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markkleb
10-05-2006, 01:54 AM
does a bunch of memory make folding faster?
werty316
10-05-2006, 02:58 AM
As far as I know a faster CPU helps the most. More memory could help with accepting and seding in big WUs as the config suggests in the console version.

Allow receipt of work assignments and return of work results greater than 5MB in size (such work nits may have large memory demands)
Kougar
10-05-2006, 04:35 AM
Pretty sure it is a close match between clock speed and CPU type... Especially with F@H cores that utilize SSE instructions, since C2D's can chomp those twice as fast as any other chip out there.
Das Capitolin
10-05-2006, 06:24 AM
does a bunch of memory make folding faster?

F@H requires at least 64MB of RAM, but can utilize up to 512MB. Beyond having that available you will see no gain; most all of the work is CPU based.
GIBSON
10-05-2006, 04:41 PM
does a bunch of memory make folding faster?

I really don't think so. FAH hardly uses any memory. It's all about the crunching power.
markkleb
10-05-2006, 06:45 PM
I guess I should have got a dual core...thanks guys
DragonMaster
10-07-2006, 03:22 PM
FAH hardly uses any memory.
Well, I saw cores taking 1MB to 50MB depending of the WU size and number of steps done.

mark, you have 1 GIG, you should survive.
XJnine
10-08-2006, 04:09 AM
Of course the thing that would help the most would be a shiny new ATI video card and the new GPU F@H client.