time to crank it up

[chibianh]

doh! looks like there have been a few others recently who's jumping up to the top of the list in terms of output. Looks like I'm going to have to crank it up to keep these guys at bay! :D

ps. I'm gunning for you 4JNA :P

[4JNA]

... I'm gunning for you 4JNA :P

yikes :eek: :cool:

...runs to basement to look for more hardware...

[4JNA]

Colonel Sandurz: Prepare ship for light speed.
Dark Helmet: No, no, no, light speed is too slow.
Colonel Sandurz: Light speed, too slow?
Dark Helmet: Yes, we're gonna have to go right to ludicrous speed.

prepare for folding @ ludicrous speed. :)

[zelmo]

I loves me some™ PS3 Folding!:p

[SilentPanda]

Right now I'm slated to be #50 in a year.... :( I'm like 180 something now. Not too bad though considering I only have 2 machines folding though.

<3 Mac Pro and <3 PS3 (only <3 PS3 for folding though)

[MrMacMan]

woah guys... there is no way this is possible...
I just cracked into the top #20 producers list with 838 points per day...

I'm only running on 1 MacBook Pro!

:eek:

[chibianh]

dang PS3 folders... lol

[zelmo]

dang PS3 folders... lol

MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!:D

somehow managing to stave you and Tarnished Traveller off for a bit with my PS3 [folding under the name powermac666;) ].

[4JNA]

yesterday, the team summary page on EOC was amazing! 9 people in the red (1.6k+), and 19 people above 1000ppd. guessing part was the PS3 (@#$^! xbox 360, no client...) and part was the stats server/crash thing catching up. still was cool to see.

time to start lurking on ebay for a PS3 i guess...:o

[zelmo]

:p I had to pull a screen grab during the 4 second window when my ppd hit <2200. The next points adjustment will drive me down to @1500-1600ppd. Considering where I was living pre-PS3, I'm happy there.

[jayb2000]

ugh - I had a brief moment during a two week period where I had about 30 systems running fullspeed. Got up to the top 10 or 15, I forget exactly this was a couple of years ago.
Now I have gotten a system I can run it on again and have managed to crack top 200 :(

Oh, well, #193 is better than not folding at all.

[4JNA]

crank it up, indeed.

of note is the difference moving from single core CLI software to SMP makes on a dual core/cpu machine. gets more work units done, and raised my PPD a bit. of course adding a macpro to the pile probably helped a bit also. :)

now if i can get someone to trade me a ps3 for my non-folding xbox 360...

just trying to stay ahead of you ps3'ers until i join you ps3'ers!

lets go catch silentpcreview. :apple:

[chibianh]

crank it up, indeed.

of note is the difference moving from single core CLI software to SMP makes on a dual core/cpu machine. gets more work units done, and raised my PPD a bit. of course adding a macpro to the pile probably helped a bit also. :)

now if i can get someone to trade me a ps3 for my non-folding xbox 360...

just trying to stay ahead of you ps3'ers until i join you ps3'ers!

lets go catch silentpcreview. :apple:


Your output is through the roof!! what changed? I used to be right at your heels.. now I'm a speck in your rear view mirror. But just a heads up, I have a few Mac Pros coming online within the week. :P

[4JNA]

...just a heads up, I have a few Mac Pros coming online within the week. :P

umm....

05.14.07 5,264 8
05.13.07 9,411 11
05.12.07 6,562 15

guess they arrived :eek: :)

the big jump for me was due to moving a few dual/quad windows servers from command line to SMP. i was folding on my MacPro for a few days, but couldn't stand the heat in the office. looks like i'll need to bring the heat to try and keep up if you keep this up!

great job!

[lssmit02]

With just one Mac Pro! Man I love that SMP client.

[Dreadnought]

Right now I'm slated to be #50 in a year.... :( I'm like 180 something now. Not too bad though considering I only have 2 machines folding though.

<3 Mac Pro and <3 PS3 (only <3 PS3 for folding though)

He, that would mean you will be overtaking me somewhere this year! We can't have that!! Thank god they replaced a faulty motherboard at work of my C2D, so it's stable now and running 24/7 :p Maybe I leave my G5 cranking a bit more, in other words: I'm back....

P.s. When are they going to bring out folding for the Wii?!?! That will serious kick some PS3! :D

[Dreadnought]

Issmit02, just wondering when looking at the stats of our team: There is also an kssmit02 with 79000 points and also in the top 10. Are you two the same, have you put your name wrong in a couple of clients or are you two different persons???

