I've been folding on a Mac Mini (late '09 version, 2.53 GHz Core 2 Duo) with no issues.
I also have VMware Fusion, and a VM for CentOS 6 and Windows 7 and Mac OSx. F@H client installed in either VM isn't as fast as the Mac version. What I haven't yet figured out how to do is to install the Linux F@H client on the Mac itself (El Capitan has a Linux foundation).
I don't have any idea how to overclock anything on the Mac, and given it has an aquarium above it, I don't want to heat stress my betta. What other ways can I increase my PPD?
The thread does show up at the top of the recent thread list on the forums. So that is one way we all know you posted on it
As far as I know, its pretty difficult to OC a mac. I will call my brother later today and ask him. He use to repair Macs and has been to their HQ for training.
I might not have been clear... I don't actually want to overclock my Mac since that might generate more heat than it should. Rather, I was hoping to find if there were any tricks to getting more PPD, such as running the Linux client directly on El Capitan, and/or tweaking the options for the client, such as client-type bigadv or max-packet-size small etc. I've tried running the client on a Windows VM and a CentOS Linux VM, but neither could beat the native client's PPD for the CPU slot. Right now, everything's at the default config with a CPU slot (1 thread) and a GPU slot, both cranking out roughly 1500 PPD.
I have a betta in a bowl sitting on the Mac, and a Mac Plus case I'm working on converting into a Mac Aquarium with a hole in the bottom so it'll fit properly over my Mac Mini, so I don't want my Mini to generate much more heat than it currently does.
I might not have been clear... I don't actually want to overclock my Mac since that might generate more heat than it should. Rather, I was hoping to find if there were any tricks to getting more PPD, such as running the Linux client directly on El Capitan, and/or tweaking the options for the client, such as client-type bigadv or max-packet-size small etc. I've tried running the client on a Windows VM and a CentOS Linux VM, but neither could beat the native client's PPD for the CPU slot. Right now, everything's at the default config with a CPU slot (1 thread) and a GPU slot, both cranking out roughly 1500 PPD.
I have a betta in a bowl sitting on the Mac, and a Mac Plus case I'm working on converting into a Mac Aquarium with a hole in the bottom so it'll fit properly over my Mac Mini, so I don't want my Mini to generate much more heat than it currently does.
Ok, so I hijacked an ancient thread, but ya gotta admit, my Mac Mini's pretty ancient and the Mac Plus I'm converting into an aquarium to fit over it is even more ancient...
I'm not looking to break any records for PPD, but I just want something a bit less pathetic than 3000 PPD, considering my daily driver cranks out 500 times that.
Ok, so I hijacked an ancient thread, but ya gotta admit, my Mac Mini's pretty ancient and the Mac Plus I'm converting into an aquarium to fit over it is even more ancient...
I'm not looking to break any records for PPD, but I just want something a bit less pathetic than 3000 PPD, considering my daily driver cranks out 500 times that.
BCLK 104.80 and I don't remember the multiplier, whatever brings it to 4.8ghz.
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