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Title: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: boost on Thu, 07 March 2013, 09:44:53
Geekhack Folding Team Information

Team Number: 224030
Page: https://stats.foldingathome.org/team/224030

Download Page: https://foldingathome.org/start-folding/
Supported Platforms: Windows, Mac OSX, Linux

Create an Identity with Passkey: https://apps.foldingathome.org/getpasskey

Set up Identity and Join Team: Enter your username, geekhack team name, and your unique passkey
(https://i.imgur.com/5IWd5Xk.png)
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Batmann on Thu, 07 March 2013, 09:46:48
Maybe it's just me but the link is broken
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: boost on Thu, 07 March 2013, 09:48:09
Maybe it's just me but the link is broken


SNAP!!!!!!!!! That wasn't suppose to be there -_-

Fixed!
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: SmallFry on Thu, 07 March 2013, 09:55:00
IIRC, WFD does number crunching like this all the time.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: aggiejy on Thu, 07 March 2013, 09:59:02
It's been a decade since I've last done folding@home... I imagine a lot more crunching can ben done per hour now days.  I think I have a couple computers at home that could contribute.  Only if there's a leaderboard for our group. ;-)
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: boost on Thu, 07 March 2013, 10:14:50
It's been a decade since I've last done folding@home... I imagine a lot more crunching can ben done per hour now days.  I think I have a couple computers at home that could contribute.  Only if there's a leaderboard for our group. ;-)

Cool, can get a leaderboard setup!
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: bavman on Thu, 07 March 2013, 10:42:13
I'd be down.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: funkymeeba on Thu, 07 March 2013, 15:18:18
I dig it.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: boost on Thu, 07 March 2013, 15:19:24
Cool cool...
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: RougeR on Thu, 07 March 2013, 16:05:33
GH group? i might start, my pc is always on and is pretty much top end
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: funkymeeba on Thu, 07 March 2013, 16:06:46
Yeah, definitely going to hop on it. Just get us a group. :D
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: SmallFry on Thu, 07 March 2013, 16:26:28
Wait, graphics cards are preferred for this sort of thing right?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: bavman on Thu, 07 March 2013, 16:32:01
Generally yes, especially nvidia ones tend to get the most ppd
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Matt3o on Thu, 07 March 2013, 16:35:56
there's also seti@home... just saying

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: ComradeSniper on Fri, 08 March 2013, 16:18:39
So is this somewhat similar to bitcoin mining, except it's for a good cause rather than drug money?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Fri, 08 March 2013, 16:31:27
i'm down, Leviathan needs something to do while i'm working

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=36067.msg809084#msg809084

Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: boost on Fri, 08 March 2013, 16:32:23
Been super busy at work and haven't gotten around to setup a team. If someone would like to assist on setting up the team, please send me a pm


Thanks
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Fri, 08 March 2013, 16:35:38
i could create a team if you want, i haven't looked into it in detail but I'm sure it would be something i can handle
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Fri, 08 March 2013, 17:06:50
Geekhack Folding Team Information

Team Number: 224030
Page: http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=224030

Download Page: http://folding.stanford.edu/English/HomePage
Supported Platforms: Windows, Mac OSX, Linux

Create an Identity: http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/getpasskey.py
Set up Identity and Join Team: Advanced Preferences > Configure > Identity

The folding@home stats site seems to be performing maintenance, i promise the links are valid just give it some time to come back up

edit: Boost or Mod, can you place this information in the OP, thank you

Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: hashbaz on Fri, 08 March 2013, 17:09:46
Great idea boost.  I'm in.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Fri, 08 March 2013, 17:41:18
I may reboot all my GPUs. I have tons for this kind of stuff. This one of the custom frames that I built to hold all the folding hardware. It can house 8 GPUs, XL mobo, dual PSUs, and a slot for a HD to boot from.


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/Misc%20computers/DSCN7473.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/Misc%20computers/DSCN7473.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/Misc%20computers/DSCN7474.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/Misc%20computers/DSCN7474.jpg)



I took a break from this stuff for the last few years due to not having enough disposable income anymore. I think my electricity bill was around $250/month running these things 24/7. Other distributed projects that was heavily involved was GPUgrid (http://www.gpugrid.net/) and WCG (http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/index.jsp). Those are also great projects to crunch for if you have powerful but idle CPUs and GPUs.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: boost on Fri, 08 March 2013, 17:49:07
Thanks for creating the team!!!

Come next month ill be host the gh folding contests and will be giving out prizes :)
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Jocelyn on Fri, 08 March 2013, 18:10:48
I may reboot all my GPUs. I have tons for this kind of stuff. This one of the custom frames that I built to hold all the folding hardware. It can house 8 GPUs, XL mobo, dual PSUs, and a slot for a HD to boot from.


I took a break from this stuff for the last few years due to not having enough disposable income anymore. I think my electricity bill was around $250/month running these things 24/7. Other distributed projects that was heavily involved was GPUgrid (http://www.gpugrid.net/) and WCG (http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/index.jsp). Those are also great projects to crunch for if you have powerful but idle CPUs and GPUs.

lol you are a maniac :)
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Fri, 08 March 2013, 21:35:57
Damn its getting hot in here lol; Basically this is the first time other than burn in and bench-marking that Leviathan (my rig) has had the CPU and all 4 GPUs on at 90-100% for this long and man does it give off heat. Games never pushed it this much really. Monitors + Computer pulling 780 watts according to Kill-a-Watt meter so i guess i should factor that in if i keep folding@home running all the time.

edit

(http://almightyglod.com/public_stack/folding_first_folding.jpg)

aww it looks like one of my cards isn't playing as well as the other 3, right now too lazy to investigate why
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: bavman on Fri, 08 March 2013, 21:46:11
What GPUs do you have glod?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Fri, 08 March 2013, 21:50:24
What GPUs do you have glod?

4 x 6950 @ 900 Mhz (1325 Mhz Memory)

>> http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=36067.msg809084#msg809084
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: bavman on Fri, 08 March 2013, 22:05:10
daaaym, thats a tall tower, but sexy. How big is your rad to cool 4 gpus and a cpu?

