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Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by Wildkow, Oct 13, 2006.

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Would you like to help the cause of science and find cures to horrible diseases?

  1. Yes

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    94.7%

  2. No

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    5.3%
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  1. chinalfr2

    chinalfr2 Member

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    I have been folding with TeamPrius for about 2 months now. I just crank up my folding beast by overclock my E6600 to 3.0 ghz and also overclock my dual ATI X1900XTX. Wildkow, watch out for me. :p
     
    #221 chinalfr2, May 10, 2007
  2. nerfer

    nerfer A young senior member

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    We broke into the top 1000 today! #998 (out of more than 7000 teams)

    (I'll humbly take partial credit, since there were 3 of us (myself, Dave and PS3) that contributed to the most recent update, but I'm not sure if it was that update or not that did it. So I have no proof, but it makes me feel good as I slowly drop in the team rankings (I was #10 for quite awhile, now #18) due to increased competition in the team.)
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(nerfer @ May 10 2007, 04:27 PM) [snapback]439440[/snapback]</div>
    I'm waaaay down at the bottom - will take forever for me to catchup....

    Unless I use like 6 computers.... hmmmmmm.. (rubs hands)
     
    #223 bigmahma, May 10, 2007
  4. DaveinOlyWA

    DaveinOlyWA 3rd Time was Solariffic!!

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    well congrats?? i just checked and we fell to 1005... oh well, the top 1000 is inevitable.
     
    #224 DaveinOlyWA, May 10, 2007
  5. Wildkow

    Wildkow New Member

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DaveinOlyWA @ May 10 2007, 03:27 PM) [snapback]439519[/snapback]</div>
    GAH! :blink:

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(chinalfr2 @ May 10 2007, 11:32 AM) [snapback]439312[/snapback]</div>
    Dang dude that's my dream rig! How many PPD do you get? I bought my rig with E6600 and GeForce 7950 GX2, then about 3 days later I read about the client for the ATI cards! :angry: Oh well that will teach me to slack off. Which MoBo do you use? I have just recently sold my old Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deadluxe <_< :( and bought the newer P5N32-E SLI Plus. I can hit speeds up to 3.35 Ghz but dang the box gets HOT! The MoBo also supports the newer Quad chips and as soon as the price dips I'll pick one of those up! :D

    Wildkow
     
    #225 Wildkow, May 10, 2007
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    The teams must be really clustered very close around 1000 because now I see us at 997.
     
    #226 Trevor, May 10, 2007
  7. chinalfr2

    chinalfr2 Member

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Wildkow @ May 10 2007, 09:20 PM) [snapback]439593[/snapback]</div>
    According to FahMon, my total PPD for the machine is 1500+. SMP client ~ 1022 PPD, GPU1 ~280 PPD and GPU2 ~ 207 PPD.
    My mb is Asus P5W DH. Currently, the CPU overclock to 3.0 with room for more speed. I was able to run 3.2 or higher very stable without default setting. I tuned it down a bit due to heat and having some problem while playing game.

    BTW are your MB have nForce 680i? I'm thinking about building another rig. nForce 680i look very promising for Quad.
     
    #227 chinalfr2, May 11, 2007
  8. F8L

    F8L Protecting Habitat & AG Lands

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    Until I move back out of the place I am in I cannot afford to let my computer run and generate a larger electric bill. I'm not even thinking about the GHG issues involved here.
     
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  9. Wildkow

    Wildkow New Member

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(chinalfr2 @ May 10 2007, 09:27 PM) [snapback]439686[/snapback]</div>
    Mine has the 650i chipset but this board can do almost everything the Striker Extreme can do for less money.

    Heres Hard[OCP]'s take on the board.
     
    #229 Wildkow, May 11, 2007
  10. Wildkow

    Wildkow New Member

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(F8L @ May 11 2007, 02:15 AM) [snapback]439757[/snapback]</div>
    Your computer does not have to run 24/7. The amount of time you spend on the computer checking e-mail, visiting Priuschat.com or surfing the net is sufficient. Studies show that a typical computer & monitor combination releases around 500lb of CO2 extra each year if left on 24/7. If you switch the monitor off, monitors use more power than CPU's, you will cut that figure by 30-50%(?) and if you configure a diskless folding machine you can shut the disks off and save another large chunk of energy. Most processors consume approx. 100 watts of power and the newer Core 2 Duo's only 65 watts when running at 100%. So when all is said and done it's about the same as leaving on a light.

