TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[(FIH) The Don]

this one is for you Ion lol

http://img.techpowerup.org/101029/003891.jpg

[[Ion]]

lol...now that's funny :roll:

Is it gonna be crunching?

[(FIH) The Don]

im not sure it will be worth it, but again, should be fun

its a dualcore celly, 1.2ghz i think,

afaik it can be overclocked a bit

im thinking about throwing a used 260ish in it

[[Ion]]

If that's an ATOM/ION board (and I think it is) then it's either a 1.6ghz+ single-core Atom w/ HT, or a dual core Atom w/ HT. Worth crunching on IMO

[(FIH) The Don]

this is the one ZOTAC IONITX-P-E Intel Celeron SU2300 (1.2 GHz dua... (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500059&Tpk=IONITX-P-E)

dually celly :P CULV

but if i can overclock it to like 1.5 then its good for what? 500ppd?
and i guess the 9400 gefroce thing can fold a bit aswell

[[Ion]]

Wow...I totally did not know that existed :o

Oh, and you know, there's a PPD calculator (http://infinityfx.co.cc/ppdestimator/) for this ;)

I'd estimate you'd be in the 400-450 PPD range @ 1.5ghz (probably closer to 400), the PentDCs I have @ school only estimate ~570 PPD each and they're @ 2ghz :ohwell:

[Chicken Patty]

;2072972']I'd like to hit a few more stones, but then, sure, I don't see why I couldn't help you w/ my i7 for a bit :toast:

The PentDualCores are all going to stay w/ my name, it's too much trouble to go around and change 24 systems :p

EDIT: Got another PentDC @ work going. Total thread count here is 10 now :)

:rockout::rockout:Thanks bro, I know, changing all those rigs will surely be a mission and a half :laugh:

[[Ion]]

:rockout::rockout:Thanks bro, I know, changing all those rigs will surely be a mission and a half :laugh:

Yeah, that's why I'm not going to :p

But if you want some help later on, just PM me, and we can go from there. I could switch over the i7 and maybe the laptop as well. The i7 will probably be on no more than ~10-12 hours a day now that I'm not almost entirely dependent on it for PPD (so now I can afford to have it off more, and my parents will be happier)

[Chicken Patty]

;2073246']Yeah, that's why I'm not going to :p

But if you want some help later on, just PM me, and we can go from there. I could switch over the i7 and maybe the laptop as well. The i7 will probably be on no more than ~10-12 hours a day now that I'm not almost entirely dependent on it for PPD (so now I can afford to have it off more, and my parents will be happier)

:laugh: Gotta keep the parents happy :D ... and thanks bro. :respect:

[theonedub]

this one is for you Ion lol

http://img.techpowerup.org/101029/003891.jpg

Im itching to get a mITX build going. If you get a chance post up pics of that build please :cool:

[(FIH) The Don]

;2073227']Wow...I totally did not know that existed :o

Oh, and you know, there's a PPD calculator (http://infinityfx.co.cc/ppdestimator/) for this ;)

I'd estimate you'd be in the 400-450 PPD range @ 1.5ghz (probably closer to 400), the PentDCs I have @ school only estimate ~570 PPD each and they're @ 2ghz :ohwell:

hmm dunno what to chose, no cellys :P

but yeah i really dont expect much more than that
i see in review that they get it to around 1.8ghz, which is rather nice imo
im gonna pick up a 450 tomorrow with 2x2gb memory, or 2x1gb

and maybe a small ssd

Im itching to get a mITX build going. If you get a chance post up pics of that build please :cool:

will do :D having trouble finding a place that has a decent m-itx case tomorrow :S

[[Ion]]

Only 130k points and almost 2 months of runtime...no big deal :D
http://img.techpowerup.org/101029/wcgrecord.png

Could very well be No1 in the team today! :eek:

Oh, and this level of points/runtime should be reasonably easy to maintain :D

EDIT @ Don: Just choose the closest CPU, in this case, a C2D Conroe. That's what I'm using for the PentDCs since cache doesn't really matter ;)

[Chicken Patty]

Dude, huge jump in #'s :laugh: Good though!

[hat]

Hey guys, we've got some shit going on in the Folding section about the Cap and Trade bill that is moving through the Senate right now, and I just wanted to make sure all you Crunchers were on board too.

Folding Pie and Milestones!! (http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=2073533&postcount=2435)

[mjkmike]

Nice find Hat but I live in Canada so you Know just don"t work. Any help with a dog that luvs me and her ball would help.

[Chicken Patty]

Dude if they pass that law( or did it ) that would suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[[Ion]]

Dude, huge jump in #'s :laugh: Good though!
Thanks, I'm sure loving it :D

It sure shows what a lot of even midrange PCs will do, simply amazing IMO
Hey guys, we've got some shit going on in the Folding section about the Cap and Trade bill that is moving through the Senate right now, and I just wanted to make sure all you Crunchers were on board too.

Folding Pie and Milestones!! (http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=2073533&postcount=2435)

Well that's a load of BS. I'm going to write to the NC senators and implore them not to support it

[Chicken Patty]

Yep, shows that you don't need high end rigs, just enough dedication. :toast:

[[Ion]]

Yep, shows that you don't need high end rigs, just enough dedication. :toast:

Sure thing :toast:

My ancient Pentium M could accumulate almost 100k BOINC points a year, not a lot, but thoroughly respectable IMO

[Chicken Patty]

;2073776']Sure thing :toast:

My ancient Pentium M could accumulate almost 100k BOINC points a year, not a lot, but thoroughly respectable IMO

do it for five years and that's 500k! 500k although achievable with not much effort for those with newer hardware is still a lot of points and a great milestone! :toast:

[[Ion]]

do it for five years and that's 500k! 500k although achievable with not much effort for those with newer hardware is still a lot of points and a great milestone! :toast:

True that....a lot of points there!

Although my PentDC farm is probably capable of ~500k in about a month and a half :roll:

[Chicken Patty]

;2073789']True that....a lot of points there!

Although my PentDC farm is probably capable of ~500k in about a month and a half :roll:

24 rigs > 1 rig :roll: :roll:

[[Ion]]

24 rigs > 1 rig :roll: :roll:

Wait, really? :p :rolleyes:

I'm now up to 113 pages of assigned work from WCG, before this whole adventure, it was like 30 :D

[Chicken Patty]

;2073798']Wait, really? :p :rolleyes:

I'm now up to 113 pages of assigned work from WCG, before this whole adventure, it was like 30 :D

WOW!!! :rockout:

[[Ion]]

WOW!!! :rockout:

:D :cool:

And 13 pages of PendVals, up from about 4, and 53 pages of valid ones, up from about 15 :D

[Solaris17]

http://mikesansone.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/10/04/question.jpg

so I was under the impression that the WCG badges were on the same point baseline as before being 100,000k and that it was changed that you had to contribute at least once in a 7 day period. If thats the case can someone tell me why mine hasnt shown up?

[Chicken Patty]

http://mikesansone.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/10/04/question.jpg

so I was under the impression that the WCG badges were on the same point baseline as before being 100,000k and that it was changed that you had to contribute at least once in a 7 day period. If thats the case can someone tell me why mine hasnt shown up?

I am not sure anymore, I PM'ed W1Z a couple fo times about this he never answered. I'll try again but not sure why he is not answering.

[W1zzard]

solaris, your points 28 days seems to be too low? 22.4k is the current limit but there are some suggestions from chicken patty that i have yet to implement

[Chicken Patty]

solaris, your points 28 days seems to be too low? 22.4k is the current limit but there are some suggestions from chicken patty that i have yet to implement

Once you do, his badge will show since the new requirements is what he stated in his post. He already has the 100k, he just needs to return a result which he already has. :toast:

[Solaris17]

solaris, your points 28 days seems to be too low? 22.4k is the current limit but there are some suggestions from chicken patty that i have yet to implement

ok seems legit. No im currently crunching on a netburst xeon with HT I dont have another system to dedicate ATM I will soon enough but thats all I can spare atm.

