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Which F@H client do I use?

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ciggwin

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BOX 1:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66 GHz
8.00 GB RAM
Windows 7 x64
250 GB available HD space
(currently running 6.29)

BOX 2:
Intel Core i5-760 Lynnfield 2.8 GHz LGA 1156
8.00 GB G.SKILL Ripjaws Series DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Windows 7 x64
250+ GB available HD space
(currently running 6.29)

BOX 3:
Core 2 Duo
2 GB RAM

What is the difference between these instructions and these instructions?

The reason I ask is because for BOX 1 I followed the second set and for BOX 2 & BOX 3 I followed the first set... is there any difference in the clients? Is one going to give me more PPD? I do remember the setup for BOX 1 being much more manual than the setup for BOX 1 and BOX 3, but not sure if there are any differences other than that.

Should I just follow the "Start Folding the Easy Way!!" guide and start from scratch on all three machines?

Thanks!! Proud to be FOR THE [H]ORDE!!!

 
You want to install the standard SMP client on all three, probably. The instructions for MPICH are outdated -- that is no longer required with the latest F@H software.

You should be all set up, but you may want to install HFM.net to monitor your clients.
 
both instructions work, just the second link is insanely out dated. so if you started folding back during the 6.29 client its fine using that install guide but the first link is the more updated install guide for the 6.30 client.

you dont need to change your 6.29 clients since it automatically updated on its own to 6.30.
 
Use the first link instructions. Its dead simple to setup SMP with the new 6.30 client using those instructions from Zero82.
 
I spent a couple years banging my head when various clients would have issues (single-core, SMP, vmware, GPU and multi-GPU setups...) and was confused by the many different guides available with different directions for what appeared to be the same clients... but recently discovered the "folding the easy way" Tracker program made by Jedi95 that you linked to. There may be some pride or advanced tweaks when setting up the clients the hard way, but if any of your clients stop working, can't think of any reason not to use it. So brilliantly simple!
 
Thanks for the info guys.

What is the best way to use HFM.net when my machines are on different networks? I have it set up on BOX 1 but none of the others.

(BOX 1 & BOX 3 are at work, BOX 2 is at home.)
 
For HFM.net they really need to be on the same network, my suggestion would be to use a Hamachi client, like logmein.com's program to create kinda like a VPN and there you tie all the clients on to one network without truly being on the same network.
 
Would I still use the SMP client for a Pentium 4 machine? Just without the -smp switch? It's a single core... so I thought I might even have to use the classic client.
 
No. You would use the uniprocessor client. Even HT P4s don't have enough grunt to complete units on time.
 
ciggwin said:
Would I still use the SMP client for a Pentium 4 machine? Just without the -smp switch? It's a single core... so I thought I might even have to use the classic client.
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You can use the SMP client without the -smp flag, or you can just download the classic client. Either one will work fine. If the P4 has Hyperthreading, you will also be better off running two instances of the client.
 
FrEaKy said:
For HFM.net they really need to be on the same network, my suggestion would be to use a Hamachi client, like logmein.com's program to create kinda like a VPN and there you tie all the clients on to one network without truly being on the same network.
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Well as an update to this I set a scheduled task on each borg to upload the logs via FTP every hour to my webserver into their own folders, and then on my main machine here I set HFM client to look to those specific directories... and voila:

hfmh.jpg


My little Pentium 3 machine is going to kick some ass!!!

Does it matter what I put in for the megahertz? Should I take the MHz and multiply by 2, or 4, depending on how many cores? Or leave it at what it is?

 
i just remove the mhz and ppd/mhz column's. doesnt make a big deal having them there.
 
There should really be no recommendations other than FAH GPU Tracker. That program is sheer genius!
 
craziplaya21 said:
There should really be no recommendations other than FAH GPU Tracker. That program is sheer genius!
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all depends. it has its pluses and minuses. for some one thats been running F@H as long as most of us its over bloated. but it really only serves a purpose if you run smp+gpu or multi-gpu only. if you just run the smp client then the normal smp client is far easier to run.

the programs nice but ive tried it once and once is enough for me. i like my freedom of being able to choose the settings i want that the gpu tracker doesnt allow.
 
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