EXTREMEHW invites TECHPOWERUP to First Annual 96-hour Folding Challenge March 17th 0000 UTC

[mechtech]

Ok I got the prize info from EVGA Jacob.

TEN X20 Mice
TEN Z20 Keyboards

We have had a major influx of contestants this week, but we could still have leftover prizes, thus we have had to implement a slight rules change to make the contest even easier.

We have lowered the requirement for the random prize draw to 10 Work Units.

In the event that we have prizes leftover, we will hold a second round of random prize giveaways for those that completed 20 Work Units.

I'm working on getting this info into the official thread, updating our banners, and all that today.

Thank you Jacob and EVGA for generously giving back to the folding community.

Right now, I'd be happy with a chocolate donut

I tripped the breaker ..... must scale back.

RTX 3080 Ti
RTX 3080
RTX 2080 Ti
RTX 2080
RX 6600 XT

put an oven plug on your power bar

 

[ir_cow]

easy fix, put pennies in the breaker. now i'll never slow down

 

[damric]

I tripped the breaker ..... must scale back.

RTX 3080 Ti
RTX 3080
RTX 2080 Ti
RTX 2080
RX 6600 XT

Yeah but you sure put up some work units in a very short amount of time.

I have come to realize I need to replace 850w Leadex III if I am to fold on main rig. Been getting random restarts when folding the Ryzen 5950X and RX 6900XT. Sustained it's probably 600w because pumps and stuff. I think it's random power spikes tripping it. I dialed back clocks in the GPU and put the CPU in ECO mode for now.

 

[1freedude]

Any one have a passkey for the legendary hertz9753? Only fitting that we get him on the board for this 96 first run.

 

[ir_cow]

FYI - set your power limit to 75-80% you lose very little in points. Card doesn't melt and the power bill is lower.

 

[Norton]

Any one have a passkey for the legendary hertz9753? Only fitting that we get him on the board for this 96 first run.

You can set one up in his name/honor- that's what I did for the Kreij account

 

[damric]

Any one have a passkey for the legendary hertz9753? Only fitting that we get him on the board for this 96 first run.

BWG has it but he's MIA for about a year.

FYI - set your power limit to 75-80% you lose very little in points. Card doesn't melt and the power bill is lower.

So far so good today since I did that. I'll be PSU shopping soon enough though. Folding is really the ultimate system stress test, like running prime+furmark

 

[phill]

And here we go....

Just updated the GPU drivers in hope that it will help with speeding things up!! I'll try and keep it going as long as I can with the sun shining

 

[ir_cow]

I'm not sure my passkey is working. Oh well. Still folding away.

 

[1freedude]

I'm not sure my passkey is working. Oh well. Still folding away.

It is. Put your name here

Folding@home Bonus Status

 

[damric]

As a way of saying thanks for you all coming over to help out, I'm also folding for Mike Hertz with everything I have left. No machines in my name now but it's all good

 

[1freedude]

Now, if we could just harass @Space Lynx to switch over teams for the last day, he'll really show us what it's all about!

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Yeah enterprise I joined that site shortly after he created it working on oc.net
Format over there is a train wreck

 

[1freedude]

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[Space Lynx]

Now, if we could just harass @Space Lynx to switch over teams for the last day, he'll really show us what it's all about!

I saw that post before, but it said you have to make an account and post in the forum over there, and honestly I just can't be bothered. I am done folding for the weekend anyway. my plan is to fold full throttle when not working/gaming

Hi,
Yeah enterprise I joined that site shortly after he created it working on oc.net
Format over there is a train wreck

i left oc net many years ago. so glad i did too, because W1zz has the best laid out site in town. tpu truly is a masterpiece of design and functionality.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Yeah looks like enterprise went bonkers over there to
Looks like only 7 people online so who is folding

Premium member enjoy adds free
I didn't see any adds buddy just as visitor

 

[damric]

Hi,
Yeah looks like enterprise went bonkers over there to
Looks like only 7 people online so who is folding

Premium member enjoy adds free
I didn't see any adds buddy just as visitor

Looks like someone's folding. Over 2billion points and 5000WUs in just the last 3 days.

 

[onemanhitsquad]

good luck!

 

[Space Lynx]

Looks like someone's folding. Over 2billion points and 5000WUs in just the last 3 days.

wtf. how is that even possible with the small crew here, lmao

i did notice a shady ass name called, "hpc-laptop" or something that was in first place for team tpu. i was like hmmm... wtf is going on here mate. aint no fucking laptop getting those scores

edit: my badge jus went from 2 million to 5 million, yay! should be ten million next week!

edit 2: nm its bluebumblebee who is the laptop name.

 

[Avacado]

Wanted to give a big thank you to TPU Staff(@W1zzard )/Users for being so helpful with this competition. Thank you Damric for getting this published outside of EHW. We really appreciate all of the love coming out of this endeavor.

@ThrashZone So this is where you've been hiding.

 

[Space Lynx]

Wanted to give a big thank you to TPU Staff/Users for being so helpful with this competition. Thank you Damric for getting this published outside of EHW. We really appreciate all of the love coming out of this endeavor.

@ThrashZone So this is where you've been hiding.

this is the best designed website on the entire internet, there is no hiding here, we sit on thrones of Olympus here

all hail! W1zzard!

 

[1freedude]

Wanted to give a big thank you to TPU Staff/Users for being so helpful with this competition. Thank you Damric for getting this published outside of EHW. We really appreciate all of the love coming out of this endeavor.

@ThrashZone So this is where you've been hiding.

Right on. Damric really knocked it out of the park! I suggest calling this event "The St. Patrick's 96 hr Folding Bender"

If you don't, I will!

Thanks for popping over Avacado. You guys have a great team, and lots of good will.

 

[Avacado]

Right on. Damric really knocked it out of the park! I suggest calling this event "The St. Patrick's 96 hr Folding Bender"

If you don't, I will!

Thanks for popping over Avacado. You guys have a great team, and lots of good will.

Thank you! We did talk about naming it related to St. Patties day, however we wont due to it being a political subject in some countries. While I do live in the states and we primarily wear green and get hammered, we have to be mindful of everyone here. I was for your Idea.

 

[Space Lynx]

Thank you! We did talk about naming it related to St. Patties day, however we wont due to it being a political subject in some countries. While I do live in the states and we primarily wear green and get hammered, we have to be mindful of everyone here. I was for your Idea.

I'm sorry I did not join in, I mainly just am trying to get my numbers up on TPU since I don't fold much at all to begin with. I might try to hold an event myself someday though... still waiting to see if I get diagnosed with Parkinsons or not, struggling with my left hand/arm tremors gradually getting worse as the years go by.

If I do get diagnosed with it, going to see if W1zz will let me create an event on TPU out of selfishness where we all focus on Parkinsons folding for a weekend or something, lol - hopefully that doesn't happen though.

 

[Avacado]

I'm sorry I did not join in, I mainly just am trying to get my numbers up on TPU since I don't fold much at all to begin with. I might try to hold an event myself someday though... still waiting to see if I get diagnosed with Parkinsons or not, struggling with my left hand/arm tremors gradually getting worse as the years go by.

If I do get diagnosed with it, going to see if W1zz will let me create an event on TPU out of selfishness where we all focus on Parkinsons folding for a weekend or something, lol - hopefully that doesn't happen though.

All good brother. Sorry to hear about the Parkinsons diagnoses, I know that can be tough to come to grips with (20 year Nurse here). Though, some Parkinsons WU's yield pretty high PPD