PS3 gets Folding@Home update, enables PSP Remote Play
By Darren Murph 
posted Aug 21st 2007 9:36PM
posted Aug 21st 2007 9:36PM
posted Aug 21st 2007 9:36PM
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Finally some good PS3 news.
You gotta use that huge brick of a console for something usefull given the lack of...games..Oh well. Fold On! boys and girls!
Another comment of those...get your fact straight, there ARE many good games, and in the next months A LOT of great games will be hitting the market. Finally we're about to see real competition between the consoles!
No, Ike got it right. My PS3 has been sitting idle for weeks except for the occasional Blu-ray movie. No games I'm interested in just yet.
Hahahaha "heaps of (compaints) suggestions regarding ps3 folding@home" well done engadget.
I really can't be bothered to upgrade right now. But I'll do it sometime this week.
I'm already pushing 90k points which is an amazing feat. Had to leave my PS3 running almost non-stop for several months now. Hopefully, all my work units will be put to some good use in the future!
It is good to see that people are still interested in folding@home ... it's about as noble a cause as any.
yay!! perfect excuse to spend $200 in September!!!
It surely takes some CPU power to render that image, right? So why not display a simple screen that says things like the Console version of the PC client? I realize the GPU renders it, but something has to feed directions to the GPU.... and I way out in left field on this?
Ah, meant to say "AM I way out..." instead on "And I..."... lol. Anyways...
You'r sort of right. they mentioned in this update that when the screensaver turns on and the ps3 stops using the gpu, the performance of protein folding increases slightly. Unless you'r a totally hardcore folder however it probably won't make a difference.
Ha well since I've been home from college for the summer, my computer has been running 2 instances of f@h essentially 24/7. I've been cranking the WU's out, and while I see why people would want some nice eye candy, I switched from the graphic version to the console version for the increased performance, and the fact I can set up 2 installs to run at one time on my Athlon64 x2. It just seems wasteful to me to set it so the CPU is set to help render that. Maybe make an option to have it always in screensaver mode? On a related note, I wish they would release a client for the 360- that'd be the first worthwhile pissing contest of this generation! Who cares about BD/HDDVD or which one has better games, I want to know which folds better! I'm sure the 360 could keep up since it has the unified shaders on the GPU... maybe run something like the ATI video card folding client? Full disclosure: I own a 360, which is why my computer has been folding all summer: I'm addicted to Forza 2. But it's for a good cause, right? :p
@jd
I hate to say it cuz I love the 360, but all the overheating problems would probably be exacerbated if there was a folding@home version for the 360. I'm sure it would fold like hell though for the first half hour, all those 3.6ghz processors. But I'm not going to compare it to the ps3, who knows which would fold faster
soooo.... PS3 is now educational?
Ugh, you fail.
There are some PS3's at my school to show how portable linux is, one of them was stripped to pieces so people could see the awesome CELL and how it works with the motherboard, another one for folding@home and I think the other one is just laying around.
Two things I am excited about in this release:
1. Advanced mode which lets the PS3 tackle proteins which take longer to compute for people who fold at least 8 hours a day.
2. Screensaver mode becuase it, accoring to Sony, lets the PS3 use slightly less electricity and allows faster folding (because of less graphics rendering).
should I get a ps3 as well then?
*cries* no money!!
Nice to have the additional info on which protein you're actually folding. I still think they need to add a little trumpet fanfare whenever you're done with a work unit though!
Sweet.
To all of you Xbox 360 owners talking garbage, here's more trash talking, how about calling My Billy Gates and ask him why the Xbox doesn't participate in the FAH program. Is is because of the overheating issue or the high risk for the console's failure, or perhaps something else.
I really don't care if Gates orders a tweak on the Xbox to make it able to handle FAH, which is a very honorable program. But, stop the bs talking people. Enjoy what you like and have and let others do the same. Live and let die.
I know I'd be ranked the lowest. And I can live with that just fine.
duh, Halo is the cure for cancer. MS doesn't need f@h, which is officially supported by Apple (hint).
and since you're so uber fanboyish: Sony added f@h just so you have a use for your console. how can i fold on my 360 when i'm constantly playing a plethora of games?
^^^^^
so true
This is great, keep on delivering those updates Sony.
o.o
Wow, I'm stymied. Even though I'm a Nintendo fanboy, I honestly can't say that the Wii can do that.
*swallows pride* Good on yah, Sony. Way to do some good for the Human race, for once.
to tell you the truth, i think it was microsoft that was behind paying dreamworks n paramount... on a different note. if you want to help save people and be a hero you could donate your time and electricity for folding at home and you could also go to your nearest hospital and donate some blood. someone out there needs it right now. thank you.