Thanks for welcome guys... It was at 50% but the one thing I did notice was I had choked down the cpu usage to like 30%; so tonight when I fold I will move the slider back up to 79% and I think that'll help more.
Feels good to see some sort of progress in the mornings when I get on my desktop.
 
Once I do finish my first WUnit, will it automatically assign me or move me onto the next one to complete?
 
Welcome to the team Szygy!!  I myself just started and trying to learn to control panel and help out. 
 
Ox

A little late but welcome to the team!

Welcome to the team, suikata.
 
Your EVGA name and Folding name don't have to be identical, it just makes things easier if they are.  If they're different, you need to contact Rob at webmaster@evga.com so he can manually link your account with the proper stats.  You do at least have to go into your profile and enter the folding username under EVGA Folding name.
 
Points are credited to your account whenever a Work Unit is uploaded successfully.  The stats servers are updated every hour, though if you return a WU too close to the top of the hour it may not show up until the update after that, i.e. if you turn something in at 4:55 pm PT it will almost certainly not make it into the 5:00 pm update, but should show up by 6:00 pm.  Note that EOC, a third-party stats site which a lot of people look at for quick estimates of PPD and a somewhat detailed history, only updates once every 3 hours.  The other major third-party stats site is  Kakao Stats, which also updates every 3 hours.
 
The slider provides a coarse-grained control over all your slots at once.  You can see what all of the settings do towards the bottom of this page.  On Medium, the GPU is set to only run when the computer is idle.  This is the default option because GPU's don't multitask well at all and many people have experienced significant lag when folding and actively using their computers for something else.  It also runs on n-1 threads of your CPU to further avoid lag.  Full will run everything full-blast.
 
To get bonus points you need a passkey and complete 10 bonus-eligible WUs.  Pretty much every CPU project is bonus-eligible, but there are only a handful of GPU projects currently with that status.  None of those have been released to full FAH distribution yet, so if you want them (and you almost certainly do), you need to open Advanced Control (click on the FAH icon in the systray and select it), then select Configure->Slots, click on the GPU slot, select Edit, then at the bottom of the window add an Extra Slot Option with Name: 'client-type' and Value 'advanced', both without the quotes.  Then select OK or Save until all the windows that popped up are closed.  You should start getting WUs from projects 8900, 7810, or 7811, all of which are bonus-eligible.  Note that you may get WUs from other projects mixed in, and right now any other GPU project does not get bonus points nor does it count towards your bonus eligibility.  And no, there's no way to request short WUs for becoming bonus-eligible faster.  It'll come soon enough, and hopefully you'll fold long enough that the couple of days you weren't getting bonuses is a tiny fraction of the time you've contributed.

haven't folded in quite some time getting back into it with EVGA this time =)

I have a spare computer gaming system.  I loaded the Folding Program and I believe it's working.  I was folding (for EVGA) a few years ago.
 
I have a few questions...  I have 2 570 (EVGA) in a classified X58 (EVGA MD) running a I7-920 oc @ 3.2.  Should I (SLI) the cards or not?  Also, The Folding Icon, on the desktop, will not open.
 
PM me with the answers, please.  Thank you for your time,
 

AKAOX - Yes - Folding can become quite addictive!  Just wait until we ramp up for some of the contests - it gets rather crazy!
 
As for your question on the low profile GPU.  While I will say that any and all WU's, regardless of platform or points generated, help the cause, it may not be the most optimal move at the point in time.  With the new core being utilized for GPU folding, older series cards do not fair that well.  The core is geared more toward the newer generation cards (e.g. 6XX and 7XX series).  Personally, I recommend saving that money and using it (along with your EVGA bucks from folding) to work on upgrading the overall system.  But - that's just my 2 cents.  If, however, you are really set on getting a low profile card - just check to make sure your system (PSU) can support the additional work load.  Since Folding runs the cards at full load, you need to ensure you have the juice to power it. 
 
Either way - very glad to have you on board and Fold On!

