PS3 Folding@Home hits a million users - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 5th Feb 2008, 12:18

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/02...illion_users/1

PlayStation 3 users have finally broken the one million users mark on Folding@Home, bringing gamers one step closer to curing cancer.

oasked · 5th Feb 2008, 13:44

Just shows how well suited the PS3 is for folding, although it does do different calculations to PCs. Good stuff.

steveo_mcg · 5th Feb 2008, 13:59

Time to get those GPU's going also, can't have the ps3 takeing all the credit.

DXR_13KE · 5th Feb 2008, 14:07

they should make a version that also uses the GPU for calculations....

Tim S · 5th Feb 2008, 16:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by DXR_13KE

they should make a version that also uses the GPU for calculations....

Disappointingly, Nvidia's GPUs don't run Folding@Home. They'd need an ATI GPU for that.

devdevil85 · 5th Feb 2008, 17:50

Where is the 360? Doesn't MS want to cure cancer, as well?

p3n · 5th Feb 2008, 18:53

With the heat problems that 360's have stressing the processor 100% of the time would be borderline stupidity. As is the electricity bills of people who fold proteins

talladega · 5th Feb 2008, 19:10

Microsoft hates cancer patients! OH NOES!

DXR_13KE · 5th Feb 2008, 20:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim S

Disappointingly, Nvidia's GPUs don't run Folding@Home. They'd need an ATI GPU for that.

or nvidia doing drivers to enable it.....

exceededgoku · 5th Feb 2008, 20:23

Why is it bad that a server processor is beating desktop processors??
360 should use the GPU I imagine it would be better than the cell in terms of complexity...

AcidJiles · 5th Feb 2008, 21:11

btw how do i join the bit tech folding group? atm i fold but am not affiliated

TurtlePerson2 · 6th Feb 2008, 02:05

If the average Joe on the PC side of F@H had an 8 core cpu this would be different. Another problem is that the PS3 F@H is really simple to use compared to the multi-core client of PC F@H.

And if they ever get F@H running on the 8800 series, the PS3 will be way behind.

Spaceraver · 6th Feb 2008, 02:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by AcidJiles

btw how do i join the bit tech folding group? atm i fold but am not affiliated

See this thread http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=37317

Rebourne · 6th Feb 2008, 18:28

I just got a PS3 for watching movies, I like the idea that it's capable of doing that when I'm not using it. They should start making other appliances that can as well, like toasters and stuff.

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p3n Hypermodder Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 737	With the heat problems that 360's have stressing the processor 100% of the time would be borderline stupidity. As is the electricity bills of people who fold proteins

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TurtlePerson2 Multimodder Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ann Arbor Posts: 82	If the average Joe on the PC side of F@H had an 8 core cpu this would be different. Another problem is that the PS3 F@H is really simple to use compared to the multi-core client of PC F@H. And if they ever get F@H running on the 8800 series, the PS3 will be way behind.

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Rebourne Supermodder Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 321	I just got a PS3 for watching movies, I like the idea that it's capable of doing that when I'm not using it. They should start making other appliances that can as well, like toasters and stuff.