billford wrote:art_l_j_PlanetAMD64 wrote:
But the main point of Folding, in my opinion, is to help PG/Stanford University with their biomedical research, to try to develop treatments/cures for a lot of pretty horrible diseases.
That's my main motive too, but there's still an element of competition… eg there's one donor whose PPD is
very close to mine, and it irritates the hell out of me when he gets a big WU and jumps me
Yeah, I've had that situation as well.
There was one guy at PlanetAMD64, who was, to put it very bluntly, extremely rude and condescending to me personally. When I would make a post about a recent upgrade that increased my contribution to FAH, he would taunt me, saying that my efforts were pointless, and that I would never catch him, in terms of 'Total FAH Points'.
He and I were 'locked', for many months, neck-and-neck in a competition for the 'top spot' on the PlanetAMD64 team, in terms of points-per-week (PPW) gained. Rather than becoming discouraged, I decided that 'the best revenge, is to be successful'.
So I kept upgrading "The Farm", to the point that I am now #4 (among "real people", as "anonymous/Default" is not a "real person") in terms of points-per-week (PPW) gained.
For your own situation, there are a couple of recommendations that I can make, to increase your PPD values.
My BIOS settings for the "best" performance are shown
here. You can make similar BIOS settings as is appropriate for your motherboard.
My Windows 'power and screensaver' configuration for the "best" performance is shown
here. Other system types (eg Mac computers) may have similar settings, but I have no personal experience in that area.
These settings should apply to most CPU/Motherboard/GPU combinations, to help to increase your PPD values.
I hope this helps!
Cheers,
Art