Official 2010 Chimp Challenge Thread

[Makaveli]

The 1GB versions are more energy efficient. No, it doesn't make sense to me either.

lol

 

[HammerON]

Yep, around in there, 800-1000 I think

Hey Ion,

What kind of points should my i7 920's be producing? All three are using the SMP2. Two are overclocked to 3.8 GHz and are running on Win7 64-bit w/ 4GB of RAM each.
The third rig is running at 3.45 GHz on Vista 32-bit with 4GB (or should I say 3 GB) of RAM.

Thanks man

 

[[Ion]]

Hey Ion,

What kind of points should my i7 920's be producing? All three are using the SMP2. Two are overclocked to 3.8 GHz and are running on Win7 64-bit w/ 4GB of RAM each.
The third rig is running at 3.45 GHz on Vista 32-bit with 4GB (or should I say 3 GB) of RAM.

Thanks man

You're running SMP2, not -bigadv, right?
If so, I'd guess ~18k/day on the 3.8ghz ones, ~15k on the 3.45ghz one. If it's -bigadv, maybe ~25k on the 3.8ghz ones and ~21k or so on the 3.45ghz one (but I'm not really sure with regards to slower i7 system (or really if it would run -bigadv))

 

[theonedub]

For input my i7 860 @ 3.5ghz on SMP is getting about 11k on average (5WUs completed), fully loaded on all 8 threads also feeding 2 GPU2 Clients.

Its a little disappointing.

 

[msgclb]

with regards to slower i7 system (or really if it would run -bigadv))

It's my opinion they will run on any i7 system with 6GB at any speed. The catch is these -bigadv have a [stricter] deadline and if your rig is to slow it won't finish in time. If my opinion is correct then I'll say I don't know how slow is a no no.

I've been holding back with some news until I could see if it was good or bad. Several hours ago I signed for a package that contained an EVGA GTS 250 512-P3-1140-TR. I got it to replace a Galaxy GTS 250 that can keep my apartment warm in the winter time.

To replace the video card on this rig required delicate surgery. I had to pull the case out from between two others and a couple of rigs that are below it with out ruining my day. I successfully swapped cards and it's up and running.

The good new is this card is running at 75C with the fan at 100% along with a 20" fan blowing on all of my rigs. This is in a room that still is 90+ degrees.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

250,585 points for the last update!

Edit: That brings us to 1087994 points so far for the contest

 

[bogmali]

Swap the rigs over to SMP2 in the mean time.

I'm one step ahead of you there Cap Did that yesterday when I got frustrated looking at attempt #39 shadedshu

 

[Trigger911]

I think I need to turn off avd as one job didn't finish on a rig that was crashing ... my o/c is still in the works

 

[BUCK NASTY]

I'm also having temperature issues, my rig is in the room where I sleep, which makes it worse, but I'll suffer

I can't even sleep in the room next door to my folding room with all the heat and 2 floor fans running. I have had to take up residence in the den for the duration of the Challenge. Don't worry, it's got a very comfy couch!

 

[El Fiendo]

That's nothing. I tried sleeping away from my computers, and I've found that I'm now so accustomed to the fan noise that I can't sleep anywhere without 7 case fans blasting and at least 2 OC'ed GTX 260s trying desperately to keep cool. It's like I have a psychotic aversion to sleep without the fan noise present. :shadedshu

 

[[Ion]]

I can't even sleep in the room next door to my folding room with all the heat and 2 floor fans running. I have had to take up residence in the den for the duration of the Challenge. Don't worry, it's got a very comfy couch!

What is your F@H setup currently? I know a while back you had racks of GPU rigs but I also know that you downsized, right?

 

[Chicken Patty]

Well, if you can get a 9800GTX+/GTS250 for under $100, it's a pretty good card, good for ~6.5k PPD or a GTX260 can usually be had for $135 and does ~8k/day. If you can find a 9800GX2 (basically 2 9800GTXs glued together) they are around ~175 typically and do ~11k PPD

Well if that's the case, I'll give a card to my buddy that I have laying around or buy him a new card and get my GX2 back

 

[Chicken Patty]

Guys, I just was pointed out by a member that I was crunching under the wrong username

How can I change that now or do I have to uninstall and install again?

