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hardhead
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time/frame

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This may be a stupid question, but I barely know a computer from a washing machine. My time/frame varies from about 13min/frame to more than 42 min/frame, often when the computer isn't being used for anything else. The first 2 WU each took about 4 days, and the current one looks like about the same. Is this variation normal, or does it indicate the computer might be about to have problems?

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It is normal with different times to complete workunits. There is sometimes a large variation between different projects too.
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This is normal : FAH releases your CPU power to allow your other application to run as fast as usual ;)

So you can still use your computer without noticing that FAH is running :)
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