OFFICIAL Holloween Race Roster & Details

[MikeB12]

I got tired of force feeding mine too this morning wfo... and just left them running... good news is 3 out of 4 are working on wu's now 4hrs later.. 1 is still waiting.

[[XC] riptide]

Guys please, enough with the remarks about 'mental problems' when refering to the PG or refering to using baseball bats.

The first is insultive towards people who I will bet my life on have more 'mental capacity' then op, the second is just bad taste.

In serieusness, it's not funny at all

What remarks? I can understand the frustration of some. But since nobody is advocating voilence on a personal basis, the natural venting is ok.

[[XC] riptide]

Want to follow the rules and do the best for science, don't. Same as dual smp's or single smp's not counting oc's. When I where able to clock 600mhz higher I would run dual smp's but at current clocks, yes I would get more points but my turnaround time would drop 20%.

And furthermore to this.... If you actually thought about this for a second WE ARE DOING MORE science and work for Pande while his dayum servers are offline, if implemented with UDmon.
So yes. In some circumstance, such as a GPU server outage it IS better for science. The insinuation that I or others by merely using UDmon as not "follow the rules" annoys me. And this is not the first time we spoke about UDmon.

Whats this about your turnaround drops with SMP? Is this with Dual SMP? as in longer WU completetion time for each?

Stuff it. The WU gets done in good time. I expect that the WU's done on this team are a good margin faster than what WU's get done on the rest of the teams.

[road-runner]

Yea stuff it, I can do 2 SMPs on my OC quad quicker than windows can do one. Since the majority of WUs are done on windows and stock machines they are getting twice the work from each of quads...

[skycrane]

i believe that i think i might have finally figured out all my problems, now i cant wait to go home and test all this new found knowledge to see if i can finally get all my comps up and folding. i just wanted to say thanks to Marvin for all his patience in addressing my questions... believe me , i had more than a few... so im still hoping that if they got the wu for me to fold with, by this time tomorrow i should be pumping out about 30kppd

[MikeB12]

for anyone confused by the dual smp discussion..... it's pretty easy to put some numbers on it.

We'll use my setup as an example to demonstrate:
I have 3 Q6600's@3.33ghz all Vista 64 running dual smp's and 8800gt's...

using an example of a smp wu 2665: (preferred deadline=144hrs)
-with dual smp's those 3 Q6600's can turn and burn 6 wu's every 30hrs.
-with single smp's they turn and burn 3 wu's every 20hrs...

what this means is:
-a dual smp setup nets me .2 wu/hr
-a single smp setup nets me .15 wu/hr
which of those rates benefits science more?
more wu's per hour OR less wu's per hr?


it's a pretty easy logical mathematical equation... the more efficient model wins (more wu's per hour).
intel quad = dual smp
(of course, unless you're in xp running gpu's, then the gpu core starts stealing cores from smp)...
(in Vista, the gpu doesn't steal an entire core, so I can also run a gpu client with dual smp's on my Vista intel quads)...

[road-runner]

Here is a 2665 that just started on a quad @ 3.2Ghz running 2 SMPs at the same time in Ubuntu. So that would be 2 WUs in 22 hrs from this one machine, how long does windows take to do 1-2665? Also included are benchmarks for 2665. All are Linux but one rig is server 2008 in red at 3.44Ghz...

Project : 2665
Core : SMP Gromacs
Frames : 100
Credit : 1920

This is Server 2008 64 with one SMP client and 1GPU2

-- David-Quad --

Min. Time / Frame : 13mn 08s - 2105.18 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 16mn 58s - 1629.55 ppd
No Cur. Time / Frame
No R3F. Time / Frame
No Eff. Time / Frame


-- NZXT-QUAD #2 --

Min. Time / Frame : 13mn 06s - 2110.53 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 13mn 38s - 2027.97 ppd
No Cur. Time / Frame
No R3F. Time / Frame
No Eff. Time / Frame


-- E6600-KITCHEN-2 --

Min. Time / Frame : 13mn 35s - 2035.44 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 13mn 36s - 2032.94 ppd
Cur. Time / Frame : 14mn 48s - 1868.11 ppd
R3F. Time / Frame : 14mn 48s - 1868.11 ppd
Eff. Time / Frame : 17mn 56s - 1541.71 ppd


