Folding@Home News - Attention Single-Machine Crunchers

[rich99million]

Well how's it doing, Iso? Have you diagnosed it as normal or have you given up?

think we scared him off with our desperate need for new victims... err i mean crunchers

well if SSE is on and the core is taking 99% then it's working - even in the rare event that the log stops recording the progress WUs have been known to carry on quite happily until complete


it's a shame they don't release a few of the old 0.6 point WUs these days as you could watch that thing fold right before your eyes with the power/optimisations available these days

with WUs that take up to an hour and more per frame on a pretty decent machine it's easy to see how someone could think that it's not doing anything - at least he should have landed a whopper first time out!!

 

[Mattus]

I run two rigs, but at least 90% of my points come from the one. I'm tempted to stick my second one on a separate account so I can sign this one up for the single-cruncher stats. If that's allowed?

 

[rich99million]

I run two rigs, but at least 90% of my points come from the one. I'm tempted to stick my second one on a separate account so I can sign this one up for the single-cruncher stats. If that's allowed?

err that wasn't really the idea - but yes I guess as long as it's a single machine that'd be alright

starting to wonder if this was such a good idea
ah well i guess it'll promote a bit more competition on a more level playing field - that can only be a good thing

 

[BillytheImpaler]

I don't see why not. Have at it IMO.

 

[Mattus]

I could do. But Rich may be right in that it's not the idea - it's a bit against the spirit of the whole thing. Don't wanna start something which could screw up the stats.

Also a question that could come up - what is a single cruncher? Are we talking strictly a single logical CPU? Or is an X2 a single cruncher? If so, is a dual-core quad Opteron still a single cruncher?

 

[rich99million]

at the moment that's still undecided - given the right work an uber-clocked X2 could give out about as many points as my whole mini-farm

basically it's up to each person to decide if it's really fair on everyone else, if someone games a fair bit or cannot sleep with their machine on then an X2 wouldn't really make everyone else's contributions look too bad


however the whole thing has given me a good idea for a short race - most points in a week from a single logical core, not sure if we'd have to set up seperate accounts or if we could just get people to list what WUs that core has done - from the reaction so far from those with powerful machines it could be worth thinking about as a little competition for everyone
we could even have different classes for different types of CPU

 

[BillytheImpaler]

The question is who would go out and buy an FX-57 just so they could win the single-box award.

 

[rich99million]

The question is who would go out and buy an FX-57 just so they could win the single-box award.

why are you looking at me?

hides credit-card behind back

 

[Stan_Lite]

The question is who would go out and buy an FX-57 just so they could win the single-box award.

Stan

 

[divine`]

Put me down as a single box folder, even though I wont be actually be folding anything again until the 25th.

 

[rich99million]

Put me down as a single box folder, even though I wont be actually be folding anything again until the 25th.

ok no worries - see you in 2 weeks

 

[Mattus]

The question is who would go out and buy an FX-57 just so they could win the single-box award.

Not me!

I'd buy an Opteron 146 and clock it.

 

[iSam]

Well how's it doing, Iso? Have you diagnosed it as normal or have you given up?

High guys! Sorry I have just tried again and the console says completed 0 of 500000 steps. Its only been going 10 mins so I will leave it and see what happens. The CPU is currently working at 99 for the core.

EDIT: It's working!

Just one question: I cant keep my comp on overnight. If I quit the console in the middle of a WU will I be able to resume the next morning where I left off or will I have to start the WU again?

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Yep, it should pick up right where it left off. Otherwise it'd be impossible for any of us to reboot our computers. Remember to be sure to shut down properly lest you risk corrupting the WU's save procedure.

 

[Indy500]

You can get rid of the console window without restarting. Close it and go to services.msc to restart F@H. Or make a batch file, as per the guide in the forum sticky.

 

[iSam]

Its folding well so hopefully I will have my first WU done by tonight. OcUKIsotope is the name btw.

 

[Zirax]

After a forced absence i'm back. Logged in under Zirax in F&H. Its an XP2500@3200 so nothing major but its on 24/7 from now on

 

[rich99million]

Welcome back Zirax


I've added both of you to the single-cruncher list - roll on friday!!!

 

[Mattus]

I'm not gonna be involved but I'm actually looking forward to this. I love the sense of team spirit created by these competitions. It sums up what DC projects are about IMO.

 

[rich99million]

I think I'm gonna have to exclude Concorde_Rules from the single machine stakes this week

Not only is he showing as having 3 active CPUs (presumably his X2 and a rogue mac) but his 24hr average is actually 1 point higher than mine with 5 machines running 24/7

So Conc - congratulations on an insanely high output mainly from one machine but I'm afraid you'll have to be measured along with the power borgers and insane IT admin folk

It's not final yet - I'll see how out of place it looks first but I really don't think it's fair on everyone else, cheques are to be made payable to rich99million's personal bribing account of course