Just started F@H, correct PPD?

[JesseLactin]

FahMon is telling me 7 days for the deadline. Did I set it up correctly? I should have the -smp flag enabled, I set it in the config. FahMon is saying ~2600 PPD and 1989 points for Project 7008. I would like to know, as Task Manager say around 25% CPU usage. I'm running v6.23. I'd like to get the SMP bonus after my 10th WU.

 

[JesseLactin]

Got it working. Moved and ran the installer again, and forced -smp 4. -smp wouldn't work on its own, even though it defaults to -smp 4. Now I'm using 100% CPU, rather than 25% before. It's running at 48 °C with the A/C on(I idle at 28 °C with the A/C on). A/C works wonders for temps. It dropped temps by 5 °C. Expected to be done in 8 hrs. Hopefully, it works without issue.

 

[JesseLactin]

Ran into an issue. It says that "mpiexec is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file" I'm sure it is running in single-threaded mode. Is this b/c I'm running XP (upgrading to 7HP in a week)?

 

[kup]

It sounds like you're running an older version of the Client. Download and run the GPU Tracker V2, it configures everything for you and is probably the easiest way to get started. It also monitors PPD.

 

[JesseLactin]

Done. I've folded a few units. Still got a question, why does my PPD fluctuate so much? It goes from 3.5K to 5.3K. The TPF also fluctuates a lot(I know there related, 100 x TPF = PPD). It goes from 7:30 to 9 or 10 mins.

 

[FoodStampz]

That totally depends on the project that is assigned to you at that particular time.

Some units take more time and offer more points, others take less time and offer less points.

 

[JesseLactin]

What's weird is that PPD changes for the same project (ie. frame 5 = 7:27 TFP, 30min later it jumps to 9:00). Did I OC wrong? It seems to like to run better (more PPD) under 50 °C. It passed Prime95 last night (Shaw cable had "problems", no cable/internet/phone till this morning, F@H still ran overnight though)

 

[yuri04]

prime95 is a horrible tester for stability in terms of folding, as folding puts a lot more stress on you system. LinX, Linpack, OCCT, Intel Burn Tester should do the job much better. Or even StressCPU2 which runs on GROMACS (which is actually used by FAH)

however if it's not throtteling back (the CPU that is) this shouldn't be the problem, the WU would just crash and burn.

What probably happened is that something is 'stealing' CPU cycles from the folding process. As folding is set one a very low priority this could be anything.

ow and BTW< 100x TPF is definitely not PPD

PPD is Points Per Day, which is relative to TPF, but also to the K factor, the base points, the speeds of your internet connection, and so on.

 

[riotcity76]

Yeah I've found that Intel Burn Test is the best for testing F@H stability...if it's stable in IBT it's most likely stable in F@H, though F@H has still been known to break overclocks that are stable in everything else.

 

[JesseLactin]

It used to take quite a while to fold a WU. About 12h. Totally de-caffeinated when I made that (dumb) post. I was (still am) below the 10WU threshold to get the bonus

. What I meant was that a single WU's PPD in the GPU Tracker V2 would fluctuate wildly. (~4K PPD to 5K PPD, each unit was worth 481 points, but the Tracker included PPD). It was like it took longer for each frame to complete.

 

[FoodStampz]

It used to take quite a while to fold a WU. About 12h. Totally de-caffeinated when I made that (dumb) post. I was (still am) below the 10WU threshold to get the bonus

. What I meant was that a single WU's PPD in the GPU Tracker V2 would fluctuate wildly. (~4K PPD to 5K PPD, each unit was worth 481 points, but the Tracker included PPD). It was like it took longer for each frame to complete.

What are the clocks you are running and volts?

FSB?

HTT?

Vcore? etc

 

[JesseLactin]

I pushed it to 3.8GHz. Stock FSB & HTT. Bumped vCore from 1.4000V to 1.465V(stock cooling, under 53 °C...cold outside)