5th Annual Folding@Home Holiday Season Race thread.

[GLeeM]

Might have to mess with overclocking. What should I mess with?

Shader clock

 

[biodoc]

Dec. 01 _____ Dec. 01 ____ Dec. 2 _____ Dec. 2 ______ ppd ______ points
_50 697 ___ 4 981 174 ____ 50 334 ___ 4 970 673 ____ -363 ______ 18 234 ______ biodoc

Not sure about the math here. I had more points on Dec 1 than on Dec 2? Also I've been doing 50,000 ppd. My starting points are off as I posted earlier today.

EDIT: Here's my stats.

 

[petrusbroder]

Dec. 01 _____ Dec. 01 ____ Dec. 2 _____ Dec. 2 ______ ppd ______ points
_50 697 ___ 4 981 174 ____ 50 334 ___ 4 970 673 ____ -363 ______ 18 234 ______ biodoc

Not sure about the math here. I had more points on Dec 1 than on Dec 2? Also I've been doing 50,000 ppd. My starting points are off as I posted earlier today.

EDIT: Here's my stats.

You are right. :| As per your earlier post I corrected the spreadsheet (that is why the math is correct) but forgot to correct the document which I use for formatting and therefore the first error stayed.

As about the variation of PPD ... you know that the PPD can change a lot dependeing on the WUs/project the computers get. Yesterday - for a better part of the day - my PPD was approx 87K (as per HFM.NET). Just now the same crunchers have an PPD of 110K becuse I obtained a couple of high-bonus WUs ...

Sorry, no malicious intent. I'll try to be mnore observant ..
Error corrected - if you do the maths you'll see that all is right now.

 

[Markfw]

When are you going to look at or re-evaluate the teams for balance ? 100k difference the first day seems extreme. Redo the averages ?

 

[PCTC2]

When are you going to look at or re-evaluate the teams for balance ? 100k difference the first day seems extreme. Redo the averages ?

Don't underestimate our power as ABOMINABLE SNOWMEN!

Member-----------Past 24-----Past 7------Total
paulnt04________183,312___388,599___1,892,250
Mark F_Williams_126,104___1,055,400__77,747,320
Pokey TA_______103,376___696,744____35,792,712

 

[Markfw]

Don't underestimate our power as ABOMINABLE SNOWMEN!

Member-----------Past 24-----Past 7------Total
paulnt04________183,312___388,599___1,892,250
Mark F_Williams_126,104___1,055,400__77,747,320
Pokey TA_______103,376___696,744____35,792,712

Well, I guess its by bigadv unit spacing. They both drop in 18 more hours for 132,000 points in addition to be regular gpu stuff.

 

[petrusbroder]

When are you going to look at or re-evaluate the teams for balance ? 100k difference the first day seems extreme. Redo the averages ?

I'll take a look every day but will re-evaluate after 5 - 6 days (to see if the variations in daily production depends on which WUs are served).

All the races until now have started by one team being much stronger the firts days ... then the other team catches up and passes and then - after half the race - the team which was in the lead the first days was way behind ... we will see!

BTW: 90 K in difference is not so much. 2 bigadv-WUs to one team but not to the other may explain even more than 90K.

 

[Markfw]

True... See above

 

[ZipSpeed]

Looks like between 12/1/2010 9 pm to 12/2/2010 3 am updates, those running the GPU3 client lost points. Rather, the WUs seem to be lost in oblivion. I looked at my EOC stats and was wondering why that time period observed lower than normal points.

Vijay confirms the problem. Doesn't sound like any form of re-credit is going to happen.

http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=16918

 

[Ken g6]

Looks like between 12/1/2010 9 pm to 12/2/2010 3 am updates, those running the GPU3 client lost points. Rather, the WUs seem to be lost in oblivion.

Nuts. I was wondering what happened to that 6811 I flushed during that time.

Oh, well, I think I've done two more since then.

 

[Markfw]

Looks like between 12/1/2010 9 pm to 12/2/2010 3 am updates, those running the GPU3 client lost points. Rather, the WUs seem to be lost in oblivion. I looked at my EOC stats and was wondering why that time period observed lower than normal points.

Vijay confirms the problem. Doesn't sound like any form of re-credit is going to happen.

http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=16918

I have 10 clients using that, and they get ~9k ppd average, so I lost 25k points !!! 9k * 10 = 90k /4 =22.5 or so)

That really sucks.

 

[petrusbroder]

Hmmm, thats why my points fell that day ... 10 - 15K less than expected.

