Strange Betas

DogSoldier

I've been getting alot of Betas Gromacs, specifically p934_fkfe_all . These things fold pretty quickly, about 5.5 minutes per step. Not bad, but the point return can't be much because my production has tanked. 934s are strange beasts, they Fold cold.. that is.. my computer doesn't heat up as much as it does folding non-betas. It's currently 34/36 cpu/mobo. Using Windows Task Manager/Processes, it appears 934s don't use 100% cpu.. the CPU Usage bar actually scales up and down, up and down.. screenie below...

DogSoldier

That interesting huh?!

leishi85

alright, the part that is interesting in your post is that your said your cpu is at 34 and 36 for mobo??

how does that work?

DogSoldier

Sorry, should have put "c' in there...

TheBaron

no hes saying its strange that your cpu temp is less than your case temp... my guess is either watercooling or an asus board

there've been threads on this already, i've noticed they're also a monster ram-hog

mmonnin

Those arent betas. They are double gromacs which you can get if you have a P4 or are on the beta team.

You can gain a lot if you run another client on that machine. Like 2 for HT and then another to make it a third.

DogSoldier

I see, well.. it was pretty chilly this morning.. seems to have evened out. It's now 39/36 cpu/mobo. And yes, it's an Asus P4P800 (Non-H2O). Great board.. I have 2 (Soon to be 3) folding for the team.

Thanks for the info mmonnin.. I'm still confused as to how they are not betas.. Oh, btw.. you better check out this thread:
http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11944

mmonnin

Replied.

You have prolly have gotten them with the advmethods switch which will get you 'semi-beta' WUs if thats what you meant.