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What's the slowest machine I should put to work and still expect to get WUs done "in time"? Cost isn't a problem here (so ignore cost effectiveness; power usage and system setup are non-issues).
Wikipedia states the following:
Is this really true? Is anything slower than a 450 MHz PIII worthless? Again, ignore cost of running the machine, and just consider the processing power (or lack thereof).
Wikipedia states the following:
...the minimum system requirement for Folding@home is a Pentium 3 450 MHz CPU with Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE). However, work units for high-performance clients have a much shorter deadline than those for the uniprocessor client, as a major part of the scientific benefit is dependent on rapidly completing simulations.
Is this really true? Is anything slower than a 450 MHz PIII worthless? Again, ignore cost of running the machine, and just consider the processing power (or lack thereof).
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