xbox360.qj.net— Adam Frucci is pleading for Folding@Home to hit Xbox 360s, and he has a pretty good reason for it: positive fanboy competition! Here's the important bits of his plea.
Mar 24, 2007View in Crawl 4
I made a point about using your PC for folding not your x360. Let me be more specific: fold on your PC not your gaming consoles. You'll stress the hardware and probably cause higher failure rates of X360s and PS3s.Yes the PS3 can fold much faster than the x360 but I dont think that the PS3 is that much better then the x360 as a versatile gaming platform. Sony chose to bring folding@ome because it plays to its strengths and makes its shortcomings nearly invisible. The x360 as its shortcomigns too; I'm not bashing any consoles here. Strengths and weaknesses and how a PR department can put the limelight on the strengths.Folding@Home wasnt invented for the PS3. I wonder how many people who want to fold on their console actually knew about folding before this but did NOT install it on their PC. So why now? If you are so concerned about Folding why haven;'t you jumped on the folding bandwagon before on your PCs?? Is it beause the PS3 ccan do something better than the multiprpose processor of the x360? I think so.Load it on your PCs too otherwise you are just showboating and not very concerned with research.
My 360 makes to much noise to leave it on 24/7 and my PS3 sucks up to much electricity. For the sake of the greater good I might install Folding on an old note book but I doubt that a 1Ghz P3 would be much use.
I currently have the PS3 running the Folding@Home. I already finished 4 units.I won't be running this on my XBOX360 if it comes out for it.I don't think my XBOX360 can handle it without getting the 3 rings of death.
I'm not a fan of Sony's overpriced PS3, but there's no way I'd leave my 360 running 24x7. I've heard too many stories of people going through 2-6 replacement 360s. And it would cost a lot in electricity. And it is very noisy.I'd leave my Wii running 24x7 though. Maybe it's wimpier but it wouldn't cost much to power. Burning lots of electricity to Fold (much of it generated from fossil fuels) seems like a bad move. I'd prefer to use low-power devices like the Wii to do it instead.
crcurranMar 25, 2007
I made a point about using your PC for folding not your x360. Let me be more specific: fold on your PC not your gaming consoles. You'll stress the hardware and probably cause higher failure rates of X360s and PS3s.Yes the PS3 can fold much faster than the x360 but I dont think that the PS3 is that much better then the x360 as a versatile gaming platform. Sony chose to bring folding@ome because it plays to its strengths and makes its shortcomings nearly invisible. The x360 as its shortcomigns too; I'm not bashing any consoles here. Strengths and weaknesses and how a PR department can put the limelight on the strengths.Folding@Home wasnt invented for the PS3. I wonder how many people who want to fold on their console actually knew about folding before this but did NOT install it on their PC. So why now? If you are so concerned about Folding why haven;'t you jumped on the folding bandwagon before on your PCs?? Is it beause the PS3 ccan do something better than the multiprpose processor of the x360? I think so.Load it on your PCs too otherwise you are just showboating and not very concerned with research.
Closed AccountMar 25, 2007
My response is four letters: IPTV
Closed AccountMar 25, 2007
My 360 makes to much noise to leave it on 24/7 and my PS3 sucks up to much electricity. For the sake of the greater good I might install Folding on an old note book but I doubt that a 1Ghz P3 would be much use.
Closed AccountMar 26, 2007
PS3 uses less power than the PC you're using to browse digg.
Closed AccountMar 26, 2007
"My response is four letters: IPTV"Sony's response. Go to peakvid.com in the webbrowser, ooh, IPTV!
ecommandoMar 26, 2007
I currently have the PS3 running the Folding@Home. I already finished 4 units.I won't be running this on my XBOX360 if it comes out for it.I don't think my XBOX360 can handle it without getting the 3 rings of death.
greenmkyMar 27, 2007
I'm not a fan of Sony's overpriced PS3, but there's no way I'd leave my 360 running 24x7. I've heard too many stories of people going through 2-6 replacement 360s. And it would cost a lot in electricity. And it is very noisy.I'd leave my Wii running 24x7 though. Maybe it's wimpier but it wouldn't cost much to power. Burning lots of electricity to Fold (much of it generated from fossil fuels) seems like a bad move. I'd prefer to use low-power devices like the Wii to do it instead.
thebigblackguyApr 13, 2007
All this talk of leaving your 360 on 24/7 can be solved if they made an option to only work for 2 or 3 hrs in the middle of the night