Someone has to be stupid enough to ask!

[TeLoS]

And that stupid user is me, i'm a big computer lover, and i've learnt alot of terms over the years, OC'ing has never been my thing and i don't intend to start just yet till i know anything i touch can easily be replaced.......

To the point...... Seriously........ What is folding? .......

I see these "Folding for Team ****(insert team name)" messages and i'm baffled as to what the hell it all means.

Anyone care to enlighten me?.... or is this a trade secret kind of thing?

Yes you may laugh and make fun of me!!

 

[Yuriman]

Ok, folding is a program that folds protiens to help further our disease research. I have a nice all-in-one package that runs in the background, and uses axcess cpu cycles to fold. It will not slow down any apps. Just uses left over power.

 

[timmyqwest]

although it's in the wrong forum i supose since you dont know what it is it's ok. but i think you'll find the answer here

http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/search.php?s=

 

[USAPGAPRO]

type it in, in the search column there is alot of info about it.

 

[Top Hat Theater]

There's also a forum about it along with the 3DMark team and SETI team

~THT

 

[bafbrian]

I say: Give Folding a try and then it will explain itself altogether.

But anyway, it is basically what Yuriman said.

 

[OSUmaxx]

Please stop by the folding forum found right here on overclockers.com:
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=21

Folding is a great thing to be a part of, and all of your answers will be answered there.

 

[deathstar13]

just a dumb side note, i swear folding keeps my pc in top shape.
if i dont have it folding ive noticed id start getting random sceen locks and crashs.

this may just be me but on a highley oced machine if its being run and the snot being beat out of it it acts just as it did prior to burning it in.

i stopped folding for 2 weeks while doing some upgrades,then the lock ups started. i went and burned prime for 24 hours and looped 3dmark for a few hours and all is fine again.sounds dumb as hell i admit but ill say if helping cancer research keeps me from lockups im all for it,

 

[TeLoS]

Well, i kind of understand, but there's no way i'm spending hours going through the forum pages looking for the "what is folding" post.........

Still looking for it.........

I see lots of posts related to folding, but none explaining in detail what it is.

I'll keep searching for now!

 

[TeLoS]

NVM, found all the info i need, sounds like a great idea........

I'll proberly join the team..........unless anyone wants to pull out a shotgun and stop me????

 

[TeLoS]

What team am i folding for?...............is this specific or can i just choose one?

Is it Team 32? home team 32? ....i need the team name to enter into the program.

 

[ZedBias]

Nice one TeLoS, I didnt have a clue what it was at first, so I joined and then read up on it.

Join and watch yourself climb the leaderboard.

*EDIT* P.S What is your avatar?? Its well random!

 

[TeLoS]

Asks for - "Team Number" to be precise, do i just put 32? or team 32?

 

[HaTE]

32, thats what team this forum is.

 

[TeLoS]

Got it all installing and running now...... gotta do my bit it think.

Am i right in assuming its ok to add the Team 32 link to my sig?