Best for folding?

Compufreak · Nov 12, 2003, 07:52 PM

What would be the best CPU and/or Mobo for folding? I'm gonna be putting a some systems together, and money is no object - although let's be smart about it. Processor X that costs $1000 and does a WU in 4 mins probably wouldn't be better than multiple Processor Y that costs $250 each and does it in 8 mins.

The P4/Xeon with HT seems nice (even though I'm an AMD fanboy) since you can run several cores on one proc. Anyone have any experience with a wider selection of CPUs?

I'd like to hear your opinions

KJ · Nov 12, 2003, 09:32 PM

From what I have heard, AMD is the folding king. I think it's because it's got the shorter pipelines and can run the math quicker than the P4's lengthier pipelines. Just a guess.

Compufreak · Nov 12, 2003, 10:32 PM

Yeah, that's what I've heard too. What kind of data does the WUs comprise of, integer or floating point? It would seem that SSE2 makes quite a bit of difference. Too bad my 2600+ Tbred killed a 95% complete WU with -forceasm; it was running a lot faster with it.

Anyone have any opinions on the Opteron or Athlon 64 FX in regards to folding?

Edit: Just received a Tinker WU for the first time. Now I understand why people hate it so much

Origin · Nov 13, 2003, 06:15 PM

I think folding is all floating point calculations. Don't know anything about the 64 bit processors folding power. If you go this route, let us know how it turns out.

People fold with what they have. AMDs are known to be faster.

I fold at home on a P4 2.4C HT processor, OC to 3.12 GHz. Runs quite well for me.

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Compufreak More PUDAK than PUDAK Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Master of beta keyboard drivers Posts: 650	Best for folding? What would be the best CPU and/or Mobo for folding? I'm gonna be putting a some systems together, and money is no object - although let's be smart about it. Processor X that costs $1000 and does a WU in 4 mins probably wouldn't be better than multiple Processor Y that costs $250 each and does it in 8 mins. The P4/Xeon with HT seems nice (even though I'm an AMD fanboy) since you can run several cores on one proc. Anyone have any experience with a wider selection of CPUs? I'd like to hear your opinions __________________ Originally posted by ToxicFool If I was a moderator, I'd play the Indiana Jones theme while I was browsing the forums, then pretending to kick your ass when I ban you. Originally posted by Hanners I think you need to call Said53 for help. If anyone can make a sentence out of every word, it's him. Originally posted by RadagastZ Somewhere along the lines, this thread turned into a underage gay milksechs thread...at which point the hilarity increased x1000.

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Nov 12, 2003, 10:32 PM	#3
Compufreak More PUDAK than PUDAK Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Master of beta keyboard drivers Posts: 650	Yeah, that's what I've heard too. What kind of data does the WUs comprise of, integer or floating point? It would seem that SSE2 makes quite a bit of difference. Too bad my 2600+ Tbred killed a 95% complete WU with -forceasm; it was running a lot faster with it. Anyone have any opinions on the Opteron or Athlon 64 FX in regards to folding? Edit: Just received a Tinker WU for the first time. Now I understand why people hate it so much __________________ Originally posted by ToxicFool If I was a moderator, I'd play the Indiana Jones theme while I was browsing the forums, then pretending to kick your ass when I ban you. Originally posted by Hanners I think you need to call Said53 for help. If anyone can make a sentence out of every word, it's him. Originally posted by RadagastZ Somewhere along the lines, this thread turned into a underage gay milksechs thread...at which point the hilarity increased x1000. Last edited by Compufreak : Nov 13, 2003 at 12:02 AM.

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Origin Radeon R520 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 595	I think folding is all floating point calculations. Don't know anything about the 64 bit processors folding power. If you go this route, let us know how it turns out. People fold with what they have. AMDs are known to be faster. I fold at home on a P4 2.4C HT processor, OC to 3.12 GHz. Runs quite well for me. __________________ Intel P4 2.4C \| Asus P4P800 \| 2x256 Dual Channel PC3200 \| Sapphire Radeon 9800np \| Seagate 120 GB \| LiteOn DVD/CD-RW Combo drive Win2K / WinXP dual boot Join Rage3D Folding!

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