Folding @ Home F.A.Q.

[Mr. Cipher]

I'm running two command-line clients now. I went through and installed them in two different directories, assigned affinity through the setup and changed the registry settings. It's all good now! Thanks :)

I wish I understood why some people have low WUs and wickedly high points, and then people like myself have low WUs and very little points. Either way, I barely notice it now (command-line vs. gui)

[3.0charlie]

It depends which client you are using. GUI<command-line client<SMP Win<SMP Linux, and somewhere in there the GPU client. A major factor also is the CPU you are using, since the WUs assigned are different depending how many cores FAH recongnizes.

[Mr. Cipher]

I D/L the FAH504-console, I don't know if that is the SMP client or not.

I have an e2180 @ 3.4ghz at the moment.

[lcdguy]

Originally Posted by Mr. Cipher

I D/L the FAH504-console, I don't know if that is the SMP client or not.

I have an e2180 @ 3.4ghz at the moment.

That would be the regular console client. The SMP client identifies it self as an smp client in the name. Also the installation process is longer than the regular client.

[Cptn Vortex]

Hey all, my quad rig is taking a little break.... turns out my somewhat gimped Maximus board is now fully Gimped....It wont last a day running....whenever I come home from work it's still running, but I cant get a display... I feel so dumb now for when I forgot about that silly mobo standoff that was definitely in the wrong place..... Oh well, just means spending more money!

[SKYMTL]

Of course, now I am trying to get into Folding a bit and naturally I have some questions.

First of all, my CPU client is currently working on the "Amber" core. I have never heard of this core but it looks like it will take FOREVER to complete (even with a QX9770) while only netting me 171 points. Is this normal?

Next of all, in FAHMON, the CPU client shows itself in Yellow instead of the normal green. Does that signify an error?

Am I using the right client with the standard CPU client (systray client) downloaded from the main F@H page?

[sswilson]

What client are you running? If it's the console client, then yeah, they take forever (relative to the GPU or SMP client) to finish. I use the console on my quad GPU/Console/Rosetta setup but that's only to take up the slack on the two cores I'ved dedicated to GPU folding.

Edit:

Yellow signifies that it's not sure if you'll finish the WU in time. You'll almost always see that when you first start the folding client.

[SugarJ]

You want the SMP client from this page:

Folding@home - DownloadWinOther

[SKYMTL]

I think I found my problem. The GPU client is eating up about 37% - 50% of my CPU usage when runing. WTF?

[sswilson]

Originally Posted by SKYMTL

I think I found my problem. The GPU client is eating up about 37% - 50% of my CPU usage when runing. WTF?

That's normal.