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- relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -4/+85HOLY ***** I LOVE FOLDING PROTEINS LET ME AT THAT *****
- mark076h, on 06/18/2008, -2/+33Here is a list of supported cards http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_learn_products.h ...
- mark076h, on 06/18/2008, -5/+34How many people would be interested in starting a digg folding team?
- dtd00d, on 06/18/2008, -5/+27This has huge implications to say the least. A GPU is hundreds of times more powerful than a cpu, especially if you have a dedicated card. Perhaps PC users will finally start rivaling the PS3 users?
- FallOutBoyTonto, on 06/18/2008, -1/+22I'm getting about 4,700 ppd on my 8800GT according to F@H Monitor. How's that compared to the average CPU? What about PS3? (New to folding, been waiting for nV client)
- ligyron, on 06/18/2008, -1/+22LOL I FOLDED MORE PROTEINS THAN YOU
'GG' - santasing, on 06/18/2008, -1/+21A worthy cause, dugg.
- relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -3/+19OMG WTF CAMPER U CHEAT
- chubbybunny, on 06/18/2008, -0/+14The point is that GPUs are good at specific calculations. CPUs, although slower at most calculations are able to do things that GPUs can't. Think of it like this: A CPU is jack of all trades, whereas the GPU is a specialist.. Otherwise, why would we need CPUs if the GPUs are so powerful on their own?
- Kingoftherings, on 06/18/2008, -4/+17The GPU client is much faster than the CPU client.
My Opteron 170 being a dual core, could do two units at once, and it'd take about 24 hours to finish the two. My 8800GTS (320mb), only doing one at a time, can fold one protein in about an hour and a half. - Zeush8su, on 06/18/2008, -1/+128800 or higher..sorry. But you can get a 8800Gt pretty cheap at Newegg.
- Daniel591992, on 06/18/2008, -0/+11http://i30.tinypic.com/33bzh8o.jpg
- FallOutBoyTonto, on 06/18/2008, -0/+10I'd join! Let me know
- gAquila, on 06/18/2008, -0/+10What about Linux and Mac?
- Shadow503, on 06/18/2008, -2/+12BOOM HEADSHOT!!
- bradleyland, on 06/18/2008, -0/+9This relies on CUDA, which is an architecture that allows programmers to write algorithms (using C) that will execute in the GPU. The first nVidia cards that supported CUDA re in the 8xxx series, so it is extremely unlikely that the 6800 will ever be supported.
- smrekar, on 06/18/2008, -1/+10it's about freakin time.
- colonelxc, on 06/18/2008, -0/+9WU's for the CPU and GPU are different. The GPU can do certain operations very quickly, so it does work units exclusively made up of those types of operations. The CPU does all sorts of other more complicated WU's (which seem to take longer). Also, not all WU's are the same size.
- diggrim, on 06/18/2008, -0/+9Cannot directly compare CPU, GPU, and CELL, but here's a good description:
What type of calculations the PS3 client is capable of running?
The PS3 right now runs what are called implicit solvation calculations, including some simple ones (sigmodal dependent dielectric) and some more sophisticated ones (AGBNP, a type of Generalized Born method from Prof. Ron Levy's group at Rutgers). In this respect, the PS3 client is much like our GPU client. However, the PS3 client is more flexible, in that it can also run explicit solvent calculations as well, although not at the same speed increase relative to PC's. We are working to increase the speed of explicit solvent on the PS3 and would then run these calculations on the PS3 as well. In a nutshell, the PS3 takes the middle ground between GPU's (extreme speed, but at limited types of WU's) and CPU's (less speed, but more flexibility in types of WU's).
from http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/F ... - mrzeero, on 06/18/2008, -0/+8I think there is one already called Digg@home.
- aksn1p3r, on 06/18/2008, -2/+9Wow, dugg for Nvidia vs PS3
- oli5993, on 06/18/2008, -0/+7http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98 ...
Taken from Wikipedia
It's a little chart that compares the average computations per client. GPU is definitely winning, but PS3 is second place. - JohnsonGotOwned, on 06/18/2008, -3/+10...and we're out of beta we're releasing on time!
- mark076h, on 06/18/2008, -3/+10Anyone new to folding a great place for questions and help is over here at the [H]ard forums they have a whole section just for distributed computing, http://hardforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=32
- thesauce, on 06/18/2008, -1/+8Hundreds? Haha, umm....
- thecheatah, on 06/18/2008, -2/+9Lol we should also stop having sex. Or how about you stop having sex. Do you know how much carbon credits you need to offset the heat generated?