-- Q9650ES #2 --

Min. Time / Frame : 8mn 01s - 3448.81 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 10mn 24s - 2658.46 ppd
No Cur. Time / Frame
No R3F. Time / Frame
No Eff. Time / Frame


-- Q9650ES #1 --

Min. Time / Frame : 8mn 29s - 3259.10 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 10mn 16s - 2692.99 ppd
No Cur. Time / Frame
No R3F. Time / Frame
No Eff. Time / Frame


-- QX9650 --

Min. Time / Frame : 9mn 54s - 2792.73 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 11mn 05s - 2494.56 ppd
No Cur. Time / Frame
No R3F. Time / Frame
No Eff. Time / Frame


-- Antec quad #2 --

Min. Time / Frame : 10mn 25s - 2654.21 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 13mn 59s - 1977.21 ppd
No Cur. Time / Frame
No R3F. Time / Frame
No Eff. Time / Frame


-- Antec quad #1 --

Min. Time / Frame : 14mn 18s - 1933.43 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 14mn 32s - 1902.39 ppd
No Cur. Time / Frame
No R3F. Time / Frame
No Eff. Time / Frame


-- TABLE-QUAD #2 --

Min. Time / Frame : 11mn 49s - 2339.75 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 13mn 46s - 2008.33 ppd
No Cur. Time / Frame
No R3F. Time / Frame
No Eff. Time / Frame


-- TABLE-QUAD #1 --

Min. Time / Frame : 13mn 45s - 2010.76 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 13mn 47s - 2005.90 ppd
No Cur. Time / Frame
No R3F. Time / Frame
No Eff. Time / Frame


-- QUAD-WATER-US #2 --

Min. Time / Frame : 9mn 38s - 2870.03 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 12mn 57s - 2134.98 ppd
No Cur. Time / Frame
No R3F. Time / Frame
No Eff. Time / Frame


-- QUAD-WATER-US #1 --

Min. Time / Frame : 12mn 49s - 2157.19 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 12mn 49s - 2157.19 ppd
No Cur. Time / Frame
No R3F. Time / Frame
No Eff. Time / Frame


-- Middle Room Quad #1 --

Min. Time / Frame : 9mn 45s - 2835.69 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 13mn 13s - 2091.90 ppd
No Cur. Time / Frame
No R3F. Time / Frame
No Eff. Time / Frame


-- Middle Room Quad #2 --

Min. Time / Frame : 13mn 11s - 2097.19 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 13mn 16s - 2084.02 ppd
No Cur. Time / Frame
No R3F. Time / Frame
No Eff. Time / Frame


-- \\FRONTDOOR-PC\Folding@Home Windows SMP Client V1.01\ --

Min. Time / Frame : 10mn 07s - 2732.92 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 10mn 07s - 2732.92 ppd
No Cur. Time / Frame
No R3F. Time / Frame
No Eff. Time / Frame

[MikeB12]

RR, my vista64 Q6600's take 30hrs per 2665wu at 3.33ghz. dual smp's. but that's also running a gpu client on each.

[road-runner]

RR, my vista64 Q6600's take 30hrs per 2665wu at 3.33ghz. dual smp's. but that's also running a gpu client on each.

I am getting 2 in almost 23 hours at Q6600 @ 3.2Ghz with Ubuntu...

[MikeB12]

yeah, linux kicks the snot out of windows in smp. how those a2 core wu's.. then it really kicks the LIVING snot out of windows. no a2 for windows yet. but I'm ok with windows vista for my gpu's. 2 of my Q6600's are user pc's anyway, and they need vista media center..

[road-runner]

With Stanford being the way they have in the last year I dont see how we can have a decent contest or race, maybe we should be crunching something more reliable?

[MikeB12]

all those penalties that WFO collected these past few days is what did it..

[Sparky]

With Stanford being the way they have in the last year I dont see how we can have a decent contest or race, maybe we should be crunching something more reliable?

