Folding@home News 27th August - 3rd September

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27 August - 03 September 2015​

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Total members: 2,631
Active members: 47​

# Name Weekly Increase
1 Biffa 7,652,089 1,560,947
2 Jumper118 3,065,820 -683,337
3 ozaudio 2,428,474 -337,190
4 currob 1,964,744 646,961
5 colinmcr 1,371,429 696,937
6 FMTopFan 1,218,393 466,046
7 muzza1875 845,773 845,773
8 Team_Muck_Spreader 536,045 -36,748
9 divebod 517,498 -1,208,186
10 BeeCee 342,777 0
11 Juantjie 219,907 219,907
12 sphen 115,305 84,734
13 JeroenVanLaer 91,413 -5,136
14 Sneblot 90,407 90,407
15 Brown_Sparrow 71,633 71,633
16 mushtafa 38,696 0
17 Trunkey 38,527 17,140
18 RoryM 34,075 -7,088
19 FizzyLogic 33,680 -44,761
20 nutnut 27,738 27,738
21 Shanemeister93 26,340 26,340
22 GreyMata 22,505 15,255
23 sideburns 18,851 -5,985
24 Jagman2k 17,851 17,851
25 Henley 15,604 13,193
26 bombay121 14,318 -232
27 octabrain 14,090 -166,432
28 davev8 13,505 -3,242
29 Red_and_White 13,006 739
30 Ken_Harding 12,770 40
31 Alan 9,489 0
32 drossgraham 8,891 3,231
33 BoldandtheBrave 8,505 0
34 FatRakoon 6,811 -10,382
35 Big_Stu 6,605 342
36 JChirac 6,460 232
37 Illumielle 2,630 -6,019
38 Michael_10 2,129 2,129
39 CheechWizard 1,716 -625
40 Exseanat 1,497 -426
41 voicon 1,191 -390
42 Andy_113 1,000 1,000
43 Pedro 796 0
44 KingDing 656 102
45 no1knows 571 -1,133
46 Magnus 314 314
47 Ed209 70 0
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# Name Weekly Increase
1 Brown_Sparrow 71,633 71,633
2 davev8 13,505 -3,242
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# Name Credit
1 Biffa 1,187,658,483
2 Ba 824,880,655
3 loudbob 460,288,801
4 Borged_by_MGP 215,766,536
5 Andy_Taximan 158,984,228
6 Team_Muck_Spreader 116,970,623
7 Stan_Lite 116,570,089
8 Jumper118 102,132,720
9 dekez 56,266,006
10 Bigstan 52,625,969
11 mark001282 46,932,469
12 voicon 45,348,331
13 penfold 39,802,359
14 acme15 39,435,380
15 ozaudio 37,519,745
16 nutnut 34,991,975
17 diogenese 34,329,703
18 snapsh0t_too 27,523,080
19 Brown_Sparrow 26,361,123
20 LigerZero 24,797,360
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# Name PPD
1 Biffa 1,093,156
2 Jumper118 437,974
3 ozaudio 346,925
4 currob 280,678
5 colinmcr 195,918
6 FMTopFan 174,056
7 muzza1875 120,825
8 Team_Muck_Spreader 76,578
9 divebod 73,928
10 BeeCee 48,968
11 Juantjie 31,415
12 sphen 16,472
13 JeroenVanLaer 13,059
14 Sneblot 12,915
15 Brown_Sparrow 10,233
16 mushtafa 5,528
17 Trunkey 5,504
18 RoryM 4,868
19 FizzyLogic 4,811
20 nutnut 3,963
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Alan
BoldandtheBrave
Ed209

A warm welcome to the team ​

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10,000
Shanemeister93

50,000
mushtafa

100,000
BeeCee
sphen

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4,000,000
currob

8,000,000
FMTopFan

12,000,000
divebod

20,000,000
colinmcr

37,000,000
ozaudio

102,000,000
Jumper118

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1,187,000,000
Biffa

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[Jumper118]

Thanks for the news!! Switched to a g3258 while my 3770k is going for testing at ocuk. Should save a bit on the power bill too.

 

[FMTopfan]

Ah update time, thanks

Quick check - weekly dumpage is where it should be and don't expect this to increase. My PPD here is a bit off because I'm seeing 322k PPD rather than 174k PPD but understand this is random depending on project lottery.

Briefly had core 21 but back down to 18 for whatever reason.

Did break 1MN PPD and only through reducing threads down to 8, each GPU needs 2 threads and found any more doesn't a difference. All while running on Medium folding power, odd how that slider doesn't affect PPD even though system was more responsive versus Full

Spoiler

 

[currob]

Sweet to see over 1mil ppd FMTopfan !! Is there a guide somewhere to explain the cores? I see ppl talk about better cores etc..(i.e. you briefly had core 21) or is it just as simple as the higher the number the better?