Its a shame though that amd doesn't do well at folding. I'm at 27k ppd on my 580. My i7 is only at 3k though :(
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Fri, 08 March 2013, 22:23:34
bah this is going to make me start fine tuning **** once im off from work one day without anything to do :P

i have them all on the same loop, cpu/gpu/mobo with one 2x140mm rad and another 3x140mm rad
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: boost on Fri, 08 March 2013, 22:31:25
Need a few days to have the client's setup on my pc's


Can't wait to have the setup :)
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Fri, 08 March 2013, 23:08:41
boost can you put the team info in the original post, im really hoping people hop onto this
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: funkymeeba on Sat, 09 March 2013, 00:01:49
I seem to be unable to get a passkey due to the server not responding. Is it just me?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: bavman on Sat, 09 March 2013, 00:04:57
Yeah I don't think its just you. I haven't been able to access the ranking system for the past hour or so.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Sat, 09 March 2013, 00:09:54
ya i think its down right now, i dont think at this minute you can create a passcode/user alot of stats pages seem to be down but its still assigning work

ive read and this happens from time to time...

i promise though my links are valid
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: funkymeeba on Sat, 09 March 2013, 00:17:28
Yeah, I verified it's the same as what the site links to for that. I guess I'll just have to be patient.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Sat, 09 March 2013, 18:37:05
bavman stomping me and my leviathan, getting real sad :(

http://fah-web2.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=224030

oh well.....


COME ON SOME OTHER PEOPLE JOIN UP PLZ!

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40979.msg818177#msg818177
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: bavman on Sat, 09 March 2013, 18:51:57
Don't stop folding Glod. I left my computer on when I went to my parents house for the weekend :)

Apparently there was another f@h geekhack team a while ago...well it was just one person:
http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=211132

I'm not familiar with the user though, prpnightmare
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Sat, 09 March 2013, 19:49:55
odd I didn't see that group nor saw a thread about it. we've already that team score lol
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Sun, 10 March 2013, 17:57:40
need more people to join up! :) dont be afraid, slow or fast lets all come together for geekhack science!

i had a friend that lurks on these forums join the team lol

bavman still stomping my machine, ive had it on full power but hes far ahead of me. though i noticed the points per day really varies, thursday it was 24k now its 37k ppd so it could just have to do with assignments :P
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: boost on Sun, 10 March 2013, 18:03:20
Still need to setup my account
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Tym on Sun, 10 March 2013, 18:19:02
Hmmm, I've joined up but not showing in the team for some reason? Is there a minimum amount of effort? As I've only done a couple of testers (3hours or so) and will be idling my pc during the week?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: boost on Sun, 10 March 2013, 18:31:48
Just got one of my PC's running the folding now....Just need to wait for them to update the site.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: SmallFry on Sun, 10 March 2013, 18:34:35
Do you need a GUI for this? My server has just a CLI, but I'd fold if I could.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: bavman on Sun, 10 March 2013, 18:55:28
They update their servers every couple hours I think. You won't show up until you've completed at least one work unit and they update the servers afterwards.

It seems that there is a command line option if your running linux:
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/LinGuide#ntoc14
Title: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Gupgup on Sun, 10 March 2013, 19:01:26
May be dumb, but what exactly is "folding@home"?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Sun, 10 March 2013, 19:04:37
pretty easy install on Linux debian distros, went ahead and installed it on my atom box I have in my other office running crunch bang, lol it only gets 900ppd but whatever, I'll leave it going.

edit: dur didn't read, command line, haven't tried that
Title: Re: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Sun, 10 March 2013, 19:05:51
May be dumb, but what exactly is "folding@home"?
see Wikipedia entry referenced in op
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: bavman on Sun, 10 March 2013, 19:09:37
Its a distributed computing project designed by Stanford university. Basically, when you want to study protein folding or molecular interactions of large molecules, you need a butt-load of computational power.
Instead of paying millions to build servers, or renting server time, they distribute data to anyone willing to help, data is computed and sent back. This helps research in cancer, Alzheimer, and other diseases.

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding@home
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: funkymeeba on Mon, 11 March 2013, 10:26:19
I was wondering why my progress was so slow... SMP was disabled! Some great use of a Xeon E3-1230 that was overnight! I should be running a lot quicker now.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: absyrd on Mon, 11 March 2013, 10:28:40
I used to fold for EVGA pretty seriously when the team first started. I have long since stopped. Perhaps I'll slap some stuff back together and help GH get a jump-start.

Good idea, boost. Folding@home is a good cause and a great way to build on forum/group unity.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: boost on Tue, 12 March 2013, 09:03:47
Going to pause on the folding from my account as I need to tweak the bios some more as it's not 100% stable under full load for 18hrs -_-
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: badcop on Tue, 12 March 2013, 09:20:53
i used to fold for evga also back in the day when i was on my parents electricity :p.  i may be able to get a rig up for this.  i have an extra brand new evga 280 gtx if anyone is interested in upgrading or adding a second card to their rig.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Vyr1s on Tue, 12 March 2013, 10:42:07
Well I installed it, don't know how long I will keep it up as I will be gaming much and streaming, not much extra resources when I do that, not to mention I turn my PC off usually :P
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: funkymeeba on Tue, 12 March 2013, 12:15:05
Just modified my fcrontab to kick up the full SMP process while I'm at work, while keeping single-thread going when I'm at home (and likely using the system).
Title: Re: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: SmallFry on Wed, 13 March 2013, 08:07:58
i used to fold for evga also back in the day when i was on my parents electricity :p.  i may be able to get a rig up for this.  i have an extra brand new evga 280 gtx if anyone is interested in upgrading or adding a second card to their rig.
How much for that card, I'm trying to find one at the moment.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Thu, 14 March 2013, 22:07:07
need more people to do folding no matter your single computing power, show the mighty collective of power in the geekhack!

*insert evil laugh*

after all guys......im pretty sure a large amount of these keyboards we have are connected to a computer and any computer can join the team :)

i know right now there isn't any motive to do it other than trying to help a good cause but it would be cool to see a large team come from geekhack.

right now i have my mighty Leviathan set to "light" mode but it seems to be contributing fine and making less heat


Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Sun, 17 March 2013, 16:54:28
i feel so alone. regardless in just 9 day a few people (mostly bavman and I) have pushed this  team into like the top 8000 teams out of 220k. lol
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Tym on Sun, 17 March 2013, 16:57:19
i feel so alone. regardless in just 9 day a few people (mostly bavman and I) have pushed this  team into like the top 8000 teams out of 220k. lol
Im running just my cpu during the day because its all i can afford :(
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Sun, 17 March 2013, 17:00:03
its ok, i notice your contribution :)
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: boost on Sun, 17 March 2013, 17:25:47
Having some pc issues -_-
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: SmallFry on Sun, 17 March 2013, 17:27:22
i feel so alone. regardless in just 9 day a few people (mostly bavman and I) have pushed this  team into like the top 8000 teams out of 220k. lol
I've been trying to find a decent GPU to put in my rig that I can find for free. The search is long and hard. :P
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: The_Beast on Sun, 17 March 2013, 17:30:55
I did folding a while ago and stopped. I really like the in interface on this new folding


BTW joined!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: bavman on Sun, 17 March 2013, 23:49:28
i feel so alone. regardless in just 9 day a few people (mostly bavman and I) have pushed this  team into like the top 8000 teams out of 220k. lol
I've been trying to find a decent GPU to put in my rig that I can find for free. The search is long and hard. :P

If you don't care about power consumption, my gtx 580 is pushing around 28-30kppd, and you can find them used for under $200 which would give nice performance/$.


