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F@H on a notebook

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hiodie

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Yes, this is not probably the best idea, but I just wanted to see how the notebook would do. I got a XPS 14 a month or so ago with an i7-740qm in it, and I wanted to see what kind of ppd it gets. It isn't something that will run 24/7, but I might have it running at my office some of the time (free electricity + bandwidth ftw). I tried it originally when I got it and the temps hit the upper 70s, so I just stopped it. Now I've re-pasted it and it usually doesn't break 70C.

Anyways, I'm currently running it and the temps are in the low to mid 60s. However, it is only running at 1.6 GHz, instead of the 1.73 like it will normally run under full load (using handbrake). Does anyone know why this is happening? It seems to be specific to F@H. I'm open to suggestions.


EDIT: May have posted this a little prematurely. Decided to restart the computer and it appears to be holding at 1.73 now.
 
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I know my i7 620m (dual core, 4 thread, max at 3.33 ghz, which F@H did), was getting ~3-4k ppd on some units, i ran it for a very short amount of time, ended up doing BOINC on it when i do DC for it....


as for not fully using turbo, not sure, your in windows right?
 
Yeah, in windows. HFM is putting it just under 5k on the current unit (6068).
 
Saw your edit and sounds like you're all good. But check on the temps, I know my laptop (getting kind of old now with a Core 2 Duo) gets far too close to TJ Max when I run the GPU and SMP client, and it scales back the multiplier so I end up running around 700MHz below normal.
 
Yeah, it seems to be topping out at 70C on the highest core with the rest about 3 degrees below that. I didn't think it would be able to handle GPU + SMP, so I am only running SMP. Can't think a 425m gets that many PPD.
 
Geforce 425M would probably be in the neighborhood of 4500 PPD.

Also,

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yeah.....
 
You like to live a little more dangerously than me :) That and I am coming from a netbook and I don't want to break my shiny new laptop that can actually do something.
 
hiodie said:
You like to live a little more dangerously than me :) That and I am coming from a netbook and I don't want to break my shiny new laptop that can actually do something.
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yeah. As you can see, my laptop is getting a bit old in the tooth. I bought it nearly 3 years ago, and I wouldn't shed any tears if I had to scrap it and get something new and better.
 
Also, that screenshot was taken before I cleaned it out. I vacuumed out the intake vents and blew compressed air into the exhaust vent. This needs to be done every few months, really. As I type this I'm folding at 69c.
 
Yeah, I don't think this will be something done daily, since it still takes ~12 hours for a work unit. If I could get close to the 8 hour mark I might crunch a unit a day. Maybe I'll try to GPU client later.
 
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