finally got my 7 digits

[twoodcc]

well i finally made it to 7 digits. over 1 million points for folding@home. now we just need more people to get the team striving again

[Doctor Q]

Congrats, twoodcc! Your computer is da man!

[mc68k]

way to go dude!

[twoodcc]

thanks. when it gets colder here, i'll start doing the bigadv units again. then the points should really add up. if they keep the units going.

way to go dude!

hey, congrats to you for 6 million!!

[mc68k]

hey, congrats to you for 6 million!!thanks! with those bigadv units i almost feel like im cheating!

[twoodcc]

thanks! with those bigadv units i almost feel like im cheating!

yeah i know what you mean. but having 2 towers running full blast in one small apartment room is not good for me right now, so i'm going to wait on the bigadv units for right now

[SciFrog]

Congrats, keep the bigadv coming!

[twoodcc]

Congrats, keep the bigadv coming!

thanks. like i said, i'll have them coming when it gets colder. but it looks like mc68k will keep them coming

EDIT: and congrats to you! over 2 million now!

[mc68k]

thanks. like i said, i'll have them coming when it gets colder. but it looks like mc68k will keep them coming

EDIT: and congrats to you! over 2 million now!only at work, i may not fold at home now that bigadv gets enough points

Congrats on the 2M SciFrog!

[SciFrog]

Yup, but actually almost at 4mio with points of my old team combined ;)

What I am shooting for is the #5 overall spot of the team, maybe by year end...

[twoodcc]

Yup, but actually almost at 4mio with points of my old team combined ;)

What I am shooting for is the #5 overall spot of the team, maybe by year end...

oh wow. nice.

hey it's good to have goals. right now my goal is to get into the top 20. second goal is 2 million points after that, which would put me around 11th or 12th

[twoodcc]

congrats to whiterabbit for hitting 1 million!

[Storm9]

thanks. when it gets colder here, i'll start doing the bigadv units again. then the points should really add up. if they keep the units going.

What are bigadv units? and how do I run them?

I am currently running two instances using:
./fah6 -local -smp -verbosity 9

do I just add the flag ' -bigadv ' to my command above?

PS: I have a 2.53ghz MBP

[SciFrog]

They will not run on iMacs or laptops...

[twoodcc]

What are bigadv units? and how do I run them?

I am currently running two instances using:
./fah6 -local -smp -verbosity 9

do I just add the flag ' -bigadv ' to my command above?

PS: I have a 2.53ghz MBP

bigadv units are a new project that folding@home has started. there is a thread about it here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=768187).

but as already stated, you cannot run these units on iMacs or laptops. you need either an 8-core mac, or a very fast 4-core i7 machine. if you don't have one of these, then your computer will not be able to meet the deadlines

[mc68k]

What are bigadv units? and how do I run them?

I am currently running two instances using:
./fah6 -local -smp -verbosity 9

do I just add the flag ' -bigadv ' to my command above?

PS: I have a 2.53ghz MBP
the command is ./fah6 -bigadv -smp 8 -local replace with 16 for 16 cores

a MP with 8 cores takes 3+ days out of 6 so it's doubtful a 2.53GHz 2 core would do it by the deadline

[Storm9]

Thanks! I'll try it on my work computer, its a quad.

[twoodcc]

Thanks! I'll try it on my work computer, its a quad.

you can try it. but really the only quad machines that have been making the deadline is the core i7s. what kind of machine do you have at work?

[mc68k]

Thanks! I'll try it on my work computer, its a quad.yeah unfortunately there's no partial credit, it's either complete before the deadline or no points

[twoodcc]

well guys, i might be cutting back even more for right now. heat is becoming an issue. i made a thread about it here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=8645334#post8645334). at my current rate, i think i'll have the air on in my apartment in the dead of winter!

[lordonuthin]

well guys, i might be cutting back even more for right now. heat is becoming an issue. i made a thread about it here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=8645334#post8645334). at my current rate, i think i'll have the air on in my apartment in the dead of winter!

I know what you mean, my small house keeps toasty just from the computers running. The problem is getting the heat moved from the computer room... thus a box fan in the door pushing in cool air at the bottom.

[lordonuthin]

congrats to whiterabbit for hitting 1 million!

Thanks, and sorry I just moved past you:D for now anyway...

[twoodcc]

I know what you mean, my small house keeps toasty just from the computers running. The problem is getting the heat moved from the computer room... thus a box fan in the door pushing in cool air at the bottom.

yeah i might have to invest in a fan. this is crazy in my place. the air on when it's 45 degrees outside! :eek:

Thanks, and sorry I just moved past you:D for now anyway...

on no, i'm glad your able to put up those numbers. i would if it wasn't for the heat in this little apartment

[twoodcc]

congrats to rwh202 for getting 2 million points!

[twoodcc]

congrats to whiterabbit for hitting 2 million!

[twoodcc]

congrats to SteveMoody for 5 million!

[SciFrog]

Got #7 spot on the team!

Now it gets much harder, a month and a half at least.

The team is doing great with 230k PPD 
we should maintain our rank at least, but I have a feeling many windows teams have not discovered the bigadv units yet. Rumor is if GPU3 is stable, it might make it to Linux.

[twoodcc]

Got #7 spot on the team!

Now it gets much harder, a month and a half at least.

The team is doing great with 230k PPD 
we should maintain our rank at least, but I have a feeling many windows teams have not discovered the bigadv units yet. Rumor is if GPU3 is stable, it might make it to Linux.

congrats. i sure hope GPU3 makes it linux. that would really get us some more points

[lordonuthin]

Originally Posted by SciFrog
Got #7 spot on the team!

Now it gets much harder, a month and a half at least.

The team is doing great with 230k PPD 
we should maintain our rank at least, but I have a feeling many windows teams have not discovered the bigadv units yet. Rumor is if GPU3 is stable, it might make it to Linux.

The higher you get the lonelier you are :p I'll be there soon enough...

I was thinking bigadv units weren't available on windows, just Mac and linux, maybe I misread that.


congrats. i sure hope GPU3 makes it linux. that would really get us some more points

If gpu3 runs well on linux a lot of people will start getting more points I suspect - like me - I just haven't had time to mess with gpu2 for a while so I hope they get it out soon!!

[SciFrog]

bigadv are not available on windows but many are running virtual machines...

[lordonuthin]

bigadv are not available on windows but many are running virtual machines...

Aha! I knew it, those widozers breaking the rulz again!

[SciFrog]

Well it is not supported, same as running GPU on Linux... Only difference is that they are so many doing so that they figured it out...

[twoodcc]

Well it is not supported, same as running GPU on Linux... Only difference is that they are so many doing so that they figured it out...

it's not supported?

[SciFrog]

We just had a monster record day, 430k points!

We now average 258k per day, slightly above our current rank.

[SciFrog]

it's not supported?

Not officially. But enough people tried it to make it run nicely.

[twoodcc]

We just had a monster record day, 430k points!

We now average 258k per day, slightly above our current rank.

very nice! we should move into #58 in less than a week hopefully

[twoodcc]

congrats to mc68k for 7 million!

[mc68k]

^ thanks, it's pretty crazy, sometimes i get as much output a day as i would in a month a year ago!

[SciFrog]

It is almost becoming that unless you do bigadv units, why bother...
The top end iMac now gets as much as 7 times the top previous generation iMac...

[mc68k]

^yeah almost seems unfair to ppl that want to compete but dont have access to high end hardware. i guess if you look at it from an aggregate standpoint then low point crunchers make a bit of a diff.

the amount of power sucked from the wall per unit would be WAY less i would imagine. from an environmental standpoint it wouldnt make sense

[lordonuthin]

^yeah almost seems unfair to ppl that want to compete but dont have access to high end hardware. i guess if you look at it from an aggregate standpoint then low point crunchers make a bit of a diff.

the amount of power sucked from the wall per unit would be WAY less i would imagine. from an environmental standpoint it wouldnt make sense

That's why I dropped the G5 after I saw how little it was doing against the Mac Pro and even the low end amd's, it just wasn't worth it in terms of the electric bill.

And speaking of electric bills... I'm just kind of guessing here but I think folding is costing me about $50 a month :eek:

[mc68k]

I'm just kind of guessing here but I think folding is costing me about $50 a month :eek:holy crap dude, thats why i fold at work. since big adv i shut off my 4ghz hackie folder

how many machines do you have running?

[SciFrog]

5 here at home, although the mac pro must use as much power as the four other combined...

[mc68k]

man i wonder how many watts it runs at full load

http://forums.macnn.com/65/mac-pro-and-power-mac/306288/mac-pro-power-supply-wattage/

^ this thread has some diff opinions on the PS wattage, some ppl saying 1KW some saying 1.5KW

[lordonuthin]

holy crap dude, thats why i fold at work. since big adv i shut off my 4ghz hackie folder

how many machines do you have running?

8 and I would never be allowed to do any folding at work, even though I work in IT at a large biotech firm...

[fobfob]

Folks, I'm trying to run FAH on my i7 iMac. I put in "-bigadv -smp 8 -local " into the 'extra parameters' tab of the Settings app. I've got 8 processes going and it all looks good.

Apart from entering "3446" as the team number, do I need a passkey?

[mc68k]

yes get a passkey for bigadv

http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-passkey

[twoodcc]

Folks, I'm trying to run FAH on my i7 iMac. I put in "-bigadv -smp 8 -local " into the 'extra parameters' tab of the Settings app. I've got 8 processes going and it all looks good.

