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November Boards Foldathon

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  • #52
    laurence997
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 316 ✭✭laurence997


    I'm out for this one too, coz all I can usually fold on is the ps3 and it's not uploading the w.u.'s properly. :(


  • #53
    zodac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭zodac


    I just uploaded one last update... maybe it's your connection?


  • #54
    zodac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭zodac


    Hmm... 6 WUs, but only 494pts last update... someone's stealing my points...


  • #55
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    See how I felt? :o:p

    At least the i5 is firing on all cylinders even without the HD6850! :D


  • #56
    zodac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭zodac


    Blah, seems like my GPUs about to let go... might have to turn it off tonight for the rest of the event.

    This has been an awful Foldathon on my end... 2 clients out of the 5 I had last time. :(


  • #57
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    Boards is fairly getting hammered anyway :o:( We've lost taorg, CD and a few other heavy-hitters have pulled back drastically... and the WUs for CPU and GPU are, for lack of a more apt term, s***e :o


  • #58
    laurence997
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 316 ✭✭laurence997


    zodac wrote: »
    I just uploaded one last update... maybe it's your connection?
    Oh I KNOW its my connection.:o Bleddy Eircom.:mad:.
    The thing just keeps uploading till the bar gets to the end, waiting ten min's and then repeating it all over again. It takes round 6 hrs just to upload 1 W.U.:rolleyes:
    That halves productivity, and I've no idea how much of the internet "cap" its using. It usedn't to do that and I'll see if it fixes itself later in the month, but for now its out of action.
    See ye all (hopefully) next month.

    Laurence.


  • #59
    zodac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭zodac


    Right... I just dropped my last WU for the Foldathon... another 494. :p

    SMP won't drop for another 6hrs though...


  • #60
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    I was darn lucky and got a P2633 on the C2D so I got another few hundred points from it before the deadline, now on another P60** for a good 17 hours. i5 also just completed a P60** and will take another 8 hours to complete the next so I'm done :o:)


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  • #61
    zodac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭zodac


    And, the results:

    [php]
    rockal 45097
    SolitaryScythe 22703
    marco_polo 13600
    zodac 10780
    BeciMester 9298
    Cronan 6479
    aidan_walsh 3925
    *Shiny 1140
    laurence997 251
    IrishTLR 126
    taorg 0
    lopesc 0
    cherryghost 0
    Sports-Greatest 0
    Nehaxak 0
    Dr.Poca 0
    Coffee_Ninja 0
    Anti` 0[/php]

    And a graph for everyone to enjoy:
    https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AqJjQktZy8GkdDdWUzg1anRzalY5eUY0eXV4V0dsSXc&gid=1&single=true

    Not as good as last month, but only 10 Folders... let's hope we get some luck next month and break 200k.

    Well done guys. :pac:


  • #62
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    Can't believe I'm upset about coming second! :eek: But I was hoping for fifth, if I'm second it means we're missing several top Folders! :(

    At least it means I can knock off the testbed and fit its DVD (now the adaptor is here) and put my old PC back together again! :D Alas the scratch build is now getting more and more behind schedule, I thought I'd be measuring the mobo for standoffs by now :eek::(


  • #63
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Blimey, I'm doing shockingly poor lately.


  • #64
    BabyEater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 692 ✭✭✭BabyEater


    My first foldathon wasn't too bad for me.

    I did try to add an AthlonX2 4400 but it got a 6701 and it is going to take 4 days to complete, so will be finished sometime tomorrow.

    Otherwise not too bad.


  • #65
    zodac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭zodac


    Plenty of room for improvement for December then. I should be back with all clients then. :)


  • #66
    zodac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭zodac


    So... when should we hold the December one then? The week of the 13th?


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  • #67
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    Sounds good :) Might throw the HD4830 on for a laugh :D

    On a related note: Any clue when the new SMP and GPU clients come out? I'd love to have the HD6850 running for the next Foldathon but there's still no client that supports HD6000 GPUs :( And whatever happened to that P67**-enhanced SMP client update? :o


  • #68
    zodac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭zodac


    Not long now; from what I hear, it's close to a release. It won't include the revised client for ATi though... that'll probably come out around Feb (Q1 2011 is what's being thrown about).

    And the 6000 series can Fold... though I'm not sure what combination. Try:
    GPU2 & GPU3
    -forcegpu ati_r700 & -forcegpu ati_r800

    One of those should work.

    As for the client update, seems not to have come... people were raving about an improvement, but that's gone now...


  • #69
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    Is folding on a HD5/6000 really as bad as I've heard? Opinion is that with the forcing the current clients to run on my card I'd be lucky to get 3k PPD for the card and I'd lose 1-2k PPD due to huge CPU usage issues :eek: Is it anywhere near this bad for a HD4000??!?


  • #70
    zodac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭zodac


    Pretty much... I'd only really Fold on an ATi GPU if it's in a rig with a single core CPU...


  • #71
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    That bad?! :eek: Will the new client help resolve the issue and/or increase PPD without increasing pain on the CPU when it finally comes out?


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  • #72
    zodac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭zodac


    That's what we're expecting; more PPD, and less CPU usage, bringing them in line with nVidia GPUs.


  • #73
    zodac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭zodac


    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=69449873

    ;)


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