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I don't own a PS3 - I'm not sure if anyone here owns one, actually.
PS3 users are expected to be able to start lending their machines to the project on March 23, accessing Folding@home via the PS3's XrossMediaBar, the console's interactive menu system. Once participating machines are connected to the project and idle, Folding@home will tap the devices' unused processing power. Users will be able to watch the scientific simulations in real time, Sony said, as well as interact with the research by manipulating protein strands.
I finally setup my PS3 to fold and it is amazing how fast it is running. The visuals are amazing as well. I might make a quicktime on my digital camera if anyone wants to see it.
I have a 400,000 frame to fold and I'm getting a frame done every 0.07 seconds. I don't know who is PS3 (the default name when you have it setup) but that's not me. I configured my PS3 to credit my account.
The thread in the computers section is too old so I'll just post this here.
I've had to drop out of the F@H project for now, and probably until September. My home PC is currently running CFD simulations pretty much full time, and will be until I start school full time and can do it there instead. Now everybody behind me in the charts can revel in moving up a spot.
Ken Kennedy debuted a new finisher: Jeff Hardy fans will insist on calling it the Swanton Bomb, but it looks WAY more devastating when not performed by a 180-pound fruitcake. -Rick Scaia 06.12.2006
It's some stuff I'm doing part-time before I begin my PhD studies in the fall. It's nothing super intensive like FLUENT (fluent.com), but it's enough that I have to run overnight simulations 3 or 4 times a week.
Ken Kennedy debuted a new finisher: Jeff Hardy fans will insist on calling it the Swanton Bomb, but it looks WAY more devastating when not performed by a 180-pound fruitcake. -Rick Scaia 06.12.2006
Wow. The PS3 processor is more powerful then I thought. In the two days that I've had my PS3 F@H going non-stop, my points output has gone up about 500%. From about 186 a day to 925ish.
From what I've read from the Stanford site, the PS3 units have a two day time limit and they are basing their points on about eight hours of work. Most of my units are finishing in seven hours or so.
The weight on points does not equal the actual processor power, if that makes sense.
You can get 2x the points on a standard machine by running a 64 bit Linux in it that has a virtual SMP setup. The SMP points are just higher per unit. I would guess the PS3 points are higher per unit as well.
I'm not saying that the PS3 isn't powerful - I'm just saying don't use the points from F@H to convince yourself of this :)
My only gripe with F@H on the PS3 is that if it can't find an internet connection to transmit a finished work unit, it just sits there waiting for you to acknowledge the outage.
The PC F@H will keep trying to find a connection, I like that.
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I was going to research this if I needed to. The article talks about the internet area of the PS3. I've never seen one, sadly.
