TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

t77snapshot · Jun 2, 2009

I am new to folding/crunching, but very interest in joining WCG. I have 2 quick question? does you computer have to be running 24/7? and what are the min system requirements?

kyle2020 · Jun 2, 2009

t77snapshot said:
I am new to folding/crunching, but very interest in joining WCG. I have 2 quick question? does you computer have to be running 24/7? and what are the min system requirements?

1. Nope, WCG will run silently in the background whilst your pc is on. Unless you set it to run @ 100% you will not notice it is running, as it doesnt affect your overall performance.

2. There are no minimum requirements really. Im running it on my Q6600 @ 3.6 and my 4600+ @ 2.2. It comes down to what hardware you want to crunch on.

kenkickr · Jun 4, 2009

I've had issues watching movies while running and gaming when I have it set 30% on up to 100%. I get stuttering constantly so I just have to shut her down til I'm done.

I came here to ask about a new problem I've noticed. BOINC has been running great except yesterday and today I've noticed it only shows one project running, I have 3 cores being seen by everything else.

Nevermind. Went into advanced view and reset projects. Now Ihave 3 threads(projects) running.

ChaoticAtmosphere · Jun 4, 2009

t77snapshot said:
I am new to folding/crunching, but very interest in joining WCG. I have 2 quick question? does you computer have to be running 24/7? and what are the min system requirements?

Also when you are in advanced view with the WCG Boinc client, you can adjust your preferences to run it while computer is in use or set it to resume crunching after it has been idle for an amount of time you've set. You can also choose the percentage of processors to use for multi core processors and the percentage of time it uses for each core.

kenkickr said:
I've had issues watching movies while running and gaming when I have it set 30% on up to 100%. I get stuttering constantly so I just have to shut her down til I'm done.

I came here to ask about a new problem I've noticed. BOINC has been running great except yesterday and today I've noticed it only shows one project running, I have 3 cores being seen by everything else.

Nevermind. Went into advanced view and reset projects. Now Ihave 3 threads(projects) running.

Playing videos are a little CPU intensive kenkickr. I have to stop it too when I want to watch a video or capture and process gameplay. But I can run Crysis without stopping it as long as I'm not capturing with fraps.

kenkickr · Jun 4, 2009

How the hell do you know if you are running the 64-bit client? For the life of me I cannot see anything about it being 64 or 32 but saw earlier this week someone posted it in a thread to give you the most out of the BOINC client.

CyberDruid · Jun 4, 2009

There is no 64 bit client really. It's ported. So you are not really geting any benefit whatsoever from 64 bit coding

msgclb · Jun 4, 2009

I just paid my electric bill and thought I'd share the experience with you.

My electric bill went up from $109 last month to $114 this month. This was my first electric bill since I started running 2 i7 and 2 Q6600 rigs at 100% along with 7 video cards. A closer look at my bill doesn’t reflect what I paid.

I take advantage of a service called Average Billing Payment. Last month I owed $107 + $25 carry over from the previous month for $133 and averaged to $109. This month I owed $192 + $25 carry over for $217 and averaged to $114.

Last May I used about 755 KWH but this May it was up to 2261 KWH. Not all of that was consumed by my computers as my AC was on for most of the month as temperatures were constantly in the 80s and 90s.

Will I cut back on my crunching and folding? Not on your life! If I have to I’ll get a tin cup and beg for coins beside the freeway!

CyberDruid · Jun 4, 2009

kyle2020 said:
1. Nope, WCG will run silently in the background whilst your pc is on. Even after you set it to run @ 100% you will not notice it is running, as it doesnt affect your overall performance.

2. There are no minimum requirements really. Im running it on my Q6600 @ 3.6 and my 4600+ @ 2.2. It comes down to what hardware you want to crunch on.

Fixed

Running 100% is probably better for your rig as the constant load cycling can't be a good thing... Watch your Task Manager CPU usage at 60% and your temp SW and you'll see it spikes up and down...I'd avoid that.

100% is what I recommend. Has no ill effect on any processes that I can detect.

ChaoticAtmosphere · Jun 4, 2009

CyberDruid said:
Fixed

Running 100% is probably better for your rig as the constant load cycling can't be a good thing... Watch your Task Manager CPU usage at 60% and your temp SW and you'll see it spikes up and down...I'd avoid that.

100% is what I recommend. Has no ill effect on any processes that I can detect.

True true. As you can see from my preferences in my previous post, I'm at 100% everywhere.

h3llb3nd4 · Jun 4, 2009

Gaming at 95%
normal use 100%
no differences

ChaoticAtmosphere · Jun 4, 2009

Gaming at 100%
normal use 100%
no differences

CyberDruid · Jun 4, 2009

I dunno I rarely game. Last time I was gaming it was on my FX lappie

I really should use those HD3870X2 for something...

