Folding Forum

Hi All-

I just took delivery of a new laptop -- my first question always has always been, "How to setup FAH?" I have been folding on older machines for several years.

I have read a multitude of info and haven't come to a conclusion with this processor architechture in addition to the NVIDIA GPU. My goal is what's best for the Folding Project and not necessarily points.

Specs:
Intel Core i7 Q740
6GB Ram
NVIDIA GeFORCE GT 435M
Windows 7 Home Premium
Plan: Dual Boot into Ubuntu 64-Bit as the primary folding OS

So the question becomes, run 8 SMPs, 4 SMPs with an add-on program, and/or utilize the GPU separately somehow?

Many Thanks in Advance!

RH77

I have an i7 notebook with a 230m graphics chip. Best for me is one Win SMP 8 client, and one GPU client.
But yours has a Fermi chip, so I have a hunch it will do better with SMP 7.

I'll second -smp 7 and the GPU client.

Just playing with Windows, I went with the SMP 7 and GPU. The GPU works great, but the SMP client (6.30) downloaded an old work-type (78), so it isn't maximizing the -smp 7 flag (running at ~15% CPU load). I expect that once the machine establishes a performance fraction (perhaps?) it will allow heavier, SMP-style work?

Thanks again...

RH77

Core 78 is a classic cpu client WU. You started it at least once without the -smp flag. As long as the flag is in place now, the next WU should be an A3 SMP WU.

Make sure there is "big" in the config too. No "big" no SMP.

uncle fuzzy wrote:Core 78 is a classic cpu client WU. You started it at least once without the -smp flag. As long as the flag is in place now, the next WU should be an A3 SMP WU.

That was the problem -- after the first WU, it loaded an A3 WU and it's running extremely well on both the SMP and GPU.

Thanks again for the assistance!

RH77