Re: Katawa Shoujo Folding@Home Team
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:39 pm
If people don't want to have to install to run F@H, you can download what is called the "console" version of the client which runs in a little command prompt-like window and requires no installation.
Also one instance of F@H will only use a maximum of one core (or thread if your machine has hyper threading). For example, my main desktop has 4 cores, but I am always running 2 instances of F@H, which means that 2 cores are still completely free if I need to do something.
So if you have a dual core machine, you can be running F@H once, and still not notice the difference (unless you're playing games or something.)
Even if a computer only has one core, you can still do things like surf on the internet or whatever, and you can even choose what percentage of your CPU F@H will use, anywhere from 1-100%.
Also, F@H wasn't designed to keep you from using your computer, so here's a metaphor:
You and one other person are are sitting in a pizza restaurant, the restaurant is your CPU, The other person is F@H, and you are, well, YOU.
Now, this restaurant serves you an entire pizza every millisecond or so, and the person sitting next to you sits and waits while you eat however much of the pizza you want, then when you are full, they eat however much of the pizza is left, regardless of how much there is or isn't.
By the time the next pizza arrives, the first pizza is gone, but every time, YOU get first dibs, the other person is just there to make sure the leftovers don't get thrown away.
That was the original theory behind F@H's operation, and in practice you may see performance differences - especially on older CPU's - but not enough to actually stop you from doing anything.
BTW just sent in my firs 2 WU's under the new team - you guys are awesome!
Here are my folding machines:
HP Pavilion zx5000:
P4 @3.0 Ghz = 1 F@H running 24/7
Desktop:
Phenom 9950BE @3.0 Ghz = At least 2 F@H running 24/7, 4 while sleeping.
Also one instance of F@H will only use a maximum of one core (or thread if your machine has hyper threading). For example, my main desktop has 4 cores, but I am always running 2 instances of F@H, which means that 2 cores are still completely free if I need to do something.
So if you have a dual core machine, you can be running F@H once, and still not notice the difference (unless you're playing games or something.)
Even if a computer only has one core, you can still do things like surf on the internet or whatever, and you can even choose what percentage of your CPU F@H will use, anywhere from 1-100%.
Also, F@H wasn't designed to keep you from using your computer, so here's a metaphor:
You and one other person are are sitting in a pizza restaurant, the restaurant is your CPU, The other person is F@H, and you are, well, YOU.
Now, this restaurant serves you an entire pizza every millisecond or so, and the person sitting next to you sits and waits while you eat however much of the pizza you want, then when you are full, they eat however much of the pizza is left, regardless of how much there is or isn't.
By the time the next pizza arrives, the first pizza is gone, but every time, YOU get first dibs, the other person is just there to make sure the leftovers don't get thrown away.
That was the original theory behind F@H's operation, and in practice you may see performance differences - especially on older CPU's - but not enough to actually stop you from doing anything.
BTW just sent in my firs 2 WU's under the new team - you guys are awesome!
Here are my folding machines:
HP Pavilion zx5000:
P4 @3.0 Ghz = 1 F@H running 24/7
Desktop:
Phenom 9950BE @3.0 Ghz = At least 2 F@H running 24/7, 4 while sleeping.
