Today's Numbers: Get 'Em While They're Hot!

[=[PULSAR]=]

This super computer week is really cutting into my BF3 gaming with this nice ATI crossfire setup

[Movieman]

Ok, guys, time to get serious and no time to waste playing games.
SEVENTY MILLION this week, just one day and lets get it done.
EVERYONE add one machine.
Your friends, your GF, your grandmothers old core2duo, you get the idea..
Seventy Million is the goal!

PS: SAM gets an exception to this.
THAT guy well, he deserves as "by" on this!

[Movieman]

This super computer week is really cutting into my BF3 gaming with this nice ATI crossfire setup

You, you are gaming this week? That's it, time for a motivational talk..Where is my phone!

[Sparky]

I was thinking of firing up a couple C2D boxes but I'm really not sure if it is worth screwing with them anymore

[Movieman]

I was thinking of firing up a couple C2D boxes but I'm really not sure if it is worth screwing with them anymore

Think on it this way:
Choice one: Fire up two old boxes and help the team
Choice two: Dave calls, fractures your ear drums and you spend the next five years in surgery and treatment..
Your call..

[Sparky]

.....

<fires up two C2D boxes>

[0ne.shot]

I have my 7950 @ 880MHz core online now. That should add a decent number to the total.

[=[PULSAR]=]

Hmmm any idea on how to run boinc on university pcs efficiently?

[0ne.shot]

Hmmm any idea on how to run boinc on university pcs efficiently?

Hey, have you overclocked your 7950s yet? I have mine at stock 880MHz now. I'm finishing 8 WUs just over 4 min average. It should come out to just over 600k PPD. I think it can do much better than that with a decent overclock.

[Movieman]

You guys want motivation well here it is:
Take a look at WHO is in the number ONE spot on the first update on Free-DC stats.,.
Yea, I dare you to look!
http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?p...wcg&sort=today

[Toolius]

Feels Gooood

[Movieman]

Feels Gooood

Yea, it does..Now lets keep that up and grind the heel of the shoe right into their..oops..ahh, lets graciously try and show our beloved comrades in arms against disease what our blessed little team can do..Yea, thats sound better....

[bluestang]

Hey, have you overclocked your 7950s yet? I have mine at stock 880MHz now. I'm finishing 8 WUs just over 4 min average. It should come out to just over 600k PPD. I think it can do much better than that with a decent overclock.

Make sure you are running 12.11 beta driver
set power limit in Overdrive to +20
set fan to a high as you but yet still not hear it (usually in the 4X% range)
downclock memory to 1000, and up that core to 1000

[Sparky]

Is the memory downclock simply to conserve a few watts or does it help with anything else? How much does that save by chance, anyone know? And is a 1000MHz overclock very common? Mine is at 900 right now, wasn't sure how far to push and how exactly to best tell if it is stable aside from bombing units or display corruption lol.

[Toolius]

umm a 1000 mhz clock on the 7950 shouldn't be too tough. Pretty much every card i have seen has done it .. a few at stock volts but usually setting power tune to +20 should do it.
You can try by going to 950 mhz and set power tune to +10 . If it is ok for a couple of hours .. bump it to 1000 and set power tune to +20.
i am running 1000mhz on my 7970's and was stable at stock volts. i did set power tune to +5 just to be safe

[bluestang]

Downclocking memory saves a few watts, but more importantly, it should cut down on some heat. HCC GPU doesn't really benefit from high mem clocks, just high core clocks. It will affect your gameplay I would think though!

[=[PULSAR]=]

Bluestang is there really that much of a difference with the new betas?

[bluestang]

Yes, others and I have had no issues since clearing out old and using the betas.

[pfm3136]

Bluestang is there really that much of a difference with the new betas?

The opencl part is the same, but for games, yes it seems there is a nice difference.

[disturbed13]

Think on it this way:
Choice one: Fire up two old boxes and help the team
Choice two: Dave calls, fractures your ear drums and you spend the next five years in surgery and treatment..
Your call..

are P4 HT's still usefull?
i got 2 on, one wont be finished with a WU for 29 Hrs lol
and the other finally got a WU today, its been on since yesterday which will take 16 hrs to complete omg
its about time to put these things out to pasture if you know what i mean

[Snow Crash]

P4???? very little points, lots of electricity. I think MM might even give you a pass from running those rigs. If you are going to run them turn HT off as they have the original implementation of HT and which &*%$###@! at crunching ... actually makes things worse, go single thread instead.

[disturbed13]

really?!
interesting
i also have a P4 that could be re rigged
but it would take some zip ties, thermal grease, and a power button to get running again
im about to just pitch it in the trash instead of try
what say you?

[yojimbo197]

Think on it this way:
Choice one: Fire up two old boxes and help the team
Choice two: Dave calls, fractures your ear drums and you spend the next five years in surgery and treatment..
Your call..

G/f's C2D laptop, engaged.

[Sparky]

umm a 1000 mhz clock on the 7950 shouldn't be too tough. Pretty much every card i have seen has done it .. a few at stock volts but usually setting power tune to +20 should do it.
You can try by going to 950 mhz and set power tune to +10 . If it is ok for a couple of hours .. bump it to 1000 and set power tune to +20.
i am running 1000mhz on my 7970's and was stable at stock volts. i did set power tune to +5 just to be safe

Oh so powertune adjusts (or allows for adjustment) of voltage? Wasn't sure what that slider was for. Interesting. I wonder how much the +5 is equal to...

Downclocking memory saves a few watts, but more importantly, it should cut down on some heat. HCC GPU doesn't really benefit from high mem clocks, just high core clocks. It will affect your gameplay I would think though!

We're heading into winter here, so a little more heat is welcome Plus I do use my PC for games as well, BUT NOT DURING SC WEEK so Dave put down that phone!

[OldChap]

really?!
interesting
i also have a P4 that could be re rigged
but it would take some zip ties, thermal grease, and a power button to get running again
im about to just pitch it in the trash instead of try
what say you?

I say ..... Has it got a pcie x16 slot? Throw a GPU in it and off you go