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I'm sure a lot of people have decent gaming PC's, and I noticed a lot of other tech and gaming-related sites have official teams that work together using the spare processing power of their computers for Folding@Home. For those who don't know, this is basically a distributed computing project where users dedicate their spare computing power to running simulations of protein folding to help find cures for things like Alzheimers, cancer, and other diseases. It essentially combines thousands of individual PC's to create an epic supercomputer to do research that would otherwise be impossible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7sJx9z1uB9k
You can learn more about it here:
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/HomePage
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ
Any CPU since the Core 2 Duo era has been great for folding, and the newer video cards are absolutely amazing at it. I think it would be cool if we set up a team for CAG's to join and use their processing power for a good cause. The program awards points for every work unit completed as a way of inspiring friendly competition. I know IGN and some other sites already have teams, so it would be cool if CAG can get in on the action. Is anyone else interested in this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7sJx9z1uB9k
You can learn more about it here:
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/HomePage
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ
Any CPU since the Core 2 Duo era has been great for folding, and the newer video cards are absolutely amazing at it. I think it would be cool if we set up a team for CAG's to join and use their processing power for a good cause. The program awards points for every work unit completed as a way of inspiring friendly competition. I know IGN and some other sites already have teams, so it would be cool if CAG can get in on the action. Is anyone else interested in this?
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