Charity and Potential Ron Paul Publicity via ::Folding@home::

Does anyone have advice for running the GPU client and not having it hinder desktop performance? As soon as I turn it on my desktop nearly locks up.

Windows 7, 64 bit, GeForce 560

If Folding can't co-exist with my general usage then I can't run it. :(
 
LopTarDaBoo said:
Does anyone have advice for running the GPU client and not having it hinder desktop performance? As soon as I turn it on my desktop nearly locks up.

Windows 7, 64 bit, GeForce 560

If Folding can't co-exist with my general usage then I can't run it. :(
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Hmm. Maybe turn down the desktop graphic settings?

Go to Control Panel, System&Security, System and click on Advanced System Settings. Click on the Settings in the Performance tab. There you can click on "Adjust for best performance". You might want to leave "smooth edges of screen fonts" activated but can leave all rest disabled.
 
LopTarDaBoo said:
Does anyone have advice for running the GPU client and not having it hinder desktop performance? As soon as I turn it on my desktop nearly locks up.

Windows 7, 64 bit, GeForce 560

If Folding can't co-exist with my general usage then I can't run it. :(
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Try updating your Video Card drivers. Turn off Aero and the Clock thing that appears if they are on. In general, decrease the number of running background programs. Do this and let us know the results and we will go from there!
 
Generally speaking the computer itself is not taxed. Plenty of RAM (8 gig), few running programs, etc. It's just that when I kick off Folding on the GPU it seems to want to use ALL of the GPU--to the exclusion of general desktop work.

I did try turning off the graphical fancies and the video drivers were updated last night, but it's still slow.
 
LopTarDaBoo said:
Generally speaking the computer itself is not taxed. Plenty of RAM (8 gig), few running programs, etc. It's just that when I kick off Folding on the GPU it seems to want to use ALL of the GPU--to the exclusion of general desktop work.

I did try turning off the graphical fancies and the video drivers were updated last night, but it's still slow.
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Just to check to be sure, your computer was fast and then folding at home was installed and then it is much slower? By general desktop tasks you mean like microsoft office and moving files and stuff? I'll look at this more tonight and see if I have any ideas. If all else fails, you can pause the folding while you are working and run it overnight.
 
I have an old Dell pentium 4 with 2 gigs ram, that I keep running just to access certain files I may need once in a while. If I clean up all the crap that might be running in the background on that thing, would it be worth using in this effort?
 
JimInNY said:
I have an old Dell pentium 4 with 2 gigs ram, that I keep running just to access certain files I may need once in a while. If I clean up all the crap that might be running in the background on that thing, would it be worth using in this effort?
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2 Gigs RAM is actually a lot for an older computer. And really pentium 4 is not that long ago in my mind. Of course, I recommend backing up anything on your old computer (as you should do anyway), and sometimes an old computer is good to do a full Operating System reinstall to clean up. By participating you will be contributing, the whole idea of distributed computing is you don't need an amazing computer to help! It's fun to participate!
 
specialkornflake said:
2 Gigs RAM is actually a lot for an older computer. And really pentium 4 is not that long ago in my mind. Of course, I recommend backing up anything on your old computer (as you should do anyway), and sometimes an old computer is good to do a full Operating System reinstall to clean up. By participating you will be contributing, the whole idea of distributed computing is you don't need an amazing computer to help! It's fun to participate!
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I have some programs on there that I cannot (or donot know how to) move to my new computer, so I don't want to mess with it too much, but it does sit there idle 24/7 doing nothing. I may as well put it to good use. I'll go fiddle with it in a few and see what happens. :)

Thanks!
 
I'm up and running. Hopefully my old machine with be able to handle it. lol
 
I have a question for the super geeks doing this...

Do I have to open port 80 on my firewall for this to work? I use McAfee Internet Security Suite.
 
ok, since that was so painless, now I'm running it on my new computer too. I can see I am going to get addicted to this. :)
 
My new computer is kicking ass here. The old one is about 10% done with one project in twice the time.

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LopTarDaBoo said:
Generally speaking the computer itself is not taxed. Plenty of RAM (8 gig), few running programs, etc. It's just that when I kick off Folding on the GPU it seems to want to use ALL of the GPU--to the exclusion of general desktop work.

I did try turning off the graphical fancies and the video drivers were updated last night, but it's still slow.
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So if you pause it then it runs fast? Pause the CPU and then check, then pause the GPU then check. Look for solutions at this link: http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-NVIDIA

JimInNY said:
I have a question for the super geeks doing this...

Do I have to open port 80 on my firewall for this to work? I use McAfee Internet Security Suite.
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When the program started it requested to get access through the firewall. If you are having problems let us know.

JimInNY said:
Why don't I show up on the team yet? hmmmmm....
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You won't show up until the stats update and I think you need to have submitted 1 WU.
 
OK, added the mini. Should be another 2 cores bringing me up to 10 cores. That little thing might have 4 tho which would bring me to 12 cores. it'll be way slower than the Pro tho. Still, should at least put me in the top 10 for the team. :D Geek power!
 
Oh wow, I broke top 10 on just the one client and didn't even know it lol :p

Quad dual core processors FTW! ;)
 
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