Apart from entering "3446" as the team number, do I need a passkey?

yes, you need a passkey to get the bonus. and you won't get the bonus until you have 10 units with that passkey.

but please let us know how long it takes to do a frame. i would like to know how that machine does

[lordonuthin]

yes, you need a passkey to get the bonus. and you won't get the bonus until you have 10 units with that passkey.

but please let us know how long it takes to do a frame. i would like to know how that machine does

That sounds like a great machine that could do better than my new mac pro according to the front page here at MacRumors :eek:

[twoodcc]

That sounds like a great machine that could do better than my new mac pro according to the front page here at MacRumors :eek:

i know. that's why i want to see how it does

[lordonuthin]

looks like our best week at about 1.7m points! maybe we will catch 2 mil/wk when the new guy gets his bigadv points, woo hoo :D

I'm begining to wonder whether we will get our points back from when that "glitch" hit? I had 1 bigadv as well as several other wu that never got posted, bummer...

May break down and get something new to run bigadv units on ;) since I haven't been able to get gpu's workin' for more points... since I don't have anyone around to keep me from spending money on computer stuff...

[twoodcc]

congrats to SciFrog for getting 3 million points!

yeah i don't think we'll get those points back. oh well. i'm also thinking about getting something to fold on as well. i'm wondering, would have a machine and putting in several video cards and running the gpu2 in windows be better? or just an i7 and run bigadv units? i was hoping some i7 systems would go onsale, but i can't really find any under $1,000

[twoodcc]

well i finally got 2 million now. i started this thread on 10/4/2009. today is 11/26/2009. so what is that, 53 days? considering how long it took for me to get to 1 million to begin with, i'm pretty happy with that

[lordonuthin]

congrats to SciFrog for getting 3 million points!

yeah i don't think we'll get those points back. oh well. i'm also thinking about getting something to fold on as well. i'm wondering, would have a machine and putting in several video cards and running the gpu2 in windows be better? or just an i7 and run bigadv units? i was hoping some i7 systems would go onsale, but i can't really find any under $1,000

Woo hoo, the big three O-O-O-O-O-O-O :p

It would be nice to see some comparisons of ppd for gpu vs bigadv, I'll try to find something.


well i finally got 2 million now. i started this thread on 10/4/2009. today is 11/26/2009. so what is that, 53 days? considering how long it took for me to get to 1 million to begin with, i'm pretty happy with that

Congrats! may the next mil go quickly by.

[twoodcc]

Congrats! may the next mil go quickly by.

thanks! i hope so.

and congrats to you, whiterabbit, for hitting 3 million!

[SciFrog]

thanks! i hope so.

and congrats to you, whiterabbit, for hitting 3 million!

And congrats on the #7 spot, you crushed me... I should reclaim it in a month or so...

[lordonuthin]

And congrats on the #7 spot, you crushed me... I should reclaim it in a month or so...

Thanks and I'll be expecting you to blow past me then, in about a month :rolleyes: or so...

[SciFrog]

Thanks and I'll be expecting you to blow past me then, in about a month :rolleyes: or so...

Well, I won't get back the #7 spot from you ;) unless these 12 cores Gulftown Mac pros come out at MWSF...

[twoodcc]

Well, I won't get back the #7 spot from you ;) unless these 12 cores Gulftown Mac pros come out at MWSF...

wait, by MWSF you mean CES?

[mc68k]

^ depressing but true. desktop computer hardware taking a back seat to iphones :( sad day

having been to CES, it's about 100x cooler than macworld i must say. it may just be the perfect forum to drum up more business

[twoodcc]

^ depressing but true. desktop computer hardware taking a back seat to iphones :( sad day

having been to CES, it's about 100x cooler than macworld i must say. it may just be the perfect forum to drum up more business

well apple isn't showing up to macworld anymore, right?

[twoodcc]

congrats to 6161 for 2 million points!

[twoodcc]

congrats to mc68k for 8 million points!

[mc68k]

thanks! the points are coming faster these days. i guess they have to to keep up with you guys!

[lordonuthin]

Grats! Keep at it.

[twoodcc]

yeah we all have to keep it going! things should get better when smp2 and gpu3 get here also

[twoodcc]

congrats to whiterabbit for 4 million points!

[lordonuthin]

congrats to whiterabbit for 4 million points!

Thanks.

I was over at kakaostats and saw there is someone new this week "elena" (http://kakaostats.com/usum.php?u=1604130), up only since tuesday and they already have over 4M points! Must be an institution with a wicked fast cluster? Some serious players out there...

[SciFrog]

Thanks.

I was over at kakaostats and saw there is someone new this week "elena" (http://kakaostats.com/usum.php?u=1604130), up only since tuesday and they already have over 4M points! Must be an institution with a wicked fast cluster? Some serious players out there...

You are #103 cruncher for the whole project, whao!
And actually #1 and #2 are default user, not real...
Impressive.

Can't wait for Gulftown Mac Pros and SMP2 (maybe 60k PPD with one machine?).

[lordonuthin]

You are #103 cruncher for the hole project, whao!
And actually #1 and #2 are default user, not real...
Impressive.

Can't wait for Gulftown Mac Pros and SMP2 (maybe 60k PPD with one machine?).

Thanks!

The Gulftowns, SMP2 and GPU3 will make for an impressive bump in PPD I hope. It will be interesting to see, I'm hoping some overhead will get cleaned up as well.

I wonder what companies besides Apple will get their software ported for Grand Central/OpenCL in the next year? Lots of potential there.

[SciFrog]

Do far grand central/open cl has done nothing for mac users...

[twoodcc]

Thanks.

I was over at kakaostats and saw there is someone new this week "elena" (http://kakaostats.com/usum.php?u=1604130), up only since tuesday and they already have over 4M points! Must be an institution with a wicked fast cluster? Some serious players out there...

hey thanks for that link. i didn't know about kakaostats. nice

You are #103 cruncher for the whole project, whao!
And actually #1 and #2 are default user, not real...
Impressive.

Can't wait for Gulftown Mac Pros and SMP2 (maybe 60k PPD with one machine?).

yeah i'm just worried about the price of those new mac pros.

Thanks!

The Gulftowns, SMP2 and GPU3 will make for an impressive bump in PPD I hope. It will be interesting to see, I'm hoping some overhead will get cleaned up as well.

I wonder what companies besides Apple will get their software ported for Grand Central/OpenCL in the next year? Lots of potential there.

yeah i think we all are ready for smp2 and gpu3. should help us all really

Do far grand central/open cl has done nothing for mac users...

so far, yes. but hopefully soon that will change

[twoodcc]

well i'm finally in the top 10 for our team. just gotta keep it goin

[lordonuthin]

well i'm finally in the top 10 for our team. just gotta keep it goin

Way to go!

[lordonuthin]

Our team is at 2.147 million points for the last 7 days, the highest I've ever seen it!! Way to go Team!

Macrumors.com - Team Folding - 7 days 2,146,864 Total points 146,241M

We're catching up to those Greeks and will soon pass them.

[twoodcc]

Way to go!

thanks! should be #9 today!

Our team is at 2.147 million points for the last 7 days, the highest I've ever seen it!! Way to go Team!

Macrumors.com - Team Folding - 7 days 2,146,864 Total points 146,241M

We're catching up to those Greeks and will soon pass them.

yeah way to go! i know we've been picking it up lately. i think the more we keep this forum active, the more active the macrumors community will be. to keep posting stuff here

[mc68k]

i may add some more over the break

[lordonuthin]

i may add some more over the break

Cool, you are getting away from me again... but that's a good thing! :p

[twoodcc]

i may add some more over the break

nice. i doubt i'll add anymore over the break. i'm about at my limit i think

Cool, you are getting away from me again... but that's a good thing! :p

yep, a good thing for sure. we are doing better as a team for real now. just gotta keep people interested and involved

[lordonuthin]

yep, a good thing for sure. we are doing better as a team for real now. just gotta keep people interested and involved

Too bad we can't get an occational mention on the front page of this here website! ARN, are you out there, hint, hint... I'd write something to post on the front page but I'm not a good writer :D

[twoodcc]

Too bad we can't get an occational mention on the front page of this here website! ARN, are you out there, hint, hint... I'd write something to post on the front page but I'm not a good writer :D

yeah that would help. but i think if we keep new threads and posts going in here then people will see it with forum spy and get more people involved. i mean just the little we've been posting here in the last few has gotten more people going. just look at me, you, scifrog, and others who really started stepping it up.
mc68k stepped it up also, but he's been active on here more in the past than we have (not to take anything away from him).

we just need 4JNA to come back!

[lordonuthin]

Congrats to Lyzardking for 5 million points!

[lyzardking]

Congrats to Lyzardking for 5 million points!

Thanx for the props!

Now, if I could only get the big units to complete on a regular basis I could hold you off a bit longer

;-)

[lordonuthin]

Thanx for the props!

Now, if I could only get the big units to complete on a regular basis I could hold you off a bit longer

;-)

Are they having problems finishing on time or do they quit before they get all the way finished?

[twoodcc]

well i finally got 2 million now. i started this thread on 10/4/2009. today is 11/26/2009. so what is that, 53 days? considering how long it took for me to get to 1 million to begin with, i'm pretty happy with that

well today (12.22.09) i hit 3 million. so that was only like 27 days for the last million. i'm happy with that. just gotta keep it going

also, congrats to lyzardking for 5 million points also!

[lordonuthin]

well today (12.22.09) i hit 3 million. so that was only like 27 days for the last million. i'm happy with that. just gotta keep it going

I was trying to watch when you hit 3 mil but you beat me to it, congrats!

