ddrueding
Fixture
Flu. Not sure why the machines aren't producing. I'll try to check tomorrow.
Folding@Home
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Yep, mine are still running. My i7 was stuck on a larger work unit taking a long time. My other machine is still running also. I did have to turn off one of the other systems that was temporary use anyway.
Pradeep
Storage? I am Storage!
How many points would the 6 core AMD @ 3.2GHz deliver? Can it run the big boy units with the bonus? Newegg has them for $229. Presumably a faster version will take previous pricing position.
I was running an X6 @ 3.4GHz and two (Intel) Q9550s @ 3.4GHz.
On some units, the X6 was only slightly better than the Intel's. On others, you got maybe up to 50% better. The downside is that the Intel Core2Quads are more efficient power wise. I cannot comment on how they stack up versus i5 or i7.
Pradeep
Storage? I am Storage!
Thanks. Looks like I might as well wait for Bulldozer in April.
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
I am folding with a Core 2 Quad running at 3.6 GHz. So the scores that appear on the folding site should give you some indication how they do.
I'm not exactly sure why, but yesterday I produced 65,564 points? my machine must have been working on something huge...which is why my prior day's points were small. I've never produced that many points in a single day...ever.
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
Looks like my machine is off line.
I'll have to check it tonight.
I'll have to check it tonight.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
That was a big unit (those you can only receive if you've configured your client with the -bigadv flag AND if you have an 8-core CPU). I do one of those twice every three or four days.
My personal best day was 152490 points, on November 7th of this year. I plan to beat it before the end of the year.
I'm using the -bigadv flag and I have a quad core with HT...but it was obviously enough to get the packet done in time to get the points. I wonder why this is the first one I've gotten but you get them regularly. I saw your best score when I noticed mine to see if anyone else was getting those and I was blown away by how many points you got in a single day!
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Well, some call it a year, I call it a day...
I'm having problems with my latest system. The i950 reboots by itself. I think it's related to the temperature of the PLL (the CPU runs cool, even when running the FAH client). Last time it rebooted, I went to the BIOS to check the temperatures and the PLL was at 76C. It seems quite high. I don't know if it's because the chipset heatsink is not seated well or if it's because the ventilation inside the Compucase 6910 (or whatever number it is) isn't adequate. I've seen systems with much less airflow operating without issue, but I'm short of ideas regarding the cause. I still haven't flashed the latest BIOS revision, but I don't think the problem is BIOS related.
Too bad, that would be my third system capable of computing the big units. There's space for two PCI-E 16X cards too.
I'm having problems with my latest system. The i950 reboots by itself. I think it's related to the temperature of the PLL (the CPU runs cool, even when running the FAH client). Last time it rebooted, I went to the BIOS to check the temperatures and the PLL was at 76C. It seems quite high. I don't know if it's because the chipset heatsink is not seated well or if it's because the ventilation inside the Compucase 6910 (or whatever number it is) isn't adequate. I've seen systems with much less airflow operating without issue, but I'm short of ideas regarding the cause. I still haven't flashed the latest BIOS revision, but I don't think the problem is BIOS related.
Too bad, that would be my third system capable of computing the big units. There's space for two PCI-E 16X cards too.
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
This bites... Some how my folding machine was sending results to 'anonymous'. :dunno:
Well, it's still for a good cause.
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
I just got the electric bill...ouch! 
I might have to rethink how much folding I can do.
I might have to rethink how much folding I can do.
I'm coming for ya Bozo and Pradeep! Get crunching! oke:
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6 Bozo 15,228 -84,422 11/22/2010, 1:55 AM / [B][COLOR="Red"]5d 13h 3m 10s[/COLOR][/B]
7 Pradeep 18,825 -70,178 11/20/2010, 6:20 AM / [COLOR="Red"][B]3d 17h 28m 12s[/B][/COLOR]CougTek
Hairy Aussie
I single Core2 Quad, even crunching 24x7, can't make that much of a difference on your electrical bill. I have three computers of comparable power to yours and I barely notice it. Whatever heat they produce, I save it on electrical heating.I just got the electric bill...ouch!
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Oh and the Core i5 760 with the GeForce 450GTS is now officially offline for good. I'll have to figure out what's wrong with my Core i7 to crank up my production.
I just got the electric bill...ouch!
I might have to rethink how much folding I can do.
How many computers are running and what is the power consumption of each? Are the CPUs a-flaming?
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Congratulations to Bozo for passing the million points milestone. Your help is precious.
Pradeep
Storage? I am Storage!
I'm coming for ya Bozo and Pradeep! Get crunching!