[lssmit02]

Issmit02, just wondering when looking at the stats of our team: There is also an kssmit02 with 79000 points and also in the top 10. Are you two the same, have you put your name wrong in a couple of clients or are you two different persons???
I wondered the same thing! :) But no, right now I'm only running one machine (may be able to add a second soon), and it has my ID entered correctly.

[Dreadnought]

I wondered the same thing! :) But no, right now I'm only running one machine (may be able to add a second soon), and it has my ID entered correctly. One machine that delivers 1900 points per day?!?!:eek: What are the specs of the Mac you took when you traveled with your timemachine to the future. More importantly, when will it be available for the common people that don't have a time machine!:D

[lssmit02]

One machine that delivers 1900 points per day?!?!:eek: What are the specs of the Mac you took when you traveled with your timemachine to the future. More importantly, when will it be available for the common people that don't have a time machine!:D
It's the 2.66 version of the Mac Pro with 2 gigs of Ram. The SMP client can complete a work unit in about 20 hours, with the typical score being about 1,440 per WU. And, yes, :D

[Dreadnought]

And here I'm folding on dual G5 1.8 where the best it can do is 200 points per day, but this machine isn't folding 24/7. And at work is C2D 1.67 folding 24/7 and this also is doing about 1 WU every day of 200 points. This is not fare! :mad:

[psycoswimmer]

I've been folding with my iMac C2D for about a month or so. 5/6 WU's done. :)

[lssmit02]

And at work is C2D 1.67 folding 24/7 and this also is doing about 1 WU every day of 200 points. This is not fare! :mad:
is it running the PPC client in Rosetta? I tried that for a while, but it was dog slow, and only used on processor.

[Dreadnought]

is it running the PPC client in Rosetta? I tried that for a while, but it was dog slow, and only used on processor.
Nope, it's a WindHell machine :mad:

[kssmit02]

:cool: lssmit02´s little brother... was trying to pass him without him noticing... then for no reason.... other than him getting a macpro! he starts folding again... looks like im going to have to get a macpro for my office as well... and convince my GF that a PS3 will save our relationship! :)

Bro... im going to gets U!

[kssmit02]

oh and I forgot... imac´s for the kids... and one for the bathroom... that should fold me very well...

commmmn to geetsss you bro :D

[Dreadnought]

That explains a lot! My money is on kssmit!

[lssmit02]

Bro... im going to gets U!
Fat chance at the moment. I'm still out-folding you by 100 PPD. Oh, and anyway, it's about the science, not a competition. ;)

[Dreadnought]

kssmit, it's time you throw in the towl! It's not funny anymore, you're going to overtake me in the next 40 days! :mad: Be wise and change your name to your brothers. I don't care how fast he's folding, he's already ahead of me :D

[4JNA]

...Looks like I'm going to have to crank it up to keep these guys at bay!

ps. I'm gunning for you 4JNA


moving next week which means unplugging and shutting down lots of computers. remote support/admin on several customer sites, so not all going down, but thought i would welcome our new Colorado folding leader in advance.... way to go chibianh! you should be in number 1 place in short order.

in the immortal words of ah-nold... i'll be back. :D

we still need to catch those silent non-fan using chaps just ahead of us. :apple:

[Dreadnought]

Fat chance at the moment. I'm still out-folding you by 100 PPD. Oh, and anyway, it's about the science, not a competition. ;)
Not anymore :D He's outproducing you

[chibianh]

moving next week which means unplugging and shutting down lots of computers. remote support/admin on several customer sites, so not all going down, but thought i would welcome our new Colorado folding leader in advance.... way to go chibianh! you should be in number 1 place in short order.

in the immortal words of ah-nold... i'll be back. :D

we still need to catch those silent non-fan using chaps just ahead of us. :apple:

I'll keep the seat warm while you are away. ;)

[Dagless]

I tried getting clients on my Macs but just can't get them to work. So my iMac is basically always running the F@H client for our team :) already in the top 100! Great thing is it doesn't detract from computer usage since it cuts off when I'm doing heavy work. If only I could get it working on my PowerBook :o it just sits there in permanent sleep mode ever since I graduated.

[Dreadnought]

Look out with folding on laptops, they get pretty hot and drain the battery fast. I don't fold anymore on my PB. Why doesn't a folding app work on your other Macs? Only thing you'll have to do is download the app, install it and answer a couple of questions.

[4JNA]

I'll keep the seat warm while you are away. ;)

hey, hot seat.... good job going over 1 million! keep up the good work. :)

[chibianh]

hey, hot seat.... good job going over 1 million! keep up the good work. :)

thanks! when are you coming back to take back your seat?

