Start Folding the Easy Way!!

Awesome, Many thanks!
Now I have some dumb Questions!
-While this is running, should i stay away from using my computer for things like browsing and watching hulu? I know I shouldn't play games with this on.
-WHen you pause/stop work, does it restart from where you left off or from the begining?
Probably more to come later!
 
the truly dedicated have machines that do nothing but fold and go days on end without being touched.

I guess I'm no longer that dedicated, I'd use it for what you built it for and don't shut folding down except for gaming. Todays computers have way more power than they need to cruise the internet and watch some hulu. Sure there will be minor point hit, but folding shouldn't interfere with these.

pausing should pick up right where it left off.
 
jfb9301 said:
the truly dedicated have machines that do nothing but fold and go days on end without being touched.

I guess I'm no longer that dedicated, I'd use it for what you built it for and don't shut folding down except for gaming. Todays computers have way more power than they need to cruise the internet and watch some hulu. Sure there will be minor point hit, but folding shouldn't interfere with these.

pausing should pick up right where it left off.
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Thanks much. You have been very helpful today with helping me get set up!
 
jfb9301 said:
the truly dedicated have machines that do nothing but fold and go days on end without being touched.

I guess I'm no longer that dedicated, I'd use it for what you built it for and don't shut folding down except for gaming. Todays computers have way more power than they need to cruise the internet and watch some hulu. Sure there will be minor point hit, but folding shouldn't interfere with these.

pausing should pick up right where it left off.
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jfb speaks the truth. The only time folding would affect things outside of gaming is if you are running GPU clients as well. Because flash video is now GPU accelerated, it will typically stutter unless you pause the GPU clients... at least this has been my experience on Nvidia cards.
 
I just set up F@H a couple of days ago to try and see what my i7 970 can do. I've completed several WU's but I never show up on the stats page. Any advice?
 
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DyNamiC. said:
I just set up F@H a couple of days ago to try and see what my i7 970 can do. I've completed several WU's but I never show up on the stats page. Any advice?
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What name do you fold under?
 
Your official stats at Stanford only show 1 WU completed successfully for 552 points. That is a standard SMP work unit so you got normal points for it. Once you've completed 10 of them, you'll be eligible for bonus points and then points will start adding up faster.

Some 3rd party sites only track the top few XXXX users, the number varies from site to site, so you'd have to wait awhile before you start seeing your stats on them.
 
I've watched it do several WU's. Probably about 5. I wanted to make sure it was up and working properly before I switched to bigadv.

Also the software reads my PPD to be about 28k.
 
DyNamiC. said:
I've watched it do several WU's. Probably about 5. I wanted to make sure it was up and working properly before I switched to bigadv.
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Are you sure they completed successfully, the log file for the client is called FAHlog.txt. Take a look at it or paste it here, embedded in
Code: 
 flags, and we'll try to help.
 
Tobit said:
Are you sure they completed successfully, the log file for the client is called FAHlog.txt. Take a look at it or paste it here, embedded in
Code: 
 flags, and we'll try to help.[/QUOTE]

I'll do that when I get home this evening.

Edit: It looks like they are completing properly. Might just be slow to update. It said I did 2 more WU's today while I was at work and the machine wasn't even on...
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What kind of PPD averages should I be seeing for my box?

i7 970 @ 3.8ghz
6gb RAM

Double post go!
 
DyNamiC. said:
What kind of PPD averages should I be seeing for my box?

i7 970 @ 3.8ghz
6gb RAM

Double post go!
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My 970 is at 4.15GHz, so my numbers will be a few percent higher than yours.

v6 client, win 7 SMP 12: 58,000 PPD or more (this is doing nothing but folding not even internet)
v6 client, win 7 SMP 12: 55,000 PPD (with some internet usage thrown in)
v6 client, win 7 SMP 12: 36,000 PPD (mistakenly single core encoding videos while folding)
v6 client, win 7 SMP 12: 37,000 PPD (GPU folding 3 nvidia cards)

v6 client, win 7 SMP 10: 46,000 PPD
v6 client, win 7 SMP 10, 1 GPU: 45,000 PPD
v6 client, win 7 SMP 10, 1 GPU, video encode with one core: 44,000 PPD
v6 client, win 7 SMP 10, 2 GPU: 44,000 PPD
v6 client, win 7 SMP 10, 2 GPU, video encode with one core: 42,000 PPD
v6 client, win 7 SMP 10, 3 GPU: 42,000 PPD
v6 client, win 7 SMP 10, 3 GPU, video encode with one core: 41,500 PPD

