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Now up to 1,510 total members.:) Welcome to MDMurdock, PTPetra and antron.
I cant find the post where i read it but i'll say it again anyway..
If you have a 64bit OS running. Google the newer client that supports x64 instructions. Your PPD will go through the roof in comparison.
Im attaching a Picture.
What the picture shows:
Single slow system running day one, Both My e8400 and dual 2.4Ghz Xeon (HT ON) running on day 2. BAck to single system day 3, Back to both systems day 4. Then it gets interesting. I install the 64bit client on my e8400 and my points sky rocket!
the best clients are here
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php
and the 64 bit windows client realy makes a huge diffence compared to the standard client from the WCG homepage.
btw, im bidding on some old servers on ebay dual xeons ( i have a plan for later on anyways) , and i am talking to my school about 20-25 machines that i might be able to borrow for the week, no idea about specs though.
any advice about OS, i have to set all machines up (they are clean)
i have acces to msdn so any windows version or should i go with linux (never tried it) ??
what will give the most ppd for wcg ?
I thought Boinc(64bit) already supported it but it was up to the work units to be x64. ???
The 64 bit client benchmarks higher and it's a little more efficient. It's worth an extra ~10% in ppd.
I´m in.
Up and running.
Welcome to the team.
I've already started crunching pretty efficiently - just broke 100,000 points yesterday! Hey, this is kinda fun!
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I am building another i7 rig, I should have it online, overclocked and crunching by the end of the week :)
Howdy!
Similar story here...I'd been lurking in the XS LC forums because I'm considering installing a WC loop; I got the Movieman e-mail and started reading up on WCG/BOINC. Well, the more I read, the more I :shocked: !Quote:
Originally Posted by SirCanealot
So I went to the shed and pulled out all the old PCs that have been sitting in there (for who knows how long) and managed to piece together two systems that are now up and crunch'n. While they are by no means "Xtreme" ( a P4 and a K8), they have managed to post some validated results in the short time they've been online. I'm now officially hooked.
There's probably not a lot of folks around here who have a bunch of old components lying around in a shed or a garage gathering dust. In fact I'm certain I'm the only one. :rofl:
But on the off chance you do - break 'em out, dust 'em off, and put 'em to work. It'll make you feel GOOD. I did for me!
Breathing life into that old hardware was XtremelyGratifying! Thanks Movieman! :up:
Welcome to the team before you know it you will have that shed filled and be using it as a server room :D
Quote:
Originally Posted by =[PULSAR]=
"...DON'T START FILLING HIS HEAD WITH CRAZY IDEAS!!!! I HAVE ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH ALREADY!!! IF YOU CONTINUE, I WILL FIND YOU AND HURT YOU!!!..."
Regards,
SMTB1963's wife
It amazed me recently how many of these "old PC parts lying around" seemed to need this strange internet phenomenon called a "buy button" pressed repeatedly before they magically coalesced into viable crunching boxes :D
A window unit will cool that shed and it's crunchers well ;)
First off welcome! second off no way are you the only one with extra stuff lying around lol! this XS and a by-product of membership is alot of money spent on hardware, which collects up. I've just started to put together my old stuff lying around and they'll be crunching soon too.Quote:
Originally Posted by SMTB1963
Don't forget all of you new guys to add your thread total to the thread countdown from 1000 posted in this section. Thanks!
Go Mom! :cheer:Quote:
Originally Posted by sierra_bound
:rofl: Cracked me up!Quote:
Originally Posted by SMTB1963
Give your Mrs. a big hug from me.
I just loaded the client on our Dual Opteran server. It is crucnhing now with 8 cores. This will be from now till May 8th. This is a full use server so, my office didn't want to keep it on a long time. We have more VM's migrated next month to this machine. Atleast it will have some time in to add to the cause.
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I've got a question in reguards to using the video card to crunch also: How do I do that? I have an ATI Radeon HD 4850 in my home PC that might crank out something...
WCG does not use GPU power. It may in the future. You can crunch WCG using your CPU's power and GPUGrid or F@H with your GPU. Some people here do that.
Ah, roger that. Thanks for the quick reply.
