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#1766662
It's a 5 year old CPU and you have no GPU.

Your best bet would be to fit a graphics card. This won't necessarily help with WU throughput but you'll score massively higher.

And if you do buy a modern graphics card, you'll be able to use X-Plane and do other fun stuff.

Plus you'll be able to move the graphics card into a new PC in the future, so it wouldn't be money down the drain.
#1766664
cotterpot wrote:Not sure why mine is so slow - it's set to use full power and on all the time :(

Anything I can do apart from a new PC?

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Pentium G3260 @ 3.30GHz 52 °C
Haswell 22nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) (SOCKET 0) 45 °C
Graphics
Dell E193FP (1280x1024@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics (MSI)

@stevelup beat me to it ;)

I don't see a dedicated GPU (graphics card) - that's what makes a big difference with this type of computation.

If you don't mind spending a bit of money - then that will add a decent amount of capacity without buying a new PC. Doing a quick googling, you can easily add a GPU.

https://www.pc-specs.com/mobo/MSI/MSI_H81M-P33/2300/Compatible_GPUs

My GPU is a nVidia GTX670, which was a middle class card when I bought it 5 years ago. Unfortunately, the BitCoin bollox has bitten hard, and the prices of GPU went up and never came down to what I'd consider "reasonable" prices.
#1766666
Yeah, you'll be able to get something off eBay for < £50 that will be more than adequate for this.

Thankfully, the bitcoin bollox has died down a little bit.

Only thing to watch out for if you get a GPU is to make sure your power supply is adequate and that you have the extra 12V power connectors you need.
#1766727
I think that I've just twigged that because I'm anonymous even though I have the flyer number registered I'm not scoring points. I'll add a fictitious name and see if that makes a difference.

Edited to add:

I invented a random name to replace anonymous and have now contributed 4691 points to the pot. :-)
#1845127
A warning to anyone who upgrades their GPU...

I went from about 6m points to nearly 29m points in a few short weeks.

Yay....

.....except I have a power supply for my PC that logs kilowatt hours.

Yes - I know it's infinitely better than bit-coinnard, but the shocker was I realised my leccy bill for my PC went from about 15 euro a year to 250....I turned off the GPU stuff for folding@home......

....then felt guilty....

Apparently decent modern GPU can chew through the numbers a hell of a lot faster than kit from 4 or 5 years ago.

I keep hitting "stop" on the app - then I see the project they are working on is a worthy cause...so I turn it on again....
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#1845147
I think the "ready reckoner rule of thumb" (ie you can do a lot better if you can be bothered to find the real numbers) is £1 per watt per year. Modern mainstream GPUs are in the 250watt area, an i7core at full chat circa 75-100. A raspberry Pi4 is nearer 5-6w.
I'm still throwing most of my CPU cores at World Community Grid - Open Pandemics which is looking not only at Covid but the next one. 28CPU years so far :)
(Link is a recruiter link - not that I get anything from it other than a warm fuzzy feeling that someone else is helping)