[lyzardking]

Are they having problems finishing on time or do they quit before they get all the way finished?

I had two of them (on two different machines) just stop, all eight cores using 0% CPU.

Prior to that I'd get one done about 2 days early (with killer points) on each machine.

So I've restarted the client (dumped prefs/reinstalled F@H) on each machine and now have a completion date of ~12/25 (fingers crossed) for both machines.

Congrats to twoodcc for hitting the 3 mil mark!

[lordonuthin]

I had two of them (on two different machines) just stop, all eight cores using 0% CPU.

Prior to that I'd get one done about 2 days early (with killer points) on each machine.

So I've restarted the client (dumped prefs/reinstalled F@H) on each machine and now have a completion date of ~12/25 (fingers crossed) for both machines.

Congrats to twoodcc for hitting the 3 mil mark!

I've found that starting from scratch sometimes fixes things, so hopefully that will work, good luck!

[twoodcc]

I was trying to watch when you hit 3 mil but you beat me to it, congrats!

thanks! :)

I had two of them (on two different machines) just stop, all eight cores using 0% CPU.

Prior to that I'd get one done about 2 days early (with killer points) on each machine.

So I've restarted the client (dumped prefs/reinstalled F@H) on each machine and now have a completion date of ~12/25 (fingers crossed) for both machines.

Congrats to twoodcc for hitting the 3 mil mark!

hopefully they will work for you this time. and thanks!:)

I've found that starting from scratch sometimes fixes things, so hopefully that will work, good luck!

yeah i agree. hopefully it'll work out this time

[lordonuthin]

New work units are on the way (http://folding.typepad.com/)

Just have to wait to see what the ppd will be.

[lyzardking]

I've found that starting from scratch sometimes fixes things, so hopefully that will work, good luck!

It worked...

just enough points to take 4th place back (at least temporarily)

;)

[twoodcc]

It worked...

just enough points to take 4th place back (at least temporarily)

;)

nice. glad it worked for you!

and congrats to mc68k for 9 million points!

and congrats to whiterabbit for 5 million points!

[lordonuthin]

nice. glad it worked for you!

and congrats to mc68k for 9 million points!

and congrats to whiterabbit for 5 million points!

Sorry you couldn't have stayed in 4th place for longer lyzardking... but at least you can claim you were there! :D And you are getting more points for the team!

And it looks like mc68k is definitly going to be our first to the big 10 mil!! You are cooking right now with over 600k ppw - as Jim Carey would say (in Mask) "smokin"!

I have now organized my machines with five (linux) in the cold basement, and the 2 win/gpu machines in 4u boxes I got on ebay in the rack with the mac. I spent christmas day, snowbound, rerouting the wiring (and cleaning the "computer room" so everything at least looks much better. I actually got 4 4u cases so I have room to grow, they were $28 each plus $17? each for shipping. 4u is about the same size as a normal tower case so everything fits in nicely. I will post some pics soon.

[lyzardking]

Sorry you couldn't have stayed in 4th place for longer lyzardking... but at least you can claim you were there! :D And you are getting more points for the team!

Doesn't look like I'll be fifth for that long (looking over a shoulder at a quickly approaching twoodcc)

:cool:

[mc68k]

I spent christmas day, snowbound, rerouting the wiring (and cleaning the "computer room" so everything at least looks much better. I actually got 4 4u cases so I have room to grow, they were $28 each plus $17? each for shipping. 4u is about the same size as a normal tower case so everything fits in nicely. I will post some pics soon.looking forward to the pics, sounds like an operation!

[twoodcc]

Sorry you couldn't have stayed in 4th place for longer lyzardking... but at least you can claim you were there! :D And you are getting more points for the team!

And it looks like mc68k is definitly going to be our first to the big 10 mil!! You are cooking right now with over 600k ppw - as Jim Carey would say (in Mask) "smokin"!

I have now organized my machines with five (linux) in the cold basement, and the 2 win/gpu machines in 4u boxes I got on ebay in the rack with the mac. I spent christmas day, snowbound, rerouting the wiring (and cleaning the "computer room" so everything at least looks much better. I actually got 4 4u cases so I have room to grow, they were $28 each plus $17? each for shipping. 4u is about the same size as a normal tower case so everything fits in nicely. I will post some pics soon.

sounds nice. looking forward to seeing the pics

Doesn't look like I'll be fifth for that long (looking over a shoulder at a quickly approaching twoodcc)

:cool:

ha. well it'll be a little while before i catch up to you.

also, congrats to rreini for reaching 1 million points!

[lordonuthin]

We are now in 56th place!

And mc68k should be over 10 million about now! Congrats! Happy new year :D

[mc68k]

We are now in 56th place!

And mc68k should be over 10 million about now! Congrats! Happy new year :Dthats great news! it's been a while since we've been able to pass teams with ease. prob due to new enthusiastic users + the bigadv WUs

i'll be at 8 digits, not too bad. but it's really just a #. things might be changing for me for the worse WU-wise temporarily

[twoodcc]

We are now in 56th place!

And mc68k should be over 10 million about now! Congrats! Happy new year :D

great news! glad we are passing some teams!

thats great news! it's been a while since we've been able to pass teams with ease. prob due to new enthusiastic users + the bigadv WUs

i'll be at 8 digits, not too bad. but it's really just a #. things might be changing for me for the worse WU-wise temporarily

congrats! yeah my numbers might be down a lil also in the next couple of weeks it's looking like

[lordonuthin]

mc68k
i'll be at 8 digits, not too bad. but it's really just a #. things might be changing for me for the worse WU-wise temporarily

We can't keep this pace up all the time, I will probably be forced to do the same in the summer.

great news! glad we are passing some teams!

congrats! yeah my numbers might be down a lil also in the next couple of weeks it's looking like

Hopefully we can pass another team in about 30 days or so, we'll see if we can pick up some steam from new folders.

[twoodcc]

We can't keep this pace up all the time, I will probably be forced to do the same in the summer.



Hopefully we can pass another team in about 30 days or so, we'll see if we can pick up some steam from new folders.

yeah. maybe even before then hopefully. i'll try and keep this going as long as i can though. not sure how much longer though

[twoodcc]

congrats to whiterabbit for 6 million points!

[twoodcc]

congrats to SciFrog for 4 million points!

i also recently got 4 million points. but i think my ppd is going down. the last 2 days have been bad for me, and it's looking like it might stay that way

it took me roughly 18-19 days to go from 3 mil to 4 mil. my best yet. but 4 to 5 probably won't be any faster, but we'll see

[twoodcc]

congrats to whiterabbit for 7 million points!

[lordonuthin]

congrats to whiterabbit for 7 million points!

Thanks. points will be down for a bit cuz of power and internet outage caused by too much ICE. I will get everything going again tonight when I get home.

[twoodcc]

Thanks. points will be down for a bit cuz of power and internet outage caused by too much ICE. I will get everything going again tonight when I get home.

i hear ya. it seems we all are having problems lately.

[twoodcc]

congrats to zim for 4 million points!

[SciFrog]

Our PPD has dropped 20%from the peak, I lost a big unit this week...

Can't wait for Gulftown and GPU3...

[SciFrog]

Our PPD has dropped 20% from the peak, I lost a big unit this week due to a reboot, same old annoying problem...

Can't wait for Gulftown and GPU3...

[twoodcc]

Our PPD has dropped 20% from the peak, I lost a big unit this week due to a reboot, same old annoying problem...

Can't wait for Gulftown and GPU3...

yeah i've noticed the team has been down. again, i believe the less we chat on this forum, the less members will fold. right now, if one of our top users goes down, our whole team does basically.

i think we need to be more involved on here, and more people will fold.

sorry to hear you lost a big unit. yeah gulftown and gpu3 will be great!

[lordonuthin]

Originally Posted by SciFrog
Our PPD has dropped 20% from the peak, I lost a big unit this week due to a reboot, same old annoying problem...

Can't wait for Gulftown and GPU3...

I've lost 2 big units lately for the same reason, power loss & reboots and another one wasn't picked up in stats :confused:

yeah i've noticed the team has been down. again, i believe the less we chat on this forum, the less members will fold. right now, if one of our top users goes down, our whole team does basically.

i think we need to be more involved on here, and more people will fold.

sorry to hear you lost a big unit. yeah gulftown and gpu3 will be great!

It's hard to stay interested but it really doesn't take any effort to keep going. Maybe too many discover performance issues after they start and only have their main machine to fold with? Maybe as people get newer machines with multiple cores there will be fewer dropouts due to perfomance problems... which reminds me of one of my pet peeves - everyone talks about how not very many applications can take advantage of multi core machines - multiple aplications CAN take advantage of multiple cores... and thus performance is vastly improved when running many apps. my two cents - get as many cores as you can! :D

[twoodcc]

I've lost 2 big units lately for the same reason, power loss & reboots and another one wasn't picked up in stats :confused:



It's hard to stay interested but it really doesn't take any effort to keep going. Maybe too many discover performance issues after they start and only have their main machine to fold with? Maybe as people get newer machines with multiple cores there will be fewer dropouts due to perfomance problems... which reminds me of one of my pet peeves - everyone talks about how not very many applications can take advantage of multi core machines - multiple aplications CAN take advantage of multiple cores... and thus performance is vastly improved when running many apps. my two cents - get as many cores as you can! :D

sorry you lost some units.

i think people get tired of letting their computer fold, and quit folding to be able to use it normally. that, and lack of interest around here

[SciFrog]

Chech the SMP3 thread, maybe we got some advancements on that front...

