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IronBits
09-13-2003, 03:13 PM
My responses are in BOLD

FAHconsole -config

User name [IronBits]? IronBits <-- change to yours, or not ;)
Team Number[758]? 758
Ask before fetching/sending work [no] (yes/no)? no
Use Internet Explorer Settings [yes] (yes/no)? yes
Change advanced options [no] (yes/no)? yes
Client Type [fah] (no-pref/fah/gah)? fah
Core Priority [low] (idle/low)? low
CPU usage requested [100]? 100
Disable highly optimized assembly code [no] (no/yes)? no
Ignore deadline information (mainly useful if...) no
...system clock frequently has errors)? [no] (no/yes)? no
Machine ID (1-4) [1]? 1

Client takes off from here and shows...

[19:01:14] - Ask before connecting: No
[19:01:14] - Use IE connection settings: Yes
[19:01:14] - User name: IronBits (Team 758)
[19:01:14] - User ID = 4373E4977BF0A512 <--- This HAS to be different for each client
[19:01:14] - Machine ID: 1
[19:01:14]
[19:01:14] Work directory not found. Creating...
[19:01:14] Loaded queue successfully.
[19:01:14] + Benchmarking ... Then STOP the client and run it with
FAHconsole -advmethods -forceasm -local

IronBits
09-13-2003, 03:19 PM
You need to get the BETA 3.25 client (not really a beta, but fixes a bug so it will use SSE on AMD XP processors)
http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/beta/beta.html

Then use the following command line to FORCE it to use SSE
FAH3console.exe -advmethods -forceasm -local

Gromacs will be handed out IF you use the above command line.
You want to get EM to monitor the client(s) to :thumbs:
www.em-dc.com

Stats are here ;)
http://marcc.no-ip.org/ter/userstatsfdc.php
or here, if it's not down temporarily for stats updating
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_members.php?TeamID=758

Welnic
03-09-2004, 01:03 PM
The client version is now 4.00 for all of the clients. Download page:
http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/download.html

For AMD processors you need to also run the -forceSSE flag. This forces the processor to use SSE instead of 3DNow. This was about a factor of 2 speed increase on my boxen. I don't know if you then don't need to run the -forceasm flag, I just run them both.

IronBits
10-10-2004, 05:22 AM
The client version is now 5.02 for all of the clients.
Most of the switches are not need or used any more.
I only use -local :)

QIbHom
10-10-2004, 11:14 AM
Ironbits wrote;


Some of the switches are used/needed any more.

And most of them aren't used or needed any more <g>.

IronBits
10-10-2004, 11:34 AM
Thanks! :blush:

GHOST
10-10-2004, 01:54 PM
i'm getting 90% tinker units. at least we get points for them nowadays. i set client up so i get units with no time limit. maybe i should change that to get gromacs?

QIbHom
10-10-2004, 02:26 PM
I read somewhere, Ghost, that Tinker and Gromacs had been rebenchmarked, so the point disparity is no longer an issue. Can't remember where. Possibly my one visit to the official fora.

I can't see a huge difference, time-wise, between them. It is possible that my Windows XP boxes are returning WUs faster than my Linux boxes, but the WUs are all over the place, time-wise, so I can't really tell.

Welnic
10-10-2004, 09:13 PM
The benchmark computer is now a P4. There is no longer the huge bonus for running gromacs. If you have an AMD it actually runs tinkers faster than a P4, so tinkers are actually better. All of the no time limit work units are tinkers.

-Xp-
10-11-2004, 08:13 AM
In the Project Summary page (http://vspx27.stanford.edu/psummary.html), you can view the points, deadline, and server info for every WU available.

Ghost, if your PC can complete and send a WU within the deadline, you shouldn't be using the no-deadline WU only setting. That is for donators with a slow PC which may not complete a WU within the time limit.

DragonOrta
08-23-2006, 07:53 PM
In case anyone is interested, I'm running F@H on my E6600 @ 3.3ghz and an X2 @ ~2.5ghz for a week to get a feel for the C2D performance in this project. Here (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108544) is the thread with the results so far.