4consoles+EMIII

[Pixel]

ok i usually run 4 consoles but i found the electronmicroscope thingy and i like it kuz its all pretty and stuff but does it me fold slower and stuff? should i just run 4 consoles and not the emIII? and why does it say i can have like 13 clients i thought it was 4 max?

[xsquared_uk]

Do you mean you run 4 consoles on one machine? There's no need to do that as far as I know unless you don't have permanent internet access - although it shouldn't be any slower. You normally run one per CPU, think P4's can have 2 using hyperthreading? EMIII will slow down folding but only a miniscule amount so you won't notice. You can have lots of clients on it because you can use it on a LAN to monitor lots of machines!

[Pixel]

ok yea i get it....i have 4 consoles running at a time on my machine...isnt it faster than doing 2 at a time?

[OC-overkill]

Since you're folding on a P4C, you should be folding 2 instances to use 100% CPU. Running any more than two will not help at all, since the extra two will need to "steal" cpu cycles to fold. Just a thought.....

[Pixel]

hmm well like i ran 2 and then switched to 4 and i noticed that it only takes like 4 more hours to do 4 than to do 2 so i dunno @_@

[xsquared_uk]

Running 4 will be marginally quicker I believe because the second one kicks in while the first one is downloading the new WU - not really a major boost though as far as I am aware.

[Pixel]

yea im just gonna do 4 for the burn-in effect ;) im constantly under double load haha yea good stuff

[xsquared_uk]

Whatever keeps those points rolling in! :)

PS - NICE rig!

[Pixel]

hehe thankies ^_^