[Naimfan]

Wow--I used to think my iMac was pretty fast! 26 minutes of CPU time and it's only ~65% done with one task. Yikes!

[4JNA]

2 million points, in 2 years and 2 days, and it happend on 'tuesday' too.

weird!:confused::eek::)

[twoodcc]

well i never could get my mac pro to work well with this, but my ps3 is doing a great job!

was in last place with 1WU, and now i'm #732 on the team, with 11 WU, and moving up!

[4JNA]

great job and congratulations to Powermac666 for hitting 1 million points. and moments (hours/days) away, congrats to Sparky76 and 6161 who will also hit 1 million.

on a seperate note, you're near to top of the team list and don't get to see names go flying by as you pass anymore...:) if you are into that, try;

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/individual_overtake.php?s=&u=125659

edit: hate when is 'helps' by formatting... without the [url] formatting is;

htt://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/individual_overtake.php?s=&u=125659

for anyone else who wants to try, just replace the '125659' at the end of the url with your user number to see where you are in the complete list of active folders on the planet. if you don't know your user number, you can click HERE (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_list.php?s=&t=3446) to the the MR team list, find your user name and point at it, the status bar at the bottom of the browser will show you your number.

best of luck to all and thanks for folding.

[twoodcc]

great job and congratulations to Powermac666 for hitting 1 million points. and moments (hours/days) away, congrats to Sparky76 and 6161 who will also hit 1 million.

on a seperate note, you're near to top of the team list and don't get to see names go flying by as you pass anymore...:) if you are into that, try;

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/individual_overtake.php?s=&u=125659

for anyone else who wants to try, just replace the '125659' at the end of the url with your user number to see where you are in the complete list of active folders on the planet. if you don't know your user number, you can click HERE (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_list.php?s=&t=3446) to the the MR team list, find your user name and point at it, the status bar at the bottom of the browser will show you your number.

best of luck to all and thanks for folding.

congrats to those who are hitting 1 million!

thanks. i tried the link, but it didn't work for me

i think we need to get more people involved though. our team will get passed soon

[4JNA]

i tried the link, but it didn't work for me

i think we need to get more people involved though. our team will get passed soon

you are 313187, so try HERE (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/individual_overtake.php?s=&u=313187). just getting ready to jump to a new page, and blow by dozens a day at the rate you are going! great job.

agree with the get more people, but i'd settle for a few more of the 2000+ who are on the team not currently folding getting back into it...:confused:

seems like lots of people tried it, but it didn't go fast enough, or a problem and they quit, or ?

you, me, them, whomever, it's all good science from where i sit. (but passing people, or trying to catch dreadnought is still fun...:)).

[twoodcc]

you are 313187, so try HERE (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/individual_overtake.php?s=&u=313187). just getting ready to jump to a new page, and blow by dozens a day at the rate you are going! great job.

agree with the get more people, but i'd settle for a few more of the 2000+ who are on the team not currently folding getting back into it...:confused:

seems like lots of people tried it, but it didn't go fast enough, or a problem and they quit, or ?

you, me, them, whomever, it's all good science from where i sit. (but passing people, or trying to catch dreadnought is still fun...:)).

thanks. i figured out the link.

yeah, either get more people, or get the ones that aren't active anymore to start up again.

who is this dreadnought? and i looked at the stats, and he's not at the top?

[4JNA]

who is this dreadnought? and i looked at the stats, and he's not at the top?

what?!? that's like saying 'who is this Elvis guy...' :eek::confused::o

ok. so it was awhile ago... had to dig to find the thread. HERE (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=115608).

great reading, and part of what lured me in here in the first place. then i caught him. :D now i can't seem to quit...

[twoodcc]

what?!? that's like saying 'who is this Elvis guy...' :eek::confused::o

ok. so it was awhile ago... had to dig to find the thread. HERE (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=115608).

great reading, and part of what lured me in here in the first place. then i caught him. :D now i can't seem to quit...

thanks for the link. that's a very long thread there though (26 pages). but what i'm confused about is that dreadnought doesn't seem to be all that great in the stats part. i mean, he's not bad. was he in first place for macrumors 2 or 3 years ago?

[zimv20]

now i can't seem to quit...

yeah, i noticed :-)

(currently in 7th place here, but rising...)

[RugoseCone]

thanks for the link. that's a very long thread there though (26 pages). but what i'm confused about is that dreadnought doesn't seem to be all that great in the stats part. i mean, he's not bad. was he in first place for macrumors 2 or 3 years ago?

I don't think Dred ever went beyond position 30 or 40. It's just sort of a running joke, since his sig is something about daring people to join and try to catch him. Lots of people took him up on it and proceeded to blow by him in the standings.

