Are you looking to OC that i7-920 any more? That would make a big difference in what to recommend.

You can also run the SMP2 client on the i7. Download it from Stanford. There are some good threads around here that will give all the details on installing it, making sure it's set up correctly, and good monitoring tools. (HFM.net) Remember DO NOT open the viewer, this really slows the client down and some are reporting crashing from it.

Once you do OC the i7, if you are ok with linux\VMWare, you can look at possibly moving to those setups. There are Stickies here that go through those setups in detail.

Good luck. Ask questions when you need help, there are plenty of people here willing to help.

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Is it possible to run the same clients at the same time from different pc's while logged into the same username?

Yes.

K guys. I now have the SMP beta downloaded and I just set all my options and am running the program. Each time the command prompt says it is trying to unzip the file and it will never open the core. It then retries and the process repeats. Any clues on how to remedy this?

Welcome to the team!  

Since you apparently play games according to that pic under your name, I would recommend staying away from -bigadv, go SMP.  

Ok heres the lowdown haha. I had that problem so I went to Stanfords guide and tried to follow it. I installed it in C:\User\R3V\FAH

It says to open the cmd so I do that then it says to type install.bat in and it doesnt work for me. I also open up the install.bat file inside the unzipped folder and its has an error 5 message so it did nothing. Do i have to open the install.bay file before opening the exe?

Yes.

You go to the Start menu and find Command Prompt and Right Click and Run as Administrator. Once Command Prompt is running, you have to navigate to the folder (cd c:\user\r3v\fah) and enter install.bat. This will ask for domain\user, this is related to your computer not fah, usually what is already there is correct, but just check when it comes up (I use HAF\Owner since I named the computer HAF in windows and I am logged in as Owner). The it will ask for your Windows password. And then you will need to enter it again to confirm. You should then see the double line stating that it ran properly.

Maybe maybe not.

Did you run the exe file with the -configonly and -smp flags to get your info in there?

Make sure that the spelling is correct for what the directory structure actually is (is it users not user?). I just copied what you typed earlier.

Did you get that double message to come up saying MPI is working?

You should be able to do it in the same one.

K got through all of that I am pretty sure and the prompt exited and I fired the exe back up and now it says 600 out of 500000 steps. So it actually moved from 0 so i suppose this is good. It has been stuck at 600 however for around a minute or so. 

Negative on HFM but if it is pretty simple I will try it out. If you might have to walk me through it I would hate to take up more of your time. Do i type those different things in the prompt somewhere to attach the flags. Also does your internet connection have any significance on any of the folding or anything of this nature?

If you have a bad or slow internet connection, it will take longer to download and upload work units (wu).

If you read up a couple of posts I suggested making a desktop shortcut to the client. In the properties of that shortcut there is a Target text box. In that box will be the exe file including the directory structur to get to it. At the end of that line you simply add on (with a space first) "-smp -verbosity 9 -advmethods". Then whenever you start the client, it will have the flags entered. Also, if you haven't been using it so far, use CTRL c to stop the smp client.

It is getting late (2am) so I will be heading to bed. Give HFM a try when you can. Search it a bit here on the forums and you should be able to find any info you need.

Just noticed you don't have any folding showing on the left here. If you have not yet, you need to enter your folding username into your profile for it to show. And hopefully you folding username is the same as your profile username so you can start collecting your EVGA Bucks.

Best of luck and welcome to the team.
 
 
Looks like Barbarossa is here to help out now. There are plenty of us here willing to give a hand. See you later.

Hey guys I'm back again. Do you guys have an estimation on how long your SMP takes to finish a WU. Mine in taking a while so I wanted to see if this was normal.

Sorry barb for my ignorance on this but where could I find the tpf?