Sony PS3 folding@home: Playstation 3 owners, do you use it?
February 28, 2008 | Filed under Gaming, Sony Playstation 3
Remember a few years back people were asked you join thousand of PC’s together so that complex calculations could be made; this was called Folding@Home and was to do with the study of protein folding. Well now since the launch of the Playstation 3, this study is underway once again, as the PS3 Cell processor is very powerful and is ideal for this task.
Will you be one of those Playstation 3 owners who will take part in folding@home, if you are you might be able to help in the fight of protein folding and related diseases. One such disease is Alzheimer’s; this is something that many of us have seen firsthand.
To be able to take part, all you need is PS3 system version 1.6 or above, just go into the Network section and you will see a Folding@Home in your menu, just click it, it’s that easy.
Do PS3 owners already use folding@home?
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I’ve run almost 312 work units in Folding @ Home. So yeah, I use it quite often.
Morne
346 WU
sure i fold, team 63709. Everyone should if they can.
I use it all the time when I’m not using my PS3. I like checking which countries have the most yellow dots. The USA has the most always a lot of PS3 users helping, NYC my state has the most users..
This is a stupid, of coarse people use it, otherwise it would have never got into the Guinness world records.I use to use it and worked up just over 100 folds.
No I don’t use it. Don’t assume everyone does.
Yep! Over 300 units so far!
1000 terraflops i believe the record was, at which point the ps3 accounted for about 820 TF, and im aware of one occasion where ps3’s alone reached 1000 TF (then games arrived).
To the best of my knowledge.
Its good to help where we can.
Of course I use it . I actually care about helping humanity . What mouth breathing bastard wouldn’t?
yup i use it 430 units =) when i’m not playing i always open it..
Joshua, Very judgemental of you. Maybe I care about humanity too so save the enviroment by not burning electricity 24/7 …
Yeah, not using it is going to change the fact that the majority of the world’s energy comes from carbon emitting sources. Way to make a stand Sean. Fight the power.
rofl…
or … maybe you’re just too good or too stingy on your electric bill to possibly help out billions of people in the future
Hey guys, I’m thinking about participating in Folding@Home but I don’t understand everything. What are the effects on your PS3 powerbill etc… by using Folding. Any other need to know info would be helpful. Thanks
Hey Matt, honestly, I don’t know because I’ve been running F@H pretty consistently since I got my PS3. So, I don’t know what the power consumption normally is. Hehe, I’m sure you can find the specs online if you look around though =)
Morne
Mornelithe, or anyone. Do know if there are any physical affects to the PS3 like any kind of long term damage to the system or does it slow down the PS3 at all? Thanks again for the help.
yeah i use mine, if any body is unsure about the team name/number feel free to use mine! Team 35947 (CustomPC, the only UK team in the top 10) and username DappaDan.
Thanks in advance!!
It doesn’t have any long-term affects from what I’ve noticed…she’s still chugging along 13 months after I got her, so it’s a pretty reliable machine + app in my opinion. As for slowing down the PS3…no, it wouldn’t, because Folding only runs when the machine is idle, IE, if you’re playing a game or watching a movie or surfing the net, F@H won’t kick in.
Morne
Cool thats the kind of answers I was looking for. Thanks I’ll probably start using it now.