[[Ion]]

That would explain it, I didn't know that was still being implemented :o

[Chicken Patty]

;2073848']That would explain it, I didn't know that was still being implemented :o

W1z said he needed a few days so we'll be fine shortly. :toast:

[[Ion]]

Awesome, then will we have the stars? :D

[Chicken Patty]

;2073854']Awesome, then will we have the stars? :D

Yessir, that's the plan. I told w1z just to use the stars that were provided in the badge thread, they look simple and not corny or anything like that. Just right to me. :toast:

[[Ion]]

Yessir, that's the plan. I told w1z just to use the stars that were provided in the badge thread, they look simple and not corny or anything like that. Just right to me. :toast:

Hell yes, those were awesome!!! :rockout::rockout:

And I should have 5 stars :D :cool:

[Chicken Patty]

;2073864']Hell yes, those were awesome!!! :rockout::rockout:

And I should have 5 stars :D :cool:

Yep, I'll have like what, two? :(

[[Ion]]

What was the req for 3 or 4 again? I thought 2 stars was like 2k PPD?

Surely w/ 10 threads you'd be at least 5 or 6k, no?

[Chicken Patty]

;2073877']What was the req for 3 or 4 again? I thought 2 stars was like 2k PPD?

Surely w/ 10 threads you'd be at least 5 or 6k, no?

I do about 4.5k now. So about that.

[[Ion]]

Well from what I remember of the requirements, you should have no issues having 3 or maybe 4 stars, right?

[Chicken Patty]

;2073883']Well from what I remember of the requirements, you should have no issues having 3 or maybe 4 stars, right?

I'd say about 3. I'll look them up shortly. Gotta love multi monitor setups. Got PS3 going on left monitor, TPu in the middle, and the right one has all my temps and F@H WCG windows. :toast:

[theonedub]

badge + 1 star - 500
badge + 2 stars - 2,000
badge + 3 stars - 4,500
badge + 4 stars - 8,000
badge + 5 stars - 15,000 or greater

It'll be nice to have different badges like the F@H ones. Thanks for getting it done CP and thanks to W1z for implementing it. :toast:

[Chicken Patty]

badge + 1 star - 500
badge + 2 stars - 2,000
badge + 3 stars - 4,500
badge + 4 stars - 8,000
badge + 5 stars - 15,000 or greater

Thanks, so I should be able to do three stars. :rockout:

[[Ion]]

I'd say about 3. I'll look them up shortly. Gotta love multi monitor setups. Got PS3 going on left monitor, TPu in the middle, and the right one has all my temps and F@H WCG windows. :toast:
That's just awesome!

3 should be easy for you, 4 might be possible depending on what you have coming, IDK for sure :o
badge + 1 star - 500
badge + 2 stars - 2,000
badge + 3 stars - 4,500
badge + 4 stars - 8,000
badge + 5 stars - 15,000 or greater

That is indeed far higher than I thought....but 5 should still be doable :)

[Chicken Patty]

;2073898']That's just awesome!

3 should be easy for you, 4 might be possible depending on what you have coming, IDK for sure :o


That is indeed far higher than I thought....but 5 should still be doable :)

It creates a challenge therefore you need to step it up in order to get the five stars. :toast:

[[Ion]]

It creates a challenge therefore you need to step it up in order to get the five stars. :toast:

Definitely...but I'm afraid that it will reserve 5 stars to only 2 or 3 people here :ohwell:

[Chicken Patty]

;2073903']Definitely...but I'm afraid that it will reserve 5 stars to only 2 or 3 people here :ohwell:

Well the rest know what they need to do :toast: Make it too easy and then it's no fun. Just my two cents.

[theonedub]

;2073903']Definitely...but I'm afraid that it will reserve 5 stars to only 2 or 3 people here :ohwell:

That's exactly what I said :laugh: It is what it is though!

[[Ion]]

Well the rest know what they need to do :toast: Make it too easy and then it's no fun. Just my two cents.

I totally agree that if it's too easy it's boring, but I was choosing, I'd probably make the 5th star a tad easier to get.

But what we have currently is totally fine, and I can't wait for it :D

[Solaris17]

That's exactly what I said :laugh: It is what it is though!

this is true. 5 stars will only be availible to a few but it will be well deserved for sure much like how crazy folder is only availible too a few.

[[Ion]]

this is true. 5 stars will only be availible to a few but it will be well deserved for sure much like how crazy folder is only availible too a few.

I disagree with that last part. According to EOC, we have 14 members that qualify for the Crazy Folder badge.

And I doubt we'd have more than 3 crunchers who got 5 stars. Myself being one of them, and I'm not there yet. Currently, the only one I think would qualify is Mindweaver

[Solaris17]

;2073918']I disagree with that last part. According to EOC, we have 14 members that qualify for the Crazy Folder badge.

And I doubt we'd have more than 3 crunchers who got 5 stars. Myself being one of them, and I'm not there yet. Currently, the only one I think would qualify is Mindweaver

considering we have 200 people in our team id say that was an accurate statement seeing as only 14 qualify.

[NastyHabits]

considering we have 200 people in our team id say that was an accurate statement seeing as only 14 qualify.

Actually we only have about 50 active members. That's people who turn in something at least once a week. Fourteen out of 50 is not bad.

[garyinhere]

which site's points system are we going by? and this is for the crunching badge right lol?

[mstenholm]

I'd say about 3. I'll look them up shortly. Gotta love multi monitor setups. Got PS3 going on left monitor, TPu in the middle, and the right one has all my temps and F@H WCG windows. :toast:

You are using CPU cycles on all this information. I noticed that I on my e8400 uses somewhere arond 0.3% on CPUID (and almost 20 % on my two GPU3's :nutkick:).

[[Ion]]

considering we have 200 people in our team id say that was an accurate statement seeing as only 14 qualify.

According to Free-DC, there are 307 people on our WCG. IMO 2 or 3 of 307 is a far smaller percentage than 14 of ~200.

[Chicken Patty]

;2073939']According to Free-DC, there are 307 people on our WCG. IMO 2 or 3 of 307 is a far smaller percentage than 14 of ~200.

How does 12,000 sound?




badge + 1 star - 500
badge + 2 stars - 2,000
badge + 3 stars - 4,500
badge + 4 stars - 8,000
badge + 5 stars - 12,000 or greater

[garyinhere]

How does 12,000 sound?




badge + 1 star - 500
badge + 2 stars - 2,000
badge + 3 stars - 4,500
badge + 4 stars - 8,000
badge + 5 stars - 12,000 or greater

by wcg points? i avg. 15000 ppd on their site???

[Solaris17]

;2073939']According to Free-DC, there are 307 people on our WCG. IMO 2 or 3 of 307 is a far smaller percentage than 14 of ~200.

nvm im retarded i was thinking of FAH i forget what forum im in being on multiple teams has its draw backs. especially if the same members are present in both.

[Chicken Patty]

by wcg points? i avg. 15000 ppd on their site???

Free DC.

[garyinhere]

Free DC.

do you think that will confuse some people since the badge links us straight to wcg?:wtf:

[Chicken Patty]

do you think that will confuse some people since the badge links us straight to wcg?:wtf:

Hmm, most people use Free Dc though, we can make a announcement thread to inform all members?

[garyinhere]

Hmm, most people use Free Dc though, we can make a announcement thread to inform all members?

can we change the link to go to free dc individual stats instead of wcg? sorry if i'm being a pain but i think that would clear up alll confusion!

[[Ion]]

Hmm, most people use Free Dc though, we can make a announcement thread to inform all members?

I prefer BOINCStats :p

I do think that it makes sense to link to the WCG user page, and then use the points as reported by Free-DC or BOINCStats...or we could just use WCG points for the stars?

IE 5 stars would instead be 100k WCG instead of 15k BOINC?