And when the hell did Glod get in front of me?!??!?! I'm gonna have to start trying harder. Thankfully my cpu finally decided to start kicking in and is doing around 8-10kppd now.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: The_Beast on Mon, 18 March 2013, 00:15:07
i feel so alone. regardless in just 9 day a few people (mostly bavman and I) have pushed this  team into like the top 8000 teams out of 220k. lol
I've been trying to find a decent GPU to put in my rig that I can find for free. The search is long and hard. :P

If you don't care about power consumption, my gtx 580 is pushing around 28-30kppd, and you can find them used for under $200 which would give nice performance/$.


And when the hell did Glod get in front of me?!??!?! I'm gonna have to start trying harder. Thankfully my cpu finally decided to start kicking in and is doing around 8-10kppd now.


I'm still in the dorms so power is "free", i7-3770k + a single GTX570 running all day errr day
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Mon, 18 March 2013, 15:31:16
And when the hell did Glod get in front of me?!??!?! I'm gonna have to start trying harder. Thankfully my cpu finally decided to start kicking in and is doing around 8-10kppd now.

we are going back and forth for 1st, but i have more WU for the past few days.

the most interesting thing is that i haven't been running at full power since the first days and it gets pretty much the same kppd, i have it set on light which uses my CPU at around 60% only unless the computer is completely idle then it runs at 100%. and i stopped using all my video cards and apparently it makes the CPU get more kppd. less heat and power consumption too. weeee


saw that beast join up in this, w00t
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: The_Beast on Mon, 18 March 2013, 15:35:38
And when the hell did Glod get in front of me?!??!?! I'm gonna have to start trying harder. Thankfully my cpu finally decided to start kicking in and is doing around 8-10kppd now.

we are going back and forth for 1st, but i have more WU for the past few days.

the most interesting thing is that i haven't been running at full power since the first days and it gets pretty much the same kppd, i have it set on light which uses my CPU at around 60% only unless the computer is completely idle then it runs at 100%. and i stopped using all my video cards and apparently it makes the CPU get more kppd. less heat and power consumption too. weeee


saw that beast join up in this, w00t


I don't know how to set my GPU to run at 50%. It's either 100% off, or I have to set it to "full" for it to work.

Is there I way that I could set both the GPU and CPU to run at like 60%-70% usage when I'm just browsing? So far it's only letting me set the number of cores used and even that isn't that reliable
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: funkymeeba on Mon, 18 March 2013, 15:36:47
I let mine run at full force for 9 hours every day. Xeon E3-1230 with a GTX 550Ti. Not too high-powered, I guess, but it gets some crunching done. Unfortunately, I won't run it more than that due to the heating up of my bedroom, and due to power use. I pay my own bills. :(

Also, the Linux version that I have running does not have much by way of options. I'll see if the newest version gives me more flexibility.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Mon, 18 March 2013, 16:04:53
And when the hell did Glod get in front of me?!??!?! I'm gonna have to start trying harder. Thankfully my cpu finally decided to start kicking in and is doing around 8-10kppd now.

we are going back and forth for 1st, but i have more WU for the past few days.

the most interesting thing is that i haven't been running at full power since the first days and it gets pretty much the same kppd, i have it set on light which uses my CPU at around 60% only unless the computer is completely idle then it runs at 100%. and i stopped using all my video cards and apparently it makes the CPU get more kppd. less heat and power consumption too. weeee


saw that beast join up in this, w00t


I don't know how to set my GPU to run at 50%. It's either 100% off, or I have to set it to "full" for it to work.

Is there I way that I could set both the GPU and CPU to run at like 60%-70% usage when I'm just browsing? So far it's only letting me set the number of cores used and even that isn't that reliable

no way to throttle gpus, that i know of

you disable all GPU usage and can throttle the cpu however down to light which is 50-60% or idle which is 0% unless..well...idle.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: The_Beast on Wed, 20 March 2013, 16:23:19
^^ well that sucks


BTW, suck it boost, I'm already caught up to you!
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Wed, 20 March 2013, 16:32:28
Yeah i saw you moved up lol
 
me on the other hand didn't have it running the last 24 hours  :( i had to turn it off and forgot to turn it back on
Title: Re: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: boost on Wed, 20 March 2013, 16:54:45
^^ well that sucks


BTW, suck it boost, I'm already caught up to you!

Wth!!!

Having some pc issues -_-
Title: Re: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Tym on Wed, 20 March 2013, 16:58:09
^^ well that sucks


BTW, suck it boost, I'm already caught up to you!

Wth!!!

Having some pc issues -_-

I have PC issues... i.e. mine isn't as good as you guy's.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: The_Beast on Wed, 20 March 2013, 17:00:23
Yeah i saw you moved up lol
 
me on the other hand didn't have it running the last 24 hours  :( i had to turn it off and forgot to turn it back on

^^ well that sucks


BTW, suck it boost, I'm already caught up to you!

Wth!!!

Having some pc issues -_-

Ok, sure (wink wink)


BTW I've only been running when I'm here, I don't fold when I'll be gone for 2+ hours or when I sleep (I get a slight whine when the GPU runs and it's not the fan). I'd still like to get as much folding in while I can since I don't fold when I'm home or when I move into my off campus house next semester.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: ishumprod on Wed, 20 March 2013, 17:24:20
i may sound stupid, but, what is folding ?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Wed, 20 March 2013, 18:20:38
i may sound stupid, but, what is folding ?

Science! http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Science
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Tym on Wed, 20 March 2013, 18:21:58
I think we sound get commemorative keys made :)
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Wed, 20 March 2013, 18:28:40
Id contribute  if that was possible, only problem is the folding@home logo is ugly

we also need more people :) power in numbers would be cool, teamwork is cool. But, its hard to convince people to join up.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: ishumprod on Wed, 20 March 2013, 18:30:20
buggy quoting
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: ishumprod on Wed, 20 March 2013, 18:31:12
 
[/quote]
i may sound stupid, but, what is folding ?

Science! http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Science
this is going to make me use my computer till death :)
[/quote]
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Tym on Wed, 20 March 2013, 18:31:58
Maybe a special "geekhack" key with the folding colours? As I agree the logo is fugly. Also fail post ^^
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: ishumprod on Wed, 20 March 2013, 18:37:39
Maybe a special "geekhack" key with the folding colours? As I agree the logo is fugly. Also fail post ^^

me does not know what jane is talking about !
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Tym on Wed, 20 March 2013, 18:39:12
Maybe a special "geekhack" key with the folding colours? As I agree the logo is fugly. Also fail post ^^

me does not know what jane is talking about !

