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Finally got my 7 digits
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thats quite a bitim thinking maybe invest in some solar panels, one day!
haha yeah. maybe one day. but until then, it's good to have a roommate to share the bill with
hope yous get along well
well, for the next year i'll get along. bills aren't fun
Congrats to twoodcc for 10 million points
Amazing contribution.
so i hit 10 million around 21 JUN (about 26 days), and now 11 million today - 5 AUG - about 45 days. man that seemed like it took forever. and i'm still not back up to where i want to be. i need a new mac pro!
Lets see, $5000 for a mac pro 12 core vs. about $1000 for a mobo 3 gtx 460 pwr supply and cheap cpu plus Windows 7 will get you as many points I bet. Electric bill might be higher though with the gpu's. If you still wanted to spend $5000 you could get 20 gtx 460's @ $220 each X 10,000 ppd each = 200,000 ppd!
yeah, but it's more complicated than that. for each GPU, you gotta have something plugged up to it to fold (either a monitor, tv, or a 'dummy plug'). and if you don't have dummy plugs, then that adds a lot more power usage to the figure.
but i agree, a 12 core mac pro is very expensive. $5,000 is a lot of money.
3 x gtx 460 won't get you 60k ppd. closer to 30k.
plus, i need to decrease the number of systems i have, not increase them. a 12 core mac pro for $5,000 would give me more ppd than i'm getting from all my systems right now combined.
Hmm, maybe you are right, it would be a lot of work to get them up and keep them going. and then there is the electric bill...
yeah i got my first electric bill for my new place - $285! and i'm not folding full throttle!
Wow, that does seem really high, I have 4 machines going with 6 gpu's and my latest bill is $189. And that is with the air on the whole month. Winter is more expensive! It is possible that is an estimate and they over did it a bit...
well we think we may have an air conditioning problem. it takes hours for it to cool the house down 5 degrees! we hope to have it checked out very soon
ha. thanks. i just hope the air conditioner is the problem, and that it can be fixed
yeah. i really do think there is something wrong with it. hopefully we can get it fixed. thanks
its summer for you isnt it? how are the temps? its too cold here for me
yeah it's summer here. very hot. it's been at least 95 F, and sometime over 100 F
oh man i would kill for those temperatures... *drool*
its winter here, so <10*c nights, and max of 20c(about 65F maybe?) in the day. i hate the cold.
anyway back OT, can Linux + F@H utilise the GPU of a 8500GT?
ahh ok, ill give it a look. i plan on turning my useless PC into a server, may as well use it for folding
Working on my 5 digits
Just got into this folding and I'm already creeping up on 5 digits lol. I think in another day I will be there. Any recommendations?
Did you ever get your AC fixed? It's been 90*+ here the last few weeks with high humidity
Just got into this folding and I'm already creeping up on 5 digits lol. I think in another day I will be there. Any recommendations?
Did you ever get your AC fixed? It's been 90*+ here the last few weeks with high humidity
ahh ok, ill give it a look. i plan on turning my useless PC into a server, may as well use it for folding
That's what I've been using the G5 for. That and my Mini both run 24/7.
ahh ok, ill give it a look. i plan on turning my useless PC into a server, may as well use it for folding
yeah try searching for "linux cuda gpu folding" or something like that
Just got into this folding and I'm already creeping up on 5 digits lol. I think in another day I will be there. Any recommendations?
Did you ever get your AC fixed? It's been 90*+ here the last few weeks with high humidity
good for you. and glad to have you! what systems do you have? and do you have a PS3?
still haven't gotten the air fixed. hopefully they come by to look at it tomorrow.
nice. is the mini intel or ppc?