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I just starting running Folding@Home (ran SETI for years back in the day, but haven't run anything in a while). Their website is a bit obtuse, so I have some questions.
I'm confused about all the different clients for CPU and GPU. Is it possible to run both at the same time on the same computer? Will that yield better overall productivity than just one or the other? Or, another way of asking the same question might be: what is the CPU utilization when running the GPU client?
Also, it isn't super clear which graphics cards are supported by the GPU client. I have a laptop with an ATI 9600 with 128 MB of dedicated memory. Can I even run the GPU client?
I also don't understand how the SMP client is different. My lappy runs a standard desktop P4 3.2 GHz HT. Will the SMP client be any faster for my processor? Is it really that unstable?
Thanks in advance, F@H experts.
I'm confused about all the different clients for CPU and GPU. Is it possible to run both at the same time on the same computer? Will that yield better overall productivity than just one or the other? Or, another way of asking the same question might be: what is the CPU utilization when running the GPU client?
Also, it isn't super clear which graphics cards are supported by the GPU client. I have a laptop with an ATI 9600 with 128 MB of dedicated memory. Can I even run the GPU client?
I also don't understand how the SMP client is different. My lappy runs a standard desktop P4 3.2 GHz HT. Will the SMP client be any faster for my processor? Is it really that unstable?
Thanks in advance, F@H experts.