 

[petrusbroder]

The racing stats: December 3, 2010, 18:06 UTC

The Abominable Snowmen
_ ppd _______ points ______ ppd _______ points ______ diff ______ diff _______ Name
Dec. 01 _____ Dec. 01 ____ Dec. 3 _____ Dec. 3 ______ ppd ______ points
_50 697 ___ 4 952 439 ____ 50 613 ___ 5 032 713 _____ -84 ______ 80 274 ______ biodoc
_10 282 _____ 161 854 ____ 13 178 _____ 193 526 ___ 2 896 ______ 31 672 ______ filibusterman
_ 5 364 _____ 228 944 _____ 5 656 _____ 239 608 _____ 292 ______ 10 664 ______ geecee
158 575 __ 77 478 014 ___ 151 319 __ 77 789 277 __ -7 256 _____ 311 263 ______ Mark_F_Williams=Markfw900
____ 75 _______ 5 777 ________ 75 _______ 5 971 _______ 0 _________ 194 ______ octavio=Tivo20
_16 124 ___ 1 616 520 ____ 57 349 ___ 1 905 306 __ 41 255 _____ 288 786 ______ paulnt04=PCTC2
_26 926 ___ 1 685 822 ____ 29 610 ___ 1 753 159 ___ 2 684 ______ 67 337 ______ Peter Trend
___ 113 _______ 1 371 ________ 85 _______ 1 371 _____ -48 ___________ 0 ______ QuietDad
__6 237 _____ 184 002 ____ 11 154 _____ 218 444 ___ 4 917 ______ 34 442 ______ Rattledagger
__1 498 _____ 720 764 _____ 3 812 _____ 736 965 ___ 2 314 ______ 16 201 ______ salvorhardin
_____ 0 ______ 75 497 _________ 0 ______ 75 497 _______ 0 ___________ 0 ______ TA_andy
_30 830 ___ 3 798 053 ____ 33 579 ___ 3 871 372 ___ 2 749 ______ 73 319 ______ TonyH
_ 3 639 ___ 2 434 842 _____ 5 592 ___ 2 457 819 ___ 1 953 ______ 22 977 ______ Uppsala9496
310 360 __ 93 372 634 ___ 362 032 __ 94 281 028 __ 51 672 _____ 937 129 ______ Total


The Yetis
_ ppd _______ points ______ ppd _______ points ______ diff ______ diff _______ Name
Dec. 01 _____ Dec. 01 ____ Dec. 3 _____ Dec. 3 ______ ppd ______ points
_ 8 470 __ 14 428 470 ____ 17 198 __ 14 509 013 ___ 8 728 ______ 80 543 ______ GLeeM
_ 3 757 ___ 1 998 203 _____ 6 504 ___ 2 026 439 ___ 2 747 ______ 28 236 ______ jtmiller=SemperFi
___ 742 ______ 70 967 ____ 11 946 _____ 149 399 __ 11 204 ______ 78 432 ______ Ken_g6
_10 307 _____ 618 697 ____ 11 734 _____ 641 907 ___ 1 427 ______ 23 210 ______ kb3edk
_21 263 ___ 1 665 088 ____ 21 514 ___ 1 707 682 _____ 251 ______ 42 594 ______ Neurodog
100 893 __ 35 625 210 ____ 97 237 __ 35 815 015 __ -3 656 _____ 189 805 ______ Pokey_TA
_13 946 ___ 7 640 223 ____ 16 121 ___ 7 678 916 ___ 2 175 ______ 38 693 ______ RTThurman
__5 286 _____ 216 312 _____ 5 642 ___ 2 178 123 _____ 356 ______ 15 003 ______ [TA]Assimilator1
_57 127 ___ 1 375 651 ____ 79 517 ___ 1 549 851 __ 22 390 _____ 174 200 ______ TAS-Petrusbroder
_23 985 __ 13 020 661 ____ 13 726 __ 13 049 466 _ -10 259 ______ 28 805 ______ theAnimal
_ 6 678 ___ 2 408 323 ____ 12 781 ___ 2 451 044 ___ 6 103 ______ 42 721 ______ Tom_Philippart
__2 225 _____ 710 674 _____ 8 258 _____ 752 902 ___ 6 033 ______ 42 228 ______ wingding=brownstone
_17 354 ___ 1 809 281 ____ 19 734 ___ 1 860 590 ___ 2 380 ______ 51 309 ______ VirtualLarry
_40 987 ___ 2 160 887 ____ 46 441 ___ 2 251 764 ___ 5 454 ______ 90 877 ______ ZipSpeed
313 020 __ 83 748 647 ___ 368 353 __ 86 622 111 __ 55 333 _____ 926 656 ______ Total

