Getting <80 pointers lately? why?

jcw122 · 04-28-05, 03:50 PM

Anyone been getting really low point WU's lately? Using 512 (511 indicated) mb memory? Been really weird, dunno why this is happening, i usually get 180-300 pointers. Rig specs below in sig.

electrorcamd · 04-28-05, 03:56 PM

I've been getting a little bit of (almost) everything. I've gotten several small wus (the ones that are like 5x and 7x points), a lot of 239 and 241 point Tinkers, a couple 364 pt Gromacs, and one 600 point Gromacs. This is on a computer with 512MB of RAM, and the same for one with 256MB.

ChasR · 04-28-05, 04:41 PM

The mix of available units changes from time to time. It's completely normal to get smaller WUs when the larger ones run out regardless of the amount of ram you have. I don't think the assignment server cares how much ram you have when assigning "regular" WUs since almost all of them have a memory footprint under 20 MB.

orionlion82 · 04-28-05, 05:51 PM

i have 2 gigs of ram and the configs - nothng but QMD here...might reconfig so i only get 1 at a time... id love some quickie low pointers.... ( goes off to find the the thread about that)

jcw122 · 04-28-05, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by orionlion82

i have 2 gigs of ram and the configs - nothng but QMD here...might reconfig so i only get 1 at a time... id love some quickie low pointers.... ( goes off to find the the thread about that)

what exactly do u mean by "config"? the config file? Ur hardware config? And what do u mean 1 at a time, one QMD at at time? lost lol

orionlion82 · 04-28-05, 06:05 PM

i was vauge there, sorry...
i was refering to client.cfg....
somewhere i read its better to only run 1 qmd at a time, so in the other instance ( i have an HT northwood) i just turned off bigpackets, on one instance so i can get some quick tinkers and the qmd will speed up. there was a thread about it a while ago.

jcw122 · 04-28-05, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by orionlion82

i was vauge there, sorry...
i was refering to client.cfg....
somewhere i read its better to only run 1 qmd at a time, so in the other instance ( i have an HT northwood) i just turned off bigpackets, on one instance so i can get some quick tinkers and the qmd will speed up. there was a thread about it a while ago.

cool! didnt know that (mostly since i dont own A P4)

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jcw122 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: USA	Getting <80 pointers lately? why? Anyone been getting really low point WU's lately? Using 512 (511 indicated) mb memory? Been really weird, dunno why this is happening, i usually get 180-300 pointers. Rig specs below in sig. __________________ "YES! I AM INVINCIBLE!!!" Folding for Team 32! Gaming Nick: new_Faction64 or CharminULTRA CPU-AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 2.0Ghz@2.2Ghz (was 2.4) Socket 754, VENICE Memory-Crucial Ballistix 2x512MB @ 220mhz 2.5-2-2-5 Motherboard-No Idea My DFI Died Video Card-MSI ATI 9800XT---412/390(was 424/395)---w00t! Flashed PSU-Forton Blue Storm 500w Currently Air Cooled w/ Scythe Ninja and AC VGA Silencer R.I.P. Project: Humidity Heatware
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04-28-05, 03:56 PM	#2
electrorcamd Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Belton, MO	I've been getting a little bit of (almost) everything. I've gotten several small wus (the ones that are like 5x and 7x points), a lot of 239 and 241 point Tinkers, a couple 364 pt Gromacs, and one 600 point Gromacs. This is on a computer with 512MB of RAM, and the same for one with 256MB. __________________ Main: Athlon 2 X3 435, 4GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3, Asus M4A785TD-V evo mobo, HD4200 graphics, stock cooling, Seasonic S12II Bronze 520w psu Laptop: HP Pavilion dv5000, Turion64 ML-37, 1GB RAM, Xpress 200M graphics, 80GB hdd, XP MCE 2005 Folding for T32
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04-28-05, 04:41 PM	#3
ChasR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Atlanta	The mix of available units changes from time to time. It's completely normal to get smaller WUs when the larger ones run out regardless of the amount of ram you have. I don't think the assignment server cares how much ram you have when assigning "regular" WUs since almost all of them have a memory footprint under 20 MB. __________________ All ppd from friends and family. Many thanks to HayesK for his support and congrats on being the #1 Folder on Team 32. Special thanks to ChrisC and ColinC
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04-28-05, 05:51 PM	#4
orionlion82 Member Join Date: Jul 2004	i have 2 gigs of ram and the configs - nothng but QMD here...might reconfig so i only get 1 at a time... id love some quickie low pointers.... ( goes off to find the the thread about that)
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04-28-05, 06:05 PM	#6
orionlion82 Member Join Date: Jul 2004	i was vauge there, sorry... i was refering to client.cfg.... somewhere i read its better to only run 1 qmd at a time, so in the other instance ( i have an HT northwood) i just turned off bigpackets, on one instance so i can get some quick tinkers and the qmd will speed up. there was a thread about it a while ago.
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