[garyinhere]

;2073956']I prefer BOINCStats :p

I do think that it makes sense to link to the WCG user page, and then use the points as reported by Free-DC or BOINCStats...or we could just use WCG points for the stars?

IE 5 stars would instead be 100k WCG instead of 15k BOINC?

agreed! their page is the "official one" anyways

[Chicken Patty]

Guys it was always like this, let's not turn this into what the badges thread turned into. I'll try to use WCG points, but if not it stays how it is!

[[Ion]]

agreed! their page is the "official one" anyways

Oh excellent :D

Maybe....
badge + 1 star - 3k
badge + 2 stars - 15k
badge + 3 stars - 35k
badge + 4 stars - 50k
badge + 5 stars - 100k or greater

How would this be? IDK if it's even possible to get the daily points easily straight from WCG

[KieX]

You are using CPU cycles on all this information. I noticed that I on my e8400 uses somewhere arond 0.3% on CPUID (and almost 20 % on my two GPU3's :nutkick:).

Something similar I found. My i7's lose between 500 to 1000 PPD on WCG with the dual 460s folding and other server duties. It's probably due to the low-priority nature of the projects. Can't be helped I suppose, but think it's still the best combination to make use of all the hardware.

EDIT:
;2073961']Oh excellent :D

Maybe....
badge + 1 star - 3k
badge + 2 stars - 15k
badge + 3 stars - 35k
badge + 4 stars - 50k
badge + 5 stars - 100k or greater

How would this be? IDK if it's even possible to get the daily points easily straight from WCG

Did you forget the golden rule of points? WCG = BOINC * 7
Otherwise you'd be increasing the requirement. ;)

(Oops, sorry got my calculator out.. self-fail)

[[Ion]]

Something similar I found. My i7's lose between 500 to 1000 PPD on WCG with the dual 460s folding and other server duties. It's probably due to the low-priority nature of the projects. Can't be helped I suppose, but think it's still the best combination to make use of all the hardware.

Running my GTS450 drops the PPD of my i7 by about 300, while the GTX260 only drops it by about 100 PPD :ohwell:

Oh, and I'm coming for you :p

[KieX]

;2073978']Running my GTS450 drops the PPD of my i7 by about 300, while the GTX260 only drops it by about 100 PPD :ohwell:

Oh, and I'm coming for you :p

You've got some work to do ;) I'm also going to be stepping up my production before end of the year :p:laugh:
http://img.techpowerup.org/101030/Capture.jpg

[[Ion]]

You've got some work to do ;) I'm also going to be stepping up my production before end of the year :p:laugh:
http://img.techpowerup.org/101030/Capture.jpg

My RAC is just getting started ;)

BOINC is showing my average as ~8k, but it's probably actually closer to ~16k now...18k yesterday and already 13k so far today :D

[KieX]

;2073984']My RAC is just getting started ;)

BOINC is showing my average as ~8k, but it's probably actually closer to ~16k now...18k yesterday and already 13k so far today :D

Yea, I know you'll be catching up very quickly. But I'll make it real hard for you hehe. I'm on 8K ATM, so the closer I can get to yours the longer it will take you ;)

I got some unfortunate problems coming my way soon that won't allow me to spend money so easily anymore. But all that means it that it's going to take a little longer to get my new rigs. Either an X6 or two i3's before my 1yr anniversary with the team.

But 2Million points before the 19th December is my first goal. Regardless, it's nice to have someone putting so much into it, respect :respect:

[[Ion]]

Yea, I know you'll be catching up very quickly. But I'll make it real hard for you hehe. I'm on 8K ATM, so the closer I can get to yours the longer it will take you ;)

I got some unfortunate problems coming my way soon that won't allow me to spend money so easily anymore. But all that means it that it's going to take a little longer to get my new rigs. Either an X6 or two i3's before my 1yr anniversary with the team.

But 2Million points before the 19th December is my first goal. Regardless, it's nice to have someone putting so much into it, respect :respect:

GL on the 2mil, my goal is to get to 2mil this year :)

Make it as hard as you can--please!, but if anything, I'm probably just going to be going up in terms of PPD. Relentless cruncher here :D

[hat]

I would prefer to keep the badges just the way they are, and implementing the stars with the original requirements.

[[Ion]]

I would prefer to keep the badges just the way they are, and implementing the stars with the original requirements.

Sounds good :toast:

[garyinhere]

I would prefer to keep the badges just the way they are, and implementing the stars with the original requirements.

well luckily your opinion is not the only one that counts:D .... having the stars or something similar might help push the badge chasers into being more productive

[[Ion]]

well luckily your opinion is not the only one that counts:D .... having the stars or something similar might help push the badge chasers into being more productive

No--I think he meant w/ the original requirements for the stars ;)

[garyinhere]

He must specify and clear up this confusion lul :toast:

[[Ion]]

Well he said "and implementing the stars with the original requirements.", which means to me that he wants to stop the arguing and go with what CP originally suggested--and that's fine by me

[mjkmike]

I like that five stars are hard to get gives people like me something to shot for.

[[Ion]]

As do I, but I like that it would be obtainable to more people. A single i7 and Fermi GPU is enough to get a 'Crazy Folder' badge, but it would take a minimum of a pair of hex-core i7s or a trio of quad-core ones to get the 5 stars

[Chicken Patty]

;2074347']As do I, but I like that it would be obtainable to more people. A single i7 and Fermi GPU is enough to get a 'Crazy Folder' badge, but it would take a minimum of a pair of hex-core i7s or a trio of quad-core ones to get the 5 stars

I brought it down to 12k, still maybe not much difference but you want the five stars, then you know what to do.

Think about this, crazy folder is 25k, the equivalent of that in the WCG stars thingy we got going on, that's like one or two stars if you think about it, you get no where near pie with 25k. So I think 12k for the fifth star is good enough. Like I said, if you really want it, you gotta give your utmost dedication and that's what we need from our members! :rockout:

[hat]

;2074340']Well he said "and implementing the stars with the original requirements.", which means to me that he wants to stop the arguing and go with what CP originally suggested--and that's fine by me

Precisely.

[[Ion]]

12k is fine by me, as is 15k, whatever you guys want :toast:

I haven't had any contact whatsoever from any of the systems at school for 5 hours now, which makes me think that either they've lost net access, someone's turned them off, or the power's out. I'm hoping for the 1st one, the 2nd seems unlikely, because who goes in to school at 5 AM? 3rd is also possible, but given the network issues they've had there, I'd say it's more likely to be 1.

Up until 5 hours ago, they were all sucking down new WUs and returning completed ones at the rate of about 2 dozen an hour, now it's just my personal machines and the ones at NCSU :ohwell:

[Chicken Patty]

;2074564']12k is fine by me, as is 15k, whatever you guys want :toast:

I haven't had any contact whatsoever from any of the systems at school for 5 hours now, which makes me think that either they've lost net access, someone's turned them off, or the power's out. I'm hoping for the 1st one, the 2nd seems unlikely, because who goes in to school at 5 AM? 3rd is also possible, but given the network issues they've had there, I'd say it's more likely to be 1.

Up until 5 hours ago, they were all sucking down new WUs and returning completed ones at the rate of about 2 dozen an hour, now it's just my personal machines and the ones at NCSU :ohwell:

Keep us posted bro.

[[Ion]]

That I certainly will.....it's now been 8 hours and none of them have pulled new work or returned any work :confused:

Really no idea what's happening here....any ideas?

[mjkmike]

My thought is the Cleaning Crew turned them off to save some money for the school.

[[Ion]]

My thought is the Cleaning Crew turned them off to save some money for the school.

That's possible, although they have a fixed power bill.

And why would someone come in at like 5AM on a Sunday?

Hence my suspicion that they've just lost power and/or net access

[mjkmike]

Most Cleaning Crews work at that hour, Helps with security. I scared the shit out of the crew at my old job by going in at 3:30 instead of 5AM.
I think you will still get PIE friend.

