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Till
Adventurer
cpulimit --pid xxxx --limit xx
Sahkuhnder
Delusions of grandeur
Those are client flag switches - similar but not the same.
The initial configuration questions have an option for reducing the cpu usage. The cpu usage question is accessible only by answering "yes" to the "Change advanced options" question. See post #282 on the top of the previous page for a complete list of the questions.
In addition to the client configuration questions there are the client flags you linked to. These are usually used for temporary changes/commands to the client like pausing, sending, configuring, etc.
Your link has an explanation:
Till also posted a different method you could use.
Bratmon
Super Bratmon 3
That works, thank you Till
Furiey
No Longer Just Lurking
Quad core yummy goodness is here at last! 
Passkey obtained, client downloaded, instructions downloaded (wow there's lots of them), ready to install. Unfortunately it's taken so long to get connected to the internet (it's still convinced I only have a g standard network) that it'll have to wait until tomorrow to start its life of folding and other things.
Passkey obtained, client downloaded, instructions downloaded (wow there's lots of them), ready to install. Unfortunately it's taken so long to get connected to the internet (it's still convinced I only have a g standard network) that it'll have to wait until tomorrow to start its life of folding and other things.
Furiey
No Longer Just Lurking
Finally got it running, had to add -advmethods as otherwise there appeared to be no WU available, so hopefully my (and hence CFC's) PPD will improve a little.
No all I have to do is work out how to host a pitboss game on the old P4, I don't think we'll miss the reduction in PPD from that.
No all I have to do is work out how to host a pitboss game on the old P4, I don't think we'll miss the reduction in PPD from that.
Sahkuhnder
Delusions of grandeur
Remembered to turn it on
I was again wondering what happened to you.
You're right -advmethods is the best way to go as it opens up the most possibilities for types of WUs you can receive and once your passkey is qualified by your first 10 SMP WUs while using it your bonus points will appear and your PPD will really rise.
P4s can still fold, I run a couple myself but their yield isn't too impressive anymore. If your P4 has a somewhat newer GPU card then you could run simultaneous CPU and GPU clients (or just GPU with pitboss) and then your old system will produce a nice PPD still.
Furiey
No Longer Just Lurking
Turned in 2 small 470 pointers on the new system so far. Not got anything juicy to fold yet though.
The old P4 has a GEForce 2 MX400 graphics card, way below anything required for folding. I looked at upgrading when Civ 4 came out but the AGP won't take anything more and PCI - what's that?
The old P4 has a GEForce 2 MX400 graphics card, way below anything required for folding. I looked at upgrading when Civ 4 came out but the AGP won't take anything more and PCI - what's that?
schmiddi
Prussian
They may have "only" 470 points on them, but if you finish a couple of them, the real bonus points come flowing in (Supposed you work the A3 core.
I just finished a quite massive new project: 6040. returned 5817 Points.
I just finished a quite massive new project: 6040. returned 5817 Points.
Furiey
No Longer Just Lurking
Yes it's the A3 core that's running. I've turned in 3 of those 470 pointers today, despite forgetting to turn it on again for a while after re-booting following a windows update. 25% of the way through the next one so I suppose I shall get to 10 work units and start getting the bonuses in a couple of days or so
Furiey
No Longer Just Lurking
WoW those bonuses really do make a difference - 2667 points on top of the basic 470 for the 10th WU. That's more than I used to make in a month!
Sahkuhnder
Delusions of grandeur
What kind of quad have you got? You're doing a 3k+ WU every 6 hours or so! I humbly yield to you as our team's highest PPD producer...
Furiey
No Longer Just Lurking
It's an i7 960 @3.2GHz . I don't think I'll quite take your top spot but I'm giving you a close run. I keep losing myself in the list though, I'm too used to looking at the bottom at around 50-100ppd!
. I don't think I'll quite take your top spot but I'm giving you a close run. I keep losing myself in the list though, I'm too used to looking at the bottom at around 50-100ppd!
Furiey
No Longer Just Lurking
If you are running the SMP client check that you are returning work units ok, there has been a problem with the assignment server and they've been giving out inappropriate work units, I've spent the whole day doing the same one to 99% then restarting over and over.
Sahkuhnder
Delusions of grandeur
There is a recent client available that also includes support for the newer Nvidia video cards (Fermi):
Announcement and download links
FAQ
GPU2 -> GPU3 Transition Guide
Folding Forum GPU3
Announcement and download links
FAQ
GPU2 -> GPU3 Transition Guide
Folding Forum GPU3
Furiey
No Longer Just Lurking
Congrats on the 10M points Sahkuhnder!
A new GPU client, but not for ATI cards yet. I must admit I'm just running the SMP client at the moment, I hadn't really thought about adding GPU or if I even can run both.
A new GPU client, but not for ATI cards yet. I must admit I'm just running the SMP client at the moment, I hadn't really thought about adding GPU or if I even can run both.
Sahkuhnder
Delusions of grandeur
Thanks.
As I understand it the new GPU client will work on ATI cards in the near future. Until then the old ATI client still works just fine when configured correctly.
You can run one (or more) of any GPU clients simultaneously with the SMP or with uniprocessor client(s), but in your case running a GPU client may be a net points loss. Your CPU is so fast that unless you have a high-end ATI card the CPU interrupts/cycles lost to service the GPU card client may reduce more from your SMP points than the points the GPU client itself generates.
I am currently running 3 ATI and 2 Nvidia GPU clients alongside CPU clients on various machines (mainly old and slow), but if you are adventurous and want to give it a try I can offer some configuration suggestions.
Furiey
No Longer Just Lurking
It's one of the dx11 5800 series cards so may be worth it, although having done a bit of reading it sounds like that it will slow the SMP folding. From what I read it seems that the clients dom't get the best out of ATI cards and they return a lower ppd than an equivalent nvidia so as you say it may be points loss for me.