Thank you for the reply Boballee.. I don't think with the amount of WU's I am able to produce will help me get any EVGA bucks. But I was also looking at something like the Nvidia Geforce GT 630 with 2GB or  the  MSI Nvidia GT 630 with 4GB? 

 I'm not looking for a monster imporvement; but if one of these would help slightly then I'd be happy.
 

Greetings to all!
 
I've started folding this last week and of course thought I'd throw all my points towards Team EVGA.  My folding name is sshamm on the team.  Hope my contribution helps the cause and team.  I am folding whenever I'm not gaming which allows for a lot of folding up time. (work full time) Nice to meet everyone though!
 
Sh4dow5
 
 

Nice to see all the new folders coming on board!! Welcome to Team EVGA, we're very glad to have you folding with us! Thank you.

Hi everyone! I just started folding yesterday and of course joined team EVGA! I've got my home PC folding 24/7 with an i5 2500k (stock speeds) and no GPU averaging 12k estimated PPD. I also have a laptop running on full unless I'm using it while working averaging 6k PPD. I'm in the process of building a rig at work using an i7 3930k on an EVGA x79 Dark mobo. I might have to pick up a cheap GPU to get it up and running and save for a nice GPU down the line. I'm also considering having my PLEX server at work start folding or just straight up turn it into a dedicated folding server.

I'm super psyched to be a part of this and I can't wait to get to a point where I can compete well with you guys :)

johnerz

Zephmeister, nice to have you aboard, every work unit counts and helps the cause (and the team of course)

I've attached a link to the EOCF stats for you, it helps to keep you in the know



Currently recent (last 2 series) GPU's produce more ppd, but you should also get a "Passkey" this opens up the Quick Return Bonus (QRB)  it has a couple of requirements

10 completed work units (using the Passkey)

80% success rate on the work units




If you have any questions post up and I'm sure someone will have the answer for you 

 
Yeah, I used a passkey from the start so I haven't missed out on building to my first 10 WUs. I guess I just need some advice on how to fold more efficiently in terms of settings on the clients? I hear a lot of people talking about getting WUs from certain projects and whatnot. Also, I started folding on my linux based server but I have no idea how to use the control or viewer in a command line interface :/

Ah, I see. Thanks for that info Xavier :)

PM ...EVGA_ROB
http://forums.evga.com/showprofile.aspx?memid=1057456
 
talk to him... exceptions to the folding name can be made by him
 

I've been meaning to start folding ever since I started building my computer and now that I finally made the effort to download the client, I've run into some problems because I haven't read the threads related to it thoroughly which mostly is because it's 5am right now... So.. I'm curious if there's any new updates as to setting up the tracker that was mentioned in the thread starter? I tried following the instructions on on "How to start folding - the easy way" but it seems you've come a long way since v2. I tried installing v2, looks like it works but nothing going on there so I thought I'd try installing v7. Ran it which I downloaded from the F@H page and it opens up this webapp that shows me my folding slots. Says waiting for idle on my GPU slot, what does this mean? How do I make it start? I also have "cpu:3", does this mean it's only utilizing my 3rd core? I want to let 'er rip as I'm about to go to bed right now. Oh and one more thing, I was starting to get really concerned about why there was no progress on the cpu even though it was running. When I saw 1.12% my eyes lit up! OMG THIS IS SO HAPPENING JAJAJAJJAA. I'm really excited to see where this brings me in a couple of days, I currently have 9705 PPD on my cpu, not sure what that means, but all I know is I'm helping a good cause and that's all that really matters! Ok I'm done sleep rambling. Thanks for reading! 

Hola everyone.. Hope eveyone had a great Labor Day weekend..  Sadly I did not.  I got the dreaded SMART Short SELF Test failure Sunday.    Meaning my main HD is going to die sometime.  So I've not been folding at night since that failure accured.  Once I come across another HD I'll be back at it.
 
Just checkin in with you guys  and glad to see more members getting involved with the cause..