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    fordy_rounds got a reaction from BondiBlue in LTT Official Folding Month V (2022)   
    Great job everyone!
     
    My office is weirdly quiet now without my GPU fans spinning at nearly full blast.... At least I have my CPU fans to keep me company still (for the next 1.59 days, anyway--must have picked up a big WU).
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    fordy_rounds got a reaction from rkv_2401 in LTT Official Folding Month V (2022)   
    Great job everyone!
     
    My office is weirdly quiet now without my GPU fans spinning at nearly full blast.... At least I have my CPU fans to keep me company still (for the next 1.59 days, anyway--must have picked up a big WU).
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    fordy_rounds got a reaction from GOTSpectrum in LTT Official Folding Month V (2022)   
    Great job everyone!
     
    My office is weirdly quiet now without my GPU fans spinning at nearly full blast.... At least I have my CPU fans to keep me company still (for the next 1.59 days, anyway--must have picked up a big WU).
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    fordy_rounds got a reaction from cbigfoot in LTT Official Folding Month V (2022)   
    Great job everyone!
     
    My office is weirdly quiet now without my GPU fans spinning at nearly full blast.... At least I have my CPU fans to keep me company still (for the next 1.59 days, anyway--must have picked up a big WU).
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    fordy_rounds got a reaction from NGamer in Can you put a set of two case fans together - one on top of the other...?   
    With helicopters, counter-rotation also serves to cancel out the torque on the helicopter (that normally must be cancelled out by tail rotor, increasing drag with no benefit to lift) and eliminates the need for a tail rotor, improving efficiency (though some will still have a small tail rotor for steering).
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    fordy_rounds got a reaction from BiotechBen in Can you put a set of two case fans together - one on top of the other...?   
    With helicopters, counter-rotation also serves to cancel out the torque on the helicopter (that normally must be cancelled out by tail rotor, increasing drag with no benefit to lift) and eliminates the need for a tail rotor, improving efficiency (though some will still have a small tail rotor for steering).
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    fordy_rounds reacted to mariushm in What video port is this?   
    To be precise and as clear as possible, they're DVI-I Connectors. 
    DVI-I means it has both digital and analogue signals in it. A digital only connector would be DVI-D, and an analogue only connector would be called DVI-A. 
     
    The analogue part of the DVI connector has all the wires needed for a VGA connector, so you can use a very basic DVI-VGA adapter to get a VGA connector, or you could buy a DVI-VGA cable (though it would be rarer so more expensive).
     
    HDMI is designed on purpose to support a subset of DVI, so you can use a very basic HDMI - DVI adapter to convert the digital part of the DVI connector into a HDMI connector.  Or, you can use a DVI-HDMI cable for the same result.
     
    The digital part of the DVI output can be Single Link or Dual Link - Dual Link means there's more wires used to transmit the signal, and therefore you get higher resolutions or higher refresh rates.  It's like pci-e lanes ... Single Link is like a pci-e x1 slot,  Dual Link is like a slot with 2 pci-e lanes... you can transmit twice as much data.
     
    Single Link means you get maximum 1920x1200 at 60 Hz, or higher resolutions but at 24 or 30 Hz. It's also the only part that's supported by HDMI, so a basic HDMI-DVI cable or HDMI-DVI adapter would only support maximum 1920x1200 60 Hz.
     
    If the monitor supports Dual Link and you have a Dual Link cable, then up to 2560x1600 is supported, or lower resolutions but higher refresh rates like 120 or 144 Hz.
    In theory, you would tell if the cable is Dual Link if the DVI connector has all those pins installed, and a Single Link cable would have around half of those pins... but in practice, a lot of brands leave the pins installed, they just don't connect wires between those pins, making the cable thinner and cheaper.
     
     
    The VGA output is usually limited to 2048 x 1536 or something like that.
     
     
    If a cable has connectors that don't have those 4 pins around that wide pin on the side of the connector, that means the cable can only carry the digital part of the signal, it's a DVI-D cable.
     
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    fordy_rounds reacted to GOTSpectrum in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
    Well here we are guys, the end of the road for folding month 2021, thank you all for getting involved and I hope you guys have a good christmas and new year. 
     
     
    Remember if you are wanting to continue talking about folding, the event or anything related you can go the the folding community board
     
     
     
    @TVwazhere @Spotty Could you please lock the thread and move any further posts after this one to the folding community board. 
     
