*** F@H Tech Assistance Thread ***

[T4C Fantasy]

T4c, you'll want to run one SMP client with 6-7 cores. SMP's also comes with a bonus (you need the passkey) once you've completed 10 SMP WU's. The bonus is based on how fast you get the WU done, so, obviously, 6 cores will get a WU done much faster than 2 or 4. You should be able to get (someone correct me if I'm wrong-this is just an educated guess) 30-40,000 with your system if it is allowed to Fold 24/7.

i uploaded more screens of my setup, new screens soon to show you the differance from 4+2 to 6

 

[T4C Fantasy]

early signs show it will be about the same, my original plan was to get different work units done at around the same time

edit: i now also have a passkey entered ^^

 

[BUCK NASTY]

I say go to SMP-7, then use ProcessLasso to lock the SMP client to cores 0-6 and the GPU to core 7. Let's see what this 3770K can really do.

 

[T4C Fantasy]

here is the latest

edit: its barely noticable but there is a bar like pic next to the new screen showing process lasso

 

[T4C Fantasy]

I say go to SMP-7, then use ProcessLasso to lock the SMP client to cores 0-6 and the GPU to core 7. Let's see what this 3770K can really do.

cores locked

 

[BUCK NASTY]

cores locked

Let it run and let's see what the next Work Unit's PPD is. What is the current CPU usage %?

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

here is the latest

edit: its barely noticable but there is a bar like pic next to the new screen showing process lasso

folding for the wrong team their Bro you still have and can get personel stats folding for TPU go on ,you know ya wana ,just look how helpfull it is here


can anyone tell me why my badge hasnt caught up with my 3 mill total yet?

 

[thebluebumblebee]

can anyone tell me why my badge hasnt caught up with my 3 mill total yet?

It won't change until...I think...5 million, then 10

 

[msgclb]

It won't change until...I think...5 million, then 10

 

[T4C Fantasy]

Let it run and let's see what the next Work Unit's PPD is. What is the current CPU usage %?

cureent just 80%, i dont use full because i use my pc while i fold to multi task, surprisingly i can game awhile folding

 

[Athlonite]

you can game while folding but it will slow your folding down the more you use your machine to do other things (CPU/GPU intensive tasks) the slower your folding will be

folding alone CPU/GPU usage = 100% of free CPU/GPU time (maximum PPD)
Gaming/Multitasking + Folding = 90+% Gaming/multitasking and only ~10% folding

ergo your folding points or PPD will be much less than if you let the machine just fold as the client will only ever use what free cycles are available, PPD will increase/decrease depending on how busy the machine is

mostly though if your getting WU's finished before the cut off date/time then I wouldn't worry about it

 

[T4C Fantasy]

ok so as you know i downclocked my 4.4Ghz 3770k to 4.0GHzfor folding but i decided to go up to 4.2GHz to see if its stable, this should also increase the points, ill let ya know!

FYI: my 3770k @ 4.0GHz using 6 SMP peaked at 17542 PPD this is with cores locked on 6 threads for the cpu and 2 threads saved for gpu ^^

 

[hertz9753]

ok so as you know i downclocked my 4.4Ghz 3770k to 4.0GHzfor folding but i decided to go up to 4.2GHz to see if its stable, this should also increase the points, ill let ya know!

FYI: my 3770k @ 4.0GHz using 6 SMP peaked at 17542 PPD this is with cores locked on 6 threads for the cpu and 2 threads saved for gpu ^^

Some cpu wu's won't fold with an odd number of threads. A pic of a 2600k @4.6 running all 8 threads with 2 GTX 460's folding as well. Snipped it about 25 mins. ago.

You can't do that because your AMD gpu needs at least 1 thread to run that card. If I had Nvidia GTX 470 or higher gpu's I would be running 6 threads.

 

[hertz9753]

Hey oily!

 

[T4C Fantasy]

i peaked higher on 6 threads ^.^ than my previous

 

[Beertintedgoggles]

I've never tried folding on an ATI setup but would running the GPU at "low" priority and the smp at "idle" alleviate the need to reduce the number of threads to fold on the cpu?

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

im just thinking about a bit of optimiseing (higher oc) louder fans heating off the works, but is there a way to limit an smp2 slightly to ensure it doesnt hurt gpu client performance, i know about the slider but im unsure if thats total cpu+gpu client useage or just cpu client as I want?.

i presently run 2 gpu and 1x uni cpu clients on the main rig just so as to not hold up the gpu's, my main point earners.

 

[Athlonite]

im just thinking about a bit of optimiseing (higher oc) louder fans heating off the works, but is there a way to limit an smp2 slightly to ensure it doesnt hurt gpu client performance, i know about the slider but im unsure if thats total cpu+gpu client useage or just cpu client as I want?.

i presently run 2 gpu and 1x uni cpu clients on the main rig just so as to not hold up the gpu's, my main point earners.

with what your doing I'd just run SMP2 4 and 2 GPU at the same time and not spend time worrying about how much more you get or not by frigging round with it atleast thats what I do on my PII x4 940 and 2 HD5770's the extra from using 2 cores for GPUs and 2 cores for CPU SMP2 isn't worth it as the loss from SMP2 is greater than the gain

 

[BUCK NASTY]

I'm starting to run into issues with my config file becoming corrupted in Fahtracker. It's happened to both i7 rigs and it seems to happen only on GPU-0. I lose the entire file, so no name, team, or machine id's. I have to uninstall/re-install fahtracker and I lose all work. Oh well, it's all for science.

 

[hertz9753]

I'm starting to run into issues with my config file becoming corrupted in Fahtracker. It's happened to both i7 rigs and it seems to happen only on GPU-0. I lose the entire file, so no name, team, or machine id's. I have to uninstall/re-install fahtracker and I lose all work. Oh well, it's all for science.

I download Tracker V2 to a folder on my desktop, and open it there. How do you do it?

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

I don't think fah tracker work s right win v7

 

[hertz9753]

I don't think fah tracker work s right win v7

Those are two seperate clients that run all of your hardware. You should only be running Stanfords V7 with your AMD gpu's. Tracker V2 will only work properly with Nvidia gpu's.

 

[Arjai]

Ok, I've tried multiple times to just get V2 to download stuff from Stanford.

It's now 20+ minutes later and nothing...

This is all it's done.

What's the dealio? I just want to use my CPU to help out best I can, not much I know. Anyways, can a brother get some help?

 

[Tardan]

So I think I just started folding(for the Chimp Challenge)? Not seeing any progress being made though. Does it take a while to show progress? Both SMP and GPU progress bars are at 0%. I'm seeing 100% CPU usage but only 1-3% GPU usage.

 

[msgclb]

So I think I just started folding(for the Chimp Challenge)? Not seeing any progress being made though. Does it take a while to show progress? Both SMP and GPU progress bars are at 0%. I'm seeing 100% CPU usage but only 1-3% GPU usage.

I copied this from your System Specs.

Processor:	Intel i5 2500k @ 4.5 GHz
Motherboard:	ASUS P8Z68 V-PRO
Video Card:	EVGA GTX 680

Am I correct that you are folding on the GTX 680 and 2500K? The 2500K shouldn't give you any problems but the GTX 680 is another story.

I don't have a GTX 680 but spotted this thread while trying to talk my wallet into allowing me to by one.

The GTX 680 was released after the v7 client and since this is new architecture there's no information in that client for this GPU. But wait there is a solution!

First you need the v7 client that I'm guessing you downloaded.

Next you need to follow these GTX 680 support instructions.

Let us know how you're doing.