Questions from a Folder out of the loop for a few years
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:19 am
I've been folding for awhile now, but I haven't kept up on the latest trends in folding. I recently got a 40GB PS3 (almost exclusively for movies) and I'm letting it fold for me when it is idle. I checked out my scores and I'm getting 1400 PPD on the PS3, which I am very happy with. My 2 single core 2.0ghz Athlon64s have been folding for over a year and get ~100PPD each, so the PS3 basically makes my other machines worthless. They are SageTV clients that I leave on 24/7, and they are optimized for low power at full load so it doesn't bother me that they are on, and every little bit helps.
However, since starting up the PS3 I got more interested in points and I am seeing that people are getting 1000PPD with their Dual Core rigs, and 3000PPD with Quad Core rigs. So, what gives with my single core athlons? They aren't THAT slow that I should be getting 1/10th the points of a dual core athlon. What can I do to make these rigs worthwhile again? One of them is even an AM2 board that can accept dual core CPUs for cheap, but I don't really want to go through the process of optimizing it for stability at low voltage and high load again. I also have a new server in the garage that I have at idle all the time for low power. I have not undervolted it yet because it idles 95% of the time and I figured CnQ was good enough. It is a Dual Core 2.5ghz Athlon that would fold very nicely. What do I need to do to get these rigs back up to speed so I can start to contribute more than I already do?
However, since starting up the PS3 I got more interested in points and I am seeing that people are getting 1000PPD with their Dual Core rigs, and 3000PPD with Quad Core rigs. So, what gives with my single core athlons? They aren't THAT slow that I should be getting 1/10th the points of a dual core athlon. What can I do to make these rigs worthwhile again? One of them is even an AM2 board that can accept dual core CPUs for cheap, but I don't really want to go through the process of optimizing it for stability at low voltage and high load again. I also have a new server in the garage that I have at idle all the time for low power. I have not undervolted it yet because it idles 95% of the time and I figured CnQ was good enough. It is a Dual Core 2.5ghz Athlon that would fold very nicely. What do I need to do to get these rigs back up to speed so I can start to contribute more than I already do?