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[Pike]

I've read all that I can and now this is where I'm at.

I wanted this to start yesterday so I installed the systray main CPU client v6.23. Already have 1 WU done but only getting 280 PPD (according to FahMon). My system is:

E8400 on a Gigabyte EP45-UD3L
4GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 1066mhz (running at 800)
Sapphire HD4670 512mb
Seagate 320GB SATA II
OCZ 500 PSU

Questions are:
Am I running the correct client?
Should I upgrade to the High performance CPU and GPU clients?
If I stay with the current client, how can I increase my PPD?

Thanks

[3.0charlie]

Am I running the correct client? No. For the CPU, use the Beta SMP Client. Or you can choose to install one Vmware client for 1 core, and use the second core for a GPU client (needs some CPU cycles).
Should I upgrade to the High performance CPU and GPU clients? Yes, for the CPU. For the GPU, choose the Systray client.
If I stay with the current client, how can I increase my PPD? 2 ways of increasing your ppd: using the correct client for your configuration, and overclock your CPU / GPU shaders.

[Pike]

Should I just stop the current client...uninstall and then install the Beta SMP client for the CPU and GPU or should I let it finish the current WU?

[3.0charlie]

For the ppd that the STD client offers, stop it. It's not worth the wait - the SMP and VMware clients yield a whole lot more ppd.

Make sure you follow the guides at the FAH site, or the Vmware guide located here.

[Pike]

Thanks for the info. I'm on it :)

[3.0charlie]

No problem.

The FAH guides are here: Folding@home - Guide.
The Vmware guide is here: Boost Your PPD with VMWare - Look inside for easy guides!.

[Pike]

One more question. Two versions of the CPU client:

6.23 beta for Deino MPI (32-bit only) and 6.23 beta for MPICH (32-bit or 64-bit). I'm using Vista Ultimate 32bit. Which one Charlie?

[3.0charlie]

MPICH is the one you want.

Make sure you run the install.bat file, and you'll need a Vista user password for that client to work.

[Pike]

Ok, got both clients running however the CPU doesn't register on FahMon (is showing but registers NA and staying at 0%). I tried unloading the client and reloading (through FahMon) and still the same but task manager say that fahcore_11.exe (PID:2648) is running at around 50%. Can't figure that out yet. How can I stop and restart this service? Through services.msc?

Temps are: 51c for the CPU and 61c for the GPU
PPD: GPU 1148 and nothing shown for the CPU

Anything missing here? besides O/C the cpu and GPU?

Thanks

[3.0charlie]

You linked the incorrect folder. 50% is normal, since with dual cores you usually need 2 clients. But since you are using an ATI gpu, you can't use dual CPU clients.

CPU usage is only 50%?