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This replaces the "Easynews goes down" thread. We proved last October we can beat Easynews. Now it's time to focus our energies on other goals such as boosting daily production above five million. We are almost there. We are also on course to surpass two billion points later this year. Keep up the good work.
So where have we been and where are we now.
A year ago - 1,543,883
Today - 4,975,259
As you can see we have made a lot of progress, thanks to all of you who have contributed to the cause. We will surpass 1.5 billion points in about two weeks. Only two other teams (Easynews and Team 2ch) have reached that milestone and both have a lot more members than we do.
If I get the money for this new quad I've been wanting to put together I'm sure it'll boost my daily production, but until then.. ya got what cha gots! xD
Every little bit helps.:) In order for the team to be successful we need both big and small contributions. No one is going to match Victor's production. But Victor can't carry the team by himself. And he doesn't. Earlier tonight, I went down the list of all the team members who've contributed a million points or more. The list is longer than you think.
It's always hard in the beginning. The first few weeks I crunched for the team, I was averaging less than 5,000 points/day. Then I added a second machine, then a third. And then I got my first million. Seemed like it took forever. Now I'm past 25 million. I'm not saying this to brag. What I learned is that you just have to keep at it.
I know for a fact that some large corporations are amazed that our relatively small group of crunchers can put out the production numbers that we do on a daily basis. If you look at the teams we've passed, they include big companies and universities.
And it's not just about the points. A lot of people got into this because they know someone who was stricken with or even died from a serious illness. There are many reasons to crunch. But one thing I do know. This is the best team on the planet.
patience and dedication is the key... :D
Give what you can...and make the world a better place doing so
I feel bad, my Crunching has been down for past couple days/week. Got new hardware, and been redoing my power to my room.... I had them do new lines because I think I was pushing it.
I liked the original title better. Can't you change it back to 'Easynews goes down: part 2'? :)
Maybe when we can put them down and keep em down, instead of trailing a few hundredK each day. I've done what I can.. got 2 quads ramping up this week... one of my own.. and one for a friend, whom I convinced to go quad instead of a 2g c2d dell.. Got him a MUCH better system, and only about 200 bucks more... (mostly from the extra shiny case and PS he picked out) He hadn't upgraded in 7 years... so I had some explaining to do. But, he's burning in at 3.4 right now.. and going to lap his true and cpu in the next few weeks. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Martijn
I really am a fan off all of you guys! May our improvement from last year be an inspiration towards next record breaking. Everybody, who has contributed, deserves restecpa! So, congrats to y'all!!! :toast:
Btw, I am picking up a fresh Q6600 today and building a crunch machine. I hope I can soon call it all a farm (at least by the number of cores :D )
Congrat on the new addition to your stable!!! :woot: And yes, you can call it a farm..:up: You'll probably notice the strong desire to keep growing the farm too... Dr SiG runs a clinic for all of us crunchaholics.....It doesn't seem to stop us from acquiring new hardware, just not feel so guilty when we do...:ROTF:Quote:
Originally Posted by Aerosupra
As was said above, it's not the amount that individuals contribute that matters here. It is the dedication and persistence that this team shows that makes the difference. We all help each other achieve the best production our equipment can produce, at all levels. :up:
Regards,
Bob
Here's the daily output since the beginning. It doesn't seem to have increased that much lately. But very nice compared to last year in March!
Sorry if the chart is the 'wrong' way, excel didn't want to sort the dates correctly when I tried it.
This will give you a better idea of the team's progress.
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/te...rdsPerPage=365
The graph below shows the team's RAC (recent average credit). These are BOINC points. We've been in a holding pattern since November. I'm waiting for the next break-out.:)
I would bet that more then a few of us (myself included) are saving up for some nice dual socket nehalem goodness.
That oughta give us a nice jump in that graph there.
Snap...me too :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Blauhung
I hate to point this out, but we have been adding new members, but we've also lost some big producers. I don't really understand why, but hopefully we'll have some net gains soon. I'm looking at another quad myself. The qx9775's aren't worth the money - and I thought the qx9650 was overpriced when it came out. Damn, nearly $2k for a chip and over $4k for a dual cpu system.
Muahhaahaa, Muahhaahaa, Muahhaahaa, Muahhaahaa, :wasntme:Quote:
Originally Posted by Blauhung
:up: :clap: :ROTF:
Bob, how much space do you have left?