ChaoticAtmosphere · Jun 4, 2009

CyberDruid said:
I dunno I rarely game. Last time I was gaming it was on my FX lappie

I really should use those HD3870X2 for something...

Try Crysis...it's fun!!

h3llb3nd4 · Jun 4, 2009

ChaoticAtmosphere said:
Try Crysis...it's fun!!

I always have to turn it down to 95% to play crysis

with the other games I can leave it at 100%

FordGT90Concept · Jun 6, 2009

Um, my Core i7 machine isn't getting any new tasks. It says requesting 0 seconds of work. I just checked the settings again and it is supposed to request a day worth. I didn't change anything so I have no clue what's going on.

Code:

6/5/2009 11:17:48 PM|World Community Grid|Started download of 91e88958be243f41e1b1fb70a6ac6d7c.pdb.gzb
6/5/2009 11:17:49 PM||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
6/5/2009 11:17:49 PM|World Community Grid|Temporarily failed download of 91e88958be243f41e1b1fb70a6ac6d7c.pdb.gzb: HTTP error
6/5/2009 11:17:49 PM|World Community Grid|Backing off 3 hr 1 min 38 sec on download of 91e88958be243f41e1b1fb70a6ac6d7c.pdb.gzb
6/5/2009 11:17:52 PM||Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
6/6/2009 12:37:23 AM|World Community Grid|Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.  Requesting 0 seconds of work, reporting 3 completed tasks
6/6/2009 12:37:28 AM|World Community Grid|Scheduler request succeeded: got 0 new tasks

Edit: I "Reset Project" and it seems to be working again. Lost some crunching time though.

ChaoticAtmosphere · Jun 6, 2009

FordGT90Concept said:
Edit: I "Reset Project" and it seems to be working again. Lost some crunching time though.

At the rate you're going, I wouldn't notice!! :rockout:

bogmali · Jun 8, 2009

Hey CP, have you checked your rear view mirror lately

?

Chicken Patty · Jun 8, 2009

bogmali said:
Hey CP, have you checked your rear view mirror lately?

I know, i'm about to drop two spots by today :laugh:

I have had a hard time crunching with the weather around here, everytime I get home the computer is off due to power outages. So yeah I have been putting very poor numbers

But you are doing a great job though. I need more crunching rigs ASAP :laugh:

p_o_s_pc · Jun 8, 2009

Chicken Patty said:
I know, i'm about to drop two spots by today I have had a hard time crunching with the weather around here, everytime I get home the computer is off due to power outages. So yeah I have been putting very poor numbers But you are doing a great job though. I need more crunching rigs ASAP

how the fuck can you change the name you fold for? If its not too hard i will put ONE of my rigs under your name to help alittle.hell i hate crunching i would rather fold

Chicken Patty · Jun 8, 2009

p_o_s_pc said:
how the fuck can you change the name you fold for? If its not too hard i will put ONE of my rigs under your name to help alittle.hell i hate crunching i would rather fold

how do you do that? :laugh:

dude its ok though, grab some points man!!!!

p_o_s_pc · Jun 8, 2009

Chicken Patty said:
how do you do that?

dude its ok though, grab some points man!!!!

I have no fucking idea lol SOMEONE HELP plz i don't give a shit about the points

Chicken Patty · Jun 8, 2009

p_o_s_pc said:
I have no fucking idea lol SOMEONE HELP plz i don't give a shit about the points

Does anybody know how to do this? put your rig under somebody elses account?

ChaoticAtmosphere · Jun 8, 2009

Chicken Patty said:
Does anybody know how to do this? put your rig under somebody elses account?

When installing the client to that rig he has to put your user ID and password in to get the client to credit your accout with the points/credits

Chicken Patty · Jun 8, 2009

ChaoticAtmosphere said:
When installing the client to that rig he has to put your user ID and password in to get the client to credit your accout with the points/credits

so if he wants to change it now he can't?

Gilbert · Jun 8, 2009

Our team has now reached the 10 million points and now ranks position 125. As for folding we've now moved to position 72. Not bad at all!

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TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

t77snapshot

kyle2020

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kenkickr

ChaoticAtmosphere

kenkickr

CyberDruid

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msgclb

CyberDruid

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ChaoticAtmosphere

h3llb3nd4

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ChaoticAtmosphere

CyberDruid

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ChaoticAtmosphere

h3llb3nd4

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FordGT90Concept

"I go fast!1!11!1!"

ChaoticAtmosphere

bogmali

In Orbe Terrum Non Visi

Chicken Patty

p_o_s_pc

F@H&WCG addict

Chicken Patty

p_o_s_pc

F@H&WCG addict

Chicken Patty

ChaoticAtmosphere

Chicken Patty

Gilbert

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