 

[colinmcr]

FMTopfan, are you running cards on standard clocks or OC'd? That's good results I think I was running 10 of my 12 cores on cpu, maybe I should switch them down to 8 of 12, I was getting 800k last time I was running.

Well I would if I was at home, will see in 4 weeks !

 

[ozaudio]

col he is running them at stock.

I have 3 gpus running now but its payday and already took to watching another

 

[FMTopfan]

colinmcr - I'm running them at stock clocks with temps limited to 81C. Get good enough clocks boosting without OC (1328MHz atm) but would have course love a full block to allow stop throttling.

No OC for marginal gains, prefer to keep system efficient seeing as this already pulls 800W. GPU's must be pulling approx. 330W each, from this the 980 TI's aren't hitting the peak of 370W it should because I set temp limit on it (GPU usage 92-94%).

Yet despite the limits I hit 1MN PPD easily on Medium power, this only limits CPU folding to 73% and not at all bothered about the lousy PPD on that.

Running with 2 threads per GPU is sensible and you can easily change this at will to see the gains. 4930K is down to 8 threads total for CPU, 2 threads for each 980 TI. For those without Hyperthreading this is equivalent to two CPU cores per GPU, best not to create CPU bottlenecks when the PDD from GPU is huge.

 

[ozaudio]

I am curious, I may try and stop folding on my cpu and see if my 970 improves as currently I have 2 of 4 core folding aswell.

I really need to get this second pc in a case or something as it keeps getting knocked when im at work and shutting down for the night so its not really done any work yet

rob- I see you've started dumping a load of points lol, I found another 280x cheap but I think ill see if I can find another 290 as myn is doing upto 300k ppd some days

 

[colinmcr]

Going to make a concerted effort to get my machines all running in 3 weeks time, I have 8 gpu's potentially although might sell the two 680's.
I'm also going to have to finish my ethernet run into my attic storeroom, I ran the cable just never terminated it (yet), then I can fold away 24hrs without to much annoyance from the Mrs !

Out of sight out of mind !

 

[divebod]

Thanks for the news. My machine is switched off at moment - away from home for a week or so. Machine back on, on Tuesday.

 

[currob]

rob- I see you've started dumping a load of points lol,

I'm gaining on you for ppd andy ! Just bought a couple of pciex1 to x16 powered adapters for 3rd pc and looking for more gpu's too !!!

 

[ozaudio]

yep ive noticed lol. dam that 980ti haha. what else you looking at getting rob?

 

[currob]

Looking to replace the 780ti in 2nd rig with a gtx950 then put that 780ti with the other one on the test bench for now, 2x780ti should get around 560k ppd i reckon

The gtx950 should do what i want in the 2nd pc; it runs 2 screens, six 24/7 cctv live feeds on screen 1 with the whole screen being recorded 24/7 and screen 2 is running satellite tv and dvr full screen. Currently gpu usage is around 25 to 35% on 780ti

 

[ozaudio]

you'll overtake me soon, my PSU isn't working correctly so I now need a new psu

 

[WobblerJW]

after being missing for a while I am going to start stressing the new pc

back in the single pc league

 

[ozaudio]

after being missing for a while I am going to start stressing the new pc

back in the single pc league

Good stuff , what gpu is in it?

 

[WobblerJW]

Good stuff , what gpu is in it?

ATM a 760 GTX looking to upgrade to a 9 series

 

[ozaudio]

what ppd is the 760 doing for you

 

[FMTopfan]

what ppd is the 760 doing for you

There's a F@H database that shows a 760 does 96,641 PPD maximum. For comparison (slight OC only or reference clocks) a 7970 scores above the 680's at around 120k PPD, 780 scores 195k PPD, 780 Ti scores 330k PPD, 290X scores 317k PPD.

It's not until you get down to a 970 that Nvidia allows AMD to catch up and only with a Fury X at 360k PPD. Could do with our own version to verify results but for now this will do.

One thing to note for myself is that once I get my other folding PC back, currently single PC only, is that 120k PPD is low for a 680 while a 780 Ti makes it worth while. Does mean I would have to upgrade my PSU to cope and may do custom loop once I get funds, has to be Mayhems cos I love their fittings

LINK

 

[ozaudio]

My 970 is pretty poor for what ever reasons only ever had 1 work unit show over 300k ppd most are 200k ish, my 290 on the other hand does 300k ppd most of the time, as for my 280x .... who knows, my PSU has give up not even completed 1 work unit with it. im off work for 2 night after tonight so will sort a new psu out and see if I can find any more cheap gpus.