I agree that additional configuration options would benefit the acceptance of the idea greatly. Perhaps that there is a lower resource bound that makes the ROI too insignificant to bother with and would eliminate some people (very few IMHO), but more flexible CPU and execution-time allocation options would only make it's appeal broader (again, IMHO).

I believe that this will be the number one deterrent to wide spread usage, especially among laptop users.

That's my two cents, anyway ($432,587.37 adjusted for inflation).

Hello from Russia.
I had run the UD projects in previous years and had coped out exactly when my CPU was changed to a more powerful one - cause it had been overheating. Until yesterday I've run F@H on my family's 3 pcs. Now I swapped the most powerful system to WCG. It was good to be back to a good-looking client, but the downside is that it hasnt gained more functionality after all this time. I want CPU usage tab.
I will run it for some time, and if I see the users suggestions arent being listened to, I'll do a rightbutton-exit WCG and double left click-start F@H.
Best regards, Artyom.

This would be an awsome built-in feature. In the meantime, check out a freeware util called ThreadMaster:

http://threadmaster.tripod.com/

It allows you to set a ceiling on the CPU percent per process. I set the WCGrid_Rosetta to 15% and my laptop is thanking me for it.

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What kind of system are you running? You might be able to help this out by adding another exhaust fan, though it might depend on how your case is designed whether this will help or not. You can also add a circulation fan, and this might help.

The power supply fan almost always blows out. If you have another fan near the processor and it blows out, and you don't have a vented case, you probably can't do much except add a pci circulation fan (I think altex has these, just not on their site). If it blows in (onto the processor), you can be able to add a pci exhaust fan (goes in down with all the add-in cards). You may also want to check how much air flow space you have. If you have a lot of clutter in your case, it will make things hot.

I have a front vented case and I use the extra exhaust fan, and it keeps my system 5 deg. cooler than it used to be (small change because I have 2 other fans and a lot of airspace).

hello there,

I'm fairly new to the WCG, started to run the application on a couple computers after a friend pointed it out to me. I would want to install it on even more PCs of our group here at the university, especially as we work in the general area of protein folding and modelling.

our admin however has raised concerns over a program running the cpu at 100% 24/7 .. so I had to put that off until there will be a build in feature to set a maximum percentage given to the task ..



and honestly .. I don't quite feel like installing yet another program just to make up for the flaws of this one :rolleyes:

so long
Sandahar