Anandtech vs Tom's Hardware Folding@Home Coronavirus Race thread

StefanR5R · Apr 5, 2020

Assimilator1 said:
What spec is that rig?

Dual Broadwell-EPs with 14 core processors (multiple of 7, awkward) and 22 core processors (multiple of 11, most awkward).

Edit,

StefanR5R said:
I am trying smaller slot sizes, and slot sizes which can be factored into 2 and 3, but I'll probably give up on this and rather save on electricity costs.

I set the 56-thread machines to one 48-thread slot, and the 88-thread machines to one 64-thread slot + a 24-thread slot, and keep them at F@h until Rosetta has tasks again. Electricity bill comes second in these times of crisis. ;-) :-/

StefanR5R · Apr 5, 2020

Day 18: Sunday, April 5
14:00 UTC stats
(10 AM EDT, 7 AM PDT)
links: official race stats, TeAm AnandTech at EOC, Tom's Hardware at EOC

Daily production

Our advantage

There are our long-lost, much-missed points! :-)
And they are unexpectedly plentiful.

Assimilator1 · Apr 5, 2020

Lol, nice!

Thanks for the stats Stefan

borandi · Apr 5, 2020

We're almost at +7.5% of TA's overall total in 18 days

Started March 18th, had 40,450,303,145 points
Currently April 5th, have 43,513,174,259 points
Total gain : 3,062,871,114 points

Needed for +10% : 4,045,030,315 ( 982,159,201 away)
Should easily get it by the end of the contest

Ken g6 · Apr 5, 2020

Looks like I'll pass Orenj before @borandi passes me. So I'll get to stay in the top 50 even as Orenj gets "crushed".

Edit: Speak of the , I posted this before I saw @borandi posted!

Markfw · Apr 5, 2020

My ppd is up to 24 million ! but its 80f inside and 62f outside... I may have to shut some stuff down

Ajay · Apr 5, 2020

Markfw said:
My ppd is up to 24 million ! but its 80f inside and 62f outside... I may have to shut some stuff down

Open a couple of windows!

Markfw · Apr 5, 2020

Ajay said:
Open a couple of windows!

every one in the house, including the front door and the back sliding door have been open all day ! The only thing I close up at night are the front foor, and the back slider.

Ajay · Apr 5, 2020

Meh, I should be doing at least 1M PPD. I've only pause FAH when I’m playing games. I think I’m below 500K due to the lack GPU units (had to switch client-type to advanced to get any).

mopardude87 · Apr 5, 2020

Man, since i got back this 1080ti been getting wu non stop. Beyond happy with that.

Endgame124 · Apr 5, 2020

mopardude87 said:
Man, since i got back this 1080ti been getting wu non stop. Beyond happy with that.

my 1080ti has been getting work nonstop. Another host with an old ATI card has been getting nothing.

borandi · Apr 5, 2020

I wish I could open my windows more. My two indoor cats aren't too bright... Need to get those screens but UK windows aren't built for them

Pokey · Apr 5, 2020

For those interested, here is a good depiction of how proteins are involved and makes clear, to me anyway, that what we are doing may actually end up helping. Of course the guys in the labs will crack this but our work just might help.

covid-19 gnome

Ajay · Apr 5, 2020

Markfw said:
every one in the house, including the front door and the back sliding door have been open all day ! The only thing I close up at night are the front foor, and the back slider.

Window fans? Maybe there is just not enough air flow.

Years ago, CPU folding only era, I had 4 systems folding in one bedroom. Even though I had central air - I had to buy an AC unit for the window to keep temps from climbing up to the mid to upper 80s In the summer.

Markfw · Apr 5, 2020

Ajay said:
Window fans? Maybe there is just not enough air flow.

Years ago, CPU folding only era, I had 4 systems folding in one bedroom. Even though I had central air - I had to buy an AC unit for the window to keep temps from climbing up to the mid to upper 80s In the summer.

I have a box fan at one end of the house, and a 18 inch desk fan at the other end. They run 24/7

Its hard to comprehend how much heat 500 cores and 12 top tier video cards produce. You know my electric bill is $800 a month

Ajay · Apr 5, 2020

Markfw said:
I have a box fan at one end of the house, and a 18 inch desk fan at the other end. They run 24/7

Its hard to comprehend how much heat 500 cores and 12 top tier video cards produce. You know my electric bill is $800 a month

Wow, my wife would kill me over an $800/mo electric bill! Never mind the cost of all that hardware

ZipSpeed · Apr 6, 2020

Ajay said:
Wow, my wife would kill me over an $800/mo electric bill! Never mind the cost of all that hardware

When I told my wife how much a 2080 Ti was going to cost, she quickly shot that down. I then mentioned it was going towards a good cause, so she reluctantly agreed. That, and I told her she can get that designer purse she’s been eyeing when this pandemic is done.

Kiska · Apr 6, 2020

Ajay said:
I had to buy an AC unit for the window to keep temps from climbing up to the mid to upper 80s In the summer.

Nice and sleep worthy temperature for my bedroom(I prefer my bedroom to be somewhere betwen 25-40c)
Note: I live in Penrith, NSW and the latest summer we peaked at 120f(49c)

Assimilator1 · Apr 6, 2020

God that's way too hot to sleep in! (at least much over 25C).

Markfw
A pity you can't harvest some of that heat & turn it back into electricity!, use a large peltier cooler in reverse?? , or use to it to heat your hot water? (cut the bill there!) That sounds more plausible .

Btw what does a timed out WU mean? Expired I understand, but timed out seems like doubling up.

lane42 · Apr 6, 2020

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Endgame124 · Apr 6, 2020

lane42 said:
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Maybe just move to a full geothermal WC loop? https://hackaday.com/2010/03/22/pc-cooling-using-1000-ft2-geothermal/

Ken g6 · Apr 6, 2020

Endgame124 said:
Maybe just move to a full geothermal WC loop? https://hackaday.com/2010/03/22/pc-cooling-using-1000-ft2-geothermal/

At one point @petrusbroder had something like that. At least, his computers were tied into his heat pump for heating his home; I'm not sure about for cooling.

StefanR5R · Apr 6, 2020

Day 19: Monday, April 6
14:00 UTC stats
(10 AM EDT, 7 AM PDT)
links: official race stats, TeAm AnandTech at EOC, Tom's Hardware at EOC

Daily production

Our advantage

Tom's don't budge, but we ain't either! ;-)

Endgame124 · Apr 6, 2020

How often does F@H update the participating computers stats? https://stats.foldingathome.org/os

seems unlikely that they have had the same numbers for over a week

mopardude87 · Apr 6, 2020

Markfw said:
I have a box fan at one end of the house, and a 18 inch desk fan at the other end. They run 24/7

Its hard to comprehend how much heat 500 cores and 12 top tier video cards produce. You know my electric bill is $800 a month

Yeah i believe it just my 7700k and 1080ti and this tower heats up here at least 15 degrees i swear. Worst if i fold, leave pc on and watch t.v on my 40'' 4k which sits near it in front of my bed.

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