[twoodcc]

congrats to rwh202 for 3 million points!

congrats to SteveMoody for 6 million points!

and i was able to hit 5 million points recently! even though my production is down slightly, while my last power bill was up ($190). so my production might go down a lil more

[SciFrog]

Congrats for 5 mio! Our output has dropped a bit, we need to find some bigadv crunchers. Our SMP crunchers are going to take a hit up to 30% also...

[twoodcc]

Congrats for 5 mio! Our output has dropped a bit, we need to find some bigadv crunchers. Our SMP crunchers are going to take a hit up to 30% also...

thanks! yes it has, and mine has dropped also. i'm not sure how much i'll be able to put out in the next few months either.

[lordonuthin]

My last electric bill was $299 and change! A lot of that was because its been so damned cold (and my little old house has no insulation in the walls), colder and more snow than in many years. Folding uses power but helps with the heating :p now if I could just get those gpu's to glow a little brighter red I could turn off the furnace...

And congrats to everyone for keeping up and making points!

Hey, mc68k I might catch up... soon :D

I wonder if some people have moved to other teams? Maybe they start out with us but find another team that that appeals more to them?? I've thought about jumping to Dawkins team but it would take awhile to get where I am here so I will stay, for now at least :eek:

[twoodcc]

My last electric bill was $299 and change! A lot of that was because its been so damned cold (and my little old house has no insulation in the walls), colder and more snow than in many years. Folding uses power but helps with the heating :p now if I could just get those gpu's to glow a little brighter red I could turn off the furnace...

And congrats to everyone for keeping up and making points!

Hey, mc68k I might catch up... soon :D

I wonder if some people have moved to other teams? Maybe they start out with us but find another team that that appeals more to them?? I've thought about jumping to Dawkins team but it would take awhile to get where I am here so I will stay, for now at least :eek:

dang, that's a big bill! but my $190 is for a 2 room apartment!

i think some people started to leave or just quit, and then so people thought why stay with this dead team, and then leave also. i'll probably stay with this group, but we'll see

[twoodcc]

congrats to whiterabbit for 8 million points!

[twoodcc]

congrats to badlight for 1 million points!

[twoodcc]

congrats to lyzardking for 6 million points!

[lyzardking]

congrats to lyzardking for 6 million points!

Thanx!

Never thought I'd ever get to this point when I started folding (almost) 4 years ago

;)

[SciFrog]

On a side note, I have reached #977 overall with 6.4 mio units! I didn't think it was possible before the bigadv units...

[twoodcc]

Thanx!

Never thought I'd ever get to this point when I started folding (almost) 4 years ago

;)

yeah i never thought i'd even get to 1 million. much less 5. keep it up!

On a side note, I have reached #977 overall with 6.4 mio units! I didn't think it was possible before the bigadv units...

mio?

[SciFrog]

million = mio

[twoodcc]

million = mio

oh ok. that's what i thought. but how do you have 6.4 million?

[twoodcc]

million = mio

oh ok. that's what i thought. but how do you have 6.4 million?

[SciFrog]

Was crunching for another team before. The stats from Berkley show the aggregate as do some tools like the FAH Wudget.

[twoodcc]

Was crunching for another team before. The stats from Berkley show the aggregate as do some tools like the FAH Wudget.

oh ok, gotcha. congrats!

[lordonuthin]

congrats to whiterabbit for 8 million points!

Thanks.

[lordonuthin]

On a side note, I have reached #977 overall with 6.4 mio units! I didn't think it was possible before the bigadv units...

Speaking of bigadv units, I haven't gotten any in the last 2 or 3 days, just regular units on my mac pro?

[twoodcc]

Speaking of bigadv units, I haven't gotten any in the last 2 or 3 days, just regular units on my mac pro?

hmm, not sure. i haven't gotten anything the last 2 updates today. not sure what's going on

[SciFrog]

You need to update to the 6.29 client.

Bigadv are still more ppd but on win side many people are switching to SMP2 because the a3 core is quite fast on 4 cores (8 virtual).

Soon bigadv units are switching to a3 core also. I would then hope that we will not be loosing units due to restart or power loss or network switching as the a3 core is now threaded.

[twoodcc]

You need to update to the 6.29 client.

Bigadv are still more ppd but on win side many people are switching to SMP2 because the a3 core is quite fast on 4 cores (8 virtual).

Soon bigadv units are switching to a3 core also. I would then hope that we will not be loosing units due to restart or power loss or network switching as the a3 core is now threaded.

thanks for that info!

well i'm away from my computers for the next 2 months, and it looks like already something is wrong. i've had no points for the last 3 updates, so i either had a power outage or network failure. but my server is still working though.

[SciFrog]

Looks like there is a problem with 6.29 client (at least for mac) where if you get an a1 unit after an a3 one, something goes wrong.

[twoodcc]

Looks like there is a problem with 6.29 client (at least for mac) where if you get an a1 unit after an a3 one, something goes wrong.

dang. well all my computers are down back at my apartment, so my production will be very little. i just started folding on my mbp with an a3 unit, so we'll see how it goes

[lordonuthin]

dang. well all my computers are down back at my apartment, so my production will be very little. i just started folding on my mbp with an a3 unit, so we'll see how it goes

Sorry to hear that, when will you be able to get back to your apartment to get everything started again?

My points are down too for some reason, not sure what the problem is as everything is running ok.

[twoodcc]

Sorry to hear that, when will you be able to get back to your apartment to get everything started again?

My points are down too for some reason, not sure what the problem is as everything is running ok.

i won't get back to my apartment before april. so another month and half of no output basically unless i manage to get another system.

i just don't know what happened. they were running fine before i left.

btw, congrats on 9 million points!

[SciFrog]

No remote login?

[twoodcc]

No remote login?

Well the Internet is terrible here. I do have MobileMe, but can't get it to work here. I don't have remote login on the windows boxes. But I know the Internet works there b/c my server is up

[lordonuthin]

i won't get back to my apartment before april. so another month and half of no output basically unless i manage to get another system.

i just don't know what happened. they were running fine before i left.

btw, congrats on 9 million points!

That is too bad, I am trying to get ssh to work on one of my ubuntu boxes from wich I hope to be able to administer the other systems.

It's called Murphy's law - whatever can go wrong will go wrong... especially when you can't do anything about it.

Thanks. maybe I'll be 10 mil by the end of the month :D

[twoodcc]

That is too bad, I am trying to get ssh to work on one of my ubuntu boxes from wich I hope to be able to administer the other systems.

It's called Murphy's law - whatever can go wrong will go wrong... especially when you can't do anything about it.

Thanks. maybe I'll be 10 mil by the end of the month :D

thanks. i really can't figure out what happened.

good for you :)

hey, what ppd are you averaging for you mac pro and i7?

[lordonuthin]

hey, what ppd are you averaging for you mac pro and i7?

Good question, I'm not sure at this point. Lets me see; the MP was doing a bigadv unit every ~46 hrs which would yield maybe ~25k per day, the i7 isn't doing so well with 3 gpu and win 7 on it, I would guess maybe 2k/day or less. It doesn't seem to slow down the gpu's fortunately.

I wanted to ask you about oc'ing the i7, every time I tried to bump it up it started freezing or crashing, I have a water cooler on it which seems to do a really good job. I've just left it at stock but would like to try to get it higher sometime. I don't have any experience with oc'ing as I mostly stick with mac and Linux which don't have the tools/ability for oc'ing like windows does.

[twoodcc]

Good question, I'm not sure at this point. Lets me see; the MP was doing a bigadv unit every ~46 hrs which would yield maybe ~25k per day, the i7 isn't doing so well with 3 gpu and win 7 on it, I would guess maybe 2k/day or less. It doesn't seem to slow down the gpu's fortunately.

I wanted to ask you about oc'ing the i7, every time I tried to bump it up it started freezing or crashing, I have a water cooler on it which seems to do a really good job. I've just left it at stock but would like to try to get it higher sometime. I don't have any experience with oc'ing as I mostly stick with mac and Linux which don't have the tools/ability for oc'ing like windows does.

ok. now do you have the 2.66 or 2.26 mac pro octo?

for the i7, what most people do is run linux in a VM and do the bigadv units while also doing gpu units. but i wouldn't do this unless you're running at least around 3.3 ghz. i'm running around 3.6 ghz i think, and i have 2 gpu's going on mine. it slows down the bigadv units, but the gpu's make up for it.

how are you trying to overclock now? just in the bios? that's basically just how i do it - in the bios. but that will depend on your motherboard

[twoodcc]

congrats to sparky76 for 3 million points!

[lordonuthin]

ok. now do you have the 2.66 or 2.26 mac pro octo?

2.66

for the i7, what most people do is run linux in a VM and do the bigadv units while also doing gpu units. but i wouldn't do this unless you're running at least around 3.3 ghz. i'm running around 3.6 ghz i think, and i have 2 gpu's going on mine. it slows down the bigadv units, but the gpu's make up for it.

I'm not going to go to all that trouble, VM's seem like kind of a pain.

how are you trying to overclock now? just in the bios? that's basically just how i do it - in the bios. but that will depend on your motherboard

I've just tried it in bios without much luck.

[twoodcc]

I'm not going to go to all that trouble, VM's seem like kind of a pain.

VMs really aren't that bad. it's worth it. with just 1 gpu and and VM, i'm getting around 25k ppd. with 2 gpu, you'd get over 30kppd.

I've just tried it in bios without much luck.

oh. which motherboard do you have? i've had a little trouble with mine, i'm stuck at 3.7 ghz (still not bad).