***** idiot. - KMartSheriff, on 06/18/2008, -0/+6Except that he's using an Nvidia card. That might be a problem when installing ATI drivers.
- SwiftSlayer, on 06/18/2008, -1/+7Nice, was wondering when they would try something like this
- martyFREEDOM, on 06/18/2008, -0/+6Learn how to use Google.
http://folding.stanford.edu/ - Terr01, on 06/18/2008, -1/+6Nah, I don't think that's necessarily the bottlneck.
Besides, it depends no the algorithms. The main reason your video card is "faster" than your CPU is because it's highly optimized to do a few things and do them well, whereas a CPU is more of a jack of all trades and master of none. It's entirely possible that the kind of operations SETI needs to compute aren't ones that will benefit from using the GPU. - krische, on 06/18/2008, -0/+5Don't work units' size differ between the different versions?
- coheedcollapse, on 06/18/2008, -0/+5I'm not an expert, but from what I've read 4,700 ppd is pretty good. You'd get that with a top of the line quad-core processor.
I own a PS3, and I have no idea what the ppd is usually, but the Folding@home site puts it somewhere around 900. I could be wrong. - Lunarbunny, on 06/18/2008, -1/+6I find it amusing that the guy who goes "it's the Dell drivers" then directs the user to the ATI site to download Catalyst drivers... Yes, unified drivers may be amazing but they're not cross-hardware.
- p3ngwin, on 06/18/2008, -0/+5DUGG for:
"..scientific wankery..." - Duncan3, on 06/18/2008, -0/+5It's an EARLY beta, but here is what I said, since the forum may not survive....
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We're happy to roll out the beta nVidia client, it's a nice beta, and so here we go...
First and before you do anything else, LOOK OVER THE FAQ http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-NVIDIA Lots of important things in there that you'll need to know if you do anything beyond run the installer and run it.
Drivers
You MUST use the 174.55 version of the drivers for now - http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_get.html You do not need the other files, just the drivers.
Known bugs:
It's a beta, and yes we meant that, not like Google but like software engineers - expect glitches and updates. The main thing is that the viewer will not work, as we're in the middle of changing how the live coordinates get to the viewer. Other then that, visit our nVidia beta Forum to see what's happening.
Download:
http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/r ... - WELLDOITLIVE, on 06/18/2008, -1/+6It either rapes babies, or works on curing cancer.
- NanoStuff, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4GTX 280 folding performance:
http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/726/sta ...
Fold-a-licious! - brettalton, on 06/18/2008, -2/+6What team are you folding for? I noticed you have a Canadian flag and figured you might as well fold for Team Canada (#60).
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summar ...
I'm second on the list, but I had to stop recently, but we'd like any help we can get! - Burn, on 06/18/2008, -0/+4I believe you can at least still get the 8600GT in an AGP model.
- patm1987, on 06/18/2008, -0/+4There are several digg teams, I'm currently set for 47777 (Digg@home as mentioned by mrzeero).
- MrViklund, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4Just be careful with those power bills.
Today's graphics cards are not easy on the power consumption. - PhonicUK, on 06/18/2008, -1/+5There is a seperate CUDA project for linux (nVidia being big linux fans!) but as far as I know there is no CUDA project for Macs... Since when where Mac's any good anyway? [/flamebait]
- bwilliams80, on 06/18/2008, -1/+5What if my electricity is powered from wind?
- inactive, on 06/18/2008, -3/+7Anyone told Seti@home about this? Might speed up the search for extraterrestrial life from one million years to only one hundred thousand years...
- mrzeero, on 06/18/2008, -0/+4I would join.
- BigBunion, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4I'll Second what Mr. Viklund said. My computer (Athlon 64 dual core) uses about 20 watts more power when Folding@Home is running. Thats about $15 per year in electricity running 24/7. Running the video card at full capacity would likely consume 60-80 additional watts, meaning $45 to $60 per year in electricity costs.
I'm not against Folding- I think it is a great cause. I just think it's important to realize that it is not 'Free'. - iceregulus, on 06/18/2008, -0/+4Count me in.
- PhonicUK, on 06/18/2008, -0/+4Id join
- Duncan3, on 06/19/2008, -1/+4Gotta love digg. The guy who compiles the Folding@home clients and built beta 7 - that's me... gets dugg down. Awesome. *ROFL*
- FallOutBoyTonto, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3need to be using FahMon. . .
http://fahmon.net/ -
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