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these are bigadv numbers with bonus
I know points equation will assign points on a curve not linearly. The numbers I am providing are an estimate and unfortunately for simplicity tend to liberalize the PPD values.
Points are really assigned on time to complete the WU, so the shorter that time the better. Each WU is broken into 100 frames (makes it equal to percentage, convenient isn't it). So functionally the more you do with your machine the less Points Per Day you get. All my numbers above are based on Time Per Frame (TPF) ranging from 26 min to around 28 min 20 sec (longer for the numbers sub 40 KPPD). I have seen some people report 970s at 4.3 GHz get 22 min TPFs, but I have not figured out how to get my machine (which is 3.5% slower) get numbers within 3.5% of 22 minutes. These numbers would be an significant improvement over the ones I have.
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Moved to seprate thread not sure how long I'll have access to this system;


lotsofidlethreads.jpg
 
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So I'm gonna turn my machine over too folding. I downloaded the program and it say's its working. My ego must know however when will I be able to reg with the team?

Foldingproof.jpg


system specs
AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.00Ghz
8GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT
 
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It looks like everything is working based on that screenshot. Do you have a passkey set up? Are your clients set to the right team and to the user name that you want?
 
Fate112 said:
My ego must know however when will I be able to reg with the team?
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All you have to do to join the team is to use our team number which is #33 when you first set folding up.

A passkey is required to get the most points out of your CPU because it is how eligibility for bonus points is determined. If you haven't done that, you should get a passkey from the link below and input that into the FAH program.

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/getpasskey.py
 
Ok I'm up on the team roster and everything now. That monster of a machine above makes me feel insignificant....

Thanks for the feed back everyone. Oh and I have a passkey.
 
So I just downloaded the client and after a minute or so with CPU folding it crashes my PC.

I'm running a i7 920 @ 3.7GHz (20x185) and it has been stable for about two years at 3.6GHz, I decided to bump to 3.7GHz about 6 weeks ago. I run games a lot and I never get a crash. I've ran prime95 overnight without a crash. Three times in a row folding crashed my PC.

Any ideas?
 
Up the vcore and vtt, F@H is one of the hardest stability testing programs out there
 
common 920 settings for a 920 are typicly 20x180 or 18x200. For the 920 folding, 3.6 is a very stable speed. 3.7 is doable, but you will have to do some vcore tweaking and it may still not be fully stable. I can Prime95 at 4.3 GHz, but I can't fold stable at anything over 4.15. Even if you think you have a sold OC, Folding can find weaknesses that other programs cannot find.

Give 19x190 a shot as well, it can improve bus speeds without pushing the core beyond the limits it can fold at. For folding bigadv, try to find the max clock the core can still fold, then try to push BCLK up and the multiple down. This can improve memory bandwidth and get you a few more PPD.
 
as for what vcore is "OK", I've generally heard 1.4v as a general rule of thumb. But you'll hear wildly differing opinions about this.
 
So I increased my vcore and vtt from 1.31 ro 1.35 and in increased ich and ioh from 1.2 to 1.3. It ran for 15 mins this time, so a lot better.

My pc didn't crash. Instead i got a unhandled exception error and the app closed. I could still see a process running using 98% cpu and I let it run for five more minutes before ending the task.

This was the error in the application.

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.InvalidCastException: Conversion from string "


Any ideas?
 
Hi kids...

Can I get a hand with a problem I'm having? Or can someone point me in the right direction?

I'm folding on my home Ubuntu 11.04 computer, using the Linux 6.02 client, and I've been going OK until recently. I seem to be having issues with one particular WU...

The box is an Athlon 2100xp with 748 MB RAM, 19GB free space.
Command line I'm using is ./fah6 -verbosity 9

I keep getting the following when I try to work on this project: 6880 (Run 105, Clone 0, Gen 101)
[01:47:42] CoreStatus = 8B (139)
[01:47:42] Client-core communications error: ERROR 0x8b


I've deleted everything except the config file and executables to force a download and restart, and the download completes OK, but I get the 0x8b error after the first WU...
I've tried looking up the error, but nothing seems to help....

Here's my log:
--- Opening Log file [June 2 14:43:35]


# Linux Console Edition #######################################################
###############################################################################

Folding@Home Client Version 6.02

http://folding.stanford.edu

###############################################################################
###############################################################################

