WCG: 8th Birthday Challenge - Page 2

manofthem · Nov 17, 2012, 02:16 AM

Great job guys, this is a great start. Ion is right, it'll be a much tougher competition

BUCK NASTY · Nov 17, 2012, 02:59 AM

How long is this competition for?

Norton · Nov 17, 2012, 03:00 AM

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Originally Posted by BUCK NASTY

How long is this competition for?

ends on 11/22...

BUCK NASTY · Nov 17, 2012, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Norton

ends on 11/22...

If it gets close, I'll bring the Opty's back over. TPU must be victorious!

BTW, any special WU's we need to run?

Norton · Nov 17, 2012, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by BUCK NASTY

If it gets close, I'll bring the Opty's back over. TPU must be victorious!

BTW, any special WU's we need to run?

Max output- no special wu's

stinger608 · Nov 17, 2012, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by [Ion]

No, I never let my computer slack off

It's time for the daily updates in the WCG 8th Birthday Challenge!

http://img.techpowerup.org/121116/8th.png
Off to a great start, but this will clearly be a tougher competition for all of us!

Awesome start team!!!!!!!! Go TeamTPU!!!

Chicken Patty · Nov 17, 2012, 07:13 AM

Best of luck to all teams and great start boys

animal007uk · Nov 17, 2012, 12:08 PM

If i start boinc up again will i auto start doing work for the 8th Birthday Challenge?

Norton · Nov 17, 2012, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by animal007uk

If i start boinc up again will i auto start doing work for the 8th Birthday Challenge?

Yes sir-The Birthday Challenge just compares our Team output to the output of other Teams... you don't have to do anything differently

There's a link in my signature to see how we are doing on an hourly basis.

animal007uk · Nov 17, 2012, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Norton

Yes sir-The Birthday Challenge just compares our Team output to the output of other Teams... you don't have to do anything differently

There's a link in my signature to see how we are doing on an hourly basis.

Cheers Norton, I still have the old XML file for multi GPU work units, would it be best to just let it do 4 at a time or should i remove the XML file and just let boinc do other work.

Norton · Nov 17, 2012, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by animal007uk

Cheers Norton, I still have the old XML file for multi GPU work units, would it be best to just let it do 4 at a time or should i remove the XML file and just let boinc do other work.

Whatever you're more comfortable with/get's you the most output. If you're using multi-gpu wu's check our guide for any updates and tweaks:

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=174138

manofthem · Nov 17, 2012, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by animal007uk

Cheers Norton, I still have the old XML file for multi GPU work units, would it be best to just let it do 4 at a time or should i remove the XML file and just let boinc do other work.

If youre rocking 4 WUs on that 7970, you'll be getting more points that the default settings that BOINC would. Maybe even consider running a few more. I ran 6 no problem, and currently doing 10

Chicken Patty · Nov 17, 2012, 03:51 PM

10 WU's?

manofthem · Nov 17, 2012, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Chicken Patty

10 WU's?

Yes sir, all thanks to KieX. I was sitting comfortable at 6, but then he made me feel inadequate

so i bumped it up to what he was doing. It's still not enough though, as I've lost my #2 spot

(lost to MStenholm, shweet

)
Need MOAR POWER!

[Ion] · Nov 17, 2012, 09:43 PM

Depending on how many HDDs I can scrounge up, I have anywhere from 3 to 5 more systems to throw on. 4 Core 2 Duo Celerons and an Atom (obviously the lowest priority in the hard drive allotment)

Chicken Patty · Nov 17, 2012, 10:28 PM

So far looks like we are still kicking ass and the lead looks even bigger now

dude12564 · Nov 17, 2012, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chicken Patty

So far looks like we are still kicking ass and the lead looks even bigger now

Maybe it's time to update your sig!

t_ski · Nov 17, 2012, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chicken Patty

So far looks like we are still kicking ass and the lead looks even bigger now

Quote:

Originally Posted by dude12564

Maybe it's time to update your sig!

+1 bro!

[Ion] · Nov 18, 2012, 12:50 AM

We're still doing an amazing job here guys!

Let's show the world what Team TPU can do!

Chicken Patty · Nov 18, 2012, 05:11 PM

Guess I'll update my signature

Totally forgot to update that

[Ion] · Nov 19, 2012, 12:55 AM

Another strong lead on the 8th Birthday Challenge!

stinger608 · Nov 19, 2012, 01:43 AM

It wasn't all that long ago that SETI.Germany was kicking our butt in a challenge! Now we are getting a nice commanding lead on them. :-)

[Ion] · Nov 20, 2012, 01:01 AM

We're going into the final two days in a great position!

Norton · Nov 20, 2012, 01:11 AM

Great day Team!

We need to be diligent though... SETI.Germany nearly matched us today

Our 6 million pt lead can be lost in 3 days same as we gained it- hang in there Team

[Ion] · Nov 20, 2012, 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Norton

Great day Team!

