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 Apr 5 2009, 10:59 PM
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Anyone do any Folding @ Home? I've picked it up again and I'm not getting good results with a 3 year old laptop and a 3 year old desktop. Thinking about getting a Nvidia GeForce 9800GT and a new power supply for the sole purpose of folding.
-------------------- Beers that I have had, updated July 5th, 2009: 1,548
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Apr 6 2009, 04:06 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 706 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 20 |
It's really taken off huge. They have ways to keep track of your own work units with your own ID and teams. It is really interesting on how much it has taken off in the past few years. Wikipedia says that Folding @ Home is operating at 5 petaFLOPS at all times now. Depending on which site, a few forums have cash prizes and PNY just got into the game with a bunch of drawings and raffles for people who fold. I know my laptop and desktop are on all day doing nothing and might as well put them to use. It's a much better cause than some of the other distributed computing programs out there.
-------------------- Beers that I have had, updated July 5th, 2009: 1,548
My Beer List "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel" - Samuel Johnson "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ" - Mahatma Gandhi |
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dauss Folding@Home Apr 5 2009, 10:59 PM
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