This (http://www.overclockers.com/3-step-guide-overclock-core-i3-i5-i7/) guide might help you some

[twoodcc]

congrats to SciFrog for 5 million points for MacRumors!

[lordonuthin]

congrats to SciFrog for 5 million points for MacRumors!

Ditto!

I see some new folks putting up some points, designed, DistortedLoop, and MAcProCPO is back at it again, thanks for the effort to those and other newbies!

I had a problem with the MacPro after I upgraded to a 3 SSD raid for booting ... I forgot to set the machine to NOT go to sleep, DUH! I could not figure out why it was timing out of folding every so often with the remote Linux boards that I'm ssh'd into from the Mac. NOW that I have that figured out my points will pick up again. It was still impressive just running the 6 GPU's and 2 win clients at about 50k per day!

[twoodcc]

Ditto!

I see some new folks putting up some points, designed, DistortedLoop, and MAcProCPO is back at it again, thanks for the effort to those and other newbies!

I had a problem with the MacPro after I upgraded to a 3 SSD raid for booting ... I forgot to set the machine to NOT go to sleep, DUH! I could not figure out why it was timing out of folding every so often with the remote Linux boards that I'm ssh'd into from the Mac. NOW that I have that figured out my points will pick up again. It was still impressive just running the 6 GPU's and 2 win clients at about 50k per day!

yeah i'm glad to see some new names!

glad you got your Mac Pro back up and going again. i won't be back up full throttle until early april though

also, i did end up getting another machine with an i7 920 in it with a GTX260. i've been messing around with overclocking it, and i'm pulling around 28-30K PPD with just the one machine - 1 GPU cliend and 1 bigadv client running inside a VM.

[SciFrog]

Ditto!

I see some new folks putting up some points, designed, DistortedLoop, and MAcProCPO is back at it again, thanks for the effort to those and other newbies!

I had a problem with the MacPro after I upgraded to a 3 SSD raid for booting ... I forgot to set the machine to NOT go to sleep, DUH! I could not figure out why it was timing out of folding every so often with the remote Linux boards that I'm ssh'd into from the Mac. NOW that I have that figured out my points will pick up again. It was still impressive just running the 6 GPU's and 2 win clients at about 50k per day!

And congrats for 10mio points!

Still sIting for Gulftown to be released, and to see the price... My current 8 core 3ghz 2,1 mac pro isbbeyond my needs already... And still no GPU on OS X...

On the good news front, SMP2 is rock solid, haven't lost a unit yet even after reboots.

[twoodcc]

congrats to whiterabbit for 10 million points!

[DoFoT9]

this is for F@H right? im keen to start up with my numerous amounts of computers.

where do i start? everything is all console based :(

oh wait its an installer thingo.. it wants a key hekp1

[lordonuthin]

this is for F@H right? im keen to start up with my numerous amounts of computers.

where do i start? everything is all console based :(

oh wait its an installer thingo.. it wants a key hekp1

You can start here (http://folding.stanford.edu/), ask questions if you need any help or faster - google your question. It's a learning process but most people don't have any problems. AND thanks for joining the team (3446) that is.

Remember to set the machines so they don't sleep ... :p

[lordonuthin]

And congrats for 10mio points!

Thanks

congrats to whiterabbit for 10 million points!

And Thanks

I should be picking up steam again, soon.

[DoFoT9]

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this is for F@H right? im keen to start up with my numerous amounts of computers.

where do i start? everything is all console based :(

oh wait its an installer thingo.. it wants a key hekp1

You can start here (http://folding.stanford.edu/), ask questions if you need any help or faster - google your question. It's a learning process but most people don't have any problems. AND thanks for joining the team (3446) that is.

Remember to set the machines so they don't sleep ... :p

I've got it all running and installed, but it won't start computing! Really annoying Grr ill figure it out eventually.

[lordonuthin]

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I've got it all running and installed, but it won't start computing! Really annoying Grr ill figure it out eventually.

Is there an error code or something in the log?

[twoodcc]

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I've got it all running and installed, but it won't start computing! Really annoying Grr ill figure it out eventually.

post what's going on. just make a new thread, so if anyone else encounters the same issue it may help them

[DoFoT9]

Is there an error code or something in the log?

post what's going on. just make a new thread, so if anyone else encounters the same issue it may help them

this is the error i get. if you guys cant help at all ill make a new thread :)

[Creative One]

I'm almost there! 50k left to go!

[twoodcc]

this is the error i get. if you guys cant help at all ill make a new thread :)

not sure just off of that info. what system are you running it on? tell us what you did to get it going

I'm almost there! 50k left to go!

nice! keep it up!

[DoFoT9]

not sure just off of that info. what system are you running it on? tell us what you did to get it going


ill try my best to explain haha.

its running off my imac i7 machine (in sig).

i ran fah6 and it went through everything, i signed up etc then went to download a new version from the server. it successfully did that but then it came out with the error that i displayed before.

so i closed it down and reopened. now i get this.

[23:14:11] Client-core communications error: ERROR 0x7f


but then it goes
[23:14:24] - Connecting to assignment server
[23:14:25] - Successful: assigned to (171.64.65.56).
[23:14:25] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[23:14:25] Loaded queue successfully.
[23:14:47] + Connections closed: You may now disconnect


but then it starts the whole loop again (wanting to download new jobs etc).

is there a GUI version lol i hate the command line interface!

edit: ok dw i installed the system preferences pane and now its running fine :D (didnt realise there was one!). is there anyway to control the amount of cores/CPU usage? and also to view the images of it computing? check your stats? hehe

my network usage is sitting on 9.4MB/s now. how odd....

[twoodcc]

and i was able to hit 5 million points recently! even though my production is down slightly, while my last power bill was up ($190). so my production might go down a lil more

so i hit 5 million points on jan 27, and i hit 6 million points today. so that last million took me 49 days. not my best so far, but hopefully once i get back to my apartment next month i'll be back in business

[vaderhater245]

just started back up on team MR with my GTX 260 equipped PC(play) running 24/7. Don't trust my i5 iMac(work) enough to run it 24/7.

edit: seems that im getting about 8k ppd between a E6750 OC @ 3.4 and GTX 260 Core 216. Normal or not?

Already at 481st place too, this team needs a comeback!

[twoodcc]

just started back up on team MR with my GTX 260 equipped PC(play) running 24/7. Don't trust my i5 iMac(work) enough to run it 24/7.

edit: seems that im getting about 8k ppd between a E6750 OC @ 3.4 and GTX 260 Core 216. Normal or not?

Already at 481st place too, this team needs a comeback!

glad to have you back!

well, are you just running the gpu, or are you running the smp client as well?

[lordonuthin]

glad to have you back!

well, are you just running the gpu, or are you running the smp client as well?

edit: seems that im getting about 8k ppd between a E6750 OC @ 3.4 and GTX 260 Core 216. Normal or not?

I think the E6750 is the cpu? maybe? PPD for my gt 260 is around 4-5k so your PPD sounds about right.

Glad you are here again, we need the points!!

My power was off for about an hour this am for some reason and I didn't get to folding again until now :(

[lordonuthin]

ill try my best to explain haha.

its running off my imac i7 machine (in sig).

edit: ok dw i installed the system preferences pane and now its running fine :D (didnt realise there was one!). is there anyway to control the amount of cores/CPU usage? and also to view the images of it computing? check your stats? hehe

my network usage is sitting on 9.4MB/s now. how odd....

As far as network usage, the folding clients seem to do quite a bit of that for some reason, I haven't heard a good explanation for it though, but I have really looked for one :p

I think there is a place in the last pane for additional parameters you can add "-smp 8" (without the quotes) or other parameters like "-bigadv" if you have a key. I can't remember now how to get the key :rolleyes:

Glad you got it going finally:)

A good stats site is kakaostats (http://kakaostats.com/tsum.php?t=3446)

[lordonuthin]

so i hit 5 million points on jan 27, and i hit 6 million points today. so that last million took me 49 days. not my best so far, but hopefully once i get back to my apartment next month i'll be back in business

Grats on 6 mil!!

[lordonuthin]

Here are monthly stats for our team (http://kakaostats.com/usum.php?u=1628981) designed is kicking some booty! Way to go designed :eek:

Our team stats page (http://kakaostats.com/t.php?t=3446) click in the columns to change the sort

[vaderhater245]

I think the E6750 is the cpu? maybe? PPD for my gt 260 is around 4-5k so your PPD sounds about right.

Glad you are here again, we need the points!!

My power was off for about an hour this am for some reason and I didn't get to folding again until now :(

E6750 is an older "65nm" core2duo, 2.66 stock. Good to hear about the ppd. Current info at the moment.

GPU: 548p project running at 5319.91 ppd.
CPU: 225p project running at 295.89 ppd.

Might be time to upgrade the cpu...

[twoodcc]

Grats on 6 mil!!

thanks!

Here are monthly stats for our team (http://kakaostats.com/usum.php?u=1628981) designed is kicking some booty! Way to go designed :eek:

Our team stats page (http://kakaostats.com/t.php?t=3446) click in the columns to change the sort

thanks for the links! yes, designed is kicking some butt! i wonder what his times per frame are

E6750 is an older "65nm" core2duo, 2.66 stock. Good to hear about the ppd. Current info at the moment.

GPU: 548p project running at 5319.91 ppd.
CPU: 225p project running at 295.89 ppd.

Might be time to upgrade the cpu...

are you running the SMP client for the CPU? have you got the new SMP2 client?

[lordonuthin]

I guess I'm number 1 on the team now :cool:

[DoFoT9]

I guess I'm number 1 on the team now :cool:

your electricity bill must be outrageous!

what do you do?

