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Posted: 11/9/2008 6:38:46 AM EDT
[Last Edit: gaspain]
What is protein folding and how is folding linked to disease?
Proteins are biology's workhorses its "nanomachines." Before proteins can carry out these important functions, they assemble themselves, or "fold." The process of protein folding, while critical and fundamental to virtually all of biology, in many ways remains a mystery. Moreover, when proteins do not fold correctly (i.e. "misfold"), there can be serious consequences, including many well known diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers and cancer-related syndromes. You can help by simply running a piece of software. Folding@home is a distributed computing project people from throughout the world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer takes the project closer to our goals. Folding@home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed computing, to simulate problems millions of times more challenging than previously achieved. " Our team stats page, click here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Install Guide:
Some things to know: This will make use of 100% of your processor and/or GPU. You may experience a higher electrical bill, and wear and tear on your PC due to heat, so make sure your fans are clean and working. To run my GTX 1060 it costs in electricity $0.25 a day at $0.10 a kilowatt hour rates How many PPD (points per day) can I expect from my PC with what GPU? est. (you can also double or triple these numbers with SLI or Crossfire)(some older ATI cards show low numbers, they were not optimized for folding and use more power) from: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1v5gXral3BcFOoXs5n1M6l_Uo3pZpQYogn6gVlxRPnz0/edit#gid=0 
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Posted: 12/18/2008 10:15:02 AM EDT
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Joined we need more folders.
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Posted: 12/18/2008 10:52:22 AM EDT
[Last Edit: ZekeMenuar]
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OOPS! Double tap. Getting more coffee to compensate. |
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Posted: 12/18/2008 10:53:34 AM EDT
[Last Edit: ZekeMenuar]
[#3]
Originally Posted By StewartTR:
Joined we need more folders. More info please. I have two desktops sitting idle. One fairly decent box. One old horse and buggy PIII. Both running W2K Assigned two desktops to it. One pretty good Dell and one ancient HP. ZM |
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Posted: 12/18/2008 12:31:56 PM EDT
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crap, already joined Ubuntu fah group...
I also stopped my program from running...using alot of cpu on a P4...not sure how much P4s can take. I dont want this one going down. Anyone care to share info on how much processors can take? |
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Posted: 12/18/2008 12:34:11 PM EDT
[#5]
I'm already there.
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Posted: 12/18/2008 12:36:37 PM EDT
[#6]
Originally Posted By Headlice:
crap, already joined Ubuntu fah group... I also stopped my program from running...using alot of cpu on a P4...not sure how much P4s can take. I dont want this one going down. Anyone care to share info on how much processors can take? they can go 24-7, actually its beneficial to them to remain at a constant temperature. Less constricting and expanding. But a P4 will eat your electric bill up pretty quickly. If you have a newer Nvidia graphics card you can run folding on it and it blows CPUs and PS3's out of the water. |
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NV, USA
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Posted: 12/18/2008 12:37:23 PM EDT
[#7]
In.
Crunching with my Nvidia 280GTX. 
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Posted: 12/18/2008 12:45:28 PM EDT
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Joined on one of my work machines. I could probably get another 30 servers running over the holidays, but then I'd have to clean them up before we come back January. But I'll see what I can do.
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Posted: 12/18/2008 1:30:58 PM EDT
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on on my ps3.
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NV, USA
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Posted: 12/18/2008 2:12:37 PM EDT
[#10]
I assume I will show up on the team page when my PC starts turning in WU's?
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Posted: 12/18/2008 2:17:21 PM EDT
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The CPU client runs at a very low priority. Even though you cpu usage shows near 100% you won't notice much slow down as the client gives up it's time for higher priority programs.
The GPU client is the most productive if you have a newer kick but video card you should look into it. |
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Posted: 12/18/2008 2:18:04 PM EDT
[#12]
Originally Posted By schizrade:
I assume I will show up on the team page when my PC starts turning in WU's? Yes I could be a while before you turn in a work unit depending on how fast your PC is. |
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NV, USA
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Posted: 12/18/2008 2:40:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: schizrade]
[#13]
Originally Posted By StewartTR:
Originally Posted By schizrade:
I assume I will show up on the team page when my PC starts turning in WU's? Yes I could be a while before you turn in a work unit depending on how fast your PC is. Already dropped one, Time to check. Hmmm, noting yet, they probably recalculate every day. |
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Posted: 12/18/2008 7:33:14 PM EDT
[#14]
Sweet, 3 done.