I have the screenshot, 1 ClickClack or 2 BroCaps and it doesn't get posted!
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Wed, 20 March 2013, 18:48:37
LOL

maybe to motivate we can come up with a different group inside geekhack that includes folding like "Geekhack Science", though that sounds a lot like that thing he who should not be named has going (lol ri-pster "keyboard science"). Don't know then, cant think of something right now....i feel like i got like this great idea in my head and i can't get it out.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Tym on Wed, 20 March 2013, 18:52:35
LOL

maybe to motivate we can come up with a different group inside geekhack that includes folding like "Geekhack Science", though that sounds a lot like that thing he who should not be named has going (lol ri-pster "keyboard science"). Don't know then, cant think of something right now....i feel like i got like this great idea in my head and i can't get it out.

500 posts *claps*
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: MarkPharaoh on Thu, 21 March 2013, 16:31:42
I think I joined, but I'm not showing on the website, probably need to complete a WU first?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: The_Beast on Thu, 21 March 2013, 16:33:19
I think I joined, but I'm not showing on the website, probably need to complete a WU first?

I think it only updates maybe twice a day.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: boost on Thu, 21 March 2013, 17:17:33
Killed one of my rigs. -_-

Load at 101c ffs
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Tym on Thu, 21 March 2013, 17:19:26
Killed one of my rigs. -_-

Load at 101c ffs
Holy f*ck
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: The_Beast on Thu, 21 March 2013, 17:24:22
Wow, I'm running 8 cores 100% on he 3770k and a gtx 570 also 100% and I'm reaching 66c tops
Title: Re: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Jocelyn on Thu, 21 March 2013, 17:26:12
Wow, I'm running 8 cores 100% on he 3770k and a gtx 570 also 100% and I'm reaching 66c tops

8 threads aka 4 cores ;)
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: bavman on Thu, 21 March 2013, 17:39:53
You people with the 2nd/3rd gen i processors have it good. If I turn HT on I go from ~63 to ~76*C.
Thankfully my 580 tops at 56*C :)
What are you running and how did you get to 101 boost?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: boost on Thu, 21 March 2013, 17:56:46
That's a 1st i5
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Thu, 21 March 2013, 18:49:37
wow i didnt realize the i5 got that hot, my 3930k runs at 70C on load when running at 4.7Ghz and this is with dual water rads and push pull 140mm rad fans, but gotta realize its on the same loop and same pump as the 4 cards and motherboard.

Not running at 4.7Ghz though at the moment, barely makes a difference over 4.3Ghz and puts off more heat.

my problem with folding is that its the only thing, other than burn-in software, to run every part of my computer at 100% full power, meaning CPU at 100%, 4xGPU at 100% and  it creates some serious room temp and noise problems. I tried it for 4 days and stopped.

It sucks so much power from my 1200w power supply that the 92mm exhaust fan on the PSU automatically goes into highest rpm and it starts putting out MORE heat than my electric space heater. So the room becomes a furnace and sounds like a jet engine. I wonder if that's normal for a PSU to act like that. ohwell

oh well, putting out like 30-50kppd with just the CPU folding :P looks good to me :)

i should also mention i have a thin-box running an older atom processor that i set up with crunchbang folding. it is putting out a massive 150ppd...150... -_- i think it has completed 2 WU since i started. I should have it folding under another username just to show how pathetic it is
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: bavman on Thu, 21 March 2013, 18:56:08
Dang, what are you doing to that poor cpu? Not cooling it well or just decided to oc the heck out of it?

How are you getting so much out of your cpu? Mines usually around 2k, and 10k best.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: boost on Sat, 23 March 2013, 11:07:32
Going to re tune the main rig which is a 2700k this weekend. Just don't know how I feel letting the water pump run 24/7
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: inteli722 on Sun, 24 March 2013, 18:38:23
I think I got a computer running Folding@Home for the team. Not too powerful, but it's contributing.

It's been a while since I've done ANYTHING as with F@H. I miss those 3D revolving proteins... :(

EDIT: disregard that last sentence.

EDIT 2: I'm in! :)
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: inteli722 on Tue, 26 March 2013, 22:01:29
OK, a bit confused:

The webclient says my GPU is "running", but it hasn't made any progress on the task at hand. Tried restarting the computer, but that didn't help. Any suggestions?

(CPU is running fine and I wouldn't be in last place if I wan't making a measly 2298 PPD...)
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: bavman on Tue, 26 March 2013, 22:14:44
Is there any info under advance view? (right click tray icon > advance control)
Select the GPU in there and look in the "selected work unit"
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: boost on Wed, 27 March 2013, 15:16:24
Seems like yo guys been busy folding away!!!!

Give I'll give something away now to the person who has the lead!!


GLOD YOU WON A FREE CRYSIS 3 HUNTER EDITION KEY!!!!!!!!!!

Please PM me for the key.


I'l will be giving more stuff out at random and will be working on the folding contest!

Thanks
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: inteli722 on Wed, 27 March 2013, 15:36:53
So, rewarding the one who has the most horsepower? Well, at least they have the horsepower to run the game.

*starts grumbling about a GT 440 in his spare computer for folding*
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Wed, 27 March 2013, 16:51:27
Seems like yo guys been busy folding away!!!!

Give I'll give something away now to the person who has the lead!!


GLOD YOU WON A FREE CRYSIS 3 HUNTER EDITION KEY!!!!!!!!!!

Please PM me for the key.


I'l will be giving more stuff out at random and will be working on the folding contest!

Thanks

this i was not expecting today

more people must join, we must form an army

So, rewarding the one who has the most horsepower? Well, at least they have the horsepower to run the game.

*starts grumbling about a GT 440 in his spare computer for folding*

i'm sure we can figure out something, keep folding!
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: SmallFry on Wed, 27 March 2013, 16:52:03
I'm getting an 8800 from Boost this weekend I think, so I'll be joining the army. :D
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Tym on Wed, 27 March 2013, 16:53:12
Any free stuff for Tym?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: esoomenona on Wed, 27 March 2013, 16:53:36
I need some internet! Also, I'm mostly not to excited on the thought of leaving my new computer on when I'm not there...
Title: Re: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: boost on Wed, 27 March 2013, 16:57:14
I'm getting an 8800 from Boost this weekend I think, so I'll be joining the army. :D

Gotta look.for it -_-  so its not 100%
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Wed, 27 March 2013, 17:06:39
Seems like yo guys been busy folding away!!!!

Give I'll give something away now to the person who has the lead!!


GLOD YOU WON A FREE CRYSIS 3 HUNTER EDITION KEY!!!!!!!!!!

Please PM me for the key.


