F@H- Friday, August 19

[kb3edk]

Welcome to TeAm AnandTech F@H

TeAm News

Ranking: 25th place.

Production = 49,626 ppd (as of 2:30 pm Eastern 8/19/2005) - down 5,000 since Monday

Active Users = 165 - down 5 from Monday

Three new users: please welcome Kensai, tuxdave, and Bob_Opgrand to the TeAm!

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Four overtake targets
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"Dutch Power Cows" - 19th place - 43,347 ppd - overtake: 11/07
"General [M]ayhem" - 21st place - 34,290 ppd - overtake: 4/06
"Overclockers Club" - 23rd place - 47,556 ppd - overtake: 4/08
"The Knights Who Say Ni!" - 24th place - 43,611 ppd - overtake: 6/06

One current threat
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"Portugal@Folding" - 43rd place - 51,319 ppd - overtake: 2026

New Milestones

Name--------------------|---------------Milestone
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Poopflingers.................................1,350,000
Mark_F_Williams..............................650,000
Martin_Trevino................................450,000
Dennis7.............................................5,000
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Congratulations everyone! :beer::beer:

Challenges

No current Challenges.

Useful getting started info can be found here: MDE's Start-up Guide

More detailed TeAm stats can be found on the EOC F@H stats page

New users will not appear until they have submitted a work unit under team #198

Milestones are as follows: 1,000, 5,000, 10,000, from 10,000 to 100,000 will be every 10k, and every 50K after 100,000.

 

[imported_Kensai]

So slow...

 

[GLeeM]

Welcome to the F@H TeAm, Kensai, tuxdave, and Bob_Opgrand If you have any questions or need any help, just ask.

Congratulations to the Milestone Makers!

Does anyone ever follow their rank here: http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/individual_list.php?s=

It is frustrating!

I get bumped down as soon as I climb a rank

Thanks Adam

 

[imported_Kensai]

Any good 64-bit clients for F@H?

 

[kb3edk]

Originally posted by: Kensai
Any good 64-bit clients for F@H?

There aren't any at the moment, and Vijay Pande at Stanford (F@H's leader) has stated in the past that even if one is released, to not expect huge performance gains from it. Other rumored F@H enhancements for the future include the much-anticipated GPU client, and better clients for Linux and Mac...

 

[kb3edk]

Originally posted by: Kensai
So slow...

Yeah, I looked up your first WU on the Stanford server and it was one in the p9xx (900's) series... those are all 100-frame Gromacs core WUs that yield pretty mediocre points.

Wait until you get something in the 1140s or 1470s, then you will start racking up the points. Or if you are running on Intel hardware, keep an eye out for ones in the 1900s because they are the elusive QMD workunits that are the best of all.

The variety, and randomness of work assignments in F@H are possibly this project's biggest contrast to other DC projects like SETI, and are also one of the most controversial aspects of the program. However, for some of us (myself included) it also serves to keep us interested...

 

[TuxDave]

 

[ICXRa]

Welcome to TeAm F@H Kensai, tuxdave, and Bob_Opgrand!

Great to have you folding with us! If you haven't already done so drop by the break room for cold :beer: 's


Thanks for your continued work bringing us the stats update kb3edk it's greatly appreciated!!!

 

[rise]

However, for some of us (myself included) it also serves to keep us interested...

yeah, as frustrating as it is to get hit with the crappy wu's its part of the "game" lol. someones gotta do it and it makes the 600 point wu's sweeter when they come.

i think my main rig put up 2 wu's worth <100 points since wednesday

and welcome newcomers and thanks for the stats!

 

[GLeeM]

Originally posted by: kb3edk
Or if you are running on Intel hardware, keep an eye out for ones in the 1900s because they are the elusive QMD workunits that are the best of all.

They are not elusive. You will get one every time (at least for the short term):

If you have 512 MB or more of ram
a P4 or Xeon processor (probably the Pentium D also)
the client set to >5MB = yes option
and the new client set to advmethods or add the -advmethods flag to the startup shortcut

With 30 P4@3.0 running QMDs we would climb to 17th place.

 

[kb3edk]

Originally posted by: GLeeM

They are not elusive. You will get one every time (at least for the short term):

Haha, I only called them elusive because for months I kept waiting, and waiting, and waiting to get one and see what all the fuss was about, until I found out I would never get one because my farm is all AMD-based

 

[imported_Kensai]

Originally posted by: kb3edk

Originally posted by: Kensai
So slow...

Yeah, I looked up your first WU on the Stanford server and it was one in the p9xx (900's) series... those are all 100-frame Gromacs core WUs that yield pretty mediocre points.

Wait until you get something in the 1140s or 1470s, then you will start racking up the points. Or if you are running on Intel hardware, keep an eye out for ones in the 1900s because they are the elusive QMD workunits that are the best of all.

The variety, and randomness of work assignments in F@H are possibly this project's biggest contrast to other DC projects like SETI, and are also one of the most controversial aspects of the program. However, for some of us (myself included) it also serves to keep us interested...

The two rigs that I've got them on are slow poke celery's. Wait till I get my *real* systems online...

 

[osage]

congrats to Martin_Trevino................................450,000

nice milestone

 

[Pokey]

Welcome to the TeAm Kensai, tuxdave, and Bob_Opgrand .

Congratulations to the MM's.

Thanks for the stats kb3edk. :thumbsup:

 

[drthpichu]

What's QMD?

 

[JeffCos]

Originally posted by: Kensai


The two rigs that I've got them on are slow poke celery's. Wait till I get my *real* systems online...

I think i speak for everyone when I say we can't wait for the week of the 28th when you start churning out massive points.

 

[rise]

I think i speak for everyone when I say we can't wait for the week of the 28th when you start churning out massive points.

:thumbsup:

 

[TwilightZone77]

Question: Do QMD work units work on Pentium M systems? I'm just coming back to folding and Team Anandtech after a few month absence.

 

[GLeeM]

Originally posted by: drthpichu
What's QMD?

Hello drthpichu and welcome to the DC forum

I think it stands for "quantum molecular dynamics".

It is a WU (work unit) that gets a bonus because it uses more resources than a regular WU. Stanford is testing them to see if the faster results (more science done) is worth the disadvantages of using this new technology.

Also because of a license issue with the compiler it is only sent to some types of Intel CPUs.

@TwilightZone77

Welcome back

QMD WUs will work on Pentium M systems.

But I don't think that the client reports the correct info to the Assignment Server, so will not get one.

Also not sure if the WU would run with SSE2/3.

If I had one I would try moving one from my P4 or Xeon.

 

[trevinom]

Originally posted by: osage
congrats to Martin_Trevino................................450,000

nice milestone

Thanks osage.
I had to cut my farm down drastically due to the heat and the electric bill.
Will try to ramp it back up in the fall.

Big welcome to the new team members Kensai, tuxdave, and Bob_Opgrand and congrats to all other Milestone Makers.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

Originally posted by: Pokey
Welcome to the TeAm Kensai, tuxdave, and Bob_Opgrand .

Congratulations to the MM's.

Thanks for the stats kb3edk. :thumbsup:

 

[Gravity]

Originally posted by: trevinom

Originally posted by: osage
congrats to Martin_Trevino................................450,000

nice milestone

Thanks osage.
I had to cut my farm down drastically due to the heat and the electric bill.
Will try to ramp it back up in the fall.

Big welcome to the new team members Kensai, tuxdave, and Bob_Opgrand and congrats to all other Milestone Makers.

Ya, my power bill was the highest ever!!!

Keep folding!

Gravity

 

[rise]

glad i spent the time getting cool n quiet set up before