Launch directory: /home/joe/folding
Executable: ./fah6
Arguments: -verbosity 9

[14:43:35] - Ask before connecting: No
[14:43:35] - User name: howler (Team 33)
[14:43:35] - User ID: 6FC4074D2F76E476
[14:43:35] - Machine ID: 1
[14:43:35]
[14:43:35] Work directory not found. Creating...
[14:43:35] Could not open work queue, generating new queue...
[14:43:35] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[14:43:35] + Attempting to get work packet
[14:43:35] - Will indicate memory of 512 MB
[14:43:35] - Detect CPU. Vendor: AuthenticAMD, Family: 6, Model: 6, Stepping: 2
[14:43:35] - Connecting to assignment server
[14:43:35] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[14:43:35] - Autosending finished units...
[14:43:35] Trying to send all finished work units
[14:43:35] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[14:43:35] - Autosend completed
[14:43:35] Posted data.
[14:43:35] Initial: 43AB; - Successful: assigned to (171.67.108.33).
[14:43:35] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[14:43:35] Loaded queue successfully.
[14:43:35] Connecting to http://171.67.108.33:8080/
[14:43:36] Posted data.
[14:43:36] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 376810)
[14:43:37] - Downloaded at ~367 kB/s
[14:43:37] - Averaged speed for that direction ~367 kB/s
[14:43:37] + Received work.
[14:43:37] + Closed connections
[14:43:37]
[14:43:37] + Processing work unit
[14:43:37] Core required: FahCore_78.exe
[14:43:37] Core not found.
[14:43:37] - Core is not present or corrupted.
[14:43:37] - Attempting to download new core...
[14:43:37] + Downloading new core: FahCore_78.exe
[14:43:37] Downloading core (/~pande/Linux/x86/Core_78.fah from www.stanford.edu)
[14:43:37] Initial: AFDE; + 10240 bytes downloaded
[14:43:37] Initial: CC14; + 20480 bytes downloaded
[14:43:37] Initial: BEE8; + 30720 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: DAAF; + 40960 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 1C7A; + 51200 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 5758; + 61440 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 4CCD; + 71680 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 15EF; + 81920 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 48E8; + 92160 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: D320; + 102400 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 82DB; + 112640 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 4576; + 122880 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: FB62; + 133120 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 71CD; + 143360 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: F63A; + 153600 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 0B66; + 163840 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: C516; + 174080 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 3E7D; + 184320 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: D29C; + 194560 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: E3AD; + 204800 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: ACFA; + 215040 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 348C; + 225280 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: F2B6; + 235520 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: CC9E; + 245760 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 1231; + 256000 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 9693; + 266240 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 4073; + 276480 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 616B; + 286720 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 5E96; + 296960 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 4430; + 307200 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: B959; + 317440 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 48AC; + 327680 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 7846; + 337920 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 0B78; + 348160 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 653D; + 358400 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: B0D6; + 368640 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 841B; + 378880 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 75AF; + 389120 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: B47C; + 399360 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 4DC0; + 409600 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 8F7E; + 419840 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 9EF4; + 430080 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 0181; + 440320 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 503C; + 450560 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 2D30; + 460800 bytes downloaded
[14:43:38] Initial: 8867; + 471040 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: CE43; + 481280 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 614C; + 491520 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 96F2; + 501760 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 252D; + 512000 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 97FE; + 522240 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 1024; + 532480 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 0666; + 542720 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 53CF; + 552960 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: D31E; + 563200 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 1A46; + 573440 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: B2C1; + 583680 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 17AF; + 593920 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: BE0D; + 604160 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 79C2; + 614400 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 6B14; + 624640 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 1611; + 634880 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 4B64; + 645120 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: E520; + 655360 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: ADD2; + 665600 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 4218; + 675840 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 7E58; + 686080 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 913F; + 696320 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: A369; + 706560 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 8E3A; + 716800 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: D3A6; + 727040 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: D3CB; + 737280 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 6736; + 747520 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 071F; + 757760 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: AC46; + 768000 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 1B7F; + 778240 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 1E88; + 788480 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 5A90; + 798720 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 5F2E; + 808960 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: AC86; + 819200 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 0E27; + 829440 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 9AFA; + 839680 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 5A8B; + 849920 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 9D8E; + 860160 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 63B7; + 870400 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 7E7F; + 880640 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: CC68; + 890880 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: 0C12; + 901120 bytes downloaded
[14:43:39] Initial: EA6C; + 911360 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: 07EE; + 921600 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: 45B7; + 931840 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: F8C7; + 942080 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: DEE6; + 952320 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: C4DF; + 962560 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: 5CEC; + 972800 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: C871; + 983040 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: F427; + 993280 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: F6DF; + 1003520 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: 19B3; + 1013760 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: 1DE1; + 1024000 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: F17C; + 1034240 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: A200; + 1044480 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: 93DE; + 1054720 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: 5E7D; + 1064960 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: F350; + 1075200 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: C54F; + 1085440 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: 4D25; + 1095680 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: 1289; + 1105920 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: B74E; + 1116160 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: EF43; + 1126400 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Initial: 6B45; + 1134407 bytes downloaded
[14:43:40] Verifying core Core_78.fah...
[14:43:40] Signature is VALID
[14:43:40]
[14:43:40] Trying to unzip core FahCore_78.exe
[14:43:42] Decompressed FahCore_78.exe (3435296 bytes) successfully
[14:43:42] + Core successfully engaged
[14:43:58]
[14:43:58] + Processing work unit
[14:43:58] Core required: FahCore_78.exe
[14:43:58] Core found.
[14:43:58] Working on Unit 01 [June 2 14:43:58]
[14:43:58] + Working ...
[14:43:58] - Calling './FahCore_78.exe -dir work/ -suffix 01 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 7151 -version 602'