[twoodcc]

I guess I'm number 1 on the team now :cool:

congrats! keep it up!

[lordonuthin]

your electricity bill must be outrageous!

what do you do?

Actually it is rather high, the machines provide quite a bit of heat too which is good in the winter but not so good in the summer. I will probably have to cut way back once it gets warm enough that I have to turn the air on which would be much sooner with the machines running. I wish I could get a receipt for the power that I use for folding it would make a nice tax write off, probably several hundred $$$ a year just for folding. As for what do I do? I just pay it and smile :p

congrats! keep it up!

Thanks.

[lordonuthin]

Congrats to designed for reaching 1 million.

[designed]

Congrats to designed for reaching 1 million.
Thanks! It didn't take that long after all. I guess folding with a MP is a bit different from folding with a PS3 and a Core Duo :D


thanks for the links! yes, designed is kicking some butt! i wonder what his times per frame are


I'm assuming that frame times refer to the steps FahCore reports? If that's the case, they seem to be around the 33 minute mark to do the 1% of the bigadv-package.

[twoodcc]

Congrats to designed for reaching 1 million.

yes, congrats to designed for 1 million points!

and congrats to you, whiterabbit for 11 million points!

but why is it not showing you hit 11 million points for the team?


I'm assuming that frame times refer to the steps FahCore reports? If that's the case, they seem to be around the 33 minute mark to do the 1% of the bigadv-package.

yes, each frame is 1% of a WU. 33:00 is pretty good. keep it up!

[SciFrog]

33 mins per frame with the iMac i7? That seems awfully fast. 25k PPD. That looks like the time of a 3Ghz 8 core previous generation Mac Pro.

[designed]

33 mins per frame with the iMac i7? That seems awfully fast. 25k PPD. That looks like the time of a 3Ghz 8 core previous generation Mac Pro.

Actually I'm using a Mac Pro with a 8-core 2,26GHz setup.

[SciFrog]

Got confused, makes sense :rolleyes:

[lordonuthin]

yes, congrats to designed for 1 million points!

and congrats to you, whiterabbit for 11 million points!

but why is it not showing you hit 11 million points for the team?

Thanks.

I don't know? :confused:

[lordonuthin]

Actually I'm using a Mac Pro with a 8-core 2,26GHz setup.

I'm right at 28 minutes with a MacPro 2.66 octo but I'm not currently running bigadv units because I keep having to shut down to swap hard drives, bigadv units don't restart once you have stopped them. One of these days I'll get some time to consolidate all of my files... then I won't have to shut down so frequently:p

[designed]

I'm right at 28 minutes with a MacPro 2.66 octo but I'm not currently running bigadv units because I keep having to shut down to swap hard drives, bigadv units don't restart once you have stopped them. One of these days I'll get some time to consolidate all of my files... then I won't have to shut down so frequently:p

Haha. I wanted the 2.66 octo but couldn't justify the price jump (and still somehow managed to justify the quad-to-octo jump, but that's another story). Of course my times tend to deviate, during the days it's just under 33 minutes but now and then a bit of Aperture work comes in and needs CPU attention.

I haven't noticed that bigadv units do not restart. Mine seem to restart just fine the few times I've shut FahCore down, continuing from the same frame. Does it affect the points awarded or so? Good thing I can usually bunch in the updates, last time it was a few software updates and a third HDD :rolleyes:

[SciFrog]

Hopefully the bigadv will switch very soon to SMP2, they have much better restart rates. I also loose the unit almost everytime if I stop it or reboot...

[lordonuthin]

Haha. I wanted the 2.66 octo but couldn't justify the price jump (and still somehow managed to justify the quad-to-octo jump, but that's another story). Of course my times tend to deviate, during the days it's just under 33 minutes but now and then a bit of Aperture work comes in and needs CPU attention.

I haven't noticed that bigadv units do not restart. Mine seem to restart just fine the few times I've shut FahCore down, continuing from the same frame. Does it affect the points awarded or so? Good thing I can usually bunch in the updates, last time it was a few software updates and a third HDD :rolleyes:

I wanted the top octo but couldn't justify it :D I had never had anything but the lowest Powermacs (G3 & G5) or, cough, Performa, so I splurged.

The bigadv units NEVER restart on my machine :mad: it only affects the points to the extent that I'm restarting from zero and not where I was at oh say 90 percent or something. I will work on consolidation as soon as I have my Victory Vegas (http://www.polarisindustries.com/en-us/Victory-Motorcycles/2010/Pages/Find-Your-Model.aspx) with new paint back together :p:p it's an 04 with silver goldish paint and a 1500 cc engine :cool:

[twoodcc]

sometimes when i restart, my bigadv units start right back up. but then sometimes it doesn't

[lordonuthin]

I will work on consolidation

I decided I don't need to right now so it's back to bigadv units now.

[twoodcc]

I decided I don't need to right now so it's back to bigadv units now.

good, cuz that's where the points are at!

[twoodcc]

congrats to 4JNA for 6 million points!

[lordonuthin]

congrats to 4JNA for 6 million points!

Ditto! and of course to everyone else makin' points for us! :)

[lordonuthin]

I just realized that mc68k hasn't had any points since the 14th of March, hope he hasn't gotten in trouble for folding on company machines...

[lordonuthin]

I have it all back together now and hope to ride it tomorrow, weather permitting. The paint chip didn't look like this, but I love it! The original silver frame and pipes contrast nicely.

[twoodcc]

I just realized that mc68k hasn't had any points since the 14th of March, hope he hasn't gotten in trouble for folding on company machines...

yeah i noticed that also. i hope he's able to fold again soon

I have it all back together now and hope to ride it tomorrow, weather permitting. The paint chip didn't look like this, but I love it! The original silver frame and pipes contrast nicely.

nice!

[SciFrog]

I decided I don't need to right now so it's back to bigadv units now.

Your PPD has improved a lot :eek:

Still no new Mac Pro announced...

On another note, I updated four computer to 10.6.3 that were running a3 and all of them resumed and finished. Can't wait for a3 bigadv.

Also rumors are all over the place for PPD on the new Nvidia GTX 480. Soem say 13k PPD, some say 29k...

[twoodcc]

Your PPD has improved a lot :eek:

Still no new Mac Pro announced...

On another note, I updated four computer to 10.6.3 that were running a3 and all of them resumed and finished. Can't wait for a3 bigadv.

Also rumors are all over the place for PPD on the new Nvidia GTX 480. Soem say 13k PPD, some say 29k...

yeah, still no new Mac Pro, not happening this week. and i don't see why next week will be any different. apple is all about the iPad right now i think.

nice. glad 10.6.3 is working for you. i haven't updated any machines yet.

i'll wait awhile before even thinking about getting a GTX 480. i'll wait and see how it does for others first

[lordonuthin]

Your PPD has improved a lot :eek:

Still no new Mac Pro announced...

On another note, I updated four computer to 10.6.3 that were running a3 and all of them resumed and finished. Can't wait for a3 bigadv.

Also rumors are all over the place for PPD on the new Nvidia GTX 480. Soem say 13k PPD, some say 29k...

I know, bigadv sure make a difference! :D

I think Apple won't announce a new Mac Pro until the developer's conference in June :( but hopefully that means new goodies like usb 3 and sata 3 as well as an inside redesign for 2.5 inch ssd's :) imagine 4 ssd slots as well as 4 3.5 inch drive slots!! woo hoo, just a dream though.

I will wait until I can catch my Mac right after a new wu starts for 10.6.3, just in case...

The GTX 480 is very tempting especially at the same price point as the GTX295. I have one open PCIe slot... but I will wait until I hear more about it. I'm also waiting for Linux gpu3, but that could be a very long time :(

[twoodcc]

I know, bigadv sure make a difference! :D

I think Apple won't announce a new Mac Pro until the developer's conference in June :( but hopefully that means new goodies like usb 3 and sata 3 as well as an inside redesign for 2.5 inch ssd's :) imagine 4 ssd slots as well as 4 3.5 inch drive slots!! woo hoo, just a dream though.

I will wait until I can catch my Mac right after a new wu starts for 10.6.3, just in case...

The GTX 480 is very tempting especially at the same price point as the GTX295. I have one open PCIe slot... but I will wait until I hear more about it. I'm also waiting for Linux gpu3, but that could be a very long time :(

yeah bigadv is great, as long as you have no errors, and a fast machine!

yeah, you are probably right about the mac pro release date. it's too bad though. there are so many people wanting an updated mac pro, and will probably buy a pc instead. and i don't blame them really. it might be a good while before i buy another mac pro. it's hard to justify the price.

you can always run the -oneunit flag and then after it finishes, update.

i don't know, the GTX 480 even at $500 is pretty high. i think i'll wait on that. do you have a double wide slot?

[lordonuthin]

yeah bigadv is great, as long as you have no errors, and a fast machine!

yeah, you are probably right about the mac pro release date. it's too bad though. there are so many people wanting an updated mac pro, and will probably buy a pc instead. and i don't blame them really. it might be a good while before i buy another mac pro. it's hard to justify the price.

you can always run the -oneunit flag and then after it finishes, update.

i don't know, the GTX 480 even at $500 is pretty high. i think i'll wait on that. do you have a double wide slot?

Speaking of errors I updated to 10.6.3 this afternoon and started having kernel panics:( I sent them both in to Apple so maybe we will have a fix soon. I did make some other changes and then removed them to see if that was it but then it was time to go to work... I'll see when I get home. I want to get Ganglia, or something else, up and running to have a way to check on things from work, but...

