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Sylfaen
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Very little processor usage

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My F@H usually uses up about 25% of my quad-core processor, which is actually very little :?
So I want to know if I can make it use up the potential of my computer to the full! Not really to the full of course, I don't want to have to buy special cooling equipment :D. But a bit more than 25% would be nice...
By the way, yes I know the way you change priority in the Task Manager, but that has to be done manually every time the computer reboots :(
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Hardware configuration: Machine #1:

Intel Q9450; 2x2GB=8GB Ram; Gigabyte GA-X48-DS4 Motherboard; PC Power and Cooling Q750 PS; 2x GTX 460; Windows Server 2008 X64 (SP1).

Machine #2:

Intel Q6600; 2x2GB=4GB Ram; Gigabyte GA-X48-DS4 Motherboard; PC Power and Cooling Q750 PS; 2x GTX 460 video card; Windows 7 X64.

Machine 3:

Dell Dimension 8400, 3.2GHz P4 4x512GB Ram, Video card GTX 460, Windows 7 X32

I am currently folding just on the 5x GTX 460's for aprox. 70K PPD
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Re: Very little processor usage

Post by P5-133XL »

You can install multiple copies of the uniprocessor client (one per core). Just make sure each one is in a different folder/directory and has a different machineID.

Another alternative is to install a single copy of the SMP client.

P.S. you shouldn't need to change the priority in the task manager. Folding is designed so that even if it is running at 100%, it will simply get out of the way of any other process and continue running when that other process is finished. So it won't interfere with whatever you are doing and will use as all of the CPU, whenever it (the CPU) is doing nothing.
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Re: Very little processor usage

Post by jrweiss »

See the Wiki at http://fahwiki.net/index.php/FAH_%26_SM ... le_Clients to install up to 4 instances (1 per core) as P5 suggested.
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Sylfaen
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Re: Very little processor usage

Post by Sylfaen »

thanks!
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