Crunching and Gaming

KieX · Nov 17, 2012, 09:39 PM

Right, I'm going to confess here: I've dedicated so many of my resources to crunching that I feel guilty using a computer for anything else. I know it's probably a mild psychosis.. but whatever..

So, seeing that a lot of members here are both crunchers and gamers I wanted to have a quick poll to get an idea of what everyone else does. Simple poll but comments welcome.

Daimus · Nov 17, 2012, 10:05 PM

Great idea KieX!

Quote:

Originally Posted by KieX

I feel guilty using a computer for anything else.

Same here. You're not alone

I'm using mobile phone only, when I'm home.

Bow · Nov 17, 2012, 10:05 PM

Crunch and Game on the same machine. I also hardly ever shut down Crunching to Game.

Jack1n · Nov 17, 2012, 10:09 PM

I just game.

agent00skid · Nov 17, 2012, 11:28 PM

Still not sure my desktop is idle stable, so crunching is kind of a good thing.

Also, the amount of gaming I do is not that great, so plenty of crunchy time.

[Ion] · Nov 17, 2012, 11:41 PM

I won't game on my desktops because that would involve killing the WCG GPU client. So I do all of my gaming on the HD4000M in my laptop

Pehla · Nov 18, 2012, 09:29 AM

ok guys i dont know if im on right place to post but here it is!! since i love this comunitiy a lot ..,becouse i had help from here few times saving my hardware!! so i was just going to ask if someone can explain what the crunching is??what hardware is compatible??couse i wanna see tpu waaay up on that rank list

Aquinus · Nov 18, 2012, 10:39 AM

I game and crunch on my machine capable of playing modern games, but my other rigs only crunch. So Yes to both "Crunch only" and "Game and crunch on the same PC."

manofthem · Nov 18, 2012, 10:48 AM

I used to have a decent gaming rig

, but now it's been dedicated to WCG since before the HCC challenge. I haven't gamed on it since then. I did play my PS3 yesterday for a bit though to quench my gaming thirst; obviously it's not as good but it's something

Solaris17 · Nov 18, 2012, 10:52 AM

crunch and game on the same PC with a farm of other PCs dedicated to gaming, atleast thats what i did when i still had all my machines.

BarbaricSoul · Nov 18, 2012, 10:59 AM

I crunch and game on the same machine. Some games I have to set the Bionic client to snooze while I game, others I can game and crunch at the same time. Surprisingly to me, I'm able to crunch with my cpu and gpu and still play Borderlands 2 on high settings and get acceptable FPS.

hat · Nov 18, 2012, 11:16 AM

I voted Other, since I have one machine that is pretty much a dedicated cruncher, although it does do other, non resource intensive things. My main machine, Starlifter, also crunches, but I may suspend crunching while gaming, depending on the game. Most of the time I can crunch and game at the same time, but sometimes that doesn't work out.

Norton · Nov 18, 2012, 12:19 PM

I don't game as much as I used to but like the ability to play anything that's out now on my main rig when I choose to do so. Thanks to the gpu wu's my rig(s) get to take advantage of their graphics hardware to do something good

Thanks to the server nature of FX chips I have not yet had a reason to pause crunching while doing anything else.... with the exception of a quick benchmark once in awhile.

@Pehla- browse through our stickied threads in our forum section- they explain what we do and how to get setup:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=68

AlienIsGOD · Nov 18, 2012, 12:49 PM

I crunch and game on the same machine

... for now

When i get the Ivy Bridge rig built, I will crunch 24/7 on the i5 2400 and part time on the 3570K

BlackOmega · Nov 18, 2012, 02:09 PM

Where's the game only option? I mainly game and use my rigs for other things like writing papers.

ChristTheGreat · Nov 18, 2012, 02:18 PM

I crunch while I play, except for big games xD like BF3, or when I was on Crysis 3 Alpha, that I put crunch at sleep.

KieX · Nov 18, 2012, 02:22 PM

Thanks for the responses guys. This is mighty interesting.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackOmega

Where's the game only option? I mainly game and use my rigs for other things like writing papers.

