YouTubed
This weekend I set up a channel for Atlas Folder on YouTube and shot a short video of the machine doing its thing, mostly as a test. I have another rack coming together this week so I’ll try to add some footage of that and post it in the coming days.
You can visit the channel here, or just check out the video below. It looks better if you view it in High Definition by clicking the “HD” button in the lower right corner of the movie once it begins.
April 20th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Hi Jason,
Amazing work and a most noble motivation. Wish your dad all the best.
Would you mind sharing what type of Motherboard you used that can fit four GTX295s?
April 20th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
It’s MSI K9A2 Platinum
April 19th, 2009 at 11:07 am
Wow, this is awesome man
If I had this money to spend, I would buy thousands of GTX 295 too 
Keep up the good work mate, how many flops are you at?
April 18th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
You’re mistaken, Telsas are not more powerful. I replied to you regarding this on YouTube.
April 18th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Why dont you get Nvidia Tesla c1060 instead? Much more power compared to Gtx 295
April 15th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
thanks !! very helpful post!
April 11th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
I think that is his home computer, not the monster, Mike. But you surely did see Maggie somewhere on Hunt-Dis near the bottom, didn’t you? But I’m moving up. Maggie
April 11th, 2009 at 10:41 am
I just noticed that there’s an “AtlasFolding” user in the HUNT-DIS team, currently in 23rd place. I hope you didn’t make a typo somewhere in your node setup files!
April 9th, 2009 at 6:04 am
Very nice setup jason. I wish the best of luck to you. and also, are you talking about the 300 series from nvidia? Also, i think when you upgrade all of these gpu’s you should auction these off and put the money to charity for more research. just my thoughts. Good luck!
April 8th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Wow it is amazing what modern parallel computing can do. If you look on top500.com this server rack is the 105th fastest computer in the world by theoretical maximum FLOPS! You should really benchmark your system when its done and get officially on the top 500 list. These big companies are spending millions and did your farm even cost 20,000?
April 8th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Aaron, there’s an important difference between my machine and those top 500 machines. My GPUs do 32-bit “single precision” floating point math. Those big expensive machines do 64-bit “double precision” math. Because of that you can’t really directly compare my machine to those… However your sentiment is still true, it’s getting easier and easier to build a personal supercomputer. – Jason
April 9th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
The class of computer simulations that can be run is not the same but it is amazing that this GPU system is even 1/10 as powerful. In the future you could do a post about how you manage the operating system and folding on each mother board if you have any interesting setup. (Network disks, local hard drives, Windows configuration etc…)Thanks for watching your responses.
~Aaron Zink
April 8th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Hey, may there be a problem with this folding@home application? I have it running, and it behaves kinda weird.
When my computer is NOT idle, like I’m unraring a very big file, my WinRAR gets only 40% of the CPUs because FahCore_78 takes the other 60%. In addition, when nothing is happening (system idle process consuming 99%), FahCore doesn’t want any computing power -.-
This doesn’t seem to be quite right, and I can already feel the problems of FahCore using my CPU while I need it: Video Playback at YouTube or scrolling websites in Firefox is lagging…
April 9th, 2009 at 3:10 am
Try to find the answer on f@h forum…
April 8th, 2009 at 1:50 am
Hello there!
Here at my plant, allmost every computer whit internet has a Folding client.
The best for you
April 7th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Hi Jason,
Love what you are doing, I really wish the best for your dad.
I’m a total newbie to GPU farms, so excuse the rather vague questions.
I’m looking into setups like this to aid video renders of either After Effects or Maya projects.
Beyond assembling a rig like yours what kind of software or coding needs to happen for it to act as a render farm?
If you could please email me. Thanks.
Wally
April 7th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Dagny for Dagny Taggart, isn’t it? Really awesome what you’re doing. I have 2 pc’s folding 24/7 but for AIDS and Cancer diseases. In Argentina, people are not conscious about nothing… imagine i’m top 10 on daily points.
Again, awesome and congratulations. A real Atlas for the real world.
April 7th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Yes indeed. Atlas Shrugged – it’s not just a book, it’s a way of life! Thanks for your contributions Luis.
April 7th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Atlasfolder that is fantastic! Thank you so much. I am one of your fellow folders on the Hunt-Dis, fakehate. As my father also had the disease, and am at risk myself. Will you be attending the HDSA National Conference in June?
April 7th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Hello fakehate! Thank you for dropping by! I’m sorry about your father, but of course I know what you’re going through. Fold on!
April 7th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Is this your rig in this youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yemg2HLPujE
April 7th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
It is mine, but I filed copyright infringement complaints with YouTube and the little follow’s account has been suspended.
Thank you for the concern though.
April 7th, 2009 at 4:18 am
Love your commitment to the project! I wish your dad & your family the best with the trial!
Sadly, the only reason I found your site because of the moron that has stolen your video to call it his own http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yemg2HLPujE
April 6th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Agni451, Yes it will fit in near the bottom, there’s actually room for perhaps two more shelves. I think I will stop where I am though and see how the 300 family comes along in the next few weeks.
April 5th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
That’s awesome! Is that new rack going to fit with the others in that cabinet? Or are you starting a second cabinet? I take it you are also going to RMA those two 295s with dead cards, right?