How do I make this thing go better?

VolvoVolvo Eureka, Ca on the Pacific
edited March 2005 in Folding@Home
I just built this new box and started it a foldin. It's an: Athlon 64 3200+ cpu on a $73.00 WinFast/Foxconn (760GXK8MB) MB, Running a Corsair 1 Gig kit (2x 512) of valueselect DDR 400 RAM, in a small Antec Aria case. It's mighty quite compaired to the P4 3.4 GHz next to it & 24 degrees C cooler at the cpu!
Dumb me I thought Athlons could Hyperthread they don't they Hyper Transport (beam me up Scotty) so I've been folding 2 instances of the 502 Console like I do with the P4.
I'm running XP Pro on both PC's but I plan to revert to Win2k on the AMD as I don't have a 2nd License Key for the XP Pro on the AMD.
Please someone explain how take advantage of this AMD Athlon 64's power.
I usually launch the 502 Console from a cmd window running this fold.bat:
c:
cd C:\fold
FAH502-Console.exe -config -advmethods -verbosity 9
Thanks for shareing your know how and experience. ;)
-=Volvo=-
5 boxes folding 24/7

Comments

  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited March 2005
    There isnt much else you can do. Since there is no HT on AMDs, one client will work just fine. Just let her fold and keep the background programs to a min so FAH can take all the CPU.
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    You only run the -config flag the first time, or when you want to make changes.

    Just keep out of its way and let it fold.
    It is real fun to watch when it gets a tinker.
  • VolvoVolvo Eureka, Ca on the Pacific
    edited March 2005
    Thanks for the reply mmonnin and edcentric,
    Here is the results of an 8 hour run with the P4 3.4 and Athlon 64 3200+.
    P4 working a QMD core, Project 1910 depeptide rate is 432 points per day.
    Athon 64 working a Gromac core on project 1475 would earn 349 points per day.
    Sure beats my other boxes.
    Thanks again :D
    -=Volvo=-
    foldin foldin foldin keep those babies foldin rawhide
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