Code:6 Bozo 15,228 -84,422 11/22/2010, 1:55 AM / [B][COLOR="Red"]5d 13h 3m 10s[/COLOR][/B] 7 Pradeep 18,825 -70,178 11/20/2010, 6:20 AM / [COLOR="Red"][B]3d 17h 28m 12s[/B][/COLOR]
I have started production on two PS3s again, in addition to the 5770 and the e6600 with -smp. But I can't compete with your jumbo bonus units. One PS3 won't be folding much once Gran Turismo 5 comes out on Wednesday.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Same goes for Handruin.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Is it the end of Dan Shearer? If yes, then thanks for the 900K points you gave us.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
I missed it, but we passed the 50 million points mark on December 10th. Congratulations everyone.
We are currently the 133rd best team by 24-hours average production. since we are 184th overall, we should overtake quite a few teams in the upcoming months. Our ranking will improve.
Mark should end the year with a still comfortable lead of 3.5 million points over me. He once said that even if I tripled his production, it would take me more than a year to overtake him. Well, he was right ; I made a bit more than twice what he did this year, but I would have needed another 40% more to pass him. Next year, maybe.
We are currently the 133rd best team by 24-hours average production. since we are 184th overall, we should overtake quite a few teams in the upcoming months. Our ranking will improve.
Mark should end the year with a still comfortable lead of 3.5 million points over me. He once said that even if I tripled his production, it would take me more than a year to overtake him. Well, he was right ; I made a bit more than twice what he did this year, but I would have needed another 40% more to pass him. Next year, maybe.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
And it's good to see Dan Shearer resuming his effort.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
At east one of your computers is faster than my Core i7 860 because you get more points per completed units than I do. If I really feel threaten, I can fire up another Core i7 any day, but I would rather not. It is noisier and less stable than my other two computers.
LiamC and Fushigi are more realistic targets for you, I think. Mark would too, but I have the feeling that he'll upgrade his gears early next year. While LiamC and Fushigi both have a yelling wife with angry eyes problem, limiting their efforts to the cause, Mark certainly don't or he would been forced to moderate his contribution years ago. I don't expect him to let me pass him that easily this Spring. He will react.
LiamC and Fushigi are more realistic targets for you, I think. Mark would too, but I have the feeling that he'll upgrade his gears early next year. While LiamC and Fushigi both have a yelling wife with angry eyes problem, limiting their efforts to the cause, Mark certainly don't or he would been forced to moderate his contribution years ago. I don't expect him to let me pass him that easily this Spring. He will react.
I have essentially 4 machines folding for me right now, two of which are VMs on the same machine that I'm stress testing until it goes into production. The system has two Intel Xeon X5680s (12 cores total) and 96 GB RAM. I had it configured as one VM with 8 vCPUs and the other with 4 vCPUs. The 8 vCPU system was getting the large work units where as the 4 CPU was not, so I switched them both to 8 vCPU to see how well that works out.
Like I said, mine's a short-term boost, but it's fun to get some more points even for a short term. That would be nice if Mark upgrades his systems and gets a massive amount of points going. For the limited number of active crunching systems, we generate a decent amount of points.
ddrueding
Fixture
I'll be getting a batch of upgrades during Intel's next high-end refresh. Not a 980X, but whatever is faster after that. It's a shame I can't find a way to run the client on a VM on a production ESXi server using only the idle cycles.
You likely can. Set the share level lower than everything else. When VMs compete for CPU cycles, the one folding will lose.
Another option is to allocate only a certain amount of GHz to that VM restricting it from consuming more than it should.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
I finally stopped using the command line client and moved to the spoon-fed client on my main computer. I added my Radeon HD 5750 with the GPU client. It tells me that it will produce more than two thousand points per day, which is a nice bonus for a part I already had in my system, but simply didn't take the time to configure. I know I should have done it before.
A Radeon HD 5750, over a month period, only gives the same amount of points as a single -bigadv unit. Still, it's better than nothing.
A Radeon HD 5750, over a month period, only gives the same amount of points as a single -bigadv unit. Still, it's better than nothing.
It's the performance per watt of that bonus that scares me--though the 5750 probably is pretty good on the power consumption front
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
It doesn't work. The GPU client uses one core and only seven remain for the CPU client, so the -bigadv unit refuses to start.
Too bad, back to the console client.
Too bad, back to the console client.
ddrueding
Fixture
Oh, I've finally have some live users in my sights. Watch out Dan (9.5mos) and Pradeep (9.9mos)
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
I forgot to mention it, but Pradeep passed the million mark four or five days ago. Keep that PS3 working.
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
What site do you monitor the stats from. I have been using the Extreme Overclocking site.
I use the one at xcpus.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
I did not know that one. Thanks for sharing it.
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
Great site! Thanks
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
I knew Mark would eventually react and today he did. 35000 points and the day isn't over.
It's time to fix that i950 I have and to add it to my folding farm.
It's time to fix that i950 I have and to add it to my folding farm.