That would fall under the "other" (this is the crunching forum). Would you consider crunching between those games? You would probably never notice it's running and you can suspend it whilst gaming of course.

Arciks · Nov 18, 2012, 02:29 PM

PC is my life, so i do all kind of things while at PC.And ofcourse am not forgetting about real life

NHKS · Nov 18, 2012, 04:25 PM

I know the epic-level members have more than 2 dedicated crunching rigs..

as for me I started crunching recently and at the moment using my modest but charming C2D E4500 desktop to crunch.. this pc is used for all purposes including gaming (/sigh/ if only my 9800gt could crunch).. I crunch with the cpu @ 100% when I am at home (fulltime during weekends & holidays).. even @ 100% crunching it is more than happy to let me work with common applications, browse the net, watch videos/ listen music in parallel!

going forward however I would like to have at least 1 dedicated cpu cruncher and the future of GPU WUs would have a lot of bearing on my decision to include a dedicated gpu as well.. with radeons having a significant edge over geforce in crunching, 7xx0 or even 8xx0(if it comes early 2013) would be nice to have as a cruncher.. lets hope WCG standardizes GPU WUs as well

KieX · Nov 18, 2012, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NHKS

I know the epic-level members have more than 2 dedicated crunching rigs..

as for me I started crunching recently and at the moment using my modest but charming C2D E4500 desktop to crunch.. this pc is used for all purposes including gaming (/sigh/ if only my 9800gt could crunch).. I crunch with the cpu @ 100% when I am at home (fulltime during weekends & holidays).. even @ 100% crunching it is more than happy to let me work with common applications, browse the net, watch videos/ listen music in parallel!

going forward however I would like to have at least 1 dedicated cpu cruncher and the future of GPU WUs would have a lot of bearing on my decision to include a dedicated gpu as well.. with radeons having a significant edge over geforce in crunching, 7xx0 or even 8xx0(if it comes early 2013) would be nice to have as a cruncher.. lets hope WCG standardizes GPU WUs as well

It might be a while before they standardize a GPU WU. But even if you don't base your GPU choice on crunching.. those AMD's come with crazy game bundles.

Norton · Nov 18, 2012, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KieX

It might be a while before they standardize a GPU WU. But even if you don't base your GPU choice on crunching.. those AMD's come with crazy game bundles.

And they are pretty good gaming cards anyway (7750 and up....with the 7850/7870 being the sweet spot right now for price, performance, and efficiency)

NHKS · Nov 18, 2012, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KieX

It might be a while before they standardize a GPU WU. But even if you don't base your GPU choice on crunching.. those AMD's come with crazy game bundles.

right.. atleast one project with gpu support would be mighty nice to crunch.. at the moment HCC but I guess it is set conclude in the coming few months (?).. but yes 7850/7870 hit the sweet spot in price-performance when it comes to gaming/crunching.. for crunching 'alone' 7770 would be the most effective cost wise.. I am weighing the options and will soon decide to upgrade..

EDIT:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Norton

And they are pretty good gaming cards anyway (7750 and up....with the 7850/7870 being the sweet spot right now for price, performance, and efficiency)

coincidence or what!.. i added my reply and you had already said what I was thinking..

dhoshaw · Nov 25, 2012, 11:26 PM

I crunch & game on the same machine; but I only game a couple hours a week. Crunching is 24/7.

[Ion] · Nov 26, 2012, 12:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dhoshaw

I crunch & game on the same machine; but I only game a couple hours a week. Crunching is 24/7.

And that's how it should be

HammerON · Nov 26, 2012, 12:41 AM

Unlike in the past where I had multiple crunching rigs, I only have one right now and I play games a couple hours every night. I pause Bionc while playing. All work and no play....

