Focusing on World Community Grid

[blckgrffn]

This is the fun part (for me)

Pedal to the metal and tearing up the charts

I'll add some HPCS cores when I figure out how...

 

[ZipSpeed]

Since February 7, we've been consistently pushing >900,000 points!

Opportunities update - where we could be in 2 months:

 

[ZipSpeed]

Top 20 producers based on yesterday's data:

Opportunities update - where we could be in 2 months:

 

[petrusbroder]

Thanks for the numbers, charts and graphs.

 

[somethingsketchy]

Hmm, interesting the HPCS VM had an ouput of ~30k. Was kinda hoping it would be higher for a four core system, but beggers can't be choosers.

 

[ZipSpeed]

Looks like GPU crunching will be available in WCG in the not too distant future. Under "My Projects", there is now a check box.

If my computer can process work on my graphics card, then please send me work to run on my graphics card for the projects that I have selected above.

 

[blckgrffn]

Looks like GPU crunching will be available in WCG in the not too distant future. Under "My Projects", there is now a check box.

Boooo

Soon my rankings will be marginalized in this project too! Woe is me!

 

[VirtualLarry]

Looks like GPU crunching will be available in WCG in the not too distant future. Under "My Projects", there is now a check box.

Sounds interesting, I would definitely get into that.

 

[ZipSpeed]

Boooo

Soon my rankings will be marginalized in this project too! Woe is me!

For some reason, this is what came to mind when I read what you wrote:

"Now witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL battle station!"

 

[blckgrffn]

For some reason, this is what came to mind when I read what you wrote:

"Now witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL battle station!"

HA! Indeed!

It is relatively easy/cheap to power a few PCs... Until you populate them with power guzzling, current gen video cards! My hat is off to those of you choose this very powerful path! The world is better for all the science you do!

There is just no way I can float that type of investment in my household, never mind that it would be "doable."

 

[ZipSpeed]

HA! Indeed!

It is relatively easy/cheap to power a few PCs... Until you populate them with power guzzling, current gen video cards! My hat is off to those of you choose this very powerful path! The world is better for all the science you do!

There is just no way I can float that type of investment in my household, never mind that it would be "doable."

I hear you. I ran about 3/4 of my Nvidia GPUs during last year's F@H race and it hurt big time when I got the power bill! No word on what it will run better on but I might start off small with a GT 240 and go from there.

 

[Smartazz]

Any word if it's going to be Nvidia, AMD or both?

 

[ZipSpeed]

The requirement is OpenCL. I don't know which Radeons or GeForces support the feature.

 

[wayliff]

I think this is the answer for OpenCL support.

ATI\AMD cards 4000 series and above.
NVIDIA cards 8000 series and above.

 

[wayliff]

Looks like GPU crunching will be available in WCG in the not too distant future. Under "My Projects", there is now a check box.

looking forward to running my 4850 for WCG! My 3850 won't do any good...

 

[blckgrffn]

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=7120674000G-CO

Just picked up one of these for grins

We'll see how it folds relative to the 6570, and then we'll see how it does compared to it in WCG. For the same price I am thinking the 4770 will be more powerful but eat more juice as well...

At the same time, it becomes a candidate to replace my wifes 3870 should it fail completely (the 3870, that is).

There are two left for those interested in getting relatively cheap and efficient cards

Come on Wayliff, you swap out that 3850 and not even have to update your drivers!

 

[ZipSpeed]

Speaking of which, I forgot I have a unused 4830 boxed up. I think it's time to dust off the old girl and make her useful again!

 

[Smartazz]

Is this going to skew our scores a bit? GPUs typically compute more raw data than several CPUs.

 

[blckgrffn]

Is this going to skew our scores a bit? GPUs typically compute more raw data than several CPUs.

Hence my b!tching about it, since the only way I can be a "heavy lifter" for the TeAm is when we are only using CPUs

I mean, it's about the science - but it is also about me being important!!! (Tongue in cheek, firmly.)

I wish I was feeling more "spendy" - this would be pretty sweet for my "work" box (the one under my desk, where the power be free, and so will the cooling this summer...)

http://slickdeals.net/f/4045574-EVG...9-with-free-shipping?token=AAIDAwAAAAAFOz27Bg

On that note, my $50 4770 has shipped. Happy B-day me

 

[wayliff]

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=7120674000G-CO

Just picked up one of these for grins

We'll see how it folds relative to the 6570, and then we'll see how it does compared to it in WCG. For the same price I am thinking the 4770 will be more powerful but eat more juice as well...