I'l will be giving more stuff out at random and will be working on the folding contest!

Thanks

this i was not expecting today

more people must join, we must form an army

So, rewarding the one who has the most horsepower? Well, at least they have the horsepower to run the game.

*starts grumbling about a GT 440 in his spare computer for folding*

i'm sure we can figure out something, keep folding!

Thanks boost, i have claimed my prize

keep folding everyone!
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: MarkPharaoh on Wed, 27 March 2013, 19:21:03
Hate being at the bottom on the ladder, but I hate paying my electric bill even more...
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Wed, 27 March 2013, 19:25:05
yeah... the sad part is i haven't been paying attention to how much power i am consuming though i have a kill-a-watt meter hooked up to computer and monitors i could regularlly monitor it. My wife pays the power bill and set it to auto-pay so it may just go under the radar LOL
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: MarkPharaoh on Wed, 27 March 2013, 19:32:20
You're going to be thrown into the dog house sooner or later, lol.
Title: Re: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: boost on Wed, 27 March 2013, 19:33:27
Hate being at the bottom on the ladder, but I hate paying my electric bill even more...

Don't worry. Working on stuff that all the folders get :)

Title: Re: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Tym on Wed, 27 March 2013, 19:34:35
Hate being at the bottom on the ladder, but I hate paying my electric bill even more...

Don't worry. Working on stuff that all the folders get :)
Does it relate to the 10th post of page 3?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: inteli722 on Wed, 27 March 2013, 20:03:17
YEAH! Bumped myself up to #8. GPU makes a big difference!

I need better hardware, and my Main rig is too precious to have burn out. :(
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: bavman on Wed, 27 March 2013, 22:05:00
I would love an extra GPU. I have a server that is up 24/7, would be great to set and forget
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: MarkPharaoh on Thu, 28 March 2013, 15:08:22
My folding software has been unable to connect all morning :(
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: inteli722 on Thu, 28 March 2013, 15:13:06
My folding software has been unable to connect all morning :(

That explains a lot, actually.

I actually can't believe I am where I am on the leaderboards, though I don't think I'll be moving up any time soon. Glod and bavman have the top 2 slots pretty locked down.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: funkymeeba on Thu, 28 March 2013, 15:25:10
Yeah, inteli, what are you running in that wild machine of yours?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: inteli722 on Thu, 28 March 2013, 15:26:01
Yeah, inteli, what are you running in that wild machine of yours?

Phenom II x4 965 BE and a GT 440 running 24/7. I was honestly never expecting to get this high up :P
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: MarkPharaoh on Thu, 28 March 2013, 16:39:21
Unfortunately, my PC is in my bedroom and it turns into a sauna at full power.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: funkymeeba on Thu, 28 March 2013, 16:49:12
Mine is also going to have that effect when summer hits.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: bavman on Thu, 28 March 2013, 17:15:15
Why does everyone have boost's avatar now?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: funkymeeba on Thu, 28 March 2013, 17:18:43
It's the new hotness. You should try it.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: bavman on Thu, 28 March 2013, 17:39:35
It's the new hotness. You should try it.

Well I'm sold on it
Title: Re: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: boost on Thu, 28 March 2013, 17:52:53
It's the new hotness. You should try it.

Well I'm sold on it

Attack of the boost squad!!!!
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: inteli722 on Thu, 28 March 2013, 17:54:44
We shall dominate the world!
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: SmallFry on Thu, 28 March 2013, 18:27:33
I dunno Boo Boo!
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: esoomenona on Thu, 28 March 2013, 19:00:10
Y'all are all in BIG trouble! Don't you know you don't have enough bars to be me?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: MarkPharaoh on Thu, 28 March 2013, 21:41:05
This is going to force me to start actually reading names in posts. How strenuous.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: SmallFry on Thu, 28 March 2013, 21:46:58
It's so much fun! :P
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: inteli722 on Thu, 28 March 2013, 22:28:29
This is going to force me to start actually reading names in posts. How strenuous.

I know, right?

I'm adapting to it.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: funkymeeba on Thu, 28 March 2013, 22:29:23
You guys are already falling behind the times. It's all about ultra-rare keycaps as avatars these days.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: inteli722 on Thu, 28 March 2013, 22:32:45
You guys are already falling behind the times. It's all about ultra-rare keycaps as avatars these days.

But I don't HAVE any ultra-rare keycaps!
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: funkymeeba on Thu, 28 March 2013, 22:37:49
Do what I did... make them. :D Just have a steadier hand than I do.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: MarkPharaoh on Sat, 06 April 2013, 12:36:38
Man, use to just get jobs that were under 10 hours, now getting ones that take over 2 days straight while at 'full', lol.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Sat, 06 April 2013, 15:27:27
wife made me keep my main rig off while i'm out traveling, so haven't been running folding for a full week except  for my tiny atom thin box.

glad to see some people are sticking to it, hope to see more.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Fri, 12 April 2013, 17:52:17
Keep on Folding!

Damn my good friend MattMRE joined up in this folding group and moved up but the ******* has yet to post anything on geekhack yet; I do all the transactions and questions for him... :P
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: inteli722 on Fri, 12 April 2013, 18:04:06
I gotta restart my computer soon. GPU keeps not wanting to start.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: TemurAmir on Mon, 22 April 2013, 19:07:21
How long did you wait for the GPU to start? Maybe it's a larger WU and you need to wait a little longer before you see progress.

I think it'd be a good idea to have some basic information about F@H's goals and background in the original post for people who don't know what it is. As of now, I am folding for another forum's team and sticking to that one for now.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: inteli722 on Mon, 22 April 2013, 20:55:41
How long did you wait for the GPU to start? Maybe it's a larger WU and you need to wait a little longer before you see progress.

I think it'd be a good idea to have some basic information about F@H's goals and background in the original post for people who don't know what it is. As of now, I am folding for another forum's team and sticking to that one for now.

I waited about as long as it takes for the GPU to complete a Task... :P

Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: blighty on Fri, 26 April 2013, 12:55:58
Giving this a test.  Can anyone tell me if my stats are decent?

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Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: inteli722 on Fri, 26 April 2013, 13:06:03
Giving this a test.  Can anyone tell me if my stats are decent?

(Attachment Link)

Better than me!

*grumbles about GT440...
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: The_Beast on Fri, 26 April 2013, 13:39:58
Giving this a test.  Can anyone tell me if my stats are decent?

