CPU usage in F@H [Archive] - Icrontic Forums

IAstudent

4 Mar 2007, 7:23am

In my task manager, F@H tends to use about 50% CPU when I leave it running. Since it usually uses more CPU power when there's fewer things running, is that a normal value or could it be higher? I'm running a 3.4ghz Pentium 4, by the way.

Leonardo

4 Mar 2007, 7:39am

Can you send us a screen shot of your Task Manager, please? It would be good to see where the resources are being used.

QCH

4 Mar 2007, 1:24pm

Does it EVERY go above 50%?

Kentigern

4 Mar 2007, 1:48pm

Does your chip have hyperthreading?

FoldingAddict

4 Mar 2007, 2:07pm

Sounds like you have Hyperthreading enabled on your P4. You're probably only running one instance of F@H then? If so, you need to go download the text-only console version of F@H from the download page on the folding site. Setup two different folders, put the console program in each folder and setup folding from there.

The only thing you have to note, is that on one of the folding installations, when it asks you to change advanced settings, type YES. When it comes to machine ID, type 2 or any number between 2 and 8, doesn't matter. This keeps the folding cores from conflicting with eachother.

After all this you will have 2 folding cores utilizing 50% of your processor each. You have to do this same process for true dual core processors as well. The folding client in its current form is not designed to utilize SMP. So for now you have to load multiple instances to take advantage of both cores, be it true or virtual.

~FA