Team Rank 76. |
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Posted: 12/18/2008 8:20:06 PM EDT
[#15]
Good work guys!
Arfcom rules! Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) 506 of 150021 |
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Posted: 12/18/2008 9:12:26 PM EDT
[Last Edit: SplatSTi]
[#16]
Downloaded and Joined, processing now.
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Posted: 12/18/2008 9:13:52 PM EDT
[#17]
Originally Posted By SplatSTi:
Ok im a tard, what do I download? http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Download
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Posted: 12/18/2008 9:21:23 PM EDT
[Last Edit: SplatSTi]
[#18]
Originally Posted By gaspain:
Originally Posted By SplatSTi:
Ok im a tard, what do I download? http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Download 
I might as well put this dual core to work, I should load it up on a few more machines too. |
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Posted: 12/19/2008 6:59:31 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Orion10182011]
[#19]
Yes! I have one machine running 2 GPU clients, 1 CPU client and 1 SMP client.
My other machine is running 1 GPU client, 1 CPU client and 1 SMP client. I have also put it on a couple machines at work. I'm thinking about adding a nother 4850 to my secnd machine and running two GPU clients on it as well. |
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Posted: 12/19/2008 12:33:19 PM EDT
[#20]
Wow, this GPU client is fast on my 280GTX. I am cranking out 1 WU every 1.5-2 hours.
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Posted: 12/19/2008 12:51:27 PM EDT
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My Dell, 2.2ghz Celeron, 1GB RAM W2K, will be finished at about noon Saturday. The ancient HP, 1ghz PIII, 256mb RAM W2K, will be finished on Dec 31. This isn't the fastest computer on the block, but it's stable and reliable. |
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Posted: 12/19/2008 4:03:01 PM EDT
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This may sound like a dumb question... but is the folding at home project producing measurable results?
If not, do they know what kind of time-frame to expect some results? Or does it not work like that? |
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Posted: 12/19/2008 4:05:57 PM EDT
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It has already returned results. I will try to dig up some links and post them.
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Posted: 12/19/2008 4:07:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/19/2008 5:34:43 PM EDT
[#25]
Stickie FTW!
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Posted: 12/19/2008 5:39:33 PM EDT
[#26]
Originally Posted By schizrade:
Wow, this GPU client is fast on my 280GTX. I am cranking out 1 WU every 1.5-2 hours. damn that is fast! My PS3 would only crank one out every 8 hours |
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Posted: 12/19/2008 7:47:57 PM EDT
[#27]
Originally Posted By gaspain:
Originally Posted By schizrade:
Wow, this GPU client is fast on my 280GTX. I am cranking out 1 WU every 1.5-2 hours. damn that is fast! My PS3 would only crank one out every 8 hours CUDA is the hot new API. I do CUDA work and I can hardly believe how fast it is at times. I remember doing fast 4 hour SETI units years ago. 
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Posted: 12/19/2008 11:59:05 PM EDT
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How do I do GPU units? I am doing CPU units and they are crunching away nicely.
Score: 79 SplatSTi 749 1 |
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Posted: 12/20/2008 12:26:13 AM EDT
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I must be doing it wrong, I'm not showing up on the team status page thing.
