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Console vs Graphical Client

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Hito Bahadur

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All,

Any idea how much performance I am losing by using he Graphical Client versus the console?
 
Hito Bahadur said:
All,

Any idea how much performance I am losing by using he Graphical Client versus the console?
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I’m doubtful there is a ton of difference between the two all factors taken into consideration. The Graphic interface does eat a few more cycles as well as suck some GPU cycles as well.

What I have found over the years (has it been that long?) is the new dudes tend to like the pictures on the screen saver, at least for a brief period of time.

The old dudes tend to use the simple client because it simply runs, runs well and gives no grief, nor does it get in the way of anything you do, it just produces numbers.

I never run a screen saver myself, why eat up my monitor when I don’t have to. When I’m done at my computer I simply turn the monitor off. I find no “cool factor” in having a screen saver running all the time.

The choice is of course yours..either way just keep folding ok? ;)
 
Bruce said:
They use exactly the same analysis code by downloading the appropriate cores. If you think of the graphics window as a separate program, you'll understand that any processing required to draw the pretty pictures subtracts from the time available for the actual folding calculations.

If you keep the GUI window closed most of the time, it's not going to make enough difference to matter.
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This was from the folding-community.org website by Bruce the forum admin.

Here is the post.
http://forum.folding-community.org/viewtopic.php?t=10328


u_Mayhem33
 
I use the console on all my boxen. I only use the Graphical Client on one box to wow guests that come visit me, half the time they are impressed and will start folding for the [H]orde

u_DR_K13
 
DR_K13 said:
I use the console on all my boxen. I only use the Graphical Client on one box to wow guests that come visit me, half the time they are impressed and will start folding for the [H]orde

u_DR_K13
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Hey, good idea! Nine machines running at home and not one of them has the WOW factor. EMIII is nice, but doesn't impress like the graphical client.
 
I've never used anything but the console. I don't really care about the pretty pictures since I just want to get the work done so I'll save as many CPU cycles for the actual calculations. Sure, it may not be much, but it's something and it will add up over time.
 
I've been leaning towards the graphical interface just because it is less likely for other family members to shut off. I just wanted to make sure I was wasting too many cycles doing so. Although 5.03, thankfully is much more stable than 5.02.
 
With the console you config it to load as a service, making it very improbable that your family will turn it off.
 
Chugiak said:
Hey, good idea! Nine machines running at home and not one of them has the WOW factor. EMIII is nice, but doesn't impress like the graphical client.
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I will tell ya, I have turned so many of my friends and family on to F@H by running Graphical
client on the desktop . After they leave ( to install it on their own rigs) I let it run in the system tray
;)

u_DR_K13
 
How do you access it as a service if there is a maintenance problem i.e. queue issues, without just killing it in Task manager?


 
Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services (or Run "services.msc"), then you right click the FAH service and choose stop. Then you can run it back in regular mode to your heart's content.
 
Considering GPU's of today, there really aughta be a way to harness that power for distributed computing purposes. Think, an extra 600Mhz and 256MB mem just sitting there... all night... when you're at school/work...
 
using GPUs has been brought up before... I can't remember what Stanford actually said about it though... maybe someone else here will remember....


Keep on Folding!!

 
velusip said:
Considering GPU's of today, there really aughta be a way to harness that power for distributed computing purposes. Think, an extra 600Mhz and 256MB mem just sitting there... all night... when you're at school/work...
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Stanford was working with NVidia on something...
Haven't heard anything about it for a while...
Problem is, even with the [H]ardware nuts doing FAH, most don't spend $400 to $500 on the latest video card... that is the [H]ardware they were testing on... ouch. You could build several "blades" for that kind of money. ;)
 
The problem is video cards don't have an equivalent to the double type used by gromacs etc cores. They have been talking with video card companies, but I'd guess it'll be a couple years until this gets implemented. Pixel shaders have a ways to go yet.
 
The dual core CPU's are just around the corner...
More bang for the buck coming soon... ;)
I'd like a Dual MB please, with a helping of Dual Core CPU on the side... :eek:
 
I used to have the graphical client but it used to crash and not allow me to play any games. :confused:

Once I switched I never had problems. Otherwise I have not seen any performance difference.
 
Talk about thread divin'. I started this thread about a month after I started folding again.

Diggin' deep.


 
Hito Bahadur said:
Talk about thread divin'. I started this thread about a month after I started folding again.

Diggin' deep.


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the people gotta raise their post count. next thing you know they are saying goodbye to midnightfreak.
 
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