Well, I might have something bigger then my Phenom II x4's. I just got off the phone with the owner of my company. He is going to try and do something for a 24/7 solution. I won't know till the end of the week. I was afraid to ask, and now I am glad I did.:up:
... and you went about it the right way, too. :up: :up:
Agreed!:up: Better to ask and get a possible no than to grab and find out your looking for a job with no recomendations..Quote:
Originally Posted by D_A
My manager already let me borrow some cruching power from one of our Opteron VM boxes. That will be a part time solution just till the end on the super computer challange. My owner might actually have a much nicer solution in mind. I just ask if I could in some way earn my way to building a miner crunching server. He was excited about the idea and wants to do more. I have a friend and collegue that is currently going though treatment for cancer. I think this is a great way to help support the cure. Thanks Movieman for bring this up. I may have never signed up, I never look in this section of the forum.
My Thanks to you for helping out and yea, the biggest problem we have is in getting the word out to people that we even exist over here!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by charged3800z24
Got my laptop and a Nehalem rig 100% on now to assist with your supercomputer target.
Started up early to give time to OC the Nehalem and maybe setup a second one before May 1st.
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Welcome and Thanks..Quote:
Originally Posted by T_M
With you guys in yellow on our side how can we fail?:up:
Ok, total noob question - what's the yellow name for? :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Movieman
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Welcome to prueg.
Yellow is for "Champion" members.
Basically anyone who wins a live overclocking competition at regional or global level
Sorry, I got to educate these guys here on you folks in yellow.Quote:
Originally Posted by T_M
Here' in WCG we don't know how to spell LN2 let alone know how to use it..:rofl:
Speak for yourself! :P
LN2 is great for ... freezing stuff ... and things
all the Ln2 guys should run their overclocks on the grid for that week when they can!! could you immagine sr-2 overclocks for like 8 hours lol!! OOMMG
and also may have sossi up by the time!
Can you imagine the bill for a week 24/7 worth of LN2? :rofl:
We're all about the marroon here! But very nice to have you with us!Quote:
Originally Posted by Movieman
Oh - off topic... I gotta get myself a pot and learn how to do this stuff.
Found out yesterday I have access to an almost unlimited supply of free LN2 here on campus. :slobber:
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maybe not ln2 but those on cascade and single stage maybe could say yes only for one week to run their rig with their ss on 24/7.
Or better yet, just get them to slap on WC or Air and run their numerous high end rigs 24/7.
Guys like me will typically have at least 3 Nehalem rigs sitting unused at any one time, plus dual core and now i guess Clarkdale rigs too
Can I tell you a truism of life?Quote:
Originally Posted by T_M
If you asked them they'd more likely do so than if I did..
Peers my friend..;)
Beat you to it :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Movieman
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...wpost&t=205728
I know it's not much but I got me D820 running. I just have to upgrade....
Thank you for the invitation! I am now a happy XS-cruncher, starting with two dual-cores! :)
Also, a thanks to Movieman for activating my account here.
Joined.
I just hope i'm ready for the 1st of May. Old systems mostly (P4,Am2+ etc.) but not ready at the moment. Hope i manage to set them by the end of the week.
Also hope that my 940BE which is LinX stable @ 3.8 remains stable in WCG client....could also be my final stress test for that freq...
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jup , couldn't resist ;)
I had been toying with the idea of joining for awhile now but this challenge finally got me in gear and I signed up over the weekend.
mentioned it at work this morning and was blown away by the response I got.
Boss is letting me put it on the shop rig (+1 quad)
coworkers all signing up(+1 quad,+4 duals)
one of our suppliers says he'll sign up
and the ups guy commited too
even the 1 coworker that has been waffling for 2 yrs about having me build him a rig is stopping at the bank at lunch (now) just so he can join up!
It looks like I'll be busy for the next couple days getting these all set up:up:
My only worry is that even tho I told them they would need to leave thier rigs on all the time I know they wont remember to shut it down before they power off will this cause any prob's?
a Big thanks to Dave for the kickstart, I now see why you all say this is addictive
Is there a current setup guide that will tell me why I am only getting a singlw WU on a quad after telling the client to use 100% of cores? My searching has failed me.
EDIT: NM, started working awhile after I setup a profile on the website.
I have 2 Mac Pros here at work, I could put them to crunch during office hours, 32 threads sounds good.
Wow! Looking at this thread each day is heartwarming! Good to see all you new guys joining us.
Onward and Upward!
Yea, well then your heart is going to be boiling next week!:rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by [XC] serlv
Yup! A special thanks to all the new peeps we have now!:welcome:
I know I am not around as much as I used to be, but im still crunching away. Lost my spot in the top 50...jeeze...63 now...sniff sniff....hehe....but that will change I hope...all these guys with all this horse power now....keep up the hard crunching guys!!:up::up:
PS. Dave, we have to have a chat in the next few days.;)
Nice job!Quote:
Originally Posted by hutkikz
Shutting down the computer with Boinc running shouldn't cause any problem unless they do a hard shutdown. :)
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:toast:
Yeah, I figured I should start living up to my title again. :rolleyes::up:
good to hear:up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gamekiller
the cool part is that I wasnt even trying to recruit. I just mentioned what I was doing and they were immediately interested. after I explained how it worked( a dozen times today) nearly everyone I talked to wanted to sign up.