[Chicken Patty]

If it's not what mike says then it's gotta be either power or net loss. I'm leaning more towards power or net loss.

[KieX]

Looks like I won't afford public transport this month and I'll need to cycle to work instead.. but that's ok because it's the fault of this little purchase :laugh::

http://img.techpowerup.org/101031/Capture621.jpg

EDIT: @Velvet Wafer, the akasa thing is to fix my 4870X2 hope to have it sorted out soon for you.

[Chicken Patty]

:rockout: Pedal away my friend. :rockout:

[(FIH) The Don]

Fuck yeah!!!!!

[scaminatrix]

Gwaaah just found out how much this murders the electric bill... Will be back soon :D

[Velvet Wafer]

Looks like I won't afford public transport this month and I'll need to cycle to work instead.. but that's ok because it's the fault of this little purchase :laugh::

http://img.techpowerup.org/101031/Capture621.jpg

EDIT: @Velvet Wafer, the akasa thing is to fix my 4870X2 hope to have it sorted out soon for you.

hey, yes i thought that when i saw it! :)
thanks for sorting it out, i recently got most of the money, i hope i will have all of it till sunday:D

[Chicken Patty]

Gwaaah just found out how much this murders the electric bill... Will be back soon :D

You are stopping?

[[Ion]]

Most Cleaning Crews work at that hour, Helps with security. I scared the shit out of the crew at my old job by going in at 3:30 instead of 5AM.
I think you will still get PIE friend.
That's always possible, I'll see in about 12 hours when I go in to school ;)
If it's not what mike says then it's gotta be either power or net loss. I'm leaning more towards power or net loss.
That's what I'd lean towards as well, probably net loss. They have the least reliable internet connection I've ever seen there, it's remarkable.

If they're all on when I go in tomorrow, I'm going to up the work buffer to 4 days on all of them :toast:
Looks like I won't afford public transport this month and I'll need to cycle to work instead.. but that's ok because it's the fault of this little purchase :laugh::

http://img.techpowerup.org/101031/Capture621.jpg

EDIT: @Velvet Wafer, the akasa thing is to fix my 4870X2 hope to have it sorted out soon for you.
Awesome!!

Are you to worried about me being posed to overtake you? :p

[KieX]

;2074946']*snip*

Awesome!!

Are you to worried about me being posed to overtake you? :p

12K for the 5 star badge? You catching me up? Daily pie? Meh, I will take any excuse to add computers to the WCG effort. It's something I really care about so I'm happy to put whatever I can into it. And if as a result I force myself to cycle and eat a little bit less junk food as a result... I'm sure it'll be better for my health :laugh:

[[Ion]]

12K for the 5 star badge? You catching me up? Daily pie? Meh, I will take any excuse to add computers to the WCG effort. It's something I really care about so I'm happy to put whatever I can into it. And if as a result I force myself to cycle and eat a little bit less junk food as a result... I'm sure it'll be better for my health :laugh:

None of that made any sense, but, yes, I think I'll be catching up. If I can figure out what happened to my farm, I think the ~18-19k I got Friday and yesterday should be pretty easy to maintain :D

[theonedub]

He was saying there is no one reason he is adding other than the fact that he enjoys to continue to add to the WCG effort. If he has to cycle (as in ride a bike) or eat less junk food to build another rig- so be it. :toast: KieX

It must be exciting to get 20 duals added to one's 'farm', but I haven't seen the top members with their own personal farms post up so much about their contributions, broski.

[[Ion]]

Aha, that makes more sense.

I think that making some small sacrifices to add another rig is pretty reasonable...and I'm glad to see him doing so :)

[garyinhere]

He was saying there is no one reason he is adding other than the fact that he enjoys to continue to add to the WCG effort. If he has to cycle (as in ride a bike) or eat less junk food to build another rig- so be it. :toast: KieX

It must be exciting to get 20 duals added to one's 'farm', but I haven't seen the top members with their own personal farms post up so much about their contributions, broski.

it should be considered a farm if one maintains it himself and procures it himself... i'm all about getting as many computers on wcg as possible but maybe it should be put under the school's name on the tpu team?:ohwell:

[theonedub]

it should be considered a farm if one maintains it himself and procures it himself... i'm all about getting as many computers on wcg as possible but maybe it should be put under the school's name on the tpu team?:ohwell:

I don't want to touch that, but I hear what you're saying :laugh: Im glad the computers were added to the WCG effort, and am happy they went on to our team :toast:

[garyinhere]

I don't want to touch that, but I hear what you're saying :laugh: Im glad the computers were added to the WCG effort, and am happy they went on to our team :toast:

don't get me wrong Ion's a great guy and contributes to the cause like no other:rockout:
but, for those of us who have to buy the components and maintain them and piece everything together it gets frustrating. I take a lot of pride from the amount that i can contribute. But to make it fair for the rest i just think those "donated computers" should be put under that schools name and keep them on our team!:toast:
It's like playing a game on a level field!

[(FIH) The Don]

don't get me wrong Ion's a great guy and contributes to the cause like no other:rockout:
but, for those of us who have to buy the components and maintain them and piece everything together it gets frustrating. I take a lot of pride from the amount that i can contribute. But to make it fair for the rest i just think those "donated computers" should be put under that schools name and keep them on our team!:toast:
It's like playing a game on a level field!

and now comes the big question,,,,would YOU or anyone else put it under their own name

i know i would, i'll admit id like 20+ c2ds under my name too :D

[garyinhere]

and now comes the big question,,,,would YOU or anyone else put it under their own name

i know i would, i'll admit id like 20+ c2ds under my name too :D

No i wouldn't i would give the school or organization that is donating it the credit!:eek:

[theonedub]

Yeah it makes it tough, but there's no real competition here :) Just keep doing what you're doing (you've been doing a particularly great job lately, Gary :respect:)

[KieX]

He was saying there is no one reason he is adding other than the fact that he enjoys to continue to add to the WCG effort. If he has to cycle (as in ride a bike) or eat less junk food to build another rig- so be it. :toast: KieX

It must be exciting to get 20 duals added to one's 'farm', but I haven't seen the top members with their own personal farms post up so much about their contributions, broski.

Thanks for translating :laugh: I get quite bad at expressing myself when I stay up late.

don't get me wrong Ion's a great guy and contributes to the cause like no other:rockout:
but, for those of us who have to buy the components and maintain them and piece everything together it gets frustrating. I take a lot of pride from the amount that i can contribute. But to make it fair for the rest i just think those "donated computers" should be put under that schools name and keep them on our team!:toast:
It's like playing a game on a level field!

Know what you mean. But I don't feel strongly for or against that. Those rigs are up because he sought after getting the permission to do so and his time to get them setup, so he does have some justification in using them under his name. It is also true though that it's the locale paying the electricity and upkeep and has it's right to use it's name (but it would be easier to keep him from overtaking me).

I'll leave that to his call, because I don't think either choice is particulary more "right" than the other.

[garyinhere]

Yeah it makes it tough, but there's no real competition here :) Just keep doing what you're doing (you've been doing a particularly great job lately, Gary :respect:)

I view as a friendly competition between friends to help motivate each other to be more productive! I KNOW their are people on our team that i can never catch up too... but it motivates me and i think others too, to try harder... if not why are we implementing the stars? ;)

[garyinhere]

I'll leave that to his call, because I don't think either choice is particulary more "right" than the other.

either way i consider him a bud this wasn't about bashing him... i am just for some common standards that we can all compete fairly!

[mjkmike]

My Farm fits on my desk, but give Ion a little slack. What he has done is great and if he wants to toot his own horn great for him.:)

[KieX]

either way i consider him a bud this wasn't about bashing him... i am just for some common standards that we can all compete fairly!

Yup, understand what you mean.

[garyinhere]

Now don't you guy's start thinking i'm an a$$hole lol... i just wanted to bring up a topic about crunching that was bothering me that's all... hell i give away all that i can to help a fellow cruncher!