The MacPro is getting quite expensive but I plan to sell my current one to offset the price, so hopefully I won't pay more than $500-1000 for the upgrade.

I'll wait on the GTX480 too, it's tempting but I want to be able to use Linux and not pay for another copy of Windows, and yes I do have one double wide slot open though I could replace one of the GT260's with it and put the 260 in the "spare" slot.

[twoodcc]

Speaking of errors I updated to 10.6.3 this afternoon and started having kernel panics:( I sent them both in to Apple so maybe we will have a fix soon. I did make some other changes and then removed them to see if that was it but then it was time to go to work... I'll see when I get home. I want to get Ganglia, or something else, up and running to have a way to check on things from work, but...

The MacPro is getting quite expensive but I plan to sell my current one to offset the price, so hopefully I won't pay more than $500-1000 for the upgrade.

I'll wait on the GTX480 too, it's tempting but I want to be able to use Linux and not pay for another copy of Windows, and yes I do have one double wide slot open though I could replace one of the GT260's with it and put the 260 in the "spare" slot.

sorry to hear about the errors. i hope everything gets worked out. you're putting out the points again! love to see that!

yeah, that's not a bad idea to sell your current mac pro to help pay for the newer one. i hope you get the 12 core if they release one (and they better)

[SciFrog]

No kernel panics here, but I noticed some a3 core units being send back early, usually in the first 10%, it started before 10.6.3

[lordonuthin]

sorry to hear about the errors. i hope everything gets worked out. you're putting out the points again! love to see that!

No kernel panics here, but I noticed some a3 core units being send back early, usually in the first 10%, it started before 10.6.3

Ok, I think the panics were caused by something I did, not the update, that is what I get for making too many changes at once, I'll have to test the configurations to see what caused them. All is well at the moment.

yeah, that's not a bad idea to sell your current mac pro to help pay for the newer one. i hope you get the 12 core if they release one (and they better)Definitely the 12 core ;)

I moved the 2 GPU machines to the basement where it is much cooler (I know the dust and spiders might kill them, but... hopefully no snakes...) and it is almost quiet upstairs now! The mac pro is soooo quiet! No other Mac that I remember having has been so quiet. I had to run the KVM and network cables between an air duct and the floor, it's kinda goofy but better than a new hole in the floor. Oh, and I accidentally created a network loop, not a good thing as it took me a while to fix. Downtime was only about 2 1/2 hrs, should have been less but I wasn't very well prepared; it was getting way too hot upstairs already.

[twoodcc]

Ok, I think the panics were caused by something I did, not the update, that is what I get for making too many changes at once, I'll have to test the configurations to see what caused them. All is well at the moment.

Definitely the 12 core ;)

I moved the 2 GPU machines to the basement where it is much cooler (I know the dust and spiders might kill them, but... hopefully no snakes...) and it is almost quiet upstairs now! The mac pro is soooo quiet! No other Mac that I remember having has been so quiet. I had to run the KVM and network cables between an air duct and the floor, it's kinda goofy but better than a new hole in the floor. Oh, and I accidentally created a network loop, not a good thing as it took me a while to fix. Downtime was only about 2 1/2 hrs, should have been less but I wasn't very well prepared; it was getting way too hot upstairs already.

Oh. Well good luck with the configs.

Good! 12 cores would be awesome! (24 logical cores).

As long as you have a case on your machines. The spiders and dust shouldn't be too bad, just clean them once a month or so

[twoodcc]

congrats to whiterabbit for 12 million points!

[lordonuthin]

congrats to whiterabbit for 12 million points!

Thanks.

[twoodcc]

congrats to whiterabbit for 13 million points!

[lordonuthin]

congrats to whiterabbit for 13 million points!

Thanks.

That is about 11-12 days per 1 million points, which would mean about 2.5 million points per month. If I can keep that up for the rest of the year that would put me at around 34 million points or therabouts. The big question is can I afford to keep it up! and also if nothing breaks, catches fire, melts or runs away! :eek:

[DeSnousa]

What computers do you have operating to get those points? You must be an IT admin or something surely they are not your computers?

[lordonuthin]

What computers do you have operating to get those points? You must be an IT admin or something surely they are not your computers?

Actually they ARE all mine along with the electric bill and heat :p I have 4 amd athlon x2 4400+ machines which don't produce vary many points, a phenom x4 9600, a phenom II x4 965 black with 3 gpu's, core i7 920 with 3 gpu's and a 2009 Mac Pro 2x2.66 cpu's running bigadv units. The gpu's are 2 x GT 260 and 4 x GTX 275. I know that is a bit of money and the power bill is quite high, but hey it's a thing to spend money on I suppose. I could spend it on my house and yard which could use it but...

At work we have a pile of new Nehalem Dell's and IBM power 7's that I would love to fold on but I can't do that because it would interfere with the work they have to do which is bio science related as well. And well, I would lose my job... they aren't very keen on personal use of company hardware.

[DeSnousa]

:eek: That much, what are modern computers pumping out these days! What would be producing the most points per day? I'm thinking about buying a graphics card just to fold on if that is the case :D

Also how do you find the GPU I have had to limit mine down to 70% as I find it interferes with the effects that Windows 7 does.

[twoodcc]

Actually they ARE all mine along with the electric bill and heat :p I have 4 amd athlon x2 4400+ machines which don't produce vary many points, a phenom x4 9600, a phenom II x4 965 black with 3 gpu's, core i7 920 with 3 gpu's and a 2009 Mac Pro 2x2.66 cpu's running bigadv units. The gpu's are 2 x GT 260 and 4 x GTX 275. I know that is a bit of money and the power bill is quite high, but hey it's a thing to spend money on I suppose. I could spend it on my house and yard which could use it but...

At work we have a pile of new Nehalem Dell's and IBM power 7's that I would love to fold on but I can't do that because it would interfere with the work they have to do which is bio science related as well. And well, I would lose my job... they aren't very keen on personal use of company hardware.

yeah i've spent a lot on systems also. and yeah, i think it's a good thing to spend money on :)

yeah that's too bad you couldn't try folding on one of those power 7's.

:eek: That much, what are modern computers pumping out these days! What would be producing the most points per day? I'm thinking about buying a graphics card just to fold on if that is the case :D

Also how do you find the GPU I have had to limit mine down to 70% as I find it interferes with the effects that Windows 7 does.

well if you have a fast i7 pc, or a dual xeon mac pro 08-09, then you can run the -bigadv units. that's really where the points are at. the faster you get the unit done, the more points you get (you get a time-based bonus). so some people have i7 pcs and they overclock them to get it done as fast as possible.

GPU folding can get a lot of points, but they produce more heat. i have 3 gpus in one machine, and they get around 15-20K ppd. but with one i7 overclocked, i can get over 20k ppd

[DeSnousa]

So I should put the -bigadv into my i7, it's not a great i7 I think its at 1.66ghz and in a laptop. Should I risk it? How can I maximise the PPD from my i7 as its only doing like 1-2k a day I think.

[lordonuthin]

So I should put the -bigadv into my i7, it's not a great i7 I think its at 1.66ghz and in a laptop. Should I risk it? How can I maximise the PPD from my i7 as its only doing like 1-2k a day I think.

1.66 Ghz and a laptop isn't going to make it for bigadv units they need to be completed within about 3-4 days to make it worthwhile and I doubt your machine would make that time frame. An overclocked i7 920 at about 3-4? Ghz will work. My i7 920 is not overclocked so I don't do bigadv units on it and it also is running 3 gpu's so it has some overhead from them.

[lordonuthin]

Hey twoodcc, when did you sneak past lyzardking, I totally missed it, congrats for making it to 3rd place! And you're at about 1200th place overall, won't be long before you get to 3 digits!

[twoodcc]

So I should put the -bigadv into my i7, it's not a great i7 I think its at 1.66ghz and in a laptop. Should I risk it? How can I maximise the PPD from my i7 as its only doing like 1-2k a day I think.

sorry, i should have been more clear. i forgot that they have i7 laptop processors out. only the desktop processors can do -bigadv units, and they gotta be overclocked to be worth it (they are very easy to overclock).

1.66 Ghz and a laptop isn't going to make it for bigadv units they need to be completed within about 3-4 days to make it worthwhile and I doubt your machine would make that time frame. An overclocked i7 920 at about 3-4? Ghz will work. My i7 920 is not overclocked so I don't do bigadv units on it and it also is running 3 gpu's so it has some overhead from them.

yeah, i wouldn't overclock with 3 gpu's in there (well, actually i'd probably try it, but you're doing so well with ppd already, not worth the risk)

Hey twoodcc, when did you sneak past lyzardking, I totally missed it, congrats for making it to 3rd place! And you're at about 1200th place overall, won't be long before you get to 3 digits!

haha, thanks. yeah i think i moved into 3rd yesterday or the day before. yeah looking forward to 3 digits. i just gotta get this other system up and running. i really need to rearrange my gpus again, but just haven't had the time

[lordonuthin]

haha, thanks. yeah i think i moved into 3rd yesterday or the day before. yeah looking forward to 3 digits. i just gotta get this other system up and running. i really need to rearrange my gpus again, but just haven't had the time

According to the official stats (http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&teamnum=3446&username=twoodcc) you already are at 3 digits for overall rank, congrats!

