SMP or GPU Folding?

[geokilla]

So I have my new Intel rig almost complete. To get the most Folding performance out of my computer, should I run the SMP client or the normal console client and the GPU client? I don't care too much about points since my computer will be off overnight and when I'm at school, so it'll be on for around 8 hours a day. Weekends would be around 14 hours a day.

The parts are a E7200 clocked above 3.7Ghz, most likely topping out at 3.73Ghz, and a 9600GT. For more detailed information, please visit my thread under the modding section.

[Bwall]

With the short amount of time your system will actually be up folding I would probably stick with GPU folding. The SMP client has tight deadlines that you might not make with only 8 hours folding time per day.

[vbironchef]

This is a no brainer, GPU2 client only.

[KnightRid]

Would not hurt to run both, but if you only want 1, then the gpu wins all the time!

Even with the short amount of folding time, the clients will pick up where they stopped so you should be able to complete even the smp units in plenty of time.

Mike

[geokilla]

I thought GPU client takes up one CPU core.

I'd have the GPU and the one core folding for LR, while probably my current AMD rig folding for the other team. I have two usernames....

This might be a bad question but, if I have "geokilla" folding for both LR and Team AnandTech, would there be any problems?

[KnightRid]

I thought GPU client takes up one CPU core.

I'd have the GPU and the one core folding for LR, while probably my current AMD rig folding for the other team. I have two usernames....

This might be a bad question but, if I have "geokilla" folding for both LR and Team AnandTech, would there be any problems?

Even if the gpu takes some/all of a core - the smp will still fold with whatever is left. I have it running like that on this rig - quad with nvidia. I dont have any video cards that can fold for the dual cores, so I dont know how much slower they would be. Still would be faster than not folding at all with it ;)

There are NO other teams.

LOL - j/k - I dont think it matters.

Mike

[geokilla]

I thought GPU client takes up one CPU core.

I'd have the GPU and the one core folding for LR, while probably my current AMD rig folding for the other team. I have two usernames....

This might be a bad question but, if I have "geokilla" folding for both LR and Team AnandTech, would there be any problems?

Even if the gpu takes some/all of a core - the smp will still fold with whatever is left. I have it running like that on this rig - quad with nvidia. I dont have any video cards that can fold for the dual cores, so I dont know how much slower they would be. Still would be faster than not folding at all with it ;)

There are NO other teams.

LOL - j/k - I dont think it matters.

Mike

However, I believe the SMP deadline is like 4 days max, so if the computer is on only 8 hours a day on weekdays, then I probably won't make it in time.

Is it possible to run 2 console clients + 1 GPU client, or does the new clients (6.20) automatically use the other core as well? If it uses only one core, I could always try Core 0 use 100% CPU usage, Core 2 use like 75%, and the other 25% dedicated to GPU folding. I remember reading here that whether his Intel CPU was clocked at 1.7Ghz or 2Ghz, the folding performance on the GPU is minimal.