At the same time, it becomes a candidate to replace my wifes 3870 should it fail completely (the 3870, that is).

There are two left for those interested in getting relatively cheap and efficient cards

Come on Wayliff, you swap out that 3850 and not even have to update your drivers!

I salivate to upgrade that card...I think I may this year but my plan is to get a single slot 6850 at some point...as cheap as possible.
Move the 4850 to the machine that has the 3850 and install the 6850 in my main box. The 3850 will become a spare or something like that.

But I am not rushed since summer is around the corner and temps here in FL are already in the 80s during the day.

 

[blckgrffn]

I salivate to upgrade that card...I think I may this year but my plan is to get a single slot 6850 at some point...as cheap as possible.
Move the 4850 to the machine that has the 3850 and install the 6850 in my main box. The 3850 will become a spare or something like that.

But I am not rushed since summer is around the corner and temps here in FL are already in the 80s during the day.

Nice! That sounds like a good plan.

I was just twisting your arm a bit since I got suckered into buying some hardware, I figured I might as well spread the love

Another big power bill this month, I am getting the lifted eyebrows from the Wife. We'll see how long I can keep my stuff running full out as well... I have distributed out some of my capacity to other places/people who have agreed to provide the power so I am in no danger of going dark.

 

[ZipSpeed]

Nice! That sounds like a good plan.

I was just twisting your arm a bit since I got suckered into buying some hardware, I figured I might as well spread the love

Another big power bill this month, I am getting the lifted eyebrows from the Wife. We'll see how long I can keep my stuff running full out as well... I have distributed out some of my capacity to other places/people who have agreed to provide the power so I am in no danger of going dark.

Hah! I need to give my wife a reason tonight as to why I need another computer. I don't think she will care that I scored a good deal on the CPUs!

 

[blckgrffn]

Hah! I need to give my wife a reason tonight as to why I need another computer. I don't think she will care that I scored a good deal on the CPUs!

lol, In my experience, no, that doesn't go very far. My wife is a deal hunter, though, so it helps. But then she asks me what I need it for. Sigh

 

[VirtualLarry]

Another big power bill this month, I am getting the lifted eyebrows from the Wife. We'll see how long I can keep my stuff running full out as well... I have distributed out some of my capacity to other places/people who have agreed to provide the power so I am in no danger of going dark.

Yes. A relative of mine has suggested moving my quad-GPU rig over there, because the electric is provided with the rent. I might do that, rather than retire the cruncher due to the warmer weather.

Still unsure if I'm going to crunch on my main rig, during the warmer weather, or not. Those two GTX460 cards do burn a bit of power.

Edit: Well, I moved my quad-GPU cruncher, but it wouldn't boot properly in the new location. I'm not sure if it was because it was hot in there, and I sweated into the top fan on the Antec 300, and dripped into wherever, or whether there was some kind of incompatibility with the monitor. (I had it hooked up to a 1920x1080, and the monitor I brought over was 1280x1024).

I couldn't get the BIOS screen to show up, but the keyboard lights - all came on, and then went out, and then a little bit later, the first light turned on and stayed on. The monitor, showed an orange LED (standby), then went green (signal), and then went back orange, and then fluctuated a few times, and then something came onscreen, the OSD said "analog input - video signal can not be displayed" flashing on the screen.

Now, Windows 7 was configured for 1920x1080, but I thought it had a failsafe where it decreased the resolution when it detected a lower-res monitor.

So either the brand-new DVI-to-VGA (from monoprice.com) was mis-wired, or the video card was damaged or shorting, or something is incompatible with that monitor.

I'm going to try a DVI cable next time I go over there, and then I'm going to try a monitor swap.

The thing is, the keyboard LEDs do their bootup thing, so it seems like the BIOS is happening, you just can't see it. Then they do their thing again, like Windows is booting.

Edit: Went back tonight, and it was mysteriously working. Although, the signal blinked out a few times. So I think either I did drip into the gfx card, OR, the vga cable that was looped around the monitor is going defective.

 

[Plimogz]

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