I check "Forced Mode_ Reapply priorities and affinities if they change" under the options section.
I found with earlier versions if i didnt check this then once the gpu/cpu would get a new wu they would go to any core instead of the one i assigned them to. I have it checked on the newest version as well just in case.

I was just asking Drougnor about using this program to help me out. Now with your help Tank, I'm up and running with this program now. Thanks a ton for the guide, you couldn't have made it any easier for me to set this up. Thanks again!

One debate I have with PL is when setting the affinities. When running 7 cores in PL, is it also necessary to set 7 cores in Tracker or the command line?
 
It seems when you do run 7 cores in Tracker, it automatically leaves core #6 alone so I usually set the gpus to use core #6.
 
OTOH, I have concluded that setting the affinities makes no difference with the i7-2600k but works best with the i7-9xx chips. If someone disagrees, I would like to see their results to prove otherwise. Basically, the new chip does not do well when running smp and gpus together. With my system below in my sig, I get a smp tpf of 31 minutes. Running linux and no gpu, I'm down to 23 minutes (plus runs much more stable for less watts). Don't believe me... look at my current 24 hour average. (I was up to 64k.)
 
What would be interesting is to see what happens to the bigadv tpf if I can figure out how to run the gpus in linux. Also, if I could figure out how to get linux out of low res mode, I might stick with linux longer.
 
 
 
 
 

Thanks, Mr. Shark. I think it's a bug in the Ubuntu 10.10 but I have a possible fix. It involves reinstalling, backing up the xorg.conf file, activating the driver, and restoring the backup. Sound complicated... but it just might work!
 
"just fine" is a subjective measure. What is just fine to you, was causing my hair to fall out. I'm much better now.

Just a question with regard to the new Sandy Bridge chips....
 
I see that guys are talking mainly about the i7's, but would the same hold true for vanilla wu's and gpu folding on an i5?
 
In preparations for the CC, I'm putting the final touches on my gf's rig so that it can be run during the event at full steam. She will have an i5-2500k running at about 4.5-4.7 and possibly a GTX460. Is it worth it trying since the fermi client puts a load on CPU? Or does it only really come into play when you have over 4 threads?
 
Thanks.

tank1023

I haven't delt with any 2500k's yet but I have a folding rig that has a 875k. I fold two GPU clients and one bigadv. I leave one core for the GPU's.
If I were you, I wouldn't leave a core for the GPU. See what kind of PPD you get for a week. Then try leaving one core for the GPU and see what your PPD is. I have a feeling the Sandy Bridge can run one GPU without too much of a hit.

 
Thanks.
 
The rest of the parts for her rig should be here Wednesday, I figure I'll have it up and running some time this weekend when I get free time to start testing it out. I just want to make sure I'm getting the most out of the equipment and not wasting any resources. 

what exactly is process lasso

It really helped me with my 2x 460gtx and 950 -smp 7, all three went up a little in PPD.
 
One thing worth noting is that I had to disable the cpu affinity lock in the console client before the process lasso actually became useful.  I didn't see that here and spent an hour or so scratching my head..  but then Iworked it out.

Thanks johnerz,
Haven't thought about this guide in a while, when I get some time ill take a look at updating it.