View Poll Results: How do you use your computers?
Crunch and Game on same PC	27	72.97%
Crunch on PC and game on a seperate PC (or console..)	2	5.41%
Crunch only	2	5.41%
Other	6	16.22%
Voters: 37. You may not vote on this poll

Nov 17, 2012, 09:39 PM	#1
KieX Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: A Coruña, Spain Posts: 2,050 (1.64/day) Thanks: 6,950 Thanked 2,643 Times in 1,136 Posts System Specs	Crunching and Gaming Right, I'm going to confess here: I've dedicated so many of my resources to crunching that I feel guilty using a computer for anything else. I know it's probably a mild psychosis.. but whatever.. So, seeing that a lot of members here are both crunchers and gamers I wanted to have a quick poll to get an idea of what everyone else does. Simple poll but comments welcome. __________________

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Nov 17, 2012, 10:05 PM	#3
Bow Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: South Colton, New York Posts: 1,653 (0.94/day) Thanks: 755 Thanked 664 Times in 401 Posts System Specs	Crunch and Game on the same machine. I also hardly ever shut down Crunching to Game. __________________ "I didn't want my Mom to know I was drag racing for 20 years so I told her I was in prison."

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Nov 17, 2012, 10:09 PM	#4
Jack1n Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Israel Posts: 616 (2.71/day) Thanks: 32 Thanked 128 Times in 121 Posts System Specs	I just game.

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Nov 17, 2012, 11:28 PM	#5
agent00skid Join Date: May 2012 Location: Denmark Posts: 355 (0.93/day) Thanks: 18 Thanked 154 Times in 87 Posts System Specs	Still not sure my desktop is idle stable, so crunching is kind of a good thing. Also, the amount of gaming I do is not that great, so plenty of crunchy time.

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Nov 17, 2012, 11:41 PM	#6
[Ion] WCG Team Assistant Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: North Carolina, US Posts: 10,666 (7.92/day) Thanks: 8,249 Thanked 9,328 Times in 4,261 Posts System Specs	I won't game on my desktops because that would involve killing the WCG GPU client. So I do all of my gaming on the HD4000M in my laptop __________________ 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

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Nov 18, 2012, 09:29 AM	#7
Pehla Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: brčko dc/bosnia and herzegovina Posts: 241 (0.57/day) Thanks: 90 Thanked 61 Times in 47 Posts System Specs	ok guys i dont know if im on right place to post but here it is!! since i love this comunitiy a lot ..,becouse i had help from here few times saving my hardware!! so i was just going to ask if someone can explain what the crunching is??what hardware is compatible??couse i wanna see tpu waaay up on that rank list

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Nov 18, 2012, 10:39 AM	#8
Aquinus Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Dover, New Hampshire, USA Posts: 4,263 (8.86/day) Thanks: 1,276 Thanked 1,329 Times in 986 Posts System Specs	I game and crunch on my machine capable of playing modern games, but my other rigs only crunch. So Yes to both "Crunch only" and "Game and crunch on the same PC." __________________ MyHeat

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Nov 18, 2012, 10:48 AM	#9
manofthem Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: WPB, FL Posts: 3,338 (3.86/day) Thanks: 2,088 Thanked 2,515 Times in 1,277 Posts System Specs	I used to have a decent gaming rig , but now it's been dedicated to WCG since before the HCC challenge. I haven't gamed on it since then. I did play my PS3 yesterday for a bit though to quench my gaming thirst; obviously it's not as good but it's something __________________ My Heatware "P.S. Why buy from Newegg...when you can buy from Sneeky!" -LiNKiN

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Nov 18, 2012, 10:52 AM	#10
Solaris17 Creator Solaris Utility DVD Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Reinacting scenes from platoon with Charlie Sheen Posts: 13,708 (4.83/day) Thanks: 4,366 Thanked 3,295 Times in 2,311 Posts System Specs	crunch and game on the same PC with a farm of other PCs dedicated to gaming, atleast thats what i did when i still had all my machines. __________________ I Made the Millionth post! \| "Please come to WI now so I can beat you over the head with a bratwurst."-Kreij PS3 mod 8500/8600GT Mod Guide Rebuild a Copperhead Heat Ware NF4 Ultra SLI Mod Solaris Utility DVD 4.0 Broken CPU pin guide Vista Mark