So we taunt him with the irony, but he's one of the most dedicated team members and responsible for a lot of the points we currently have in addition to several of our points leaders. I reached the lofty point of number 9 and used to have a high daily average, but have since lost most of the machines myself and a friend were folding with. If not for Dred, I never would have started.

[twoodcc]

I don't think Dred ever went beyond position 30 or 40. It's just sort of a running joke, since his sig is something about daring people to join and try to catch him. Lots of people took him up on it and proceeded to blow by him in the standings.

So we taunt him with the irony, but he's one of the most dedicated team members and responsible for a lot of the points we currently have in addition to several of our points leaders. I reached the lofty point of number 9 and used to have a high daily average, but have since lost most of the machines myself and a friend were folding with. If not for Dred, I never would have started.

thanks. that makes sense and helps me understand what was going on.

[mc68k]

looks like the points leader blackadder has stopped producing. :(

[twoodcc]

looks like the points leader blackadder has stopped producing. :(

he's just scared that i'm coming after him!

[zelmo]

Feels good to have finally crossed one million points [see my sig]. That PS3 and the core 2 duo iMac at work have really pumped up the daily average.

We are getting a 2.8GHz octo-core Mac Pro with 4GB RAM at work sometime in the next week or two, and I have our IT guy talked into setting up F@H on it just to see what it can do. Anyone know what kind of numbers this beast might produce?

[4JNA]

currently in 7th place here, but rising...

great job, keep it up! getting ready to jump a few places it would seem.

...since his sig is something about daring people to join and try to catch him. Lots of people took him up on it and proceeded to blow by him in the standings.... If not for Dred, I never would have started.

QFT. :) he was fighting to keep 50 for awhile. you still going to transfer points after hitting 1 million?

looks like the points leader blackadder has stopped producing. :(

saw that. :( hoping it's just a 'grad school' thing or perhaps mr. bean just needed a vaction and will be back... or could be there's to much football on right now... that's soccer for you 'yanks.

he's just scared that i'm coming after him!

date overtake: 12.14.10, 4am / 2.8 Years... go get him tiger! here's hoping you are an endurance guy and not a sprinter...

Feels good to have finally crossed one million points [see my sig]. That PS3 and the core 2 duo iMac at work have really pumped up the daily average.

We are getting a 2.8GHz octo-core Mac Pro with 4GB RAM at work sometime in the next week or two, and I have our IT guy talked into setting up F@H on it just to see what it can do. Anyone know what kind of numbers this beast might produce?

sweet! and great job... MacPro stats info from a different thread;

stats for folding i pulled from the 'FAHLog.txt' file. it's taking about 11.5 minutes to complete a percent with no others apps running, not using the system. so unless i am nuts, 11.5 * 100 / 60 = 19.2 hours to complete a work unit. that's really freaking fast. for comparison i pulled stats off a couple other systems. 1.66 CD mini, 46 minutes per percent. 2.0 C2D mini, 21 minutes per percent. 2.66 E6700 C2D peecee, 16 minutes per percent.

the xp box tends to average around 1550-1600 points per day depending on the work unit. running the math on the MacPro, 1760 points (SMP unit) / 19.2 hours to complete = 91.67 points per hour * 24 hours = 2200 points per day on average. while showing 30% cpu idle. amazing.

an amazing machine, and mine is the old version.

hoping for several more months of cold weather here in central IL (USA). when it gets warm, my SMP geek heaters will be going off. :( cheaper than natural gas, and gets me more points!

best of luck folding to all.

[twoodcc]

date overtake: 12.14.10, 4am / 2.8 Years... go get him tiger! here's hoping you are an endurance guy and not a sprinter...


yeah i know i've got a long ways to go. i do plan to be here awhile though.

but i do hope that he comes back and starts putting up numbers. as a team, we are about to be passed in less than a week!

[RugoseCone]

QFT. :) he was fighting to keep 50 for awhile. you still going to transfer points after hitting 1 million?

Well, first I have to start folding again. Just upgraded to a new MBP 2.5ghz as of today. Any suggestions as to which client to use now?

