Re: Slow Folding?
Originally posted by thekaiser
My iMac 1GHz machine folds at nearly the same rate as my Pentium II 366 Dell laptop. Does this seem strange to anyone. I use the graphical client, and I am not sure what else can be done to speed up the process. I am new to folding and not sure if this has been covered. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
i have 2 PIIs running here at work, and man they are SLOW folding. they prob take around a week or two for any given protein.
anything that's 1GHz that i have tested should take just a few days to a week depending on the protein, whether it be mac or pc.
it might be a difference in proteins as well. there are many proteins that stanford can give ur machine. so if your PII got a small one and ur mac got a large one, they could appear to be crunching at the same rate. and the graphics do significantly add to processing time, so try to hide the app. check the FAQ at the top of this forum too.