Folding@Home
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CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Yep, we are among the top 80 teams by daily output. That's quite an achievement since we are currently only 8 to contribute. In three or four months, we should be within the first 140 teams by total production, a ranking we haven't been for more than two years. The top 100 will take more than a year though, assuming we maintain or increase our rate and that few teams if any overtake us meanwhile.
Some of our recent conquests were particularly satisfying because they were teams that were untouchables back in their glory days. Oh and BTW, we are out-producing the PandeLab right now. We'll never beat them on total contribution, but that's still quite a feat.
Some of our recent conquests were particularly satisfying because they were teams that were untouchables back in their glory days. Oh and BTW, we are out-producing the PandeLab right now. We'll never beat them on total contribution, but that's still quite a feat.
ddrueding
Fixture
LiamC's overtaking me for the lead directly coincided with my acquisition of Portal 2.
Go figure
Congrats LiamC.
Go figure
Congrats LiamC.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Wow, without doing big units, the i7 2600, unoverclocked, gave me ~23600 points during the 24 hours period he's been folding. That's more or less the same amount that my i7 950 gives me every day while doing big units. Impressive, most impressive.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Isn't Portal 2 based on a six year old game engine that wasn't even that sophisticated when it was new? Is that really anything more than a statistical blip in terms of your output, or do you actually shut down the FAH client while you play?
ddrueding
Fixture
I did shut down F@H, but I don't at this point...doesn't seem to make a difference on my "Home 1.5" machine. The graphics are not bad.
That's not what I remember, it was sophisticated for it's time and release. No one else modeled character facial expressions like Valve did and I think they were also the first to bring a well-functioning implementation of hyper-dynamic range lighting into a game. I also don't recall anyone else having anything close to the physical properties and interactions in a real world environment. For whatever it's worth, Portal 2 is still a visually stunning game.
I actually shut down the F@H process when I play so that it's a fluid experience.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I leave BD encodes running while I play Dragon Age Origins. It's never anything but fluid regardless.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
We no longer have any threat to our ranking. No other team behind us out-produces us. And in the upcoming month, we should overtake eight teams.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
What we can take from this is that i7s are completely ridiculous in terms of CPU horsepower.
ddrueding
Fixture
Particularly the 6-core variety. I'm sending BR MKVs to be resampled just for fun.
I have an i7 also. I still stop F@H.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
We passed the 80 million points mark yesterday and we overtook two teams with our last update so we are now 160th overall. We should be 150th in about a month.
After we overtake the Mississipi team, things are going to be quiet for a while as we will enter an empty space for ~2 weeks before we reach another team to conquest.
And the battle for this week's top spot is heating up. It depends on wether or not my next big unit will arrive for the midnight update or the 3am one, if LiamC has one or two big units in reserve and if Ddrueding will have a 100K or a 200K day.
The race is on.
After we overtake the Mississipi team, things are going to be quiet for a while as we will enter an empty space for ~2 weeks before we reach another team to conquest.
And the battle for this week's top spot is heating up. It depends on wether or not my next big unit will arrive for the midnight update or the 3am one, if LiamC has one or two big units in reserve and if Ddrueding will have a 100K or a 200K day.
The race is on.
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CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Well, the week will again be won by SDDrueding. It will show in the next point update that he will add another 65K today so that put him beyond LiamC's reach and probably beyond mine unless my big unit arrives at midnight (but I think it will only rack in at the 3am update).
Congratulations. It was close.
Congratulations. It was close.
ddrueding
Fixture
Indeed. I had to turn on another machine
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Oops, my big unit arrived earlier than I expected. Sorry for the false joy you may had.
ddrueding
Fixture
I always welcome a close fight.
ddrueding
Fixture
Frustrating that an i7-860 @ stock misses the preferred deadline for big units by ~4 hours. It might be that it is also handling the GTX570 in the system. And this rig is not stable with any kind of OC.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
It only misses the deadline with the f**king 2684 units.
Stereodude
Not really a
Time to overclock!
ddrueding
Fixture
Yeah, I need to start doing some diagnostic on that machine. I think the RAM is unstable at anything over stock. Just haven't put the time into it.
I've always found that low latencies (memory) help with folding. You can get that by manually setting Tcas Tras Trc etc, or, if the memory controller/BIOS supports it, by using DDR3 1333 or 1600, instead of 1066.
I don't think I've ever received other than a 6900 (??) unit.
I don't think I've ever received other than a 6900 (??) unit.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
It is a rare occurance, but LiamC and I have the same daily average at this moment : 77314 points per day.
ddrueding
Fixture
Grr...my inconsistencies are preventing me from getting a 6-figures 24hour average.
ddrueding
Fixture
That is better. With another Biggun hitting in about an hour, that should help considerably.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
We have one new member : Kayren. Welcome.
We are supposed to have thunderstorms during the week-end and high winds tomorrow. I hope the electric grid will hold. I don't want to have down times caused by the meteo.
We are supposed to have thunderstorms during the week-end and high winds tomorrow. I hope the electric grid will hold. I don't want to have down times caused by the meteo.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
FINALLY! After more than half-a-year, Stanford updated the base value of Project 2684 units to 12790. I read it on a forum post dating back to May 6th (on their forum, not ours, obviously). It won't make my slower machine more capable of completing it on time, but at least I won't swear when one of my two others will get that unit.
On a different topic, an Athlon X2 4800+ really is a shitty folder. I started the client on one almost one hour ago and it hasn't reached 3% yet on a project 6964 unit. At least the temperature don't climb too high. I hope it will complete the unit on time.
And I passed the 20 million mark today.
On a different topic, an Athlon X2 4800+ really is a shitty folder. I started the client on one almost one hour ago and it hasn't reached 3% yet on a project 6964 unit. At least the temperature don't climb too high. I hope it will complete the unit on time.
And I passed the 20 million mark today.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
I often get those. The bastards seem to send them mostly on my lesser system (the unoverclocked i7 860, which cannot complete them on time).
And to follow up on the X2 4800+, GPU Tracker V2 tells me it will do ~1035-1040ppd for the project 6964 unit. Not as bad as I thought it was. Not good either. Since this is an HP SlimLine PC, I cannot add a graphic card to run the GPU client. Even a low profile card might be too much for the puny power supply that comes with it. It's still a lot better than the P4 2.8GHz I used before. Much quieter too, even when folding.
And to follow up on the X2 4800+, GPU Tracker V2 tells me it will do ~1035-1040ppd for the project 6964 unit. Not as bad as I thought it was. Not good either. Since this is an HP SlimLine PC, I cannot add a graphic card to run the GPU client. Even a low profile card might be too much for the puny power supply that comes with it. It's still a lot better than the P4 2.8GHz I used before. Much quieter too, even when folding.
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Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
:thumbleft::thumbleft:
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Thanks and congratulations on passing the 2 million mark yourself.
ddrueding
Fixture
My home machines are not going to be folding for a while. They now drive the ambient high enough that it makes my OC unstable. And I need the OC for my other work.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Kayren, our new member, hasn't got a passkey or she would have had bonus points for her last two units.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
There's no way via the Folding@home community. That's why I posted it here. She has known us either by accessing the website or via a member of our folding@home (like DanShearer : Mark's buddy).
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Two of my machines are doing nothing because the f**king assignement server appears to be down. The one giving big units at least. And my third computer is due to end its unit in six hours. I hope they will fix their problem before then.