Rehab programs for folding@home addicts?

[iwegian]

For Sale: 4 unopened copies of some game called Neverwinter Nights or something, I think. They came with video cards that have never even gotten above 800x600 nor been connected to a monitor. (found out a KVM switch will turn on the video card to fold just as well has having it connected to a monitor. I don't have that many monitors...only about 8) Also will sell several boxes full of old CPUs from 266 Celeries to about 30 or 40 that don't have SSE2. Or trade for another video card.......or quad core processor....

I don't have a problem.....I only run them at night and on weekends. I can stop them any time I want. Can toTow be my sponsor?

[theo343]

No ... Socket F.

Sorry, didnt check. Well thats not a bad option, but doesnt it have a total of eight cores and not four? Maybe i misread, but awsome anyways

[ricanflow]

Socket F (1207) (aka quad fx) is AMD's failed attempt, like Intel with skulltrail.

It came before the quads, its pretty much a server board.

[theo343]

Ah the "quadfather". I see.

[Kougar]

Hello, thanks for allowing me to join the FFAA (Fellow Folding Addicts Anonymous), and I'd like to start by saying I'm addicted.

You know you are in serious trouble when you consider yourself an avid PC gamer, and you find yourself starting to give Folding@home performance more weight than the performance of most videogames....

I officially just bought an GTX 260 over the HD 4870 partly for that reason, although it does edge out the 4870 in games as well, thankfully. If I'm going to run up my power bill with a 200w GPU then I'd better be getting my folding's worth!

[Leganfuh]

I’m not addicted to folding, my twenty-three computers are.

(1) Dell XPS 720 Quad 2.4 GeForce 8800GTX 1-SMP 1-GPU
(20) Dell Vostro 400's six with GeForce 8800GT 40-SMP 9-GPU
(1) Dell Dimension 8300 P4 3.2 1-FAH504 Console
(1) Dell Optiplex GX270 P4 3.2 1-FAH504 Console

[Evil Penguin]

I’m not addicted to folding, my twenty-three computers are.

(1) Dell XPS 720 Quad 2.4 GeForce 8800GTX 1-SMP 1-GPU
(20) Dell Vostro 400's six with GeForce 8800GT 40-SMP 9-GPU
(1) Dell Dimension 8300 P4 3.2 1-FAH504 Console
(1) Dell Optiplex GX270 P4 3.2 1-FAH504 Console

That... Must produce a lot of PPD.

[BuddhaChu]

In complying with step 5 of the Folder's Anonymous 12 Step program, I admit to you my fellow Folders, I bought a PS3 in Dec 07 to run 24/7 for the sole purpose of garnering ~1000 PPD.

I am....ashamed.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-ste ... elve_Steps

Step 1: I admit my life has become powerless over Folding - but my electric bill is still manageable.
Step 2: I've come to believe that GPU power greater than what I current own could restore me to sanity.

Me: Forgive me QuadFather, for I have sinned. I'm trying to lead a more Green lifestyle. I replaced my electricity-hogging full-sized computer running pfSense with a Linksys WRT54GL running DD-WRT saving many watts of electricity. I now have visions of buying a computer with multiple GPUs for the express purpose of folding 24/7. I'm afraid I may sin again...
QuadFather: Don't these Folding setups help science and may someday help cure diseases?
Me: Yes QuadFather, they do.
QuadFather: Fold on my son, Fold on.

[theo343]

Amen to that hehe. Lets fold our hands in unity.

[BuddhaChu]

Me: Forgive me QuadFather. I've touched my GPU's frequency settings in an impure manner, yet with good intentions. I've ogled thine neighbor's GPUs and lusted after them. I've browsed many a NewEgg webpage looking to replace my current GPU and break that bond of commitment.
QuadFather: Buddha? Is that you?
Me: (runs out of Folding confessional with much haste...)

[two00lbwaster]

Oh dear, I seem to have recognised that I have this addiction.

I have numerous computers folding and because people have started threatening to over take me in the team that I'm in, I splashed out £125 on 2x8800GTs with 256MB (I have an HD3850 for gaming, as and when I do, which does the job perfectly well) so these are expressly for folding. I have a quad folding with two linux SMPs in VMs, but I'm putting the 8800GTs to work in another box, so as not to lose the points from an SMP on the quad, but rather lose the points from the SMP on an E1200.

I gave up waiting for AMD to deliver with their GPU2 client.

My electric bill is £55 a month

[Kingcarcas]

Replace it with a pr0n and/or crack addiction? I'm looking at a 9800GTX+ or GTX260 even though my HD3870 is fine at 1680*1050. Then i'm selling my 3870 and picking up an 8800GS/GT.........

[runlinux]

I upgraded my wife's rig for the sole purpose of eventually putting in 2x 9800gx2's (965P DQ6)

once i can get another cpu, i can run 2 more 9800gx2's in my asus p5kc

mmm, cant wait for another 20k ppd....

[theo343]

damn lol... well i hope one get the 9800GX2 cheaper soon and then im gonna buy some aswell. Right now it seems 8800GT is most PPD for buck.

[jerryt74332]

I just picked up my second MSI K9A2 motherboard the first one is full and needed more room I need a motherboard with with 16 pci-e slots. not a single 16x slot. haha, I did buy my wife a 4870 so i would not be as tempted to tie it up 24/7, I do run a smp client on it.