(Attachment Link)

That's about right. I get around 38,000 with my 570GTX and i7-3770k both running stock
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: blighty on Fri, 26 April 2013, 13:58:38
Quote from: The_Beast link=topic=40979.msg869225#msg869225

That's about right. I get around 38,000 with my 570GTX and i7-3770k both running stock

Good to know.  The processor I am running is a stock cooled i7-2600.  I figure I'll let it run the rest of the day, see what numbers it puts out.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: TheProfosist on Fri, 26 April 2013, 14:17:16
If I wasnt encoding near 24/7 id join you guys.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: The_Beast on Sat, 27 April 2013, 03:48:48
Quote from: The_Beast link=topic=40979.msg869225#msg869225

That's about right. I get around 38,000 with my 570GTX and i7-3770k both running stock

Good to know.  The processor I am running is a stock cooled i7-2600.  I figure I'll let it run the rest of the day, see what numbers it puts out.

I lied

I just double checked. On "full" with a stock GTX570 and i7 3770k I'm getting ~62,000 PPD
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: blighty on Sat, 27 April 2013, 10:28:15
HAHA, i jump up to 42k when I'm not using 2 screens.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Shadovved on Sat, 27 April 2013, 10:49:23
I just joined, the noble cause!  :cool:
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Mon, 29 April 2013, 01:08:27
I just joined, the noble cause!  :cool:

great!
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Shadovved on Mon, 29 April 2013, 05:05:29
I just joined, the noble cause!  :cool:

great!

No. My GPU is not stable enough :(
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Mandolin on Tue, 30 April 2013, 23:48:35
I'm in.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: thurst0n on Sun, 12 May 2013, 23:25:50
While I currently fold for OCN... I plan to put some WU's in for GH when I can. I also plan go to fulltime for GH once I hit 10 Million points for OCN.

Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Masterchief79 on Tue, 21 May 2013, 09:04:19
Oooh, a F@H Geekhack team! Nice, I wouldn't have suspected you're involved in that. I might do a bit with my 7970CF later (though bitcoining is a bit more profitable atm)^^
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Tue, 21 May 2013, 12:07:39
it seems people stopped folding......
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: inteli722 on Tue, 21 May 2013, 18:43:22
it seems people stopped folding......

I had to drop my folding computer due to a power outage and haven't restarted it... :P
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: funkymeeba on Tue, 21 May 2013, 19:59:09
I have something broken after I upgraded to FAH7 client. Not sure exactly why it won't run right.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: inteli722 on Tue, 21 May 2013, 20:00:57
YAY FOR EXCUSES! :D
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: funkymeeba on Tue, 21 May 2013, 20:15:09
Psh, as if there's an excuse. I still have the cronjobs running, it's just that fah is dying. :( In fairness, I've been way too lazy to look into it.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Tue, 21 May 2013, 20:30:54
the truth is though i don't regret continuing to fold even though all but 1 or 2 people have stopped contributing.

i have been so busy lately to game and my Leviathan PC hasn't had anything else to do.

i do admit i dropped the level from high to medium to low and now to idle so pretty much it is only folding at night. this is because its starting to get warm outside and my computer puts off massive amounts of heat on load.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: blighty on Tue, 21 May 2013, 21:20:06
the truth is though i don't regret continuing to fold even though all but 1 or 2 people have stopped contributing.

i have been so busy lately to game and my Leviathan PC hasn't had anything else to do.

i do admit i dropped the level from high to medium to low and now to idle so pretty much it is only folding at night. this is because its starting to get warm outside and my computer puts off massive amounts of heat on load.
My third-storey un-air-conditioned apartment is better off without the excess heat from folding.  I'll probably start up again once I can make it to Home Depot to pick a unit (depending on how much power the a/c unit pulls). 

Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: thurst0n on Sat, 25 May 2013, 14:27:04
Well maybe some people have stopped, but I have started.

 :p SCORE BOARD BABY YEA!  :p
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: noisyturtle on Thu, 30 May 2013, 17:15:36
I still have absolutely no idea what this thread is about.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: inteli722 on Thu, 30 May 2013, 18:53:04
I still have absolutely no idea what this thread is about.

It's about people donating their spare computer time towards finding research for cancer and Parkinson's disease by using a bunch fo computers to form a large supercomputer to fold proteins in different ways to see if they can fold it in a way that would cause cancer, then develop a way to stop that from happening.

Well, that's how I understand it. I may be wrong.

Have a llama. :llama:
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: thurst0n on Wed, 05 June 2013, 19:40:04
I still have absolutely no idea what this thread is about.
Inteli got it right but i'll just add a smidgen (and be a little redundant)

http://folding.stanford.edu/ Check this out obviously for more info.

Folding@Home is a distributed computing project. This means that small pieces of "work" are delivered to users who 'volunteer'. This work would take an incredibly long time to have any useful results even for a supercomputer so they divvy up the work and each volunteer can contribute a small portion, once Stanford has enough pieces, called "Work Units" they will be able to do research and learn about how disease works. They are researching most of the major diseases you've heard of and have probably had someone in your life affected by one or more of them.

To volunteer you simply download their client, which they have made super easy now. It used to be much more complicated and require a lot more setup/fine tuning (even though it was always rather simple). The client is made to run on idle clocks, which means you really shouldn't notice a performance hit unless you're doing something very CPU intensive. I typically play Starcraft 2 with it on full and only will turn it off for battlefield.

Each work unit is assigned a value based on how long it takes and how hard it is to complete.. if you try running one of their newer multi-core work units on an old P4 or even Core 2 Duo..well it would take probably 2-3 months or more, but standford won't even let your computer try so the point is moot. My i7 920 that's overclocked and using hyperthreading to effectively have 8 cores takes about 18 hours to complete one of their "hardest cores"/work units.

It's fun watching your points rack up and it's fun contributing to the research.. i suggest everyone do it!
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: wiredPANDA on Fri, 14 June 2013, 13:50:45
Tagging this so I can get my PC setup when I get home.

......

Just setup my identity/joined the team.  My battlestation is wayyyyyy dated, though, so I don't see massive throughput, but anything helps, right?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Tue, 16 July 2013, 17:47:19
Well i am officially stopping contributing today except for letting my 65w atom powered pc do folding (300-500 points per day)

Folding with my Leviathan-PC, I averaged 18k per day folding only during idle time (~8-10hrs) in LOW setting (no GPU) i have contributed almost 533 work units over the last 4 months and in 4 months i am in the top 20k users and geekhack collectively is in the top 2000 teams.

My costly PC doesnt see much use and i would like it to do something useful and keep folding but after my household income reduced we started to pay attention to things such as the power bill etc and i would rather still be able to buy keyboard stuffs than the extra money on the power bill. Folding cost me on average $55 to my power bill each month. I wasn't really paying attention to my bills because i was on auto-payment and assumed it was my A/C cost but the kill-a-watt meter plus math doesn't lie.

oh well, don't stop folding guys? **** low-watt pcs only?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: compgeke on Tue, 30 July 2013, 01:12:41
Well guys, you got my support on the spare server. We don't pay for power and no one complains if we use a lot, so congrats guys!