[twoodcc]

According to the official stats (http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&teamnum=3446&username=twoodcc) you already are at 3 digits for overall rank, congrats!

really? thanks for the link. of course they are updating the stats right now

[twoodcc]

congrats to SciFrog for 6 million points! (with MR team)

[DeSnousa]

We need a 6 digit thread :p

I have in 2 weeks folded what took me nearly a year to do on my iBook G4. I should be at 100k soon which is very exciting for me. Who else is trying to achieve a 6 digit score :cool:

[twoodcc]

We need a 6 digit thread :p

I have in 2 weeks folded what took me nearly a year to do on my iBook G4. I should be at 100k soon which is very exciting for me. Who else is trying to achieve a 6 digit score :cool:

hey go ahead and start one if you want. i know what you mean though. i never thought i'd get to 1 million points when i first started. now i'm almost at 7 million!

[DeSnousa]

hey go ahead and start one if you want. i know what you mean though. i never thought i'd get to 1 million points when i first started. now i'm almost at 7 million!

Hehehe no it's fine, I will post it in this thread however ;)

Just realised that 1 million is very possible for me.

[twoodcc]

Hehehe no it's fine, I will post it in this thread however ;)

Just realised that 1 million is very possible for me.

ok. yes it is!

and congrats to rwh202 for 4 million points!

[lordonuthin]

congrats to SciFrog for 6 million points! (with MR team)

Grats to SciFrog for 6 mil!!

and congrats to rwh202 for 4 million points!

and to rwh202 for 4mil!!

Were not ignoring anyone else, it's just too hard to keep track of all 67 of you :p

[lordonuthin]

Hehehe no it's fine, I will post it in this thread however ;)

Just realised that 1 million is very possible for me.

Keep at it ;)

[twoodcc]

so i hit 5 million points on jan 27, and i hit 6 million points today. so that last million took me 49 days. not my best so far, but hopefully once i get back to my apartment next month i'll be back in business

so i hit 6 million on 17 mar, and today (20 apr) i hit 7 million! that's about 34 days. much better than my last million, but still not as good as it could be. hopefully i'll get everything worked out and going smoothly

[lordonuthin]

so i hit 6 million on 17 mar, and today (20 apr) i hit 7 million! that's about 34 days. much better than my last million, but still not as good as it could be. hopefully i'll get everything worked out and going smoothly

7 mil; I remember those days, not so long ago... Grats!

[twoodcc]

7 mil; I remember those days, not so long ago... Grats!

thanks. hopefully this weekend i can get some things straightened out

[twoodcc]

congrats to whiterabbit for 14 million points!

[lordonuthin]

congrats to whiterabbit for 14 million points!

Thanks.

[twoodcc]

congrats to lyzardking for 7 million points!

i see your output is up! care to share what machines you got folding?

[lordonuthin]

Congrats to 4JNA for 6 million points!

[lyzardking]

congrats to lyzardking for 7 million points!

i see your output is up! care to share what machines you got folding?

one 08 MP 2.8 dual quad

two 09 MP 2.26 dual quads

I finally got inCrease to push my key to F@H, although it looks like one (one of the newer PMs) isn't getting the bonus... I'll have to check when I get back.

I could never get the Console one to work right....

I just saw that my user name is/was being listed multiple times, I wonder if that has anything to do with it (I thought I wasn't getting any points from the console)

????

[twoodcc]

one 08 MP 2.8 dual quad

two 09 MP 2.26 dual quads

I finally got inCrease to push my key to F@H, although it looks like one (one of the newer PMs) isn't getting the bonus... I'll have to check when I get back.

I could never get the Console one to work right....

I just saw that my user name is/was being listed multiple times, I wonder if that has anything to do with it (I thought I wasn't getting any points from the console)

????

dang, 3 mac pros!

are you running bigadv units on all 3? or do you use them for something other folding? (i assume you do) and if you don't mind me asking, how do they do if you use them while folding?

well it seems something might be going on with your username for some reason. you might want to make a thread over at the folding forums about it - maybe they can help

[lyzardking]

dang, 3 mac pros!

are you running bigadv units on all 3? or do you use them for something other folding? (i assume you do) and if you don't mind me asking, how do they do if you use them while folding?

well it seems something might be going on with your username for some reason. you might want to make a thread over at the folding forums about it - maybe they can help

they're all used for DTP (AI, AP, QE, etc)

the older one (at home) needs to be paused anytime I need to do anything processor intensive (not the issue with the 09s) especially HB and the like.

The 08 wont make deadlines with the bidadv units (not after pausing it for hours at a time LOL) unfortunately, I am unable to select the number of processors it will use (like I use to <4>) so now I have to pause it.

It looks like people are aware of the user name issues over in the "F@H Widget needs testing" thread

LK

[twoodcc]

they're all used for DTP (AI, AP, QE, etc)

the older one (at home) needs to be paused anytime I need to do anything processor intensive (not the issue with the 09s) especially HB and the like.

The 08 wont make deadlines with the bidadv units (not after pausing it for hours at a time LOL) unfortunately, I am unable to select the number of processors it will use (like I use to <4>) so now I have to pause it.

It looks like people are aware of the user name issues over in the "F@H Widget needs testing" thread

LK

oh ok.

you know, if you use the console client, you can tell it how many cores to use - like smp 7 would only use 7, instead of 8. but i'm not sure if it would make the deadline with only 7. probably not with less than that though.

so with the 09's you can do other things while it's folding bigadv units and no problems?

[lordonuthin]

oh ok.

you know, if you use the console client, you can tell it how many cores to use - like smp 7 would only use 7, instead of 8. but i'm not sure if it would make the deadline with only 7. probably not with less than that though.

so with the 09's you can do other things while it's folding bigadv units and no problems?

I don't use my 09 MP for anything real intense but even having several apps going it doesn't take anything out of folding, I get the same times regardless.

[twoodcc]

I don't use my 09 MP for anything real intense but even having several apps going it doesn't take anything out of folding, I get the same times regardless.

so running things like itunes and iphoto, and surfing the web, things are fine?

[SciFrog]

They are fine on my 07 8 cores Mac Pro. Even light encoding is fine...

[lordonuthin]

so running things like itunes and iphoto, and surfing the web, things are fine?

I also have the terminal going with 6 tabs, each running folding on another machine. I worried about iTunes because I had heard that it took quite a bit of cpu, but not for me it doesn't seem to have any effect on folding.

[twoodcc]

They are fine on my 07 8 cores Mac Pro. Even light encoding is fine...

I also have the terminal going with 6 tabs, each running folding on another machine. I worried about iTunes because I had heard that it took quite a bit of cpu, but not for me it doesn't seem to have any effect on folding.

interesting. well i might get a mac pro someday. my homebuilt machine is a big hassle and i'm not there to work on it. i would rather have a computer that i can fold and use regularly

[lordonuthin]

interesting. well i might get a mac pro someday. my homebuilt machine is a big hassle and i'm not there to work on it. i would rather have a computer that i can fold and use regularly

Building your own is fun but can be a real pain sometimes, especially if you use Linux :eek:

[twoodcc]

Building your own is fun but can be a real pain sometimes, especially if you use Linux :eek:

tell me about it. especially using linux inside windows! :eek:

[lyzardking]

oh ok.

you know, if you use the console client, you can tell it how many cores to use - like smp 7 would only use 7, instead of 8. but i'm not sure if it would make the deadline with only 7. probably not with less than that though.

so with the 09's you can do other things while it's folding bigadv units and no problems?

After I read your suggestion it occurred to me that I have access to the console (through inCrease) and can change it there (also where I told it not to do large units, wouldn't get done in time on the 08) I am running a3 on the 09 though (not sure if those are bigadv)

After rereading my reply to:

you might want to make a thread over at the folding forums about it - maybe they can help

It was no wonder you were confused, I should let F@H know (I was referring to forums here) to many rum & cokes while on vaca I guess :o

As for the 08 MP, folding & doing other things. I'm folding now & have itunes open with three windows while listening to a playlist of ~ 1425 songs. Mail & Safari will sometimes beachball a bit when iTunes changes songs (iTunes CPU usage goes from ~8 to a bit over a 100) iPhoto seems to be OK (w/4k photos)

The 09s on the other hand can fold (using 8 cores) and use HB and be as usable as the 08 that's just folding (and make the preferred dates, If I remember right, I'll need to confirm that one) **CONFIRMED**

[twoodcc]

After I read your suggestion it occurred to me that I have access to the console (through inCrease) and can change it there (also where I told it not to do large units, wouldn't get done in time on the 08) I am running a3 on the 09 though (not sure if those are bigadv)


wait, so are you running a3's on your 09s? or bigadv units?

also, congrats to whiterabbit for 15 million points!

[DoFoT9]

ive completely forgotten about this.. i wanna do it but i dont want my baby imac over heating :(

[twoodcc]

ive completely forgotten about this.. i wanna do it but i dont want my baby imac over heating :(

Well the bigadv units is where the points are at. I've heard of people doing them with an i7 iMac. You could give it a shot, and if you think it's too hit, then just stop it and do the a3 units

[lyzardking]

wait, so are you running a3's on your 09s? or bigadv units?

also, congrats to whiterabbit for 15 million points!

a3's on the '08

-bigadv on the '09s (they occasionally pickup an a3)

Sorry about the confusion (I should reread what I type) :o

[twoodcc]

a3's on the '08

-bigadv on the '09s (they occasionally pickup an a3)

Sorry about the confusion (I should reread what I type) :o

oh ok i gotcha. what kind of times per frame (every 1%) are you getting with the 09s on the bigadv units?

[lordonuthin]

also, congrats to whiterabbit for 15 million points!

Thanks, I hope this will be my best month yet, we shall see...

[twoodcc]

Thanks, I hope this will be my best month yet, we shall see...

you and me both. i've got this month and most of next month before i'm going to have an outage