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What would be the MIN process speed for F@H to make sure WUs get turned in on time.

Anyone have any numbers on this?

boxen would have between 128 and 256 ram (or more)
 
Well I know there are a handful of people around here that run P3's, 733's and such and hit deadlines without issue. So that range should be good, although if you have something slower, you can always go with the timeless WU's.

 
I think the lower limit for a PC that's running 24/7 is somewhere around a 450MHz... But anything can run timeless (as mentioned above)....


Keep on Folding!! For the [H]orde!!

 
Do you still get the same amount of points for timeless work units as normal work units?

EDIT: how you config it for timeless units?
 
I think they fall in line with the rest of the WU's out there.

To configure for timeless on the console, this page has the information for setting timeless units up, it's step #14.

 
Thanks.


One last question, what happens if I have a "timed" WU and miss the deadline, do I still get points for that?
 
But... Stanford puts dealines on WUs for a reason... they want them back in a reasonable amount of time, so that they can continue with their research... besides.... getting a P133 crunching away on a 600 pointer will take a year or more LOL :D


Keep on Folding!! For the [H]orde!!

 
If the machines are PIII class or higher and running 24/7 there should be no trouble running regular WUs as far as deadlines go.

I have a dually PII 266 running two clients on timeless units. They are tinker core WU's and they plod along nice and slow. I will say that sometime in the past few months it seems the timeless WU's went up in point values with the addition of the 24x point Tinkers they now have. I swear my output on the PII's has doubled since they came out with those. The smaller 20-40 point timeless WU's just didn't put out the PPD these new ones do. Before, the box with both processors would average about 50 PPW and now they do about 100 PPW.

And don't say anything about the system not being cost effective as a folding box. Right now it's my main box since it's the only one I have at my apartment and will eventually be turned into a fileserver.

Actually, since my TV is about to go out, I think I might try to see if the Celeron 633 I found a couple of weeks ago works. If so I may toss it in the box instead so I'll have enough power to watch all the Divx stuff and DVDs I have.

 
OSUguy98 said:
getting a P133 crunching away on a 600 pointer will take a year or more LOL :D
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Sounds like you speak from experience man.

I've got a PII 400 going on normal units and I have yet to turn one in lane (they do take about 2 weeks/WU.

 
my pII 350 (now runs at 348) MHz turns in regular units on time just fine , but it's on 24/7..

were it not, as mentionned above, i'd use timeless tinkers
 
chileman said:
Sounds like you speak from experience man.
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Yup... I still have a P-133... though it's not crunching right now... it has in the past, but 1 WU every 4-5 months doesn't fly well when you're worried about $$$....



Keep on Folding!! For the [H]orde!!

 
OSUguy98 said:
Yup... I still have a P-133... though it's not crunching right now... it has in the past, but 1 WU every 4-5 months doesn't fly well when you're worried about $$$....



Keep on Folding!! For the [H]orde!!

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Wow, something slower than a Via C3 chip. I tried folding out on mine to see how it would do, and I found out it was going to take 3-4 weeks to finish one WU, with a 1GHz proc.

At least on Socket 7 board you can pop in a k6-2 450 as long as you can lower the voltage to 2.5(I've gotten away with 2.7 before) and make it somewhat respectable.
 
sandmanx said:
Wow, something slower than a Via C3 chip. I tried folding out on mine to see how it would do, and I found out it was going to take 3-4 weeks to finish one WU, with a 1GHz proc.

At least on Socket 7 board you can pop in a k6-2 450 as long as you can lower the voltage to 2.5(I've gotten away with 2.7 before) and make it somewhat respectable.
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wow, that is disgusting
 
sandmanx said:
Wow, something slower than a Via C3 chip. I tried folding out on mine to see how it would do, and I found out it was going to take 3-4 weeks to finish one WU, with a 1GHz proc.
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Actually, it probably wouldn't have been slower if he had remembered to push the turbo button. :p

Actually, I know how you feel. It takes my PII's about 2-2 1/2 weeks to spit out a 249 point Timeless Tinker.

 
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