I've got a few different PC's I've run FoldIt on
2.0GHz P4 - 1GB RAM - Sloooooow, takes forever to do anything, and it's difficult to wait for things to finish (junk $20 video card)
1.83GHz C2D Laptop 3GB RAM - Decent, but still kind of slow. I can work with it much easier than the P4 though.
2.4GHz C2Q (Q6600) 3.3GB RAM - Works great, even with other programs running, and Boinc on in the background. (GeForce 8800)
2.66GHz C2Q (Q6700) 3GB RAM - same as Q6600, don't notice any difference. (Onboard Intel junk graphics chipset)
I can't say for certain whether or not FoldIt takes advantage of multiple cores, but I seem to recall it using 2 of them. Only looked once, and that was quite a while ago, might even be confusing it with something else. I will check tonight when I get home though.
I'm thinking of upgrading my PC. Can anyone suggest a good PC for folding or what I should focus on? Please tell me that multi-cores make a difference
I've got a few different PC's I've run FoldIt on
2.0GHz P4 - 1GB RAM - Sloooooow, takes forever to do anything, and it's difficult to wait for things to finish (junk $20 video card)
1.83GHz C2D Laptop 3GB RAM - Decent, but still kind of slow. I can work with it much easier than the P4 though.
2.4GHz C2Q (Q6600) 3.3GB RAM - Works great, even with other programs running, and Boinc on in the background. (GeForce 8800)
2.66GHz C2Q (Q6700) 3GB RAM - same as Q6600, don't notice any difference. (Onboard Intel junk graphics chipset)
I can't say for certain whether or not FoldIt takes advantage of multiple cores, but I seem to recall it using 2 of them. Only looked once, and that was quite a while ago, might even be confusing it with something else. I will check tonight when I get home though.
on an intel core 2 quad, q6600 @2,40GHz (4CPUs), Geforce 8800 GTS, with 4G of DDR400 ram, it wiggled out at 1:58 with everything on 1:56 with everything off, although my CPU never went above 50% (I don't think it takes advantage of multiple cores but I don't know), and neither did my ram, so I would say the 30 seconds I shaved off your time was prolly due to the video card, upgrade that and you should be golden, for now
I've got a few different PC's I've run FoldIt on
2.0GHz P4 - 1GB RAM - Sloooooow, takes forever to do anything, and it's difficult to wait for things to finish (junk $20 video card)
1.83GHz C2D Laptop 3GB RAM - Decent, but still kind of slow. I can work with it much easier than the P4 though.
2.4GHz C2Q (Q6600) 3.3GB RAM - Works great, even with other programs running, and Boinc on in the background. (GeForce 8800)
2.66GHz C2Q (Q6700) 3GB RAM - same as Q6600, don't notice any difference. (Onboard Intel junk graphics chipset)
I can't say for certain whether or not FoldIt takes advantage of multiple cores, but I seem to recall it using 2 of them. Only looked once, and that was quite a while ago, might even be confusing it with something else. I will check tonight when I get home though.
