Hello all,
 
I folded for a couple months about a year ago.  I moved, and am hopefully back to folding on a more permanent basis.  I've been folding for about a week now and hope I can make a size-able contribution to the team & the cause!
 

axialLP7

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! 

v7's default behavior is to only fold on GPUs when the computer has been idle for more than 10 minutes, and with CPUs to fold on (n-1) threads.  If you want to fold more, move the Folding Power slider from Medium to Full.  This was made the default behavior because some people experience lag when folding on Full, and they didn't want potential contributors being turned away by that behavior.  I'm guessing their thought process was "better for more people to be somewhat underperforming than to have a bunch of people quit and warning others off of 'that program that makes your computer unusable.'"
 
You probably also will want to set up the client to use the newest GPU core, as it's much more efficient on Fermi cards than the one you're getting now (the core is what does the calculations).  Look for the FAH icon in the systray, click on it and select Advanced Control.  Once that opens, select Configure, click on the Slots tab, highlight the GPU slot, hit Edit, then add an Extra Slot Option at the bottom with name 'client-type' and value 'advanced' (no quotes on either).  Then select OK/Save as needed on all the extra windows that opened up.  Starting with the next Work Unit you should be getting WUs from projects that use core 17, which is the one you want to be running.

Yes, you need to finish the current WU.
 
Pausing folding would actually decrease your PPD.  Pretty much all of the projects currently running use the Quick Return Bonus scheme.  If you turn in a bonus-eligible WU before the deadline (which pretty much everyone does, you don't really need to worry about that), and you have a passkey, you earn bonus points*.  The faster you turn it in, the more bonus points you get, and the amount increases exponentially as return time decreases.  The return time is calculated server-side, so pausing the slots will decrease the bonus; folding at a reduced speed while you're doing something else is still some progress.  The bonus is often a large majority of the total points earned for a WU.
 
*The passkey has to be 'primed' by turning in 10 bonus-eligible WU successfully, and you then have to maintain an 80% successful completion rate.  With your hardware the first part should come in a couple of days.  As long as your hardware is stable the second part shouldn't be a problem.

Need help with something, I've been folding for a couple of days now, nothing showing on my EVGA profile, am I doing something wrong or do I need to wait to finish more WU before it's updated? Also, how do I check how many WUs have I completed? 
 
On a side note, my roommate's been complaining about the internet latency stuff going on in his Street Fighter game, was wondering if this has anything to do with Folding at all? I usually put it on "Full" at night and "Medium" during the day, oh yeah, just one last question, if I SLI my GTX 760, can I dedicate one to folding and the other to gaming so that I can just leave the switch on "Full" or something? 

Wow, thanks! Also, where can I find more info about that last bit you just mentioned? Can you point me in the direction of some literature on that topic? :D 

axialLP7

I already have a passkey (I think, it's really long, many many characters). Advanced flags, what are they? 

Copy and paste passkey it must be in place. After you complete 10 QRB work units, you qualify for bonus points. This link will guide you. http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?p=181881

I see what you mean, have 2 GPUs but don't enable SLI? Regarding the internet delays, do you have any suggestions as to how I should manage it? Does QoS help? 

hello everyone, i just started folding i have one machine running 24/7 its only scoring 284 ppd. :(
 
its a p4 3ghz, 2 gigs dd2, ati hd 4350 with windows 7 32bit. does that seem low?
 
my gaming rig gets over 80k and does that seem low?
 
thanks!

Quite honestly it wasn't worth folding the P4's for me(2 of them)
a few hundred points a day each doesn't cut it for the power it uses
 
that doesn't mean yours won't do better (like overclocking)
remember QRB applies here too ... you'll probably just earning base points right now
 
the q6600 does about 2-3k PPD so base it on doing less than that - like at least 1/2
 
 

ok i got everything up to GPU slot to client-type advanced. but i do not understand
 
"folding on your CPU as well, you should also leave a thread open for the GPU to use."
 
and should do the same for my cpu setting it to advanced?

Thanks for the info guys... I did not know that even running just a CPU I would need to still set up a  thread for the GPU?     I'll have to take a look  before turing the Fah back on.  Makes since to me. I was thinking without a dedicated GPU that this option would just be forfeit.
 
Hmmmmmm I'll have a look at see.

WARNING:WU01:FS01:Changed SMP threads from 8 to 7 this can cause some work units to fail.
 
if it was set to 8 wont changing it to 7 make it less?
 
sorry for the stupid questions i am new to this.

oh i see it leaves a core open.
 
so set it to 6 now and have two open cores?
 
this thing is friggen humming along now but i looks like these fahcore 15's don't put out much ppd?

ok i'll try that.
 
i did those tweaks and got a core 17 now i'm getting 231k ppd!
 
i also noticed the core 15's get my card hotter as well i remember reading that somewhere. was averaging 67c on a core 15 now with a core 17 its around 60c.

jasonstaley

it went down to 140k ppd. i take it that is still pretty good?

That is very good. Core 17 varies on TPF and that changes the PPD. Stay with the lower PPD and the higher TPF, welcome to folding. But be careful it can be adictive.