 

[El Fiendo]

Guys, I just was pointed out by a member that I was crunching under the wrong username

How can I change that now or do I have to uninstall and install again?

First, close the client. Right click on the F@H shortcut and go to properties, place your cursor in the target field and type: ' -configonly'. Now, reopen the folding client and it will allow you to change the configuration parameters. It remembers what you've put in, so the only thing you need to change on the GPUs is the user name. On CPU clients, you'll need to change the username and the bonus key to that of ChimPowerUps. Once this is done, the console will close by itself. Remove the -configonly argument and restart the client. There should be little issue with doing this in the middle of a work unit, though I'd wait until the CPU client was finished what it was working on just in case.

 

[Chicken Patty]

First, close the client. Right click on the F@H shortcut and go to properties, place your cursor in the target field and type: ' -configonly'. Now, reopen the folding client and it will allow you to change the configuration parameters. It remembers what you've put in, so the only thing you need to change on the GPUs is the user name. On CPU clients, you'll need to change the username and the bonus key to that of ChimPowerUps. Once this is done, the console will close by itself. Remove the -configonly argument and restart the client. There should be little issue with doing this in the middle of a work unit, though I'd wait until the CPU client was finished what it was working on just in case.

done deal, thank you

 

[dustyshiv]

Im running smp client on my i7 overclocked to 3.8 GHz. Fahmon shows a ppd of only 1900. Wht am i doing wrong? All the cores are stressed though.

 

[[Ion]]

Im running smp client on my i7 overclocked to 3.8 GHz. Fahmon shows a ppd of only 1900. Wht am i doing wrong? All the cores are stressed though.

Use HFM.NET, it calculates bonuses as well

 

[theonedub]

^ Correct.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

What is your F@H setup currently? I know a while back you had racks of GPU rigs but I also know that you downsized, right?

Well, let's just say that the CC hijacked my plans to downsize. I still have the cart with 3 rigs/14 GPU's and 3 stand alone rigs running mostly SMP2. I will have to cut back during the Summer due to the heat, but all hardware will be back in full force come Fall. I will add another i7 along the way as well.

 

[HammerON]

So I downloaded FahMon 2.3.99.1 and here is what my three rigs are producing:

i7 920 @ 3.89 GHz / 4GB ram / Win7 64-bit:

i7 920 @ 3.8 GHz / 4GB ram / Win7 64-bit:

i7 920 @ 3.45 GHz / 4GB ram / Vista 32-bit (so only 3GB ram):

I am not sure what is going on with the second rig listed. PPD sure does seem low compared to the other 2. Plus it is using way more ram for some reason. I wonder if I shouldn't re-install and try again. Any thoughts???

 

[Trigger911]

I have a problem with HFM some reason there is always a client that shows 0 activity even buck tried to help me fix it. When i left for work it was working fine and now its back to showing 0 %

edit::: hammeron are you a pc pimp? lmao im glad i don't pay you power bill

 

[HammerON]

I have a problem with HFM some reason there is always a client that shows 0 activity even buck tried to help me fix it. When i left for work it was working fine and now its back to showing 0 %

edit::: hammeron are you a pc pimp? lmao im glad i don't pay you power bill

Nope - just a crunching junkie (as Paulieg has told me)

 

[thebluebumblebee]

I have a problem with HFM some reason there is always a client that shows 0 activity even buck tried to help me fix it. When i left for work it was working fine and now its back to showing 0 %

You may want to check out the links at http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=120320 Please let us know if/when you find a fix. I've had problems with it showing 0%, but I thought it was because the client was too slow.

 

[hertz9753]

I had to close the window in my computer room today. It's only 39F in Bismarck, ND and we have a winter weather warning.

 

[[Ion]]

I had to close the window in my computer room today. It's only 39F in Bismarck, ND and we have a winter weather warning.

You lucky @$$$U#)##@!!
It was 91f here today in Central NC shadedshu