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Posted: 12/20/2008 12:33:51 AM EDT
[#30]
Originally Posted By Wyzardd:
I must be doing it wrong, I'm not showing up on the team status page thing. It takes a couple days |
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Posted: 12/20/2008 12:36:33 AM EDT
[#31]
Originally Posted By SplatSTi:
How do I do GPU units? I am doing CPU units and they are crunching away nicely. Score: 79 SplatSTi 749 1 you need a CUDA compatible gpu. Thats about all I know...because I dont have a CUDA gpu either 
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Posted: 12/20/2008 11:02:21 AM EDT
[Last Edit: SplatSTi]
[#32]
Originally Posted By gaspain:
Originally Posted By SplatSTi:
How do I do GPU units? I am doing CPU units and they are crunching away nicely. Score: 79 SplatSTi 749 1 you need a CUDA compatible gpu. Thats about all I know...because I dont have a CUDA gpu either I have an ATi HD 4800 series video card. 512mg ram 1.2 teraFLOPS, would have figured that would do the job. Edit: ah ha!! Figured it out. Need to download the GPU client. http://folding.stanford.edu/English/DownloadWinOther |
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Posted: 12/20/2008 4:31:31 PM EDT
[#33]
Originally Posted By gaspain:
Originally Posted By Wyzardd:
I must be doing it wrong, I'm not showing up on the team status page thing. It takes a couple days Ah, it's showing now. Thanks. 88 Wyzardd4arfcom 238 2 |
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Posted: 12/21/2008 4:11:39 PM EDT
[#34]
uh how big are these work units? my gpu one is doing 10,000 at a time. When I first started I was using the CPU one at the first one was 500, now its like 2500. Obviously it takes alot longer to do 10,000 at a time.
What sizes are you guys dealing with? |
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Posted: 12/21/2008 4:19:28 PM EDT
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Just joined.
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Posted: 12/22/2008 12:24:22 AM EDT
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My passive-aggressive competitive nature is rearing its ugly head. When I get into work tomorrow I'm loading it up on some more machines. I'll have to unload after the first of the year, and I'll never reach the top 10, but it's going to be slow at work anyway.
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Posted: 12/24/2008 10:21:59 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By SplatSTi:
uh how big are these work units? my gpu one is doing 10,000 at a time. When I first started I was using the CPU one at the first one was 500, now its like 2500. Obviously it takes alot longer to do 10,000 at a time. What sizes are you guys dealing with? The system assigns you WU's as they come. Most of mine are 15,000,000 in size. You get more points on size/time to complete. Compared to most you are flying through them. Hell I have been doing it for about a week and I have moved up to #30 in the team rankings. I can crank out a large WU on my GPU in about 1.5-2 hours. My Core i7 OTOH takes over 8-12 to do a large WU.
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Posted: 12/24/2008 1:23:55 PM EDT
[#38]
Originally Posted By schizrade:
Originally Posted By SplatSTi:
uh how big are these work units? my gpu one is doing 10,000 at a time. When I first started I was using the CPU one at the first one was 500, now its like 2500. Obviously it takes alot longer to do 10,000 at a time. What sizes are you guys dealing with? The system assigns you WU's as they come. Most of mine are 15,000,000 in size. You get more points on size/time to complete. Compared to most you are flying through them. Hell I have been doing it for about a week and I have moved up to #30 in the team rankings. I can crank out a large WU on my GPU in about 1.5-2 hours. My Core i7 OTOH takes over 8-12 to do a large WU. Yeah, It almost has me wondering what would happen if I got another video card and put the joined them if it would go any faster, this video card is surprising me, I stopped running the CPU and I'm only running the GPU. I know this isn't a race, but damn, its beginning to feel like one, competitive spirit is coming out. |
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Posted: 12/25/2008 7:59:16 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Orion10182011]
[#39]
Originally Posted By SplatSTi:
Originally Posted By schizrade:
Originally Posted By SplatSTi:
uh how big are these work units? my gpu one is doing 10,000 at a time. When I first started I was using the CPU one at the first one was 500, now its like 2500. Obviously it takes alot longer to do 10,000 at a time. What sizes are you guys dealing with? The system assigns you WU's as they come. Most of mine are 15,000,000 in size. You get more points on size/time to complete. Compared to most you are flying through them. Hell I have been doing it for about a week and I have moved up to #30 in the team rankings. I can crank out a large WU on my GPU in about 1.5-2 hours. My Core i7 OTOH takes over 8-12 to do a large WU. Yeah, It almost has me wondering what would happen if I got another video card and put the joined them if it would go any faster, this video card is surprising me, I stopped running the CPU and I'm only running the GPU. I know this isn't a race, but damn, its beginning to feel like one, competitive spirit is coming out. No but you could get a second video card and run two GPU clients one on each card. It takes some doing to get it working though. http://folding.stanford.edu/English/WinGPUGuide#ntoc4 |
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Posted: 12/27/2008 6:07:46 PM EDT
[#40]
I'm in!