The system being used is:
Dual 2.7 GHz Quad-Core Opteron 2384s, 48 gigs ram, Server 2012. Unfortunately it has no (real) GPU, only an ATI ES1000, however I can't imagine the heat output of it if I tried to put my GeForce 9800 GTX+ into it, and I would have to route power to the card in the first place. I'll probably be stupid enough to try some day.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: thurst0n on Tue, 30 July 2013, 21:36:57
Well guys, you got my support on the spare server. We don't pay for power and no one complains if we use a lot, so congrats guys!

The system being used is:
Dual 2.7 GHz Quad-Core Opteron 2384s, 48 gigs ram, Server 2012. Unfortunately it has no (real) GPU, only an ATI ES1000, however I can't imagine the heat output of it if I tried to put my GeForce 9800 GTX+ into it, and I would have to route power to the card in the first place. I'll probably be stupid enough to try some day.
:eek: :eek: :eek: :) :D ;D :-\ :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :cool:
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: catbuster on Wed, 20 November 2013, 11:15:59
I got 4770k and 7970 at my hands, but somehow i cant get gpu to fold @ 100%...

I always think that F@H or BOINC > bitcoins...

Any tips to start dat 7970 work? I want to contribute  :p
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Oobly on Wed, 04 December 2013, 04:38:14
Something I realised the other day that I wish BitCoin would start to do is to use F@H as "proof of work" for BitCoin transaction hash calculations.

Let me explain: BitCoin does a bunch of hash calculations on your PC to find a matching hash for encoding a block of transactions. This is for security, but the difficulty of calculating a valid block is made arbitrarily difficult by adding leading zeros to the target. So, while your system could generate a valid hash for security purposes in a fraction of a second, they force you to keep calculating hashes which are discarded until you get one which matches their criteria. Then, if your hash is accepted, you get to process a block and can add 25 coins to it for your "hard" work. The "proof of work" is generated while creating all those unused hashes.

This is a ridiculous waste of processing and power for no actual purpose except to be "hard to calculate".

 If they chose to, they could instead switch to adding a hash calculation to the end of a F@H point, which gets verified the same as always, but with lower difficulty. The "proof of work" is a valid F@H point, the difficulty can still be controlled by leading 0 criteria, but starting at an easier level, meaning the rate of valid hash generation can still be controlled the same way, but the "work" done is used for something with actual value and meaning.

At the moment I can't bring myself to support BitCoin due to the insane (and totally unnecessary) waste of actual physical resources required (the power comes from somewhere, and in the majority of cases where BitCoins are most mined, it's generated by not very environmentally-friendly means) to generate throwaway virtual resources. Just to make it hard to "make" BitCoins.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Protato_Tubby on Wed, 20 August 2014, 18:27:42
I have begun Folding! :D
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: inteli722 on Wed, 20 August 2014, 21:06:37
HOLY THREAD NECRO BATMAN!

We should, however, start this up again.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Protato_Tubby on Tue, 28 April 2015, 10:55:38
Is this thread dead? The LTT video inspired me to return to Folding for Geekhack. So, is anyone else still foding?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Glod on Sat, 16 May 2015, 17:15:26
necro?

I'll only restart this if someone actually de-thrones me and my LEVIATHAN.

then and only then will eat the incredible cost added to my power bill, I'll have to re-install high-rpm fans and my room heats up to like 80-85F.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Protato_Tubby on Sun, 17 May 2015, 06:16:58
necro?

I'll only restart this if someone actually de-thrones me and my LEVIATHAN.

then and only then will eat the incredible cost added to my power bill, I'll have to re-install high-rpm fans and my room heats up to like 80-85F.
I'm unlikely to any time soon; I run a pentuim K and (for the moment) an R7 250.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: blawb on Tue, 19 May 2015, 00:41:55
Just started folding! Haven't been using my rig for gaming as much as I have in the past so I decided to look into other things I could be doing with the power, like this and mining. I'll have free power next year at university so I'll be taking advantage of that too  :)
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Tiramisuu on Wed, 08 July 2015, 20:46:49
Is there a client for the Xeon Phi?

I keep hoping to have my kaggle box up and running sometime soon and it will be running dual xeon e5 2655's and two Xeon Phi's to start with a couple more being added once I've got it up and running.

It would probably be a decent Folding box when not crunching other data.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: jcoffin1981 on Sun, 13 September 2015, 23:16:36
I didn't know GH had a folding team.  I used to fold on OCN.  I got a little bored with it and it wasn't practical because my folding rig was actually my daily use computer.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: CannabisWeekly on Tue, 03 November 2015, 07:57:02
I've never tried folding at home, looks interesting.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: blawb on Thu, 05 November 2015, 15:22:03
I just leave it on at night on my regular rig. I'm in second place now  :p
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: arcvile on Mon, 16 November 2015, 10:42:54
I used to fold for EVGA pretty seriously when the team first started. I have long since stopped. Perhaps I'll slap some stuff back together and help GH get a jump-start.

Good idea, boost. Folding@home is a good cause and a great way to build on forum/group unity.

All aboard the betterment of humanity train!
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Connly33 on Thu, 07 January 2016, 04:24:34
Is anyone still participating in the folding at home team ?

I might give it 2 of my 6 AMD FX 6300 cores and the R9 285 on my main PC when it's idle.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Connly33 on Thu, 07 January 2016, 15:06:21
I have it pretty much going full tilt letting it use all 6 cores and my GPU without a difference in performance unless i'm gaming or something obviously, and all the power being wasted as heat means i dont have to run the heater just to keep my room warm :p. I can do 98,000 points a day average. so if i leave my heater off for the next 20 or so days and keep my PC folding i can get to the top.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: invariance on Fri, 15 January 2016, 23:36:50
My old work pc is a c2d E8400 that I have kept IT from taking away so I could have it adding a few points to my main team, but since I have reached their top 100 I have decided to moved it over to here.
It won't be setting any records (cpu folding does bugger all!) but it can do something for geekhack now  :thumb:
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: LiquidEvilGaming on Tue, 29 March 2016, 17:49:34
I had been doing this for the PCMR group for quite some time since i leave my HTPC on all the time as a remote access media center anyways.  May switch it to Geekhack
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: cryptokey on Sat, 16 April 2016, 11:44:06
Joined.  :)
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: cryptokey on Sat, 16 April 2016, 21:17:36
It seems that the F@H Team has gone stagnant from  the team members' active client stats (http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=224030).  I hope more people get back on this or we get some new people folding.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: absyrd on Sun, 25 December 2016, 11:22:53
Going to start folding for GH since I don't participate with EVGA anymore. Slacked for a few years there. Plus I got this 960 for Overwatch, enjoyed for about a month, and now it is just laying dormant.

