for *cough a few months and a new kid on the block is breathing VERY heavily down my neck with the folding.... will he be able to pick up all his works machine again in time....hmmmm maybe abd maybe not.... please see the other thread boys and girls for help on setting up PS3.... its do or die now lol

well done WJA93!! top effort

I don't understand why we're not doing better on the whole with the number of machines we have. I've only got 3 rigs running (2 quads and now a 4.5GHz Wolfdale), but aside from a lot of early terminations recently, I seem to be able to get 3-10 times the points out of my systems as most of the other people on here. And I know there are lots of the other users with REALLY nice systems. I definitely believe that SMP really is the way to lots of points.

[150HP&counting]

will be looking into SMP on works machines when am back in, as we have recenly updated most desktop systems with dual core now (i just have to be careful and choose them wisely though )- which is good... am looking forward to seeing what i'll get from my first WU done by PS3... in about errm 5 mins