[theonedub]

I view as a friendly competition between friends to help motivate each other to be more productive! I KNOW their are people on our team that i can never catch up too... but it motivates me and i think others too, to try harder... if not why are we implementing the stars? ;)

Exactly, its just a friendly competition. The stars make it easier to keep track :laugh:

Ion put in the effort, and really wants those badges (at least from what I deduce from his posts) so I say let him do what he wants. I was a little tired of 8+ updates/day about them though, humble pie time? :p

[[Ion]]

They get billed for elec on a fixed rate, so this costs them nothing ;)

I think it's reasonable to have them under my name, I went to the trouble to seek out permission and to get them all going. Without this, they'd all just be sitting idle.

And I'm 16 and normally I'd have no way of getting great PPD. My sig rig can only run part-time due to power usage, and everything else I have going is relatively slow.

I think it's fair that I should get the credit from them, although I can certainly stop mentioning it as much. I've just been hyper-excited, sorry :ohwell:

[KieX]

Now don't you guy's start thinking i'm an a$$hole lol... i just wanted to bring up a topic about crunching that was bothering me that's all... hell i give away all that i can to help a fellow cruncher!

Honestly, your own dedication I think makes you a very deserved winner of that contest we had a while back. You have my respect for putting so much into it even when you have a great family to take care of. :respect::respect:

[garyinhere]

;2075046']They get billed for elec on a fixed rate, so this costs them nothing ;)

I think it's reasonable to have them under my name, I went to the trouble to seek out permission and to get them all going. Without this, they'd all just be sitting idle.

And I'm 16 and normally I'd have no way of getting great PPD. My sig rig can only run part-time due to power usage, and everything else I have going is relatively slow.

I think it's fair that I should get the credit from them, although I can certainly stop mentioning it as much. I've just been hyper-excited, sorry :ohwell:

like i said i consider you a buddy and wasn't bashing you at all... you did take the time to get them running and it is your call what name they go under.:toast:

[[Ion]]

like i said i consider you a buddy and wasn't bashing you at all... you did take the time to get them running and it is your call what name they go under.:toast:

Oh, I understand that you guys weren't bashing me, no offence taken, I just wanted to explain my position ;)

[mjkmike]

@ Ion any tips on how to get the western canada lottery corp to put there rigs under my name. My sis is a big dog there and has much pull.:)
I'm not kidding

[[Ion]]

Maybe tell them about what WCG is and what it does, and how they could help? That would be very cool :D

[Chicken Patty]

12K for the 5 star badge? You catching me up? Daily pie? Meh, I will take any excuse to add computers to the WCG effort. It's something I really care about so I'm happy to put whatever I can into it. And if as a result I force myself to cycle and eat a little bit less junk food as a result... I'm sure it'll be better for my health :laugh:

Sounds reasonable to me, maybe I should start making WCG the cause of my diet. Sell my car and with the money I'll buy some rigs. Then just walk to and from work. :) Then I'll just waste all my money on upgrades so then I have to live of Ramen Noodles LOL.




As far as ION, he is 16 and at that age it's hard to work or work at a job that pays good money. I really appreciate what the kid is doing here and all the trouble he's going throuh to raise his and our output. I do understand what each and everyone of you is saying. You think I don't see that and say, shit!! I gotta spend like 3k in rigs to match that output while he's getting it for free. But it is what it is, he has the way to do it then why not? Whether his name or not, it's under TPU and it's for the same cause. So having said that, here's to ION and his "kinda his" farm :D :p

Plus, all the trouble with his parents to have the rigs crunching and buy cards for folding? He's been kicked out of his house like ten times already because of that, gotta cut him some slack you know.

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:

[p_o_s_pc]

if i could get my school to crunch for me i would have ~50 AII X2's crunching for me.That would be a hell of nice output since they run nearly 24/7. I don't see any chance of getting them to do it.

[hat]

I think it's great that people are harnessing the untold power of dozens of PCs sitting around in an office, but I'm not sure I could handle that. I would imagine if something went wrong with one of the PCs, they would be inclined to blame WCG—AKA you.

[scaminatrix]

You are stopping?

Na, just a quick bit of fund-juggling then I'll be back. Not as bad as I thought, only an extra £10 GBP a week on the electric.

[[Ion]]

Net access has indeed gone out at 5 AM Sunday. It's back, all of the rigs should be reporting between 1 and 2 days of work each now :toast:

1 system was off, but all of the others were just sitting idle :ohwell:

[Chicken Patty]

I think it's great that people are harnessing the untold power of dozens of PCs sitting around in an office, but I'm not sure I could handle that. I would imagine if something went wrong with one of the PCs, they would be inclined to blame WCG—AKA you.
Yeah, that's one thing most people would probably so: :(
Na, just a quick bit of fund-juggling then I'll be back. Not as bad as I thought, only an extra £10 GBP a week on the electric.
Ah ok, well hope to see you back soon!

;2075422']Net access has indeed gone out at 5 AM Sunday. It's back, all of the rigs should be reporting between 1 and 2 days of work each now :toast:

1 system was off, but all of the others were just sitting idle :ohwell:
Good news! Today should be good. :toast:

[[Ion]]

Nah, my points are with XS for now ;) :ohwell:

But I'll be back, hopefully w/ all of the Macs crunching as well :)

[hat]

;2075501']Nah, my points are with XS for now ;) :ohwell:

Oh, the irony...

[(FIH) The Don]

ok, so my fellow dane mstenholm, who you all know i think, he gave me a server thingie, with 4 single core xeons with HT, they only run@ 2,7ghz, and there is no oc options in bios(surprise:eek:)

he is a very nice guy, and very friendly imo.

we had a little coffe, i saw where he lived and some of his rigs, very pleasant experience all in all :toast:

and here it is , its approximate 80cm long, and 45cm wide, and 20cm tall
and i do not lie, it weighs about 40kg, maybe 35, but holy moly its heavy :D:D

http://img.techpowerup.org/101101/003.jpg

[Chicken Patty]

:rockout:

[(FIH) The Don]

think im gonna need earplugs now haha

what sacrifices

[(FIH) The Don]

http://img.techpowerup.org/101101/004.jpg

[hat]

Very nice!

[Chicken Patty]

:laugh:

How do you'll like the new badges?
Something seems wrong with the stars though, I got too many :laugh:
Thanks w1z!!!!!

[Radical_Edward]

Looks good Don, should put out some nice PPD... :D

[theonedub]

yes looks like the numbers are off :D

[Chicken Patty]

W1z is working on it :toast:

[[Ion]]

http://img.techpowerup.org/101101/004.jpg
Awesome, my dad has a setup pretty similar to that that he crunches on....about the same PPD as a Q6600 IIRC :toast:
:laugh:

How do you'll like the new badges?
Something seems wrong with the stars though, I got too many :laugh:
Thanks w1z!!!!!
Love them, the stars are great!!!
W1z is working on it :toast:
Excellent, any ETA?

[hat]

Looks nice.

Any idea on how long WCG snoozes when you tell it to snooze? I have to set it to snooze (or completely shut it down) when I play some specific games, but if I just tell it to snooze, it seems to come back on its own...

[(FIH) The Don]

server 2008 is annoying to me :S

gonna try ubuntu 10.10 in a min,

[theonedub]

Snooze is 1hr

[(FIH) The Don]

can someone tell me how the f£@$€!!!!! to install boinc on ubuntu O.o

[theonedub]

Ion should know

[Solaris17]

can someone tell me how the f£@$€!!!!! to install boinc on ubuntu O.o

are you trunning normal ubuntu 10.10? or server? also x64 or 32?

[(FIH) The Don]

normal and 32bit thing

[Solaris17]

normal and 32bit thing

open terminal and paste this

sudo apt-get install boinc-client boinc-manager

[(FIH) The Don]

done :) and then?

btw, did you ever get that card? need to return that pp money to you if not

[Solaris17]

done :) and then?

btw, did you ever get that card? need to return that pp money to you if not

i didnt get it :/'


then you open the manager which is in the applications menu under I think system or something. look around you should see the icon.

