We're finally set to start rolling out version 6 (v6) of Folding@home. You can download a beta version from our download page. There are several changes to v6, many under the hood, and some that are more visible. We'll be talking more about v6 as we roll it out further, but I wanted to make a few comments here. First, we're working to do better integration of SMP to the regular client and in particular to make the SMP client more flexible. The SMP client/core is very much the future of FAH and so a lot of work has been going into it.
Our hope is that our beta testing for v6 will go smoothly. I'll be writing here about specific v6 features as time goes on.
I didn't quite understand, will you continue to release two versions (one regular with SMP support and one pure SMP) or will v6 merge these two versions into one general?
Thx
Posted by: Micke N | September 28, 2007 at 12:40 AM
The v6 will merge SMP and single CPU client into one executable.
Posted by: Ivoshiee | September 28, 2007 at 02:12 AM
I've been testing v6 in my P4 3.2 for 24hours and it looks very stable to me.
Very nice work ;)
Posted by: shello | September 28, 2007 at 07:07 AM
Hi, I have downloaded v6, and i put the -smp flag and it says: [16:17:23] + Working ...
[16:17:23] - Calling 'mpiexec -np 4 -host 127.0.0.1 FahCore_78.exe -dir work/ -suffix 02 -priority 96 -checkpoint 15 -service -forceasm -verbose -lifeline 2992 -version 600'
[16:17:25] CoreStatus = 63 (99)
[16:17:25] + Error starting Folding@Home core.
[16:17:25]
Folding@Home will go to sleep for 1 day as there have been 5 consecutive Cores executed which failed to complete a work unit.
[16:17:25] (To wake it up early, quit the application and restart it.)
[16:17:25] If problems persist, please visit our website at http://folding.stanford.edu for help.
[16:17:25] + Sleeping...
Posted by: Eric | September 28, 2007 at 08:02 AM
Good job. ;)
This new version runs very well on my machine.
Posted by: Gear7th [ITA] | September 28, 2007 at 02:22 PM
Hopefully V6 will have some NVIDIA support this time.
Just a waste to see all this computing power 'not used' in all these pc's.
My hopes are high !
;-)
Posted by: Peter | September 29, 2007 at 03:44 PM
Hi
I have a ATI x1950 video card, should I migrate to v6.? Does v6 suport GPU?
thx and congrats!
Posted by: Fabricio | October 01, 2007 at 09:54 AM
And me... the new icon is nice.
Posted by: KuZia495 | October 02, 2007 at 09:25 AM
I am using the GPU client with my Radeon X1950 as well as a console client for my processor, but I have a question about sound processors. I know sound cards are becoming a niche item inside of PCs and are not typically installed unless directly requested by manufacturers. Still, I can't help but think that maybe sound processors could be of some use in some little way. If so, what would stop the F@H team from creating a client that utilizes all of my processing cores?
Also, when can we expect a new, full client for the GPU? I am happy with the current beta as it has not presented any problems whatsoever (good job), but I think it may be a little slow. My X1950 stays between 2.6sec/frame and 3.3sec/frame.
Posted by: Shawn | October 04, 2007 at 07:39 PM
As to sound processors, they're connected by a much narrower pipe than the GPU. So, you'd stall out.
Posted by: Sneakers55 | October 05, 2007 at 03:00 PM