About a rack and 1/3. I'm trying not to fill the 1/3 with current stuff, but I don't seem to be winning that battle. I suspect when midline penryn comes out, that rack will magically fill up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martijn
I refuse to buy the rack for the third rack space until nehalem....That will stopp me from filling it...:ROTF:
Bob
Nehalem is such a loooooong wait :D
In the meantime, I could do with some midrange pennies .
As stated EVERY ONE here is important from the one work unit per day member to our Hamster Master DDTUNG. He sets a very high bar and his dedication is Legendary.
So crank up those CPUs and lets work towards six million per day. It will be a steady increase in daily production if we all try to squeeze just a little more out of our hardware, bring on new systems when able, and show the world what XSDC is all about. :up:
Help is own it's way, from help over at the WCG forums I now have my problems fixed. I have three identical quad rigs, same MB, VCs, CPU etc. that had Ubuntu 7.10 installed exactly the same with same machine names. That was the problem since they do not use mac address to identify machines. :up:
This team is great, and has grown nicely. sierra_bound, DDTUNG and Movieman and a few others have done everything to convince people to crunch and giving support. Without them this team wouldn't be as strong as we are now.
Look at the number of results returned.
http://xs225.xs.to/xs225/08113/results372.jpg
Can someone explain to me why we had less returning results while we produced the same amount of points?
because most workunits are longer now ?
Ok, thanks, but i hadn't realized yet that the workunits where so much longer now.Quote:
Originally Posted by [XC] Jaco
Yeah, I noticed they where longer when I upgraded my cpu and saw longer times. It scared me until i figured out what was going on. =p
I've got something in the works ;) I should double my daily output as a teaser :D
This is great...everyone is talking about new machines / new banks of machines coming up...we should add another million at least just by the talk that is happening here now :D
I might now crank out anywhere as much as some of you, but its all I got. I sold my old P4 machine, and I dont want to use any more of my quite old stuff.
Still helping where I can ;)
(and hmm, my sig hasnt updated for about 2 weeks now...)
Edit: changed it, now its right
<looks online for flame retardant underwear> :eek: :ROTF:Quote:
Originally Posted by WesM63
Way to go, team.:up:
XtremeSystems - 5,091,311
:D :up: Nice job guys. Keep it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by sierra_bound
My friend, 1000 points a day, or 500,000Quote:
Originally Posted by Tortel
What you can do is what you can do and that is the perfect amount.
Noone here judges character by points and thats one thing you can take to the bank.:up:
dedication can be doing one machine or 100.. It's all in what you can do.
Now this made my day!:up:Quote:
Originally Posted by sierra_bound
No, Thank you Andy for coming to help.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcoffey
Maybe we can do a little something and help out our kids here.
I see this kind of work as a win-win especially for people who like the hardware.
This place is also a great learning ground.
Where else do people run quads at close to 4000 at 100% load 24/7?:rofl:
By end of the week I will have quad #40 up and running. Just waiting on a TRUE. The agenda next week calls for replacing a E6600 ES B3 with a Q6600
G0.
DDTUNG:cool:
Lucky guy! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by DDTUNG
It's not luck. :)
I must attest to how much of a gentleman Andy is. When he ran me down recently he had the decency not to back up a couple of times. :eek: :ROTF: :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by mcoffey
Congratulations on your milestones and thank you for helping the team in such a big way. :clap: :clap:
Hey if getting run down is an incentive to have others crunch harder then bring on the Mack tires. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by mcoffey
Another good day.
XtremeSystems - 4,980,404
Keep up the good work.:up:
I show you coming up in ... 11 days ! Or less .... :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by SiGfever
:yepp:
I think I ran over a few people then backed back over them myself. I was having issues with some rigs but have got them fixed now. Sorry if I backed over anyone... :up:
Quad #40 reported for duty 10 minutes ago. Making do with a TTBT until the new shipment of TRUE arrives in two weeks.
DDTUNG:cool:
Woot! Nice guys!
Out of curiosity, since I happen to have one in a drawer... how well does that work with a quad?Quote:
Originally Posted by DDTUNG
Team 2ch 11,124,772
Electronic Sports League (ESL) 8,234,121
Easynews 5,257,621
XtremeSystems 5,157,847
We broke 5 mill again. Go Team!!