[(FIH) The Don]

"looks" like its up and running atm, the manager is running with 8 tabs

do i need more?

hmm let me figure out something for you, gonna give it one more try

something different, think youll like this wait for 6-7 days, hopefully it will get there

[mstenholm]

I'm glad that I didn't need to fiddle with Linux when I had it. Good luck and keep the fingers in your ears ;)

[(FIH) The Don]

well, ubuntu was less fiddleling than server 2008 :) so idk, im pretty happy with it

im gonna check those fans later, sounds like its delta fans or something, and its only those over the cpu area that make the most noise

[mstenholm]

Deltas, no gas turbine type, 110,000 rpm at least

[(FIH) The Don]

haha xP

wonder if i can change them at all

[ERazer]

whoah we got stars!! :toast::toast: sorry havent been on lately :p

[Velvet Wafer]

ok, so my fellow dane mstenholm, who you all know i think, he gave me a server thingie, with 4 single core xeons with HT, they only run@ 2,7ghz, and there is no oc options in bios(surprise:eek:)

he is a very nice guy, and very friendly imo.

we had a little coffe, i saw where he lived and some of his rigs, very pleasant experience all in all :toast:

and here it is , its approximate 80cm long, and 45cm wide, and 20cm tall
and i do not lie, it weighs about 40kg, maybe 35, but holy moly its heavy :D:D

http://img.techpowerup.org/101101/003.jpg

is this socket 771? a BSEL mod should work here too, if you need the procs OCed;)

[Solaris17]

"looks" like its up and running atm, the manager is running with 8 tabs

do i need more?

hmm let me figure out something for you, gonna give it one more try

something different, think youll like this wait for 6-7 days, hopefully it will get there

ok man sounds good

[(FIH) The Don]

is this socket 771? a BSEL mod should work here too, if you need the procs OCed;)

think its 604 socket
but not really sure :p

ok man sounds good

yeah its gonna compensate for the 240 me tinks ;)

[Chicken Patty]

;2075765']Awesome, my dad has a setup pretty similar to that that he crunches on....about the same PPD as a Q6600 IIRC :toast:

Love them, the stars are great!!!

Excellent, any ETA?

Not sure, he's not on right now. :(

Looks nice.

Any idea on how long WCG snoozes when you tell it to snooze? I have to set it to snooze (or completely shut it down) when I play some specific games, but if I just tell it to snooze, it seems to come back on its own...

I get the same thing too, I hate it! You can tell cause you notice the FPS get affected a bit. :p

whoah we got stars!! :toast::toast: sorry havent been on lately :p
Right now the stars are not configured correctly, I got five when I'm only supposed to have like two or three. W1z is working to fix that right now.

[(FIH) The Don]

ewww the fans in the server is hot swap lol

im just gonna move it ouside my room,

[mjkmike]

Like the stars as well, but like CP said I think I have one more than I should. Everything changed so I'm not sure. Great crunching team keep up the great work. And at the DON, I see twins just couldent satisfy you. You my friend are a dog.(ps that is a good thing)

[Chicken Patty]

Like the stars as well, but like CP said I think I have one more than I should. Everything changed so I'm not sure. Great crunching team keep up the great work. And at the DON, I see twins just couldent satisfy you. You my friend are a dog.(ps that is a good thing)

Yeah, w1z is working on it.

[(FIH) The Don]

Like the stars as well, but like CP said I think I have one more than I should. Everything changed so I'm not sure. Great crunching team keep up the great work. And at the DON, I see twins just couldent satisfy you. You my friend are a dog.(ps that is a good thing)

nah they got boring very quick, what next, 8 cpus :eek:

[Solaris17]

nah they got boring very quick, what next, 8 cpus :eek:

if you know anyone that has amount bracket for socket 604 LMK! so i can get my second CPU in my server.

[(FIH) The Don]

miunt bracket, the one with thumb screw thing? min looks weird

good thing i got the server of the desk, it was lowered by like 1 inch on the edge haha xP
sorry for the mess
http://img.techpowerup.org/101101/001.jpg

how cool is that, custom post message :cool:
http://img.techpowerup.org/101101/005.jpg

is the 604 bracket something like these
http://img.techpowerup.org/101101/007.jpg

[Solaris17]

miunt bracket, the one with thumb screw thing? min looks weird

good thing i got the server of the desk, it was lowered by like 1 inch on the edge haha xP
sorry for the mess
http://img.techpowerup.org/101101/001.jpg

how cool is that, custom post message :cool:
http://img.techpowerup.org/101101/005.jpg

is the 604 bracket something like these
http://img.techpowerup.org/101101/007.jpg

hmm no mines diff mines a dual CPU board so it uses 2 diff individual coolers like skulltrails. mine arent grouped like that.l

[(FIH) The Don]

anything on ebay perhaps?

[Solaris17]

anything on ebay perhaps?

good call ill look my server didnt originally come with 2 CPU's so their was no bracket. i have another xeon and another cooler just no way to put it in. you can imagine how frustrating that is.

[(FIH) The Don]

i want 2 of these for an old hp workstation i got here http://cgi.ebay.com/PAIR-Opteron-285-OST285FAA6CB-Dual-Core-CPU-940PIN-/260655073168?pt=CPUs&hash=item3cb040c790

it has a nice board, takes 2 dual slot nvidia cards in sli, and has a good 750w psu in it, so those 2 and some 450s should be rockin

and yes i can imagine how crappy that must be, is it single core xeon you have for it?

[Solaris17]

i want 2 of these for an old hp workstation i got here http://cgi.ebay.com/PAIR-Opteron-285-OST285FAA6CB-Dual-Core-CPU-940PIN-/260655073168?pt=CPUs&hash=item3cb040c790

it has a nice board, takes 2 dual slot nvidia cards in sli, and has a good 750w psu in it, so those 2 and some 450s should be rockin

and yes i can imagine how crappy that must be, is it single core xeon you have for it?

technically. last time i actually looked at the specs they were 2.4ghz xeons prestonas i bealive with hT so 1 core 2 threads each.

[(FIH) The Don]

think mine is the same family'ish thing, its 2.7 with HT :)

[Bow]

:pimp:

[mjkmike]

@ Bow great job with you're numbers.

[garyinhere]

@ Bow great job with you're numbers.

:laugh: I am totally dyslexic lol i read great bow *** :laugh:

[(FIH) The Don]

:roll:

[mjkmike]

gary you just made my day.

[Bow]

:rolleyes:

:laugh:

[[Ion]]

Due to the net crash at school yesterday, I managed to pull over 20k BOINC today :eek:
http://img.techpowerup.org/101101/20kday.png

This is probably to be my best day for quite a while :toast:

[Soylent Joe]

So, what do the stars on our WCG cruncher badges represent? 150k for each?

[Solaris17]

So, what do the stars on our WCG cruncher badges represent? 150k for each?

stars are given by PPD i think 2 is like 2k

[[Ion]]

500 PPD for the 1st star, 2k for the 2nd, 4k for the 3rd, 8k for the 4th, and 12k for the 5th IIRC

[Chicken Patty]

Right now the stars are wrong though, it's supposed to be fixed shortly.

badge + 1 star - 500
badge + 2 stars - 2,000
badge + 3 stars - 4,500
badge + 4 stars - 8,000
badge + 5 stars - 12,000 or greater

[twilyth]

Right now the stars are wrong though, it's supposed to be fixed shortly.

badge + 1 star - 500
badge + 2 stars - 2,000
badge + 3 stars - 4,500
badge + 4 stars - 8,000
badge + 5 stars - 12,000 or greater

It would seem I'm late to this party, but exactly how does this work? PPD can show a lot variability under certain circumstances, so is this something that is determined each day for say the previous day or is it more of an average over some period of time like the recent average credit (RAC) on WCG or the stats sites like free-dc?

