PrimeGrid Equinox Challenge March 17-22 11:02 UTC

[lane42]

Thanks for the stats Ken g6

 

[SlangNRox]

Oops. Looks like I unchecked the use cpu box instead of gpu box. Between that and a rogue program using 100% of my cpu, it looks like I missed almost 24hrs on this race.

 

[blckgrffn]

Thanks for the stats Ken g6

:thumbsup:

Thanks Ken!

 

[QuietDad]

I'm in too with 4 cores.

 

[Ken g6]

As-close-as-I'm-gonna-get-to-day-1 stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
67_____145964_____blckgrffn
79_____123958_____biodoc
98_____100156_____StitchExperimen
142____72952______Icecold
182____53048______wayliff
209____44072______zzuupp
212____43030______geecee
252____32560______Lane42
289____28065______GLeeM
291____27941______Ken_g6
336____21840______SlangNRox
342____21238______Ryan
366____18654______Geoff
402____14814______mike656
437____12492______kb3edk
622____4541_______waffleironhead
651____3932_______VirtualLarry

Rank__Credits____Team
12____952923_____BOINC@MIXI
13____944360_____BOINCstats
14____870930_____Russia
15____769075_____TeAm AnandTech
16____759079_____Duke University
17____713520_____Team China
18____502988_____Crunching@EVGA

We've moved up another slot.

Oops. Looks like I unchecked the use cpu box instead of gpu box. Between that and a rogue program using 100% of my cpu, it looks like I missed almost 24hrs on this race.

I thought about PMing you about your low output, but I wasn't sure if you had intended to join the race or not. I see you're doing better now. And congrats on 1K posts!

Hope to see you soon, QuietDad. Did you remember to join TeAm AnandTech?

 

[QuietDad]

My bad. Been crunching, but didn't realize I had to "join" the team. Usually as I bounce around the team follows me. Amazing how far technology has come and how far it still has to go.

 

[ZipSpeed]

I've been fighting all morning trying to get my 2500K to get work. Finally manage to pull 6 WUs and now it's telling me again that no work is available. If I can't get it resolved by the end of the work day, the machine is going back on to WCG.

 

[Ken g6]

@ZipSpeed:

Try unchecking the checkboxes to use NVIDIA/ATI GPUs. I've heard good results from people who only have the CPU box checked, and that's how I've been running this race the whole time.

 

[ZipSpeed]

Yup, boxes were all unchecked and only the CPU box was checked before I started trying to get tasks this morning. It's a bit better now as I've managed to pull a few more tasks. Hopefully the feeder can keep my rig fed now.

 

[SlangNRox]

I don't think the gpu uses that much of your cpu while crunching. I turned mine off due to the heat. It's starting to warm up over here and this will probably be my last primegrid race until the fall

 

[SlangNRox]

And congrats on 1K posts!

It only took me 13 years to hit 1k posts. Don't want to think about how much electricity dc has used in that time or how 1 day crunching now probably equals a couple of years worth in 1999 on my cyrix and original pentium

 

[biodoc]

Wow. great crunching all!

Good to see blkgrffn blow by me for the TeAm lead! :thumbsup:

 

[blckgrffn]

Wow. great crunching all!

Good to see blkgrffn blow by me for the TeAm lead! :thumbsup:

These CPU only challenges are the only ones where I am even relevant.

New Hackintosh i5 is the new fire power.

I can beat you once in awhile, doc

 

[Ken g6]

Late to the party, but here's some stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
59_____257100_____blckgrffn
81_____192676_____biodoc
88_____178644_____StitchExperimen
141____116709_____Icecold
206____69970______geecee
209____68788______zzuupp
219____66369______wayliff
228____61219______Lane42
249____55570______SlangNRox
298____42425______Ken_g6
321____38188______GLeeM
336____36197______Ryan
404____25612______mike656
416____24448______Geoff
457____19682______kb3edk
464____19183______Quietdad
516____14209______ZipSpeed
578____9865_______waffleironhead
616____8441_______VirtualLarry
1217___819________Kiska

Rank__Credits____Team
12____1543893____Russia
13____1505464____BOINCstats
14____1439302____BOINC@MIXI
15____1292808____TeAm AnandTech
16____1234169____Team China
17____1194349____Duke University
18____772863_____Crunching@EVGA

Wow, 20 racers! :awe:

 

[wayliff]

Good job TA!

yay - I lost six cores. :hmm:
I have to visit my office and see what is going on.
That box appears off... :\

 

[Ken g6]

Day ~2 stats:

Rank___Credits____Username
57_____342384_____blckgrffn
83_____245931_____biodoc
88_____238424_____StitchExperimen
132____160390_____Icecold
206____91412______geecee
212____88372______zzuupp
229____81142______SlangNRox
231____80876______Lane42
233____80846______wayliff
289____58834______GLeeM
312____53663______Ken_g6
340____46401______Ryan
373____39633______ZipSpeed
383____37985______mike656
438____28405______Geoff
459____26182______Quietdad
464____24994______kb3edk
560____15374______waffleironhead
599____12519______VirtualLarry
954____3212_______Kiska

Rank__Credits____Team
13____2032863____BOINCstats
14____1876624____BOINC@MIXI
15____1761891____Team China
16____1743679____TeAm AnandTech
17____1584697____Duke University
18____1005246____L'Alliance Francophone
19____999917_____Crunching@EVGA

We're slipping!

 

[geecee]

Rank__Credits____Team
13____2032863____BOINCstats
14____1876624____BOINC@MIXI
15____1761891____Team China
16____1743679____TeAm AnandTech
17____1584697____Duke University
18____1005246____L'Alliance Francophone
19____999917_____Crunching@EVGA

We're slipping!

Thanks for the stats.

Just gave you a few more cores from my meager supply. I suppose I could fire up the X6 when I get home tonight to give you 6 more, and just turn the max CPU usage down to 80% or back off the OC to keep the temps down. Still, 8 or so more cores does not a farm make. If I'm in the team top 5, then we are obviously missing some heavy hitters.

 

[StitchExperimen]

Put this in: c:\ProgramData\BOINC

file name: cc_config.xml

<cc_config>
<options>
<report_results_immediately>1</report_results_immediately>
</options>
</cc_config>

This will automatically empty your work unit out after computing it and not buffer them.

Make sure to check: Tools>Computing preferences>disk and memory usage>(check box) Leave applications in memory while suspended.
(This will save the further along computed files so everything doesn't start from zero again when you Exit BOINC.)
The reason I bring this up is so at the end of the race your buffers will be empty and not holding thousands of points.
YMMV

Stitch

 

[mike656]

Adding one more core later, my lightning quick Athlon T-Bird 1 GHz box hehe, i'm thinking like 12 hours for one unit.

 

[blckgrffn]

Adding one more core later, my lightning quick Athlon T-Bird 1 GHz box hehe, i'm thinking like 12 hours for one unit.

Haha, awesome. Should I throw in the Pentium D? 3.2 Ghz of burninator ~100W+ goodness

 

[mike656]

Haha, awesome. Should I throw in the Pentium D? 3.2 Ghz of burninator ~100W+ goodness

Heck yeah, its crunching plus heating your home. Running about 5 million XP updates on it now, so SLOW. Needed it up anyway since I have floppies, Zip disks, and tapes I want to finally toss but check the data on.

 

[biodoc]

Ok, added my 4th and last rig to the fray: 1090T

 

[Ken g6]

Hey, look, I'm on time for once! 2.5-day stats, the midpoint of the race:

Rank___Credits____Username
55_____424048_____blckgrffn
88_____296137_____StitchExperimen
89_____295263_____biodoc
131____197900_____Icecold
205____115078_____geecee
215____107030_____zzuupp
220____104677_____SlangNRox
230____98313______Lane42
248____93248______wayliff
314____64580______ZipSpeed
315____64319______Ken_g6
342____58834______GLeeM
346____57752______mike656
363____53027______Ryan
468____31145______Quietdad
473____30441______kb3edk
480____29568______Geoff
565____20124______waffleironhead
604____15844______VirtualLarry
724____9627_______Kiska

Rank__Credits____Team
13____2533786____BOINCstats
14____2264310____BOINC@MIXI
15____2215666____Team China
16____2152976____TeAm AnandTech
17____1914421____Duke University
18____1273375____L'Alliance Francophone
19____1191744____Crunching@EVGA

Haha, awesome. Should I throw in the Pentium D? 3.2 Ghz of burninator ~100W+ goodness

Believe it or not, the Pentium 4 was considered relatively good for prime testing in its day. (Not that I would ever buy one.)

 

[mike656]

Believe it or not, the Pentium 4 was considered relatively good for prime testing in its day. (Not that I would ever buy one.)

During the P4 era, I was a die hard AMD guy, once Nehalem came out though........ back on topic. My Athlon T-Bird is at 82% over 3h5m on the extended PPS llr, the bigger ones will probably be 12 hrs as predicted.

 

[zzuupp]

Thanks for the stats.

Although China is pulling away, it looks like we are gaining on MIXI and maybe even boincstats.