Easynews, your arse is ours! :up:
Way to go Team! :clap: :clap:
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Originally Posted by DDTUNG
Could I have the e6600? Ill trade you a e6300... ;)
If you need TRUE's and your supplier is out just yellQuote:
Originally Posted by DDTUNG
and I'll get them for you.
XtremeSystems 5,157,847
Nice day guys!:up:
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Originally Posted by Hymay
Adequate for a Q6600 G0 up to 3.6G.
DDTUNG:cool:
Sell your E6300 and I'll give you a good price on the E6600 ES.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tortel
In a completely non-sexual kind of way :shocked:Quote:
Originally Posted by SiGfever
Well I got another Phenom - bare bones - ddr2-800, and old hdd, decent case/psu. Also got a Chimei 22" monitor - I'll let you know how it is but the reviews on the egg are stellar. The gf is getting her own apartment so she can get away from the psycho C U Next Tuesday she's living with now. So I'm giving her the other Phenom and the new monitor. I should be able to oc it by about 10% using the Asus oc AI on the M3A. Yeah, I know, I should have gotten the q6600, but only one of them is currently oc'd and even that one is only at 3150. The other one won't do anything over stock and I can't figure out why. So I figured I'd save the $60 bucks and go with the Phenom.
Also, just broke into the top 500 overall on WCG. I've been waiting for that for a long time. But I'm still stuck at 41 in XS - d@mn St3vil_68. I have to wait for him to run over people before I can advance. I feel like the second dog in a sled team - the view never changes.
Congrats! A nice feeling I'm sure. Good going.Quote:
Originally Posted by twilyth
Tough crowd!Quote:
But I'm still stuck at 41 in XS...
I hear ya. I'm in the same boat! And have absolutely ZERO chance of moving up...Quote:
...I feel like the second dog in a sled team - the view never changes.
In fact, I'll probably go backwards, at some point.
Now thats the slickest way I ever saw of getting around the word filter!:ROTF:Quote:
Originally Posted by twilyth
3150 huh? Sounds like a road trip is needed and an afternoon of experimenting!
What board,memory,etc..
Thanks - It IS nice - as long as I don't think about the money I've spent.Quote:
Originally Posted by [XC] serlv
In the meantime - chin up bro'. The secret to getting more machines is to drop hints to everybody you know. Think about it - sure you enjoy helping people with their machines, but if they're REALLY grateful, there nothing wrong with them sharing the love. A public wish list on the egg should do it.
I'm getting to the point were I'm afraid to touch anything. This is the same machine that would only run at stock until after a couple of days I did an ice cold boot, reset it to defaults and then made some modest changes. But I did the same thing on the other quad, and it's stock or nothing. That's one of the reasons I decided to spring for new Phenom - to make up for all the oc'ing I now can't do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Movieman
But I'll try to summon the courage after I get the new machine up, but I don't know what else I can do. I don't think it's the memory since I've set the multi so that it is way below it's rating of 1066. If at some point you have a couple hours to kill and want to walk me through it, I would appreciate it. But I won't be able to do it until next week between the gf moving and the new machine. And if people want to flame me for inviting Dave to call, give me your best shot.
Let me know the specs of the machine in a Pm and when it's convienient we'll do a call..Yes, I will give 7 days notice so your cell phone is fully charged!:rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by twilyth
Thanks dude - the system is q2 in my sig (except for the clock speed of course)Quote:
Originally Posted by Movieman
Ok, I don't know Gigabyte boards well. What PSU, is the 4 gig memory 2x2 or 4x1 gig? Heatsink? Timings, we might be able to do this here and then I'll pull the posts when done or start another thread..up to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by twilyth
But 2:21am now and a long day tomorrow so I'm heading to bed in a couple.
I've been up for 2 days so I'm a little fried. I'll have to check the power supply and stuff. I'll PM you tomorrow. It's probably better if we do it in real time but we can see how it goes. Night.
Hey Tortel, if you want to sell the E6300 and are willing to ship to Australia, I'll take it off your hands if the price is low enough :DQuote:
Originally Posted by DDTUNGSell your E6300 and I'll give you a good price on the E6600 ES.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tortel
Eller
Yeah, we just cook up and toss them to the dogs. :ROTF:Quote:
Originally Posted by JungleMaster
Another good day:)
XtremeSystems - 5,197,906
verry nice!