I might be wrong about this, but I think this might be something unique to TPU and if so, I can definitely see it catching on. Whoever came up with this idea, get your ass to the PTO (patent and trademark office) and patent the shit outta this mofo.

[theonedub]

Twilyth, the PPD figures are going off the 7day average as shown on FreeDCStats :toast:

[mjkmike]

@ Ion only 20k boinc. I would think the numbers would be more grand than that. I hope you made a good showing at XS. Keep up the good work.

[twilyth]

Twilyth, the PPD figures are going off the 7day average as shown on FreeDCStats :toast:

Thanks man. I'm glad to see that we're using genuine Free-DC stats ( TM ) and not some bogus boinc stats. :cool:

[mjkmike]

I don't get this isn't Free-DC stats(TM) based on boinic stats?

[hat]

I get the same thing too, I hate it! You can tell cause you notice the FPS get affected a bit. :p

I normally leave it running, but Red Faction: Guerrilla gets fantastically boogered by it. Random ~10 second long pauses, infinite loading times and such.

[[Ion]]

@ Ion only 20k boinc. I would think the numbers would be more grand than that. I hope you made a good showing at XS. Keep up the good work.
Well, each system is capable of ~500-600 PPD, and there's 24, so that's 12-14k.

And then I have several other systems which do about 6k combined, and there are a lot of WUs still pending validation
Thanks man. I'm glad to see that we're using genuine Free-DC stats ( TM ) and not some bogus boinc stats. :cool:
I must say I vastly prefer BOINCStats :cool:
Right now the stars are wrong though, it's supposed to be fixed shortly.

badge + 1 star - 500
badge + 2 stars - 2,000
badge + 3 stars - 4,500
badge + 4 stars - 8,000
badge + 5 stars - 12,000 or greater

Any ETA on this? They still appear to be bogus :o

[Chicken Patty]

I normally leave it running, but Red Faction: Guerrilla gets fantastically boogered by it. Random ~10 second long pauses, infinite loading times and such.

Yeh, well with a eyefinity setup and not much RAM having WCG running takes a huge toll on the rig while gaming so I have to "snooze" WCG in my case. :(

[[Ion]]

Says the guy with a full 4GB :rolleyes:

It seems like I'm not going to be crunching on the Macbook, it simply runs too hot and loud when under load :ohwell:

[(FIH) The Don]

sell it :D

[Radical_Edward]

;2076534']Says the guy with a full 4GB :rolleyes:

It seems like I'm not going to be crunching on the Macbook, it simply runs too hot and loud when under load :ohwell:

Big surprise on that one. :laugh:

Sell it and buy a better laptop. :toast:

[[Ion]]

sell it :D

Big surprise on that one. :laugh:

Sell it and buy a better laptop. :toast:
I was hopeful at least :ohwell:

I might sell it and the Thinkpad and get a quad-core laptop...that would be cool :D

[Radical_Edward]

Sounds like a plan to me. :D

[(FIH) The Don]

atleast a i5 something

might not be "real" quad, but its VERy fast for a laptop cpu imo

[Chicken Patty]

Ion I'm constantly using over 3Gb, when I load up a game like NFS:Shift or Dirt2 what do you think happens to my RAM usage? :laugh:

[[Ion]]

atleast a i5 something

might not be "real" quad, but its VERy fast for a laptop cpu imo
Yeah, that would probably be what I get, an i3 or i5, maybe even an i7. A guy @ work has a Dell w/ an i7 and it's awesome :D
Ion I'm constantly using over 3Gb, when I load up a game like NFS:Shift or Dirt2 what do you think happens to my RAM usage? :laugh:

Wow! :eek:

W/ WCG, FF, M$ Office and a couple other things going, I rarely use over 1.3gb

Hence why 2GB is fine for most things, except when I want DiRT2 or something.

[Chicken Patty]

I usually keep a few things open.

[[Ion]]

Still, that seems pretty high, I feel that I was running a pretty fair set of apps and my mem usage was under control.

However, with FAAH, I need to close more things @ ~100mb of memory usage/thread :eek:

[Chicken Patty]

Well opera alone takes like 1GB after it's running for a few days, firefox is like 700MB.

[[Ion]]

Ah, well, I restart at least once a day, so FF or Opera rarely use more than a couple hundred MB each ;)

[Chicken Patty]

I'm the opposite so they eventually start racking up serious RA
Usage.

[hat]

A browser taking 1GB RAM? Do you keep 30 tabs open all at once?

[Velvet Wafer]

A browser taking 1GB RAM? Do you keep 30 tabs open all at once?

i regularly have about 1.3gb ram use from FF, after one day... happens when you have dozens of youtube tracks and a heap of other tabs open... i also deactivated the disk cache, so it operates only in the ram ;)

[[Ion]]

That's....alarming :eek:

FF, even on my Mac (main system ATM) rarely uses more than a couple hundred MB.....even w/ lots of tabs open.


Oh, and I have another PentDC coming within the next half an hour or so :)

[Chicken Patty]

Five open at all times and when i check TPU sometimes I open up 25 threads in new tabs to read each one.

I you pay attention, FF and opera use more and more ram if you leave them open and never close them. Fit pointed it out a while back and it's true. I opened opera and it took 200MB let's say, after a week of not closing it it might be using a 1GB or close.

[[Ion]]

I end up closing FF or w/e at night, it just makes it feel faster :)

The 25th PentDC is now up and running, I should be able to get the Mac lab (12x2.26ghz C2D) going tomorrow then the Mac guy comes in :)

[Chicken Patty]

Woohoo!!!

[[Ion]]

Yep, that's another 5-6k since they should be going 24/7 as well :D

25k PPD is in my sights :D

[(FIH) The Don]

hmm maybe i should call my friend at Danish Technical University :D

[twilyth]

I don't get this isn't Free-DC stats(TM) based on boinic stats?

Not exactly. Boinc stats, free-dc and everyone else who tracks WCG get the stats from the WCG servers. These are posted every 6 hours in XML format. Any stats site that wants to track the stats dl's this info and uses it to update their proprietary databases.

I was just being a dick calling the other stats sites "bogus". Boinc stats is a good site but I like free-dc better.

edit - here is the link if you want to dl the raw stats yourself - http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/boinc/stats/

[[Ion]]

hmm maybe i should call my friend at Danish Technical University :D

That would definitely be awesome :D

[KieX]

Spent all day trying to fit a Corsair H70 inside a NZXT Vulcan today :shadedshu :banghead:
(Possible, but impratical and not recommended)

Tomorrow I'll get a GFX card and should get The Don's memory soon. Before the end of this week this new cruncher will be up and running.

[Bow]

:toast:

[f22a4bandit]

I think my lappy's been down for at least a day and a half. Boinc manager said no internet connection, so I'm restarting to see if that'll fix it.

[[Ion]]

I think my lappy's been down for at least a day and a half. Boinc manager said no internet connection, so I'm restarting to see if that'll fix it.

Best of luck :toast:

I like to set the work buffer to at least 3 days, so if net access goes out, it keeps going.

On my dedicated system, I had the buffer set to 8 days so I only had to check on it once a week :cool:

[Chicken Patty]

I think my lappy's been down for at least a day and a half. Boinc manager said no internet connection, so I'm restarting to see if that'll fix it.

Bro a lot of people have had that issue where BOINC won't upload or download any WU's. If it happens the fix for both machines that I have fixed was to detach from the project (Lose all work that has not been uploaded) and attach to the WCG project again. That got it going for both of my rigs, but I did lose some work. :(

[f22a4bandit]

Well, I just restarted her, and she's crunching away again. No idea how it happened, I guess it just dropped connection and it needed a restart.

[[Ion]]

Excellent! :rockout:

[Chicken Patty]

Well, I just restarted her, and she's crunching away again. No idea how it happened, I guess it just dropped connection and it needed a restart.

