Are Athlon 64's good folders?

redoulentredoulent Michigan
edited April 2004 in Folding@Home
Cause I will have an FX-53 crankin out da big balls tomorrow! Water cooled and representin team 93! There will be some downtime for the dually as it gets a new home. I went with the Asus Via based board.

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  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    Michigan represent!

    w00t!
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    My A64 turns out good points but its no FX
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited April 2004
    I think its a bit better than the Athlon but no MAJOR improvements. citrixmeta has one clocked at 2.5 GHz WCed @41C load.
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited April 2004
    Like mmonnin, very good folder but not too much improvement over a high clocked XP, since the fpu on the hammer series isn't too much different from the XP. It will fold the new Gromacs that utilize SSE2 a lot better than any K7 proc though as the hammer procs have SSE2 and the older procs don't.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited April 2004
    The only Gromacs that use SSE2 are the new ones that use the new core.
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    ive noticed this with my A64 I can fold while doing alot of other processes down and it still chugs through not slowing down
  • FormFactorFormFactor At the core of forgotten
    edited April 2004
    I HATE YOU, YOU LUCKY BASTARD!


    Im kidding. Im just jealous. Ive want3d an A64FX for so long but they are like 800$ wihich is just out of my CPU budjets reach.

    That CPU should SCREAM. Congratulations!

    Will you post some benches for us when you get her up and running?
  • citrixmetacitrixmeta Montreal, Quebec Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    just an idea of what ur getting :)

    this is at 2.5Ghz@230
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