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Laptops used as Desktops
tomoya-kun:
--- Quote from: vuzedome on June 19, 2011, 01:17:32 PM ---It's all about the points so the more machines you have folding for you the better.
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Is it worth getting my old laptops to fold? Does it still add many points?
One of them is running a P4 and 2 others are on Core 2 Duo from 2006
rheffera:
--- Quote from: tomoya-kun on June 19, 2011, 05:09:50 PM ---
--- Quote from: vuzedome on June 19, 2011, 01:17:32 PM ---It's all about the points so the more machines you have folding for you the better.
--- End quote ---
Is it worth getting my old laptops to fold? Does it still add many points?
One of them is running a P4 and 2 others are on Core 2 Duo from 2006
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Depends on the project you attach them to. I doubt theyd be useful in the world community grid. They might be useful to less intensive projects, such as enigma@home or Superlink.
I have an old IBM thinkpad (Pentium 3) crunching enigma@home. It takes 4 hours to do a work unit, so im sure your elder C2D would be faster than that
kitamesume:
i`ve seen some people run xeons and opterons to crunch those F@H and even some wooping pentium3s.
bloody000:
In my old apartment I get unlimited electricity so I fold 24/7 with E8400 and GTX260. Now with six cores and a GTX 570 I shutdown the machine when I'm not using it because I have to pay my own utility. :P
i_am_otep:
I'll just ask here since it's relevant anyways...
What about the newer laptops that have Intel i7 in it? Won't that be too hot for, let's say a full day of marathoning anime?
I'm thinking of getting a fairly powerful desktop-replacement laptop mainly for that purpose.
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