Here we go!

Also... miss boost. :(
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: absyrd on Mon, 26 December 2016, 10:44:01
I keep failing WUs with my GPU.

EVGA GeForce GTX 960 04G-P4-3967-KR 4GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling w/ Free Installed Backplate Graphics Card

Think I should downclock from "SSC" settings?

EDIT:

(http://i.imgur.com/65cyxWe.jpg)

Crashing with these settings. Temp is way safe. Turn down offsets on gpu and mem?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 26 December 2016, 14:55:24
I keep failing WUs with my GPU.

EVGA GeForce GTX 960 04G-P4-3967-KR 4GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling w/ Free Installed Backplate Graphics Card

Think I should downclock from "SSC" settings?

EDIT:

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/65cyxWe.jpg)


Crashing with these settings. Temp is way safe. Turn down offsets on gpu and mem?


Try using a fan to blow at the BACK-PLATE of the card where the VRM section is.. 


Keep the case side off,  and retest..


If it makes no difference then this may be the limit of the chip..



Overall though, regardless of clock limitations,  Cooling the vrm section with an extra fan from the back will keep it more stable..

____ THis is due to the fact that flat slot coolers are designed such that they push hot air AT the card

This causes the PCB to heat up, which makes vrm cooling Ineffective..


Which is I mounted a 120mm cpu cooler to my old cards,  they work much better and are cool to the touch because the heat is pulled down and Away,  vs blown back against the pcb.




THE only other thing you can try, is    Install a compelely fresh partition,  with nothing except the benchmark software and the nvidia drivers..

_______ The issue these days is that Drivers are very much interlinked with window libraries,  and what ends up happening is , they can screw each other up, if you got anything else that uses the same hooks..


For example, on my cnc machine controller,  Old 5 year old drivers work great,  but NEW/Latest drivers cause severe latency spikes...




Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: absyrd on Mon, 26 December 2016, 17:44:15
Okay. Will try a fan on the backplate.

Downclocking a little, too. Will see if I fail overnight.

Thx, tp.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: absyrd on Tue, 27 December 2016, 15:43:19
Had another failed WU during the night. Woke up annoyed by that. Actually did a tiny bit of research in my old stomping grounds and found out Core21 on Maxwell/Pascal GPUs has been failing for months despite numerous driver updates.

I'm trying to fold hard and fast. C'mon nvidia.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: absyrd on Mon, 30 January 2017, 09:31:31
FIRST PLACE!








vs. nobody
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: invariance on Mon, 20 February 2017, 07:09:28
FIRST PLACE!








vs. nobody

Congrats.
Work caught up with me and had me shut down and remove the client.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: absyrd on Mon, 20 February 2017, 13:53:52
Haha. When I first started folding I tried to get my office to let me run on all the PCs. It lasted for about 2 hours before everyone said "something is lagging the computers".

Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: jjanssen1 on Wed, 05 April 2017, 01:33:48
(I know I am a bit late but..) Joined  :thumb:
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: invariance on Wed, 05 April 2017, 07:19:59
Welcome.


That reminds me, I should do a few more WU's.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: absyrd on Thu, 06 April 2017, 12:46:27
(I know I am a bit late but..) Joined  :thumb:

Nice! I've been playing solo for a bit. Come at me!
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: absyrd on Mon, 15 May 2017, 04:58:49
Had to take a little break during some drama where I wasn't home at all. Back in the fold now!
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: absyrd on Thu, 15 June 2017, 06:07:06
Welcome.


That reminds me, I should do a few more WU's.

A few more? You are crushing it and catching me! NICE!
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: invariance on Fri, 16 June 2017, 06:38:14
CRAP!!!!
Nearly had you  :)

I have slipped a few places in Overclockers Australia, so I'll have to go back pretty soon.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: absyrd on Mon, 26 June 2017, 08:15:32
CRAP!!!!
Nearly had you  :)

I have slipped a few places in Overclockers Australia, so I'll have to go back pretty soon.

You got me now! Gratz on first place!
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: absyrd on Fri, 22 September 2017, 07:10:21
I'm still folding. Almost 7 mil points. 10 is my goal before I take a little break on my electric bill.

Anyone want to join me?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: OfTheWild on Wed, 27 September 2017, 18:45:01
No thanks. I'll leave it to you and the other dude from 2003.  :p
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: absyrd on Tue, 03 October 2017, 07:14:07
No thanks. I'll leave it to you and the other dude from 2003.  :p

It doesn't take any effort, and folding a bit here and there doesn't **** your power bill. It makes me feel good to actually try and do something with my system now that I'm back not being able to sit in a computer chair to game.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: absyrd on Fri, 08 December 2017, 16:05:57
10,000,000 points! Taking a break not folding every day. Will still do a few units here and there this winter.

EDIT: euphxenos coming for me hard and strong! Welcome to the fold whoever you are! <3
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: invariance on Wed, 13 December 2017, 04:05:05
10,000,000 points! Taking a break not folding every day. Will still do a few units here and there this winter.

EDIT: euphxenos coming for me hard and strong! Welcome to the fold whoever you are! <3


Well done absyrd!
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: absyrd on Fri, 22 November 2019, 09:48:55
Started back up now that it is cold outside. Folding PC = space heater.
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: bliss on Fri, 20 March 2020, 06:26:19
Joined yesterday!

Holding the Geekhack banner in the fight against COVID-19, my GPUs currently crunching actual Corona research workloads (11749, 11751).

Sys: i7-5960X, RTX 2070, GTX 960

EDIT: I started  a coronavirus related child thread: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=105215.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=105215.0)
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Sintpinty on Tue, 24 March 2020, 17:57:05
Joined yesterday

I've earned 8160 points from being idle B)
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Darthbaggins on Wed, 01 April 2020, 12:12:49
Just swapped my son's rig over to the team so his RX580 will net around 400k PPD  :cool:
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Darthbaggins on Mon, 06 April 2020, 19:53:35
Just swapped my main rig to GH's team and my other to another team I've been helping out during this.  so 2mil PPD here we come
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: absyrd on Fri, 10 April 2020, 01:03:40
Just swapped my main rig to GH's team and my other to another team I've been helping out during this.  so 2mil PPD here we come

Bringing in the big guns. What team(s) did you come from?
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Darthbaggins on Fri, 08 May 2020, 13:56:20
Overclock.net was the main team I fold for (500mill in points for them so far), and I've folded for EVGA, LTT, & SouthEastGamers
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: dipincoke on Fri, 06 October 2023, 03:46:46
nice one ;)
Title: Re: GeekHack Folding@Home
Post by: Darthbaggins on Wed, 18 October 2023, 10:46:52
Thinking of firing up my rig for some folding, as it is getting cooler outside so it's OC/F@H weather.