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    fordy_rounds got a reaction from dogwitch in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
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    fordy_rounds got a reaction from GOTSpectrum in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
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    fordy_rounds got a reaction from xWeegix in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
    Yeah, same here. Finished a mega-WU early this morning, now I've got this:

     
    (Already marked as "finishing" since I know it's not gonna get done before the deadline.) I might ramp it up to 12/12 threads after deadline tonight, after my GPU finishes. (I keep 2 threads free to feed the GPU, of course.)
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    fordy_rounds got a reaction from Lightwreather in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
    Yeah, same here. Finished a mega-WU early this morning, now I've got this:

     
    (Already marked as "finishing" since I know it's not gonna get done before the deadline.) I might ramp it up to 12/12 threads after deadline tonight, after my GPU finishes. (I keep 2 threads free to feed the GPU, of course.)
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    fordy_rounds got a reaction from dogwitch in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
    I've thought about that, but with my setup I haven't seen any benefit beyond turning off two threads. (I have a R5 3600 with a GTX 1650S. I fold with the GPU and 10 of 12 CPU threads, and that seems to be my best balance normally.)
    On the other hand, I realized this event goes through Sunday night, not just tomorrow, so I'll just barely squeeze in this mega-WU sometime early Sunday morning (GMT). Here's hoping for some small WUs on Sunday.
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    fordy_rounds got a reaction from xWeegix in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
    I've thought about that, but with my setup I haven't seen any benefit beyond turning off two threads. (I have a R5 3600 with a GTX 1650S. I fold with the GPU and 10 of 12 CPU threads, and that seems to be my best balance normally.)
    On the other hand, I realized this event goes through Sunday night, not just tomorrow, so I'll just barely squeeze in this mega-WU sometime early Sunday morning (GMT). Here's hoping for some small WUs on Sunday.
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    fordy_rounds got a reaction from justpoet in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
    I've thought about that, but with my setup I haven't seen any benefit beyond turning off two threads. (I have a R5 3600 with a GTX 1650S. I fold with the GPU and 10 of 12 CPU threads, and that seems to be my best balance normally.)
    On the other hand, I realized this event goes through Sunday night, not just tomorrow, so I'll just barely squeeze in this mega-WU sometime early Sunday morning (GMT). Here's hoping for some small WUs on Sunday.
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    fordy_rounds got a reaction from HeavensLastHope in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
    I've thought about that, but with my setup I haven't seen any benefit beyond turning off two threads. (I have a R5 3600 with a GTX 1650S. I fold with the GPU and 10 of 12 CPU threads, and that seems to be my best balance normally.)
    On the other hand, I realized this event goes through Sunday night, not just tomorrow, so I'll just barely squeeze in this mega-WU sometime early Sunday morning (GMT). Here's hoping for some small WUs on Sunday.
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    fordy_rounds reacted to cbigfoot in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
    Day 25 The Fall of @GOTSpectrum& @cbigfoot
     
    Well dang didn't see this one coming...Apparently @PhoenixKG found a 1080TI and @Starman57 went to 110% on his Engines....
     
    And let me go ahead and jump the Gun and welcome our New King @IgorSinelnikov 🤣 Who is now in the 1B Club and at this rate will Pass @miker07 By Saturday or Sunday...
     
     
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    fordy_rounds reacted to cbigfoot in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
    Point validation complete...Hit Agree to Drop an F in chat for @GOTSpectrum we have some interesting numbers today
     
    Day 22 can be found here:
     
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    fordy_rounds reacted to cbigfoot in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
    correct link 😉 
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    fordy_rounds got a reaction from xWeegix in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
    I mean, you saw my screenshot, right? I have my "server" folding at just over 1300 PPD. In case you didn't see it, here's a clip:

     
    Now sure, I also have my desktop (both CPU and GPU) folding at a total of 6-700K.... but that's not the point.
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    fordy_rounds reacted to GOTSpectrum in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
    You change your passion for glory
     
     
    A bit of a shorter blog so I can get some sleep, have a good night all 
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    fordy_rounds got a reaction from GOTSpectrum in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
    Time for my 2 cents, too. I notice you have a Cause Preference set. I'm wondering if maybe that's causing it to wait for long periods at a time between WUs, waiting for a COVID WU to become available? Have you tried changing that to Any to see if it makes a difference?
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    fordy_rounds reacted to Starman57 in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
    OMG.  5950x magic happens in Linux Mint 20.
     
     

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    fordy_rounds reacted to GodOfROG in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
    Reinforcements arrive -
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    fordy_rounds got a reaction from Baha in LTT Official Folding Month 2021!!!   
    I mean, you saw my screenshot, right? I have my "server" folding at just over 1300 PPD. In case you didn't see it, here's a clip:

     
    Now sure, I also have my desktop (both CPU and GPU) folding at a total of 6-700K.... but that's not the point.
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