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Posted: 12/29/2008 3:09:42 PM EDT
[#41]
Just got a GTX 280 setup and folding. Dam that thing screams!
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Posted: 12/29/2008 3:36:06 PM EDT
[#42]
I have go for quantity over quality. Most of my servers are optimized to do little more than push fibre channel I/O, and they've been down for a week. If my IT department would get on the ball and fix the PDU's I might be able to get something done.
As it is, I've moved up to 42nd. Not bad for a laptop and a couple desktops I guess. |
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Posted: 12/30/2008 11:24:54 AM EDT
[#43]
Originally Posted By Wyzardd:
I have go for quantity over quality. Most of my servers are optimized to do little more than push fibre channel I/O, and they've been down for a week. If my IT department would get on the ball and fix the PDU's I might be able to get something done. As it is, I've moved up to 42nd. Not bad for a laptop and a couple desktops I guess. I am just running my video card on my desktop, not even running the CPU one anymore. |
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Posted: 12/30/2008 10:17:03 PM EDT
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I'm in the process of moving all of my dual and quad core machines over to this team. Leaving the hostgator.com team for one more to my liking
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Posted: 1/3/2009 11:18:49 AM EDT
[#45]
Originally Posted By SplatSTi:
Originally Posted By Wyzardd:
I have go for quantity over quality. Most of my servers are optimized to do little more than push fibre channel I/O, and they've been down for a week. If my IT department would get on the ball and fix the PDU's I might be able to get something done. As it is, I've moved up to 42nd. Not bad for a laptop and a couple desktops I guess. I am just running my video card on my desktop, not even running the CPU one anymore. You almost caught me. The power went down on my 280GTX rig over about a week. Back up. FEEL THE PAIN BITCHES!!!
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Posted: 1/3/2009 12:59:38 PM EDT
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I'm going to have to unload most of the servers tomorrow, so I guess I'll wallow in mediocrity. If I can break into the 20's before then, I'll call it good.
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Posted: 1/6/2009 11:10:27 PM EDT
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Lost the sticky.
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Posted: 1/6/2009 11:23:55 PM EDT
[#48]
Originally Posted By schizrade:
Originally Posted By SplatSTi:
Originally Posted By Wyzardd:
I have go for quantity over quality. Most of my servers are optimized to do little more than push fibre channel I/O, and they've been down for a week. If my IT department would get on the ball and fix the PDU's I might be able to get something done. As it is, I've moved up to 42nd. Not bad for a laptop and a couple desktops I guess. I am just running my video card on my desktop, not even running the CPU one anymore. You almost caught me. The power went down on my 280GTX rig over about a week. Back up. FEEL THE PAIN BITCHES!!! Im still coming after you and Im only using one client. Dont make me boot up another machine just to do that
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Posted: 1/7/2009 9:41:41 AM EDT
[#49]
Originally Posted By SplatSTi:
Originally Posted By schizrade:
Originally Posted By SplatSTi:
Originally Posted By Wyzardd:
I have go for quantity over quality. Most of my servers are optimized to do little more than push fibre channel I/O, and they've been down for a week. If my IT department would get on the ball and fix the PDU's I might be able to get something done. As it is, I've moved up to 42nd. Not bad for a laptop and a couple desktops I guess. I am just running my video card on my desktop, not even running the CPU one anymore. You almost caught me. The power went down on my 280GTX rig over about a week. Back up. FEEL THE PAIN BITCHES!!! Im still coming after you and Im only using one client. Dont make me boot up another machine just to do that What are you using? |
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Posted: 1/7/2009 10:30:06 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Orion10182011]
[#50]
GTX 280 is getting 8000+ PPD, taking a little over an hour for each work unit. That's about twice what I was getting with my ATI 4870 which was about 4000 PPD. I'm thinking about adding another GTX 280 and bring that machine up to 16000+ PPD.
By the way out team is moving up in the ranks. It was 507 when I started folding about a month ago. Now we are 488. If the whole hive was in on this we would be #1 in a year! lol http://fahmon.net/ <- cool program to monitor you folding rig and calc your PPD. |
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