Weird stuff like that happens all the time. Now here's to some more milestones. :toast: :toast: :toast:

[f22a4bandit]

;2077342']Best of luck :toast:

I like to set the work buffer to at least 3 days, so if net access goes out, it keeps going.

On my dedicated system, I had the buffer set to 8 days so I only had to check on it once a week :cool:

Thanks for the buffer suggestion, I just set my dedicated to 3 days since it crunches so slow anyway :laugh:

Milestones for sure, we're beasting it up here on TPU!

[[Ion]]

Excellent, 3 days is also what I keep all of the school systems at, that way if net access goes out at any point on the weekend, they should be able to get it resolved before any of them run out of work :)

[Chicken Patty]

Thanks for the buffer suggestion, I just set my dedicated to 3 days since it crunches so slow anyway :laugh:

Milestones for sure, we're beasting it up here on TPU!

Yeah, you, me (shortly), gary I believe added a quad. Few people joined as well.

We might have a member joining soon that has some nice rigs for output, not sure if he will or what he will bring online if he does, I'll keep you'll posted, or maybe he will. :D

[[Ion]]

Yeah, you, me (shortly), gary I believe added a quad. Few people joined as well.

We might have a member joining soon that has some nice rigs for output, not sure if he will or what he will bring online if he does, I'll keep you'll posted, or maybe he will. :D

Oh? Mind telling? :D

[Chicken Patty]

;2077367']Oh? Mind telling? :D

For now, it's a litto secret! Buahahahahahahahaha :p:pimp:

[Chicken Patty]

Decided to check and came across this, we gotta do something about it. :shadedshu


http://img.techpowerup.org/101103/Capture240.jpg

[garyinhere]

Yeah, you, me (shortly), gary I believe added a quad.

yea i added a 965BE... will be oc'ing it tomorrow when i get my cpu cooler!

[theonedub]

yea i added a 965BE... will be oc'ing it tomorrow when i get my cpu cooler!

I see you bought that 2x1gb kit from Damian. Just wanted to let you know what if you ever need to RMA that RAM (:laugh:) and Corsair demands the third stick to the set, drop me a PM. I am pretty sure that is where the extra 1gb stick I have running with my 3x2gb kit came from :toast: Just thought I'd let you know.

[Velvet Wafer]

without mindtelling i wouldnt be alive today, believe me ;)

[twilyth]

The X6 1090T dl'ed its first work units. I'm leaving it at 3.7ghz for now since I don't have the patience to do stability testing for a better overclock.

Fuckin' IOsmegma piece of shit KVM. I'll have to swap that out for another model - one which has a manual switch to let me pick which rig to look at.

@Wile E. - I can use the built-in W7 remote desktop utility I suppose but I like having direct access. I might have to use that in the interim though. Right now I'm unplugging the wireless USB dongle for the mouse and keyboard and plugging them into the other rig - and using the HDTV for the 2nd rig's monitor. Real pita.

[Wile E]

I started logging in remotely because cheap KVM's are all, universally, pieces of elephant dung. It was either spend triple digits on a good kvm, or go the free route and log on remotely.

The added bonus is I set up a DDNS, forwarded the port on my router, and can now control my server anywhere I have net, even from my iPhone. No KVM can do that, that I'm aware of, anyway.

[twilyth]

I started logging in remotely because cheap KVM's are all, universally, pieces of elephant dung. It was either spend triple digits on a good kvm, or go the free route and log on remotely.

The added bonus is I set up a DDNS, forwarded the port on my router, and can now control my server anywhere I have net, even from my iPhone. No KVM can do that, that I'm aware of, anyway.
I'm tired and that made my head hurt. :)

[[Ion]]

CP, you can count those last 2 threats of the list and another ~18k PPD against the rest :toast:

[Chicken Patty]

Why you say that?

[ocgmj]

Cruncher #1 Intel Core 2 Q6600 || Cruncher #2 AMD Phenom X4 9450e || Cruncher #3 Intel Core i7 960 || Now online :)

[hat]

Okay, so we know "snoozing" the BOINC manager only lasts an hour, but what if you go to the activity tab and select suspend? How long does that last for?

[Chicken Patty]

I think it's till you start it again. I have personally never tried it though.

[f22a4bandit]

Okay, so we know "snoozing" the BOINC manager only lasts an hour, but what if you go to the activity tab and select suspend? How long does that last for?

I think it's till you start it again. I have personally never tried it though.

Chicken Patty is right. If you suspend operation it will stop until you resume activity. However, I've noticed that you only suspend individual projects, and your computer will continue to download more projects to work on. Just exit out of BOINC manager and restart it when you want to, that's the easiest way I've found.

Edit: Never mind, it suspends ALL tasks so no need to close/restart BOINC manager. :banghead:

[[Ion]]

Okay, so we know "snoozing" the BOINC manager only lasts an hour, but what if you go to the activity tab and select suspend? How long does that last for?
Until you un-suspend IIRC
Why you say that?
Because I have at least that much PPD and I came back to TPU ;)
Cruncher #1 Intel Core 2 Q6600 || Cruncher #2 AMD Phenom X4 9450e || Cruncher #3 Intel Core i7 960 || Now online :)

Awesome! :respect: :toast: :rockout:

[hat]

Boinc manager...

Is there any way to run WCG without the BOINC manager (similar to F@H)? I've shut down the manager and ran "boinc.exe" from my WCG directory and it's running two projects, but I'm worried about how well this is going to work. I wonder if it gives better PPD?


http://img.techpowerup.org/101103/Clipboard01.png

[f22a4bandit]

I think that you're running the same files on the .exe because the messages you're getting are the same that you get with the manager. I think the only difference is that the manager is a nice GUI.

[[Ion]]

Well it fundamentally works, but it's far more of a pain. And BOINC Manager is pretty low resource-use, so I can't see it doing much ;)

[hat]

I would rather run the console client, actually. I just like it better... and it's easier to close it down right along with F@H whenever I want to play a game (although WCG doesn't get closed often).

Now... if only there were a way to get rid of the manager entirely and configure it through the console just like F@H...

[qu4k3r]

I have a little problem... I downloaded last version of bionic wcg (6.10.58) to install it on my brothers laptop (by the way, I set it up to 20% of charge because cpu reaches 70-75ºC) and then I installed on my pc, but now the manager stands trying reconnect client and doesn't get work. I search for an older version but I can't get it here (http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/reg/ms/viewDownloadAgain.do#). Sugestions are welcome.-

[[Ion]]

Tried rebooting and/or reinstalling?

[qu4k3r]

;2077964']Tried rebooting and/or reinstalling?
Of course I already did it and also run ccleaner, but no succeed.

[f22a4bandit]

x2 on the reboot. Worked for me yesterday when my lappy was down.

Edit: Ah I see, hopefully Ion or CP can help you out. I'm too much of a newb to WGC to know much!

[Chicken Patty]

Sometimes new versions do that to me so I get a old one. Try "detaching" from the project an attaching again.


F22, thanks for confirming about the "suspend"

[twilyth]

I have a little problem... I downloaded last version of bionic wcg (6.10.58) to install it on my brothers laptop (by the way, I set it up to 20% of charge because cpu reaches 70-75ºC) and then I installed on my pc, but now the manager stands trying reconnect client and doesn't get work. I search for an older version but I can't get it here (http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/reg/ms/viewDownloadAgain.do#). Sugestions are welcome.-

What error messages are you getting under the messages tab (in advanced mode)?

[twilyth]

;2077943']Until you un-suspend IIRC
Yes, and 'suspend' will even survive a reboot.

[[Ion]]

Yep...that I'm familiar with ;)

The only system I ever suspend is my laptop (when I'm on battery)...otherwise they just run full load whenever they're on.

Except for 1 of the PentDCs @ school, it only runs when it hasn't been used for 15 minutes (it's used for presentations & such, so had to set it lower :ohwell:)