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@Ryan Smith challenged us to take on Tom's Hardware in a Folding@Home race to help the scientists at Stanford, Washington (St. Louis) and Temple Universities develop new therapeutics for Covid-19. Team Anandtech is always up for a challenge so we are ready to fight this virus with our friends at Tom's Hardware.
Race start time: March 18th at 10 AM EDT (14:00 UTC)
Race end: April 15th at 10 AM EDT (14:00 UTC)
Stats for the race: @Ken g6 has set up real time stats for the race.
Key links for getting Folding@home going on you computers:
Download the software here.
Installation Guides (Team Anandtech is team # 198)
Get a passkey (to get bonus points)
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of volunteers at Folding@home since they announced their new coronavirus projects so the load on their servers is high and work is scarce. This is good news for the projects but a bit frustrating for racers, Just relax and remember we are supporting good science and having good fun with our friends at Tom's.
More info on the Covid-19 pandemic here.
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How To Get Started
Welcome to the race!
You can simply download the software and let it crunch on it’s own as is, or you can try to maximize your output and tweak your settings to your heart’s content. It is up to you.
This is a basic getting started guide. For more complex scenarios and for help with the advanced side of the Folding at Home Control please ask questions and someone will try to help. Please be as concise as possible when asking a question.
Go to the main page of F@H (https://foldingathome.org/start-folding/) and download the software by clicking on the “start folding” button. You can let them download the Windows version or if you have a different OS, click on “See all Downloads” in lower right of the pop up window and pick your poison there.
You will first need to create a user account, and get a passkey. You do this in order to get bonus points after crunching ten work units. See Passkey FAQ on this page at the bottom: https://foldingathome.org/support/faq/points/passkey/
When starting up the first time be sure and enter your Folding Name and Team Number and Passkey or your points won't be counted properly.
Team Numbers:
Team Anandtech > 198
Tom’s Hardware > 40051
Also read the Guide page here: https://foldingathome.org/support/faq/project-details/
Most beginners should choose Express Install which automatically starts with Web Control. If you wish to see behind the curtain and have more control over everything you can switch over to Advanced Control after F@H starts by right clicking on the system tray icon and choosing Advanced.
Miscellaneous Issues:
It is important that you pay attention to your GPU drivers. Make sure you have drivers suited to your equipment, and try NOT to let Windows automatically update the driver once you get things working properly.
It is highly recommended that you start at least a week or even two ahead of time in order to work out any problems and to let the first ten work units process before the race starts.
There is a lot of good info on the Folding@Home web site but occasionally you may run across old info, so don’t be afraid to ask questions if things don’t go as expected.
Often when you make a change it is applied right away but it is usually best practice to stop the client and restart it after a change, especially if it does not behave as expected.
Good luck to all.
Race start time: March 18th at 10 AM EDT (14:00 UTC)
Race end: April 15th at 10 AM EDT (14:00 UTC)
Stats for the race: @Ken g6 has set up real time stats for the race.
Key links for getting Folding@home going on you computers:
Download the software here.
Installation Guides (Team Anandtech is team # 198)
Get a passkey (to get bonus points)
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of volunteers at Folding@home since they announced their new coronavirus projects so the load on their servers is high and work is scarce. This is good news for the projects but a bit frustrating for racers, Just relax and remember we are supporting good science and having good fun with our friends at Tom's.
More info on the Covid-19 pandemic here.
---
How To Get Started
Welcome to the race!
You can simply download the software and let it crunch on it’s own as is, or you can try to maximize your output and tweak your settings to your heart’s content. It is up to you.
This is a basic getting started guide. For more complex scenarios and for help with the advanced side of the Folding at Home Control please ask questions and someone will try to help. Please be as concise as possible when asking a question.
Go to the main page of F@H (https://foldingathome.org/start-folding/) and download the software by clicking on the “start folding” button. You can let them download the Windows version or if you have a different OS, click on “See all Downloads” in lower right of the pop up window and pick your poison there.
You will first need to create a user account, and get a passkey. You do this in order to get bonus points after crunching ten work units. See Passkey FAQ on this page at the bottom: https://foldingathome.org/support/faq/points/passkey/
When starting up the first time be sure and enter your Folding Name and Team Number and Passkey or your points won't be counted properly.
Team Numbers:
Team Anandtech > 198
Tom’s Hardware > 40051
Also read the Guide page here: https://foldingathome.org/support/faq/project-details/
Most beginners should choose Express Install which automatically starts with Web Control. If you wish to see behind the curtain and have more control over everything you can switch over to Advanced Control after F@H starts by right clicking on the system tray icon and choosing Advanced.
Miscellaneous Issues:
It is important that you pay attention to your GPU drivers. Make sure you have drivers suited to your equipment, and try NOT to let Windows automatically update the driver once you get things working properly.
It is highly recommended that you start at least a week or even two ahead of time in order to work out any problems and to let the first ten work units process before the race starts.
There is a lot of good info on the Folding@Home web site but occasionally you may run across old info, so don’t be afraid to ask questions if things don’t go as expected.
Often when you make a change it is applied right away but it is usually best practice to stop the client and restart it after a change, especially if it does not behave as expected.
Good luck to all.
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