Is there a super simple set up guide?
the boss' wife asked for one so she can make a flyer to hand out at her church.
Even a hard shutdown won't hurt anything... just lose ~ 30 min of work max. So you should be more than fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gamekiller
:up:
Welcome to all the new guys!Quote:
Originally Posted by sierra_bound
Who is this supernova guy? He sure is living up to his name!
Hypernova.. A real gentleman from Switzerland and Scott, if you saw his PC room you might wet your pants..Ok, yes, you can make a joke on that now!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by [XC] serlv
pics NOW or it didnt happen !!!! :D
https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.or...ffset,0#266364Quote:
Originally Posted by snoro
scroll down the page a bit..
jeebus :eek:
Thats not my pant that got wet but my eyes, that is such nice from him to get all those rig running for wcg. And i thought i would be special with my planned evga sr-2 or 4 socket g34 rig ( still undecided).
1,544 members. 310 new people in a week.
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and I helped :D
Member 1,533
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wow do wantQuote:
Originally Posted by movieman
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1600 soon!
364 new members in just over a week. Almost a 30% increase in team membership. Our daily point production has increased by 3.5 million.
Again, thanks to everyone for joining the cause.
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Got shot down on my idea of getting WCG on all the PC's at work. :( They are afraid of something going wrong, which is fair enough I guess. They have allowed me to put it on my own PC there, and a few others that know their way around a PC if something should go wrong. Not that I can really think of what could go wrong if you kept the settings very conservative. But whatever, now I gotta try get a sammy or two going in time. :yepp:
I added a note to a few of my freeware pages to join, the site doesn't get much traffic but just maybe it'll get a few more people to join.
http://edgemeal.110mb.com/index.htm
HTH,
Edgemeal (a.k.a. ReKcOlNu)
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Welcome all newcomers! That's quite the list!
Ramped up my clocks a touch for this challenge and replaced my BOINC client. I don't know if I had the 64-bit version before, but I know I do now.
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Not bad got my first badge today the bronze one :)
Project: Help Cure Muscular Dystrophy - Phase 2
Points Generated: 61,103
Results Returned: 81
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Badges Earned: 1
not bad considering I didn't join till the 14th
Team Name: XtremeSystems
Status Joined-Retired: 14/04/10 - Current
Total Run Time (y:d:h:m:s) 0:031:18:33:47
Points Generated:119,519
Results Returned: 207
Might crank the system back up to 4.0Ghz again and see what it will do then as I'm running it at 3.6Ghz at the mo even with WCG running temps haven't gone above 46.
holy sht that's a lot within a few days :eek:. was there a mass email sent out to all registered users to participate in this supercomputer crunching? how come i didn't get that email lol
:welcome: guys. hope it will be a permanent stay after the crazy week (may1 - may8) is over
well for be sure that i will have atleast 2 4p amd rig running sometime this summer for wcg.
ok i got my WCing gear today so tomorrow or saturday
i can get it up and running:up:
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154 in 1 day? Thank you all for joining the "super computer" that is XS WCG!!
I recruited my roommate. Most likely wont be a forum member but his laptop is setup to crunch 24/7 except to go to work and come home.
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Wow!Quote:
Originally Posted by sierra_bound
New member pirogue in on a roll! ! :clap:
Code:Member Name Joined Total Run Time Points Results Returned
pirogue 4/22/10 0:056:13:09:10 199,217 498
How is that possible? Must have come from another team with a bunch of computers already running...Quote:
Originally Posted by ReKcOlNu
I have no clue how much CPU power it takes to make points, but the member has 14 Device Installations. Maybe quad socket systems with 4/6 cores each?Quote:
Originally Posted by retro77
Another new member that stands out!! (Device Installations 22)
Code:Member Name Joined Total Run Time Points Results Returned
Hypernova 4/20/10 0:334:02:11:26 1,334,767 3,078
1,717 members. We're now the 16th largest team.
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An overclocked quad core with four threads can generate 15-20,000 points/day. A quad core with eight threads (i7-920, i7-930) can get 30-35,000. A hexa core with 12 threads can do 40-50,000 points/day.Quote:
Originally Posted by ReKcOlNu