That's a personal choice. F@H is my home project, I doubt I'll be going anywhere unless they royally screw up everything somehow. I think they need to work on the load balancing, maybe drop another server in, and things with the GPU work will smooth out.

[Kingcarcas]

Front Door PC, now i've seen everything I'm gonna setup a cruncher outside and let strangers use it

Guys please, enough with the remarks about 'mental problems' when refering to the PG or refering to using baseball bats.

The first is insultive towards people who I will bet my life on have more 'mental capacity' then op, the second is just bad taste.

In serieusness, it's not funny at all

Sorry Marvin but it was funny, and the fact that someone is taking it seriously is making it even funnier Please don't hurt me *gets flame shield*

[road-runner]

That's a personal choice. F@H is my home project, I doubt I'll be going anywhere unless they royally screw up everything somehow. I think they need to work on the load balancing, maybe drop another server in, and things with the GPU work will smooth out.

True, I have always like folding and that is what I started with almost 6 years ago, it just gets disgusting when things start messing up....

[Sparky]

True, I have always like folding and that is what I started with almost 6 years ago, it just gets disgusting when things start messing up....

Yep. One of those things I've found I get ticked off but then I'm drawn back in, so aside from my occasional venting when something goes too haywire I just try to grin and bear it. After all, GPU and SMP are technically beta.

[WFO]

all those penalties that WFO collected these past few days is what did it..

No ! Dak snuck in and unplugged almost all my rigs. I only had 4 gpu clients running when I got home. Fortunately on restart they all got work. One did an EUE suicide run but it's folding now.

It's nice having some folding vets around that know Stanford's weaknesses and that don't need hand holding. Soldier on guys. I'm hoping my production still looks like a middle finger tomorrow but I'm having serious doubts.

I have a Silencer 750 powering 2 9800 GX2s in one rig and it's making a high pitched whining noise. I don't think it's happy. The fan is on 24/7 trying to keep it cool.

[road-runner]

I have a Silencer 750 powering 2 9800 GX2s in one rig and it's making a high pitched whining noise. I don't think it's happy. The fan is on 24/7 trying to keep it cool.

Straining a little is it? I have run my silencer 750 with dual 4870x2 benching and I have not heard anything out of it, of course that is not a 24/7 full load either...

Front Door PC, now i've seen everything I'm gonna setup a cruncher outside and let strangers use it

That is the rig closest to my front door...

[WFO]

Straining a little is it? I have run my silencer 750 with dual 4870x2 benching and I have not heard anything out of it, of course that is not a 24/7 full load either...

It really shouldn't be straining. It has 60 amps on the 12v rail and at most the 9800 gx2s use 34. I know. I'll just throw the side cover back on to dampen the sound. That will fix everything.

[Rise]

It really shouldn't be straining. It has 60 amps on the 12v rail and at most the 9800 gx2s use 34. I know. I'll just throw the side cover back on to dampen the sound. That will fix everything.

out of sight, out of mind

[DAK1640]

No ! Dak snuck in and unplugged almost all my rigs. I only had 4 gpu clients running when I got home. Fortunately on restart they all got work. One did an EUE suicide run but it's folding now.

It's nice having some folding vets around that know Stanford's weaknesses and that don't need hand holding. Soldier on guys. I'm hoping my production still looks like a middle finger tomorrow but I'm having serious doubts.

I have a Silencer 750 powering 2 9800 GX2s in one rig and it's making a high pitched whining noise. I don't think it's happy. The fan is on 24/7 trying to keep it cool.

I didn't just unplug it, I cut it....

[DAK1640]

OK, someone rush a Vacum Tube tester to PG quick....

[WFO]

OK, someone rush a Vacum Tube tester to PG quick....

Dak, remember that old expression: "Go pound salt!" ?? I'll be pounding 5801s right where they belong till I fall asleep.

[DAK1640]

I hear ya buddy, too much maintenance. Doesn't PG realize we have a Halloween Race going? Geeeeeeez

[skycrane]

got my first eue today, it sucks my other gso is crunching away, but one on an eue fit. is there any way to just restart the card that is not folding? if not, how do i restart both gpu clinets with out loosing my work?