i doubt the GPU version would work for me. and if it did, it probably wouldnt do much anyway - its a tornado 5600

as you can tell, its nice and outdated.

another question - why does the */500 go up in increments of 5? does this have anything to do with the saving frequency?

nope the gpu will not work with that card.It works with the ati 2XXX and nvidia 8XXX and up.
the 5 point increase is normal for the unicore model.
what cpu do you have?

linked on the previous page. some single core pentium 4.

then stick to the unicore version.There is no way you could hit the smp deadlines with a single core p4.

deadlines? you mean there are time limits as well?

yep the unicore is about a month I think.the smp is about 5 days and the gpu is about 2 days

interesting. i think id better disable the checkbox with getting the large jobs then...

how far allong is it now?
also if you download and set up fahmon it will tell you the dealines and point values for each unit,allong with the eta of finishing the units

uhhh, im not on my computer right now. so i dont know. all i know is it took me about an hour to get 5/500, so...yeah. 100 hours in one month. is it possible with my freakish level of computer usage?

it should but keep an eye on it as well as the temps as it runs the cpu at 100% the entire time

71 degrees max. i have the slider set to 100 percent usage but the actual usage of the program hovers around 60 to 70 percent. sometimes it just sits idle though.

EDIT: with the saving interval, how much does it affect the speed? id want more frequent saves, but im not sure if it takes a whole lot longer or not.

the more you save the longer it takes.It stops folding,saves,then restarts.I have mine at 1/2 hr saves.

got mine every 10 minutes. maybe i should increase it. how long does a save take? and what hardware is dependant on that?

saves only take a few seconds,mainly cpu mem and the internet,as the save is stored on the hd,and online.It gets saved online in case of massive system failures as some expert users come across on the hardcore beta testing.

well if its only a few seconds then id keep it on 10 minutes. id rather lose 9.59 minutes of work than 29.59 minutes