[twoodcc]

Well, first I have to start folding again. Just upgraded to a new MBP 2.5ghz as of today. Any suggestions as to which client to use now?

congrats on the new machine!

i guess the intel SMP client installer? that's what they recommend anyways

[mc68k]

go with SMP only if u can leave the machine on and complete units in 3-4 days. you can with your new machine if you have it on 24/7 all the time. if you forget and put it to sleep overnight or something you may be out of luck and lose out on points (if points are your goal)

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/psummary.html

look at GRO-SMP deadlines. u get more points but less time to complete

otherwise download the FAH6 beta, you can specify large/small workunits, memory dedication, and get workunits that take longer to complete

oh and nice 45nm MBP! me = jealous

[RugoseCone]

go with SMP only if u can leave the machine on and complete units in 3-4 days. you can with your new machine if you have it on 24/7 all the time…

…otherwise download the FAH6 beta, you can specify large/small workunits, memory dedication, and get workunits that take longer to complete

oh and nice 45nm MBP! me = jealous

Well being that it's a laptop, I'm worried about frying it. So 24/7 is out of my comfort zone. The FAH6 beta seems to only be available for Windows (at least on the downloads page it does). Am I wrong about this?

Thanks to you and twoodc for the props! It's replacing a 1ghz TiBook which goes to the wife and a PM G5 which goes back to my former employer.

[mc68k]

ure right looks like the 2 options are rosetta (emulated) v5/v6 beta or SMP. unless there some other hidden options :confused:

a cool pad might help out the life of your laptop too if ure gonna fold on it a lot

[mc68k]

double post. how do you delete these?

[twoodcc]

ure right looks like the 2 options are rosetta (emulated) v5/v6 beta or SMP. unless there some other hidden options :confused:

a cool pad might help out the life of your laptop too if ure gonna fold on it a lot

so what do you use for a laptop?

[twoodcc]

looks like i'm going to be out for at least a few days. Atlanta was hit by a tornado last night, and my dorm got hit. luckily i wasn't there (i'm there now either). but there's no power in the building.

[mc68k]

well i got laid off, so except my output to suck like shiiiite

[twoodcc]

well i got laid off, so except my output to suck like shiiiite

i'm sorry to hear that.

[4JNA]

well i got laid off, so except my output to suck like shiiiite

wow, that sucks. points smoints. hope you land on your feet. best of luck.
(and find work in a data center with like 3000 blade racks and the admin password... and permission of course)
meanwhile meeble is kicking ass and taking names. way to go!

[zimv20]

well i got laid off

sorry to hear that. best of luck to you.

[mperkins37]

I was folding with my MacPro for about aweek, until i noticed the temps of my processors was averaging 130-150 degrees. Shut it down & had 80-90 degree temps. Willing to help, just not willing to Kill my $7,000+ machine to do it.:(

[4JNA]

...the temps of my processors was averaging 130-150 degrees.

so, about ambient for phoenix. i fail to see the problem...:eek::p

if it's really something you want to do (and we need your help!), download smc FanControl 2.1.2 and bump up the cpu fans a couple hundred rpm. you can't hear the difference, and it will drop the temps by several degrees. i've been folding 24x7 over the last 6 months on a first gen MP here without any issues for what it's worth.

best of luck.

[twoodcc]

if it's really something you want to do (and we need your help!), download smc FanControl 2.1.2 and bump up the cpu fans a couple hundred rpm. you can't hear the difference, and it will drop the temps by several degrees. i've been folding 24x7 over the last 6 months on a first gen MP here without any issues for what it's worth.

best of luck.

do you use fancontrol? i've been folding, without using fancontrol. should i be worried about my temps? i have a first gen MP also

[4JNA]

do you use fancontrol? i've been folding, without using fancontrol. should i be worried about my temps? i have a first gen MP also

yeah, i use it. works great. on the MP i am using non apple memory pulled from a peecee server (no fin heatsinks) so just wanted to move a bit more air. even without fancontrol, i never saw any temps that worried me. the MP will take care of itself, that is if it's hot, it ramps up. the thermal limits on most of the components in there is well above 90c, so not much to worry about.

where i find fancontrol the most useful is on remote systems. i can create profiles that fit the setup. 'default' for customer use, 'folding' for overnight use, and 'max' to blow some dust out of the system once a month. all with the click of a mouse and for (donation made) free! sweet. :D

[twoodcc]

yeah, i use it. works great. on the MP i am using non apple memory pulled from a peecee server (no fin heatsinks) so just wanted to move a bit more air. even without fancontrol, i never saw any temps that worried me. the MP will take care of itself, that is if it's hot, it ramps up. the thermal limits on most of the components in there is well above 90c, so not much to worry about.

where i find fancontrol the most useful is on remote systems. i can create profiles that fit the setup. 'default' for customer use, 'folding' for overnight use, and 'max' to blow some dust out of the system once a month. all with the click of a mouse and for (donation made) free! sweet. :D

oh ok. that makes me feel a little better. my mac pro's fans aren't on blasting all the time, so i'm not too worried