Join TSFs Fight Against Cancer

**mattlock** · 03-04-2009, 10:10 AM

Why not donate unused computer cycles to help Stanford University in it's fight against Cancer and other illness.

How it works: You install a small program (there are various ones for older and for newer core 2 etc.) it then downloads a "Work Unit" then disconnects from the net and processes that work using your computer while it is idle or just using a minimum amount of processes when finished it connects to the internet and sends the results and picks up more work
MORE INFO HERE

TSF has a team working on this project so why not give it a try
Details here:
Current TSF Teams

**asidman** · 03-04-2009, 11:45 AM

To add on to what mattlock said, i joined a few weeks ago and esp with someone in my family who died from cancer, i feel i can at least help.
Also help the team get into the top 500 teams worldwide which is a MAJOR achievement for any team of our size.
Worried your system is old, it does not matter, it does not put any strain on your system. For those with newer more powerful systems, why not join in race to the top. It is also a good benchmarking system

**mattlock** · 03-13-2009, 07:08 AM

bump.

~~Mcninjaguy~~ · 03-13-2009, 07:58 AM

well I would say F@H does put a bit of strain on your system

the GPU2 client uses your graphics card and only certain cards can use it
this pushes out the most WU's and points
2000 series (It think the 2400 is the lowest) and higher for ATI
8000 series for nvidia (anything higher than the 8400)

The SMP or CPU client uses the CPU and it doesn't push out anything close to amount of WU's as the GPU2 client

03-04-2009, 10:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
mattlock Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 4,183 OS: XP SP2, Win 7 Beta, Win 7 RC My System	Join TSFs Fight Against Cancer Why not donate unused computer cycles to help Stanford University in it's fight against Cancer and other illness. How it works: You install a small program (there are various ones for older and for newer core 2 etc.) it then downloads a "Work Unit" then disconnects from the net and processes that work using your computer while it is idle or just using a minimum amount of processes when finished it connects to the internet and sends the results and picks up more work MORE INFO HERE TSF has a team working on this project so why not give it a try Details here: Current TSF Teams __________________ Matt Everest-Thermal Paste Instruction-Power Supply Info-Sensorview PSU Calculator-Speedfan-Bench Test Help TSF Fight Disease. It's Free!

03-04-2009, 11:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
asidman Will rule the World Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Port Elizabeth Posts: 4,537 OS: XP SP3, Vista SP1, Windows 7 RC My System	Re: Join TSFs Fight Against Cancer To add on to what mattlock said, i joined a few weeks ago and esp with someone in my family who died from cancer, i feel i can at least help. Also help the team get into the top 500 teams worldwide which is a MAJOR achievement for any team of our size. Worried your system is old, it does not matter, it does not put any strain on your system. For those with newer more powerful systems, why not join in race to the top. It is also a good benchmarking system __________________ Submit New Articles Here Try before posting \| Read before posting \| Advice to New Visitors How to post a Screenshot \| Posting system specs \| Posting images (VERY NB)

03-13-2009, 07:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
mattlock Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 4,183 OS: XP SP2, Win 7 Beta, Win 7 RC My System	Re: Join TSFs Fight Against Cancer bump. __________________ Matt Everest-Thermal Paste Instruction-Power Supply Info-Sensorview PSU Calculator-Speedfan-Bench Test Help TSF Fight Disease. It's Free!

03-13-2009, 07:58 AM	#4 (permalink)
~~Mcninjaguy~~ Troubled Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Join TSFs Fight Against Cancer well I would say F@H does put a bit of strain on your system the GPU2 client uses your graphics card and only certain cards can use it this pushes out the most WU's and points 2000 series (It think the 2400 is the lowest) and higher for ATI 8000 series for nvidia (anything higher than the 8400) The SMP or CPU client uses the CPU and it doesn't push out anything close to amount of WU's as the GPU2 client