Perfect folding farm?

Strand · Post by **Strand** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:34 am

Hi! I read an articel in Linux Format (Issue 51) where they test an 4P Opteron. According to the test it does folding@home frame a minute!
Is there anyone folding on an AMD FX51 to compare the folding speed.

The server has 4*848Opteron and has 16GB of ram. If anyone thinks of buying one they cost £19k!

sbabb · Post by **sbabb** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:37 am

Sounds like somebody at the magazine didn't know that Folding frame times vary with what protien you're working on. It's not a repeatable benchmark, and it doesn't lend itself to comparison to anything else.

Scott

edcrane · Post by **edcrane** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:33 am

PPW would be a more accurate basis of comparison.

ColdFlame · Post by **ColdFlame** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 12:46 pm

Is this an indication that Linux people are clieless?

haysdb · Post by **haysdb** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 1:31 pm

Strand wrote:The server has 4*848Opteron and has 16GB of ram. If anyone thinks of buying one they cost £19k!

The price would make it somewhat less than perfect from my point of view.

David

sbabb · Post by **sbabb** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 3:20 pm

ColdFlame wrote:Is this an indication that Linux people are clieless?

My Clie runs PalmOS 5.

wussboy · Post by **wussboy** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:16 pm

sbabb wrote:
ColdFlame wrote:Is this an indication that Linux people are clieless?
My Clie runs PalmOS 5.

But how does it fold?

Zyzzyx · Post by **Zyzzyx** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 8:01 pm

wussboy wrote:
sbabb wrote:
ColdFlame wrote:Is this an indication that Linux people are clieless?
My Clie runs PalmOS 5.
But how does it fold?

I'm sure it folds down to about pocket size.

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