[14:43:58]
[14:43:58] *------------------------------*
[14:43:58] Folding@Home Gromacs Core
[14:43:58] Version 1.90 (March 8, 2006)
[14:43:58]
[14:43:58] Preparing to commence simulation
[14:43:58] - Looking at optimizations...
[14:43:58] - Created dyn
[14:43:58] - Files status OK
[14:43:58] - Expanded 376298 -> 1806556 (decompressed 480.0 percent)
[14:43:58] - Starting from initial work packet
[14:43:58]
[14:43:58] Project: 6880 (Run 105, Clone 0, Gen 101)
[14:43:58]
[14:43:58] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[14:43:58] Entering M.D.
[14:44:05] Protein: ALZHEIMER DISEASE AMYLOID
[14:44:05]
[14:44:05] Writing local files
[14:44:13] Extra SSE boost OK.
[14:44:14] CoreStatus = 8B (139)
[14:44:14] Client-core communications error: ERROR 0x8b
[14:44:14] Deleting current work unit & continuing...
[14:44:53] Trying to send all finished work units
[14:44:53] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[14:44:53] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[14:44:53] + Attempting to get work packet
[14:44:53] - Will indicate memory of 512 MB
[14:44:53] - Connecting to assignment server
[14:44:53] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[14:44:53] Posted data.
[14:44:53] Initial: 43AB; - Successful: assigned to (171.67.108.33).
[14:44:53] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[14:44:53] Loaded queue successfully.
[14:44:53] Connecting to http://171.67.108.33:8080/
[14:44:54] Posted data.
[14:44:54] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 376810)
[14:44:55] - Downloaded at ~367 kB/s
[14:44:55] - Averaged speed for that direction ~367 kB/s
[14:44:55] + Received work.
[14:44:55] + Closed connections
[14:45:00]
[14:45:00] + Processing work unit
[14:45:00] Core required: FahCore_78.exe
[14:45:00] Core found.
[14:45:00] Working on Unit 02 [June 2 14:45:00]
[14:45:00] + Working ...
[14:45:00] - Calling './FahCore_78.exe -dir work/ -suffix 02 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 7151 -version 602'

[14:45:00]
[14:45:00] *------------------------------*
[14:45:00] Folding@Home Gromacs Core
[14:45:00] Version 1.90 (March 8, 2006)
[14:45:00]
[14:45:00] Preparing to commence simulation
[14:45:00] - Looking at optimizations...
[14:45:00] - Created dyn
[14:45:00] - Files status OK
[14:45:01] - Expanded 376298 -> 1806556 (decompressed 480.0 percent)
[14:45:01] - Starting from initial work packet
[14:45:01]
[14:45:01] Project: 6880 (Run 105, Clone 0, Gen 101)
[14:45:01]
[14:45:01] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[14:45:01] Entering M.D.
[14:45:07] Protein: ALZHEIMER DISEASE AMYLOID
[14:45:07]
[14:45:07] Writing local files
[14:45:16] Extra SSE boost OK.
[14:45:16] CoreStatus = 8B (139)
[14:45:16] Client-core communications error: ERROR 0x8b
[14:45:16] Deleting current work unit & continuing...
[14:45:24] ***** Got an Activate signal (2)
[14:45:24] - Warning: Could not delete all work unit files (2): Core file absent
[14:45:24] Trying to send all finished work units
[14:45:24] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[14:45:24] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[14:45:24] + Attempting to get work packet
[14:45:24] - Will indicate memory of 512 MB
[14:45:24] - Connecting to assignment server
[14:45:24] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[14:45:24] Killing all core threads

Folding@Home Client Shutdown.

Thanks!
Joe
~embarrassed~
can't recall how to embed tag, so here's the link...
http://www.hardfolding.com/fh_stats/?pz=102&tnum=33&id=1997817
~/embarrassed~

EDIT-- Appears to be working after a bit of a rest... started at WU 3 for the same project.
 
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Holy wall of text!!!

I was getting this with my laptop one time as well... I just ended up saying forget it.
 
With FAH GPU tracker how do I set bigadv? Also is it worth it on my current setup?

core i3 520 @4.2
16gigs ram
2x gts250
 
The guide linked above will tell you how to set the client up independently. If you want to use GPU Tracker, you'll have to look elsewhere. Personally, I prefer not using GPU Tracker.
 
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