Anyone interested in a bit of folding ?

loki · 22-10-2008, 08:18

Maybe this has been done to death since the birth of the internet. However I was thinking last night that I have six systems all laying around doing naff all except taking up space and being an all round general pain the ricker for Mrs L.

So part justification in keeping them and part wanting to put them to good use I was thinking of getting some folding going with the systems I have and with the PS3 as well. I have at least two systems on 24/7. The X360 TekHeads may know if the 360 offers any kind of folding facility

So would anyone be interested in setting up a folding team ? I think it looks pretty straight forward to do.

Edit. I might be jumping the gun here, if this is pretty well established, is there a team already set up

Pumpkinstew · 22-10-2008, 08:43

Well, the OcUK team is well established.

Not sure about any BD team. Mark would know.

GPU Folding is the big thing at the moment. You get loads more points from running jobs on your graphics card than you do on a CPU. No X-Box Folding at the moment.

Admiral Huddy · 22-10-2008, 08:54

We raised this a few years ago, but we were still quite young at the time and not enough of us to make any impact. As PS says, many are folding for well established teams such as CPC or OCUK.

Not sure it will work.. but may get us some publicity. I'm sure most of us have a few spare CPUs/GPUs to fold on.

Mark · 22-10-2008, 10:22

I'd just like to concur with the above.

We do have several members who fold and/or BOINC, but not for a BD team (because there isn't one). Experience has shown that you need the competition factor (either within the team or among nearby teams) to keep the interest level up, and though we have quite a few more people who would be interested now than there were previously, most of those are already involved elsewhere.

Having said all that, I'm sure a team could be set up if there was sufficient interest in having one.

loki · 22-10-2008, 10:40

Some good points made there guys.

How about we propose a Boat Drinks Folding team, keep the thread open for a week and see who would be interested in joining ? If anyone is interested then just express interest in this thread

NokkonWud · 22-10-2008, 10:48

It's definitely handy if you have a PS3, they are monsters.

Stan_Lite · 22-10-2008, 11:01

I've given up Folding due to the instability of the SMP and GPU clients. Working away from hom a month at a time means I can't be there all the time to nurse these perpetual beta clients along and that's just no use for me. I'm currently running Rosetta on BOINC (for the OcUK team) as that's nice and stable.

If a BD Folding team is established and Stanford finally get these clients stable, I would be interested in switching at least some of the farm over, if not all of it - but not until I could be reasonably sure that all my rigs would stay working for the months I'm away.

loki · 22-10-2008, 11:04

Who are the resident experts at BD for folding ?

Stan_Lite · 22-10-2008, 11:08

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Originally Posted by loki

Who are the resident experts at BD for folding ?

Off the top of my head. Mark, myself, Huddy and Garp have all dabbled - there are probably more that I haven't mentioned. Not sure if I'd use the word expert for myself but I have a rough idea how to set it all up.

divine · 23-10-2008, 01:01

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Originally Posted by Bigstan

Off the top of my head. Mark, myself, Huddy and Garp have all dabbled - there are probably more that I haven't mentioned. Not sure if I'd use the word expert for myself but I have a rough idea how to set it all up.

I was at it for around a year, albeit only with my single core athlon 64, battling away for supremecy in the single machine / single core league on ocuk until it became virtually worthless doing it.

My machine manages in a week, what an SMP/GPU machine can knock out in about 3 hours now, it's not worth the electricity bill.

22-10-2008, 08:18	#1
loki Vodka Martini Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 871	Anyone interested in a bit of folding ? Maybe this has been done to death since the birth of the internet. However I was thinking last night that I have six systems all laying around doing naff all except taking up space and being an all round general pain the ricker for Mrs L. So part justification in keeping them and part wanting to put them to good use I was thinking of getting some folding going with the systems I have and with the PS3 as well. I have at least two systems on 24/7. The X360 TekHeads may know if the 360 offers any kind of folding facility So would anyone be interested in setting up a folding team ? I think it looks pretty straight forward to do. Edit. I might be jumping the gun here, if this is pretty well established, is there a team already set up __________________ PC & Console LAN 9th-11th July Last edited by loki; 22-10-2008 at 08:20.

22-10-2008, 08:43	#2
Pumpkinstew Absinthe Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mostly Oxford, Sometimes Bristol Posts: 1,156	Well, the OcUK team is well established. Not sure about any BD team. Mark would know. GPU Folding is the big thing at the moment. You get loads more points from running jobs on your graphics card than you do on a CPU. No X-Box Folding at the moment. __________________ Get old, or die tryin' PSTEWREVIEWS - Chunks of Meaty Reviews, Mixed with Your Five a Day of News, Comment and Opinion, Floating in a Broth of Suspect Grammar and Seasoned Liberally with Mixed Metaphor. Tasty.

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Admiral Huddy HOMO-Sapien Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chelmsford Posts: 6,692	We raised this a few years ago, but we were still quite young at the time and not enough of us to make any impact. As PS says, many are folding for well established teams such as CPC or OCUK. Not sure it will work.. but may get us some publicity. I'm sure most of us have a few spare CPUs/GPUs to fold on. __________________ I just got lost in thought.. It was very unfamiliar territory. Techie Talk \| My gaming Blog \| PC spec \| The Admirals log

22-10-2008, 10:40	#5
loki Vodka Martini Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 871	Some good points made there guys. How about we propose a Boat Drinks Folding team, keep the thread open for a week and see who would be interested in joining ? If anyone is interested then just express interest in this thread __________________ PC & Console LAN 9th-11th July

22-10-2008, 10:48	#6
NokkonWud BD Recruitment Officer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Smogville Posts: 3,880	It's definitely handy if you have a PS3, they are monsters. __________________

22-10-2008, 10:22	#4
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I'd just like to concur with the above. We do have several members who fold and/or BOINC, but not for a BD team (because there isn't one). Experience has shown that you need the competition factor (either within the team or among nearby teams) to keep the interest level up, and though we have quite a few more people who would be interested now than there were previously, most of those are already involved elsewhere. Having said all that, I'm sure a team could be set up if there was sufficient interest in having one.

22-10-2008, 11:01	#7
Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	I've given up Folding due to the instability of the SMP and GPU clients. Working away from hom a month at a time means I can't be there all the time to nurse these perpetual beta clients along and that's just no use for me. I'm currently running Rosetta on BOINC (for the OcUK team) as that's nice and stable. If a BD Folding team is established and Stanford finally get these clients stable, I would be interested in switching at least some of the farm over, if not all of it - but not until I could be reasonably sure that all my rigs would stay working for the months I'm away. __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...

22-10-2008, 11:04	#8
loki Vodka Martini Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 871	Who are the resident experts at BD for folding ? __________________ PC & Console LAN 9th-11th July