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What is folding???

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    #2
    Sleipnir
    Registered Users Posts: 5,514 ✭✭✭Sleipnir


    http://folding.stanford.edu


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    gline
    Registered Users Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭gline


    YEP sorry, i just read that now, my bad


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    gline
    Registered Users Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭gline


    Think we should get a boards.ie team together @ http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/individual_list.php?s=????????:D


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    dubdvd
    Registered Users Posts: 1,557 ✭✭✭dubdvd


    i think there is one running on boards alreadly ...one of the guys in computers has a boards folding link in his sig


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    SantaHoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,488 ✭✭✭SantaHoe


    Tis here:
    http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=39432


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    dubdvd
    Registered Users Posts: 1,557 ✭✭✭dubdvd


    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/member.php?userid=17826

    HAVE A LOOK AT THIS GUYS SIG


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    neGev
    Registered Users Posts: 812 ✭✭✭neGev


    <F@H team pimp>

    Indeedy.

    </F@H team pimp>


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    Praetorian
    Registered Users Posts: 3,712 ✭✭✭Praetorian


    Indeedy,

    I installed folding@home on some of our more powerful office machines. It doesn't make the slightest difference to anyone in the office. It may use a little more electricity, but I reckon it's worth it because of the potential benefits.

    I think the seti folding is pointless. ;)


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    gline
    Registered Users Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭gline


    COOL, sounds good, how much cpu % does it use?


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    SantaHoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,488 ✭✭✭SantaHoe


    It runs at an idle process priority, which basically means that it runs off the scraps of CPU cycles that your other programs aren't using.
    Like if you're sitting there reading a webpage; your CPU usage is going to be rock bottom... lots of cycles available.... folding will use these spare cycles and back off if another process wants them.
    To answer your question though, the amount of CPU usage varies... 0%-100%? - it depends on when you're not using your cpu for anything else... as it's pretty seemless.


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