623 380 _ 179 039 354 ___ 730 385 _ 180 903 139 _ 107 005 ___ 1 863 785 ______ Total for Racers
_________ 636 330 250 _____________ 638 889 424 _____________ 2 559 174 ______ Total for TeAm AnadTech


Production stats:
_ Date ___ The Abominable ______ The __________ Difference _____ Total ____
______________ Snowmen ________ Yetis _________ in points ____ difference _
Dec. 02 ______ 423 938 _______ 522 175 ________ - _98 237 ____ - 98 237
Dec. 03 ______ 513 191 _______ 404 481 ________ + 108 710 ______ 10 473


The Snowmen take the lead with 10 473 points and - 3 661 in ppd, and they produced more than 100K more points than the Yetis! Looks almost like a reversal of yesterday's production!
A good start! :biggrin:

 

[ZipSpeed]

I have a bigadv coming up worth 65k so do not fret fellow Yetis! Finally ordered my i7 970 a few days ago so hoping to get that hexacore goodness into the race ASAP!

 

[brownstone]

I have a bigadv coming up worth 65k so do not fret fellow Yetis! Finally ordered my i7 970 a few days ago so hoping to get that hexacore goodness into the race ASAP!

Bring that bigadv goodness on!

 

[brownstone]

Quick question. Are the ppd figures based on 24 hr avg. or actual ppd output?

_ ppd _______ points ______ ppd _______ points ______ diff ______ diff _______ Name
Dec. 01 _____ Dec. 01 ____ Dec. 3 _____ Dec. 3 ______ ppd ______ points
__2 225 _____ 710 674 _____ 8 258 _____ 752 902 ___ 6 033 ______ 42 228 ______ wingding=brownstone

Just curious as this is what is listed on EOC.
Day Points WUs
12.03.10 10,337 8 (so far)
12.02.10 23,146 16
12.01.10 13,937 9
11.30.10 10,384 9
11.29.10 0 0

 

[petrusbroder]

That is the "points 24hours average" (and NOT "points last 24 hours").
Actual ppd output is not reported on EOC; only if you use HFM.NET or similar program.

 

[brownstone]

Excellent, thanks for the quick response.

 

[Markfw]

I have a bigadv coming up worth 65k so do not fret fellow Yetis! Finally ordered my i7 970 a few days ago so hoping to get that hexacore goodness into the race ASAP!

My average is all over the place, and it going to get worse, now my 2 I7's are in sync. In 11 hours, I have 130k coming in just from those 2 bigadv units. I have another I7 coming online sometime this month.

 

[filibusterman]

I am at the parents house around chicago and picked up a i7 870 woo hooo (frys and microcenter so close but the taxes are a killer). But I will be out of town for a week. For the big advantage WU you need 4GB of ram right? Also, big adv. requires windows to run or you just run it in a wine in ubuntu? I will be leaving tomorrow on vacation but I'll be sure to check back for any responses!

edit: I also got a gt 210 that was FAR but I don't know how many wu that can muster.

 

[TonyH]

And meanwhile my old ghetto arse is chuggin' along with 3 smp clients and 4 gpu clients churning out the same old boring 30 to 40k a day.

 

[Markfw]

And meanwhile my old ghetto arse is chuggin' along with 3 smp clients and 4 gpu clients churning out the same old boring 30 to 40k a day.

Well, then you probably don't want to see this...221k ppd

I am all in guys. The last box is giving me trouble, not stable, runs hot, but I am taking a chance ATM. I have no more money, and no more rigs...\

Till next year

 

[petrusbroder]

Quite exactly twice as much as my HFM.NET is saying I am producing ... Congrats, Mark, a very nice set-up!

 

[theAnimal]

I am at the parents house around chicago and picked up a i7 870 woo hooo (frys and microcenter so close but the taxes are a killer). But I will be out of town for a week. For the big advantage WU you need 4GB of ram right? Also, big adv. requires windows to run or you just run it in a wine in ubuntu? I will be leaving tomorrow on vacation but I'll be sure to check back for any responses!

edit: I also got a gt 210 that was FAR but I don't know how many wu that can muster.

I would definitely recommend 4GB, although my current bigadv is using ~1GB. bigadv is currently not available for Linux, so yes either Windows or Wine.

 

[petrusbroder]

One more GPU - where can I get one more NVIDIA GPU? Or two?