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Nov 18, 2012, 10:59 AM	#11
BarbaricSoul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Southeastern Virginia Posts: 3,738 (1.95/day) Thanks: 369 Thanked 1,084 Times in 799 Posts System Specs	I crunch and game on the same machine. Some games I have to set the Bionic client to snooze while I game, others I can game and crunch at the same time. Surprisingly to me, I'm able to crunch with my cpu and gpu and still play Borderlands 2 on high settings and get acceptable FPS. __________________ “Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.” “Amd....definitely a blond female.....not much on the cpu side, but always strutting about showing off her gpus......wow that was bad. I apologize.” -ensabrenoir

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Cooling:	Corsair H60/ Corsair A50
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Nov 18, 2012, 11:16 AM	#12
hat Maximum Overclocker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 12,236 (5.15/day) Thanks: 2,054 Thanked 2,039 Times in 1,549 Posts System Specs	I voted Other, since I have one machine that is pretty much a dedicated cruncher, although it does do other, non resource intensive things. My main machine, Starlifter, also crunches, but I may suspend crunching while gaming, depending on the game. Most of the time I can crunch and game at the same time, but sometimes that doesn't work out. __________________ My Heatware “Inb4 smartphone LN2 overclocking.” -radrok

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Nov 18, 2012, 12:19 PM	#13
Norton WCG Team Assistant Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Northeast, USA Posts: 5,172 (9.95/day) Thanks: 5,411 Thanked 10,139 Times in 3,190 Posts System Specs	I don't game as much as I used to but like the ability to play anything that's out now on my main rig when I choose to do so. Thanks to the gpu wu's my rig(s) get to take advantage of their graphics hardware to do something good Thanks to the server nature of FX chips I have not yet had a reason to pause crunching while doing anything else.... with the exception of a quick benchmark once in awhile. @Pehla- browse through our stickied threads in our forum section- they explain what we do and how to get setup: http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=68 __________________ *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 Team thread- crunch for our Team/see what we do...** Last edited by Norton; Nov 18, 2012 at 12:25 PM.

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Nov 18, 2012, 12:49 PM	#14
AlienIsGOD Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kingston, Ontario Canada Posts: 2,604 (1.49/day) Thanks: 4,323 Thanked 1,105 Times in 631 Posts System Specs	I crunch and game on the same machine ... for now When i get the Ivy Bridge rig built, I will crunch 24/7 on the i5 2400 and part time on the 3570K

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Hard Disk:	500GB OS / 500GB Data \| Kingston HyperX 120GB SSD / 2 x Seagate 500GB \| 320GB
Optical Drive:	Asus 22x DVD/CD Combo Drive \| ? \|
CRT/LCD Model:	LG Flatron IPS226 22" IPS 5ms \| Phillips 227E 22" IPS 7ms / 40" Samsung 550 LCD HDTV \| 15.6" LCD
Case:	Antec P280 \| Thermaltake Soprano Snow Edition
Sound Card:	Realtek ALC898 w/ Logitech z623 \| Realtek ALC892 w/ SB X-FI MB2 software w/ Logitech x540
PSU:	Corsair HX1000W \| Thermaltake TR2 500W
Software:	Windows 7 Home 64 Bit \| Windows 7 Home 64 Bit \| Windows 7 Home 64 Bit
Benchmarks:	benchmarks are for noobs, real men crunch WCG for TPU \m/

Nov 18, 2012, 02:09 PM	#15
BlackOmega Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 562 (0.36/day) Thanks: 150 Thanked 157 Times in 117 Posts System Specs	Where's the game only option? I mainly game and use my rigs for other things like writing papers.

