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by BobWilliams757
Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:58 pm
Forum: V7.6.x Public Release Windows/Linux/MacOS X
Topic: What is the best Nvidia video card to get to fold the fastest?
Replies: 28
Views: 80761

Re: What is the best Nvidia video card to get to fold the fastest?

whocrazy wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:44 pm Hi. does EVGA Precision X1 run on windows 10?
Yes, it does.
by BobWilliams757
Sun Dec 10, 2023 1:36 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Team concept
Replies: 4
Views: 14443

Re: Team concept

Someone who has been around longer might know the original idea behind the teams, I'm not really well informed on it. But it's a way to form groups of folders for various reasons. To show support, compete, maybe a family or company, etc and show how many people are involved in that particular group ...
by BobWilliams757
Sat Dec 09, 2023 3:37 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Brief Overview Of F@h Beta Team Membership
Replies: 27
Views: 151021

Re: Brief Overview Of F@h Beta Team Membership

Thanks toTOW.

As for Bruce, I hope he is well. The last time I had checked it had been a long time since he had logged in.
by BobWilliams757
Sat Dec 09, 2023 3:32 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Team concept
Replies: 4
Views: 14443

Re: Team concept

As far as I know you can't move points. The points that contribute to a team stay with that team. They are still credited to the overall score of any particular user name, so your points will still show totals, but also show points contributed to each team.
by BobWilliams757
Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:31 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Brief Overview Of F@h Beta Team Membership
Replies: 27
Views: 151021

Re: Brief Overview Of F@h Beta Team Membership

I'd like to officially "apply" to become part of the beta team. Gear in profile, Windows user, on a machine that has run 24/7 or close to it for the last 3 1/2 years folding as well as our other computer tasks. I completely understand there is no real benefit in points, benefits, etc, etc....
by BobWilliams757
Sun Nov 26, 2023 9:00 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Point inflation - Longevity Credit
Replies: 8
Views: 30884

Re: Point inflation - Longevity Credit

I think just thinking about the points representing “how much farther science was furthered” versus “how much was donated” is best and easiest. Either way we look at it, over time the inflation takes place. Though I agree that "how much farther the science was furthered" is valid, I think...
by BobWilliams757
Mon Nov 20, 2023 10:45 pm
Forum: V8.1.xx Open Beta
Topic: Fast GPU, not enough CPU power to keep up?
Replies: 67
Views: 263672

Re: Fast GPU, not enough CPU power to keep up?

With a GPU folding does not have any control other than working or not. If your system has an Nvidia GPU you can simply install MSI Afterburner or several other types of software that control power limits. Often you can get a much greater deal of efficiency by reducing the max power to the GPU, but ...
by BobWilliams757
Sat Nov 18, 2023 2:49 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Point inflation - Longevity Credit
Replies: 8
Views: 30884

Re: Point inflation - Longevity Credit

Though it's actually more tech advancement, the idea is kind of good. When I look at the EOC stats and see people still plugging along with older gear but massive WU counts and/or reasonably high points, it makes me reflect on how much money some might have spent to get to that point on the older an...
by BobWilliams757
Mon Nov 13, 2023 4:31 am
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: Many GPUs on one machine
Replies: 42
Views: 178147

Re: Many GPUs on one machine

I'd hate to see that power bill vs points comparision! Yikes! But your example makes my point. All those different cooling solutions end up at about the same temp, maybe slightly different clock speeds means some of them cool a little bit better, but not much. But there are probably a lot of cases w...
by BobWilliams757
Mon Nov 13, 2023 4:23 am
Forum: V7.6.x Public Release Windows/Linux/MacOS X
Topic: folding starts fast, then slows down after a minute
Replies: 12
Views: 16681

Re: folding starts fast, then slows down after a minute

Some of the new gear is too efficiency oriented, and it makes folding a bit more complex to set up. But glad you are figuring it out, there is nothing like thinking you are losing available performance.
by BobWilliams757
Sun Nov 12, 2023 11:40 pm
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: Many GPUs on one machine
Replies: 42
Views: 178147

Re: Many GPUs on one machine

People fall for all kinds of flashy stuff that serves no purpose. There is probably a lot of stuff computer related that falls into that category. Does that heat sink actually help cooling or not? Short of testing, most of us will never know, but it LOOKS like it might help cooling, so people buy it.
by BobWilliams757
Sun Nov 12, 2023 11:37 pm
Forum: V7.6.x Public Release Windows/Linux/MacOS X
Topic: folding starts fast, then slows down after a minute
Replies: 12
Views: 16681

Re: folding starts fast, then slows down after a minute

Many systems won't stay at boost clocks long, and F@H is a unique use and demanding on CPU. Many systems will throttle to prevent damage, in some cases partly due to things like fan settings, in some cases it's something you can't avoid. It is a longer and harder load as compared to a lot of other n...
by BobWilliams757
Sun Nov 12, 2023 8:34 am
Forum: V7.6.x Public Release Windows/Linux/MacOS X
Topic: folding starts fast, then slows down after a minute
Replies: 12
Views: 16681

Re: folding starts fast, then slows down after a minute

Your answers might lie in the software suggested above. You could also use Windows Task Manager Performance tab to see if the loads are changing in any significant way during that time period in question. With the change being that quick, it could be that Windows is still loading various background ...
by BobWilliams757
Sun Nov 12, 2023 8:21 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Donor Statistics
Replies: 5
Views: 11898

Re: Donor Statistics

I'm not sure if F@H has ever done a survey on users, but years back there was a paper on the statistics of the types of people that fold. I think part of the problem would be if people have quit folding (regardless of the reason) then they might not see or respond to a survey on why they quit. But t...
by BobWilliams757
Thu Nov 09, 2023 1:57 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: client offline time or calculation time window ?
Replies: 8
Views: 25889

Re: client offline time or calculation time window ?

Timeouts very by project, and is the preferred completion time window. . https://apps.foldingathome.org/psummary Minimal time folding meeting those time out deadlines might be difficult. This depends on the hardware you have to use and how fast it is, along with what species it falls into and the si...