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Title: What is Folding@Home?
Post by: Cityscape on October 10, 2009, 08:14:27 PM

What is Folding@Home?
All I can figure is that it has something to do with GPU's and maybe proteins (although I'd have no clue as to how they fit together).  ???

Title: Re: What is Folding@Home?
Post by: patio on October 11, 2009, 08:39:03 AM

Look Right Above Your Post... (http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,77650.0.html)

Or clik that link...

Title: Re: What is Folding@Home?
Post by: Cityscape on October 11, 2009, 11:01:43 AM

That link did not help much. I still don't understand. All I could gain from it is that it runs a program on my computer to somehow help proteins.  ???

I would like it if someone could give me a simple explaination and tell me how it works.

Title: Re: What is Folding@Home?
Post by: Two-eyes on October 12, 2009, 01:20:49 PM

The program give an algorithm to your GPU/CPU where they work out complex sums.  These algorithms/sums replicate how a protein "folds".  For what protein folding means, you can look up yourself.
The program does not

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help proteins.

Hope you join the cause,

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Title: Re: What is Folding@Home?
Post by: Cityscape on October 12, 2009, 03:13:37 PM

Quote from: Two-eyes on October 12, 2009, 01:20:49 PM

The program give an algorithm to your GPU/CPU where they work out complex sums.  These algorithms/sums replicate how a protein "folds".  For what protein folding means, you can look up yourself.
The program does not
Hope you join the cause

I am very interested in joining.

But I have a few questions still that would have to be answered first:
1. Will the program always be running, if so will it slow my computer down much? Or can the program be turned on/off as I like?
2. Will it use much internet traffic? I only get 5-7MB monthly so this is important.
3. Does my CPU/GPU need to be a certain speed or can any old PC run the program?

Title: Re: What is Folding@Home?
Post by: harry 48 on October 19, 2009, 02:27:43 PM

Quote from: Cityscape on October 12, 2009, 03:13:37 PM

I am very interested in joining.

But I have a few questions still that would have to be answered first:
1. Will the program always be running, if so will it slow my computer down much? Or can the program be turned on/off as I like?

it will always run and will not slow your pc you can pause it if you want to but there is no need to

2. Will it use much internet traffic? I only get 5-7MB monthly so this is important.

it only connects to the net to send back the finished work unit that could take 10 mins  

3. Does my CPU/GPU need to be a certain speed or can any old PC run the program?

any old thing mine is 4/5 years of age

hope you join us in the team