System Name:	Black Box
Processor:	Intel i7 3770K
Motherboard:	AsRock z77 Extreme 6
Cooling:	Thermalright Venemous X
Memory:	4 x 4GB Corsair Vengeance LP
Video Card:	2 x Evga GTX 480
Hard Disk:	A-Data 128GB SSD, Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
Optical Drive:	Pioneer BD-R
CRT/LCD Model:	HANNspree 25" 1080p 2ms
Case:	Lian Li PC-9F
Sound Card:	Creative XFI
PSU:	PC Power & Cooling Silencer MKII 750w
Software:	Win 7 pro x64

Nov 18, 2012, 02:18 PM	#16
ChristTheGreat Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Montreal Posts: 700 (0.32/day) Thanks: 412 Thanked 231 Times in 131 Posts System Specs	I crunch while I play, except for big games xD like BF3, or when I was on Crysis 3 Alpha, that I put crunch at sleep. __________________ Crunchers: i5 2500k @ 4.7ghz \| 4 threads @ 100% \| HD7950 GPU Xeon E3-3120 @ 3.1ghz \| 4 threads @ 70% Dell M6500 (i7 820QM) @ 1.8ghz \| 8 threads @ 30% Sempron 2600+ @ 1.8ghz \| 1 thread @ 70% X4 635 @ 2.9 \| 4 threads @ 30%

System Name:	CTG Computer
Processor:	Intel i5 2500k @ 4.7ghz 1.32/1.34v
Motherboard:	Asus P8P67 Evo
Cooling:	Zalman CNPS10x Extreme modded
Memory:	2x 4gb Kingston HyperX Genesis PnP 1.5v 1600mhz
Video Card:	MSI HD7950 TFIII Boost edition (960/1250)
Hard Disk:	Crucial M4 64gb(OS) \| Crucial M4 256GB(Games) \| RAID 1 Western Digital Black 1TB 32mb
Optical Drive:	LG DVD-Burner
CRT/LCD Model:	2x Asus VE228H
Case:	CoolerMaster CM690 Advanced II + USB3 TOP
PSU:	OCZ Z-Series 850w GOLD
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Nov 18, 2012, 02:29 PM	#18
Arciks Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northampton,UK Posts: 1,674 (1.03/day) Thanks: 240 Thanked 143 Times in 117 Posts System Specs	PC is my life, so i do all kind of things while at PC.And ofcourse am not forgetting about real life __________________ Blizzard Btag(EU)>Arciks#2909 Steam ID: Arciks PSN ID:Arciks Last edited by Arciks; Nov 18, 2012 at 02:36 PM.

System Name:	ARCIKS-PC
Processor:	Intel Core i7 920 D0 2.66Ghz @ 3.8GHz(1.264V)
Motherboard:	Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel X58
Cooling:	CPU(ThermalTake)
Memory:	OCZ Gold 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz DDR3
Video Card:	SAPPHIRE 7970 VAPOR-X GHZ EDITION 3GB(OC 1100/1525)
Hard Disk:	OCZ Vertex SSD 60GB,vertex 2 ssd 120GB,750GB,1TB
Optical Drive:	Blu-rey
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell Ultrasharp 2709W 27"
Case:	XCLIO FULL TOWER
Sound Card:	Integrated
PSU:	TAGAN ITZ SERIES 1100W
Software:	Windows 8 PRO
Benchmarks:	3Dmark11 - performance test - 9430

Nov 18, 2012, 04:25 PM	#19
NHKS Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 572 (0.95/day) Thanks: 1,853 Thanked 375 Times in 199 Posts	I know the epic-level members have more than 2 dedicated crunching rigs.. as for me I started crunching recently and at the moment using my modest but charming C2D E4500 desktop to crunch.. this pc is used for all purposes including gaming (/sigh/ if only my 9800gt could crunch).. I crunch with the cpu @ 100% when I am at home (fulltime during weekends & holidays).. even @ 100% crunching it is more than happy to let me work with common applications, browse the net, watch videos/ listen music in parallel! going forward however I would like to have at least 1 dedicated cpu cruncher and the future of GPU WUs would have a lot of bearing on my decision to include a dedicated gpu as well.. with radeons having a significant edge over geforce in crunching, 7xx0 or even 8xx0(if it comes early 2013) would be nice to have as a cruncher.. lets hope WCG standardizes GPU WUs as well