PIE - Perfection In Execution

[Snow Crash]

Pie now takes half of what it used to...

I think that a couple of the big crunchers at the very top reached their short term goals on this project and have switched over to something else ... most notably DAK and JackofAll. Road Runner was also in the top 5 for pie for a while but he has moved on also. We thank them all for getting us to number two with their awesome points production

People join but do not stay long. Dunno why.

Some people come and go between projects just to try new things or they get a change in focus like bio, astrophysics, cool science (LHC), or pure math projects). Some people start crunching and then either can't deal with the heat, electricity bill, start to get worried about the wear and tear on their components and then you have some that have OC'd so high they are actually not quite stable for 24/7 crunching so get frustrated with the constant issues that come with that territory. Have I dropped GPUGrid for periods of time ... yes ... for all of the reasons above at one time or another.

Other people have been here quite some time, come back or simply crank out big numbers without so much as uttering a peep. I admire their perseverance and humility

Have to order more cards then

Yes, but which?

Because the new Nvidia cards are not out yet (and likely won't be affordable for a few more months) and we don't really know were GPUGrid is going with ATI at this moment I would go with the 275. There have been some problems with 260s and the 285 doesn't get you much more because it really is a crap shoot on the shader OC and you will pay a pretty hefty premium for this card.

I can only handle one more top end card and will likely wait it out to see what happens with GPUGrid/ ATI and the new Nvidia cards before buying.
This gives you guys an opportunity to push me out of the running for positions 4-6 on the pie. The three of us are so closely matched I think if none of us slips (I had an errant downclock the other day) then daily positions are dictated by the luck of the draw on which WUs we get.