We need to be diligent though... SETI.Germany nearly matched us today

Our 6 million pt lead can be lost in 3 days same as we gained it- hang in there Team

Indeed they did. But we can, at this point, stand to lose 3 million a day to them--which I don't see happening

Nov 17, 2012, 02:16 AM	#26
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Nov 17, 2012, 02:59 AM	#27
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Nov 17, 2012, 07:13 AM	#32
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Nov 17, 2012, 12:08 PM	#33
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Nov 17, 2012, 03:51 PM	#38
Chicken Patty WCG Team Captain Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 23,888 (11.94/day) Thanks: 15,149 Thanked 12,311 Times in 7,776 Posts System Specs	10 WU's? __________________ Help save lives, CRUNCH and/or FOLD for Team TPU and make a difference! Crunching with a 2600K, i7-950, FX-8120, Radeon 6850 (2 WU's), Radeon 7770 (4 WU's) *"AlienIsGOD - Awe!!! CP has grown from a small chicken nugget to the IMMENSE PATTY and WCG Team leader he is today"*

Nov 17, 2012, 09:43 PM	#40
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Nov 17, 2012, 10:28 PM	#41
Chicken Patty WCG Team Captain Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 23,888 (11.94/day) Thanks: 15,149 Thanked 12,311 Times in 7,776 Posts System Specs	So far looks like we are still kicking ass and the lead looks even bigger now __________________ Help save lives, CRUNCH and/or FOLD for Team TPU and make a difference! Crunching with a 2600K, i7-950, FX-8120, Radeon 6850 (2 WU's), Radeon 7770 (4 WU's) *"AlienIsGOD - Awe!!! CP has grown from a small chicken nugget to the IMMENSE PATTY and WCG Team leader he is today"*

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Nov 18, 2012, 12:50 AM	#44
[Ion] WCG Team Assistant Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: North Carolina, US Posts: 10,651 (7.93/day) Thanks: 8,239 Thanked 9,314 Times in 4,257 Posts System Specs	We're still doing an amazing job here guys! Let's show the world what Team TPU can do! __________________ Ion's WCG Essentials Thread Crunching (64 Threads + 896 CUDA Cores + 6272 Shaders): i3-2100@ 3.1 + HD7850 -- Atom D510 @ 1.66 -- C2D-M T9600 @ 2.8 -- i7-3612QM @ 2.8 -- i7-860 @ 2.9 + HD7950 -- i7-2700k @ 4.4 + 2xGTX470 -- PentDC-M T4200 @ 2.0 -- i7-920 @ 3.83 + 3xHD7770 -- DP Xeon E5420 @ 2.5 + HD7930 -- E1600 @ 2.4

Nov 18, 2012, 05:11 PM	#45
Chicken Patty WCG Team Captain Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 23,888 (11.94/day) Thanks: 15,149 Thanked 12,311 Times in 7,776 Posts System Specs	Guess I'll update my signature Totally forgot to update that __________________ Help save lives, CRUNCH and/or FOLD for Team TPU and make a difference! Crunching with a 2600K, i7-950, FX-8120, Radeon 6850 (2 WU's), Radeon 7770 (4 WU's) *"AlienIsGOD - Awe!!! CP has grown from a small chicken nugget to the IMMENSE PATTY and WCG Team leader he is today"*

Nov 19, 2012, 12:55 AM	#46
[Ion] WCG Team Assistant Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: North Carolina, US Posts: 10,651 (7.93/day) Thanks: 8,239 Thanked 9,314 Times in 4,257 Posts System Specs	Another strong lead on the 8th Birthday Challenge! __________________ Ion's WCG Essentials Thread Crunching (64 Threads + 896 CUDA Cores + 6272 Shaders): i3-2100@ 3.1 + HD7850 -- Atom D510 @ 1.66 -- C2D-M T9600 @ 2.8 -- i7-3612QM @ 2.8 -- i7-860 @ 2.9 + HD7950 -- i7-2700k @ 4.4 + 2xGTX470 -- PentDC-M T4200 @ 2.0 -- i7-920 @ 3.83 + 3xHD7770 -- DP Xeon E5420 @ 2.5 + HD7930 -- E1600 @ 2.4

Nov 19, 2012, 01:43 AM	#47
stinger608 Eligible for custom title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wyoming Posts: 5,476 (3.32/day) Thanks: 7,841 Thanked 2,526 Times in 1,774 Posts System Specs	It wasn't all that long ago that SETI.Germany was kicking our butt in a challenge! Now we are getting a nice commanding lead on them. :-) __________________ #3 Forever A Fan! Just Because I Don't Care Doesn't Mean I Don't Understand My HeatWare Check our team Status on Free-DC

Nov 20, 2012, 01:01 AM	#48
[Ion] WCG Team Assistant Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: North Carolina, US Posts: 10,651 (7.93/day) Thanks: 8,239 Thanked 9,314 Times in 4,257 Posts System Specs	We're going into the final two days in a great position! __________________ Ion's WCG Essentials Thread Crunching (64 Threads + 896 CUDA Cores + 6272 Shaders): i3-2100@ 3.1 + HD7850 -- Atom D510 @ 1.66 -- C2D-M T9600 @ 2.8 -- i7-3612QM @ 2.8 -- i7-860 @ 2.9 + HD7950 -- i7-2700k @ 4.4 + 2xGTX470 -- PentDC-M T4200 @ 2.0 -- i7-920 @ 3.83 + 3xHD7770 -- DP Xeon E5420 @ 2.5 + HD7930 -- E1600 @ 2.4

Nov 20, 2012, 01:11 AM	#49
Norton WCG Team Assistant Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Northeast, USA Posts: 5,139 (9.95/day) Thanks: 5,374 Thanked 10,069 Times in 3,170 Posts System Specs	Great day Team! We need to be diligent though... SETI.Germany nearly matched us today Our 6 million pt lead can be lost in 3 days same as we gained it- hang in there Team __________________ *Why sit on the Bench* when you can get in the game and Crunch!!!- World Community Grid (FTW) CPU crunchers- FX-8350(4.4)/FX-8150(4.0)/FX-6200(4.0)/ PII 1045T/PII 1045T/i7-920/Xeon (6c/12t)....(44 cores/54 threads) GPU crunchers- no WCG GPU work available Folding@Home- 2x GTX 580's WCG-TPU Mothers Day Challenge (5/10 thru 5/19- crunch for our Team, for Mom, for games and prizes )**

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