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Originally Posted by sierra_bound
A great effort considering it was done without Shintai, mike047, RAMMIE, and Adywebb.:up:
DDTUNG:cool:
Shintai's still with us..:up:Quote:
Originally Posted by DDTUNG
Not at the power of before but I don't think he has access to those machines.
Also I think he just got back from his honeymoon in China.
Beautiful young lady.. :up:
Adywebb is with his "home" team, PC review crew II
RAMMIE is with another team, not sure which
Mike047 is doing POEM At HOME< a rosetta like program
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Originally Posted by Movieman
I want to see David Baker eat dirt during the next CASP:D :ROTF:
Don't say that I might change over myself!:rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by mike047
HEATHEN
But I know you're just kidding - right?
Don't worry, if he does we will make him sit in Phelan's chair. :ROTF: :ROTF:Quote:
Originally Posted by twilyth
Gotta keep up the team's momentum, so folks, quad #41 is on the way.:D
DDTUNG:cool:
You are the main driving force in this team and we applaud you. :clap: :clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by DDTUNG
What is your occupation DDTUNG if you don't mind saying? Also, where do you house all of these computers?
:D
We're on a roll.:)
XtremeSystems - 5,066,825
Less than 50,000 behind Easynews today.
:up:Quote:
Originally Posted by sierra_bound
Keep it up. Just bumped the quad to 3700 and added my MBP @ 50%.
Great stuff everyone :D
NICE ! :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by DDTUNG
You don't have any limits do you? :rofl: :ROTF:Quote:
Originally Posted by DDTUNG
How many quads or better do you think you have in about 1 year from now? :D
If all goes well i should have 100.000 by tomorrow. :)
Right,..:DQuote:
Originally Posted by twilyth
Anything but that!:sofa:Quote:
Originally Posted by SiGfever
#41 huh Victor? I think soon that new room of yours is going to be maxxed out again!:D
Don't you worry Dave. Right now the 'war room' is on the 31st Floor, I'm on 30th, but we are renovating the entire 26th Floor and let's just say that there are some plans.....................Quote:
Originally Posted by Movieman
DDTUNG:cool:
Good for you!Quote:
Originally Posted by DDTUNG
Anything with a 45nm flavor yet?:D
That you have to ask Eric.Quote:
Originally Posted by Movieman
DDTUNG:cool:
You ever shown any pics of 31st floor DDTUNG?Quote:
Originally Posted by DDTUNG
Forget that, I bet it smells really, really good:exclaim:Quote:
Originally Posted by JungleMaster
Finally got my RMA evga board back and have quad#4 back online as of today. Have all the goodies for cruncher #5 on order. Dave, holler at me for that thing we talked about a few weeks ago. ;)
:shrug: Oooops, sorry. It's all Dave's fault!Quote:
Also, just broke into the top 500 overall on WCG. I've been waiting for that for a long time. But I'm still stuck at 41 in XS - d@mn St3vil_68. I have to wait for him to run over people before I can advance. I feel like the second dog in a sled team - the view never changes.
re-overclocked my system to 2.8 until i get a nice dfi lp p35 t2rs
then i should be able to hit higher than 3, and my resouce shares are taking effect almost doubling my wcg output
now i just need to sneakily overclock my wifes pc muwhha ha ha ha
be good to those wives, we need their support!Quote:
Originally Posted by Grafton
Good Luck!:up:
You mean pusherman Dave?Quote:
Originally Posted by St3vil_68
http://www.goodgroove.org/discoboogi...perbad1TMB.jpg
Yeah, I understand. We're all his good little b*tches.
:D wifes pc up from 2.13 to 2.7
Easynews goes down, again.:D
XtremeSystems - 5,180,944
Easynews - 5,117,046
:up:Quote:
Originally Posted by sierra_bound
awesome job team! :up:
Hell yeah, way to go team. :clap: :clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by sierra_bound
Am I right? That's FOUR days straight over 5 million?Quote:
Originally Posted by sierra_bound
:up: :up: :up: :up: ..One for each day!
Yes, four days in a row over 5 million. Almost six days straight.:) Everyone on the team should pat themselves on the back. Great job.