folding with dual core CPUs question

sup3rcarrx8 · Mar 29, 2006

I'm about to set up my new system and the CPU happens to be dual-core (Opteron 165). Does this mean I can run two instances of F@H without slowing it down alot? Also, will I have to do any configuring in the F@H client so that it knows which core to fold on or something? Thanks.

Hack30 · Mar 29, 2006

Yes you can fold (2) instances of a dual core. Simply set up (2) different downloads of Folding@Home each in its own directory. FAH1, FAH2, are what I use. Or you could use Wedos oneclickfor dual core.

This is a nice place to get good info for setting up.http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=386159

Yes you can set the affinity in task manager to push each instance to its own cpu core.

sno.lcn · Mar 29, 2006

Hack30 said:
Yes you can fold (2) instances of a dual core. Simply set up (2) different downloads of Folding@Home each in its own directory. FAH1, FAH2, are what I use. Or you could use Wedos oneclick.

This is a nice place to get good info for setting up.http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=386159

Yes you can set the affinity in task manager.

What he said...
And if not using the oneclick, make sure to set the -local flag for each instance as well.

khiloa · Mar 29, 2006

And don't forget the most important step, be sure to set the username to khiloa.

Hack30 · Mar 29, 2006

Right on! Almost forgot to mention the flags.

Hack30 · Mar 29, 2006

khiloa said:
And don't forget the most important step, be sure to set the username to khiloa.

Ha Ha Ha Ha!!

ChasR · Mar 29, 2006

Setting affinity is more trouble than it's worth. No one to date has shown any performance benefit from doing so.

If you don't use the one click make sure to give each instance a different machine ID (from 1-8).

sup3rcarrx8 · Mar 30, 2006

Cool thanks for the help guys. Hopefully I'll be pushing out more WUs than ever before once I set it up. =)

Hack30 · Mar 30, 2006

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