    Not a bad trade off when you consider the alternative of doing little to nothing about the horrible diseases that strike millions of people each year. Plant a tree or two and your carbon footprint is a zero-sum gain. :D Here’s the link for the client. The team number is 52533. How about it are you game? ;) The first post in this topic has instructions for setting up the Console client (maybe slightly faster than the graphical client) which is a no nonsense version and stays out of the way in the background. The windows graphical client, with a cool screen saver is even easier just use the answers in the console setup as a guide. Looking forward to seeing F8L in the stats!

    Wildkow
     
    #230 Wildkow, May 11, 2007
  11. AnOldHouse

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(F8L @ May 11 2007, 04:15 AM) [snapback]439757[/snapback]</div>
    I'm not either since I buy my electricity from clean and renewable sources.
     
    #231 AnOldHouse, May 11, 2007
  12. F8L

    F8L Protecting Habitat & AG Lands

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Wildkow @ May 11 2007, 03:12 AM) [snapback]439768[/snapback]</div>

    Thanks for the info Wilkow. I'll see if I can get it to work on my machine and if so I'll join up! (my good computer is broken).

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(AnOldHouse @ May 11 2007, 04:15 AM) [snapback]439780[/snapback]</div>
    Nice!

    I'm so crippled staying at my moms house. Once I'm out of school I'll have my house built "off the grid" and can enjoy such piece of mind. :)
     
    #232 F8L, May 11, 2007
  13. Wildkow

    Wildkow New Member

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    Excuse me for my ignorance but who is "MolangiNae­da" and what are you folding with? :huh:


    We also picked up a couple more Folders this last couple days. Thank you!



    Wildkow
     
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    Holy Smokes! CornBoy must have the PS3 in the not upright and locked position. Little points now and down to #3 soon. Go turn on and stay number one foldeBoy for PriusChat!
     
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  15. Wildkow

    Wildkow New Member

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    er... Molang can we talk? ;) B) :rolleyes: <_<
     
    #235 Wildkow, May 21, 2007
  16. daniel

    daniel Cat Lovers Against the Bomb

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    My latest:

    As I was running iMovie to convert AVI files to MOV files (for posting my organ videos on YouTube) I was disappointed by how long they took (in the neighborhood of 20 minutes). So I decided to quit F@H. But it refused to quit. The Activity Monitor indicated that it was still using 78% CPU usage. So I killed it from the Activity Monitor, and those iMovie conversions ran in about 3 minutes!!!

    So the F@H GUI client was not being "nice" at all. It is supposed to run at minimum priority, but was not doing so.

    I have (I hope and believe) elimininated it from my computer. This afternoon or tomorrow (as soon as I have plenty of time to deal with whatever problems may arise during installation) I will install the SMP client and see if it is any better-behaved.
     
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  17. chinalfr2

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Wildkow @ May 16 2007, 06:08 PM) [snapback]443720[/snapback]</div>

    That's me. Folding with my folding beast, E6600 with ATI X1900XTX + X1900XT Crossfire setup. B)
     
    #237 chinalfr2, May 21, 2007
  18. chinalfr2

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Wildkow @ May 21 2007, 04:28 AM) [snapback]446531[/snapback]</div>
    I'm checking my PM. :)
     
    #238 chinalfr2, May 21, 2007
  19. Trevor

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    You speedy GPU folks have to slow down a bit. I was hoping to hit the #1 spot for at least a single day, but it looks like some of you are gonna blow right by me before I get there.
     
    #239 Trevor, May 21, 2007
  20. chinalfr2

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Trevor @ May 21 2007, 03:20 PM) [snapback]446828[/snapback]</div>
    Crank up the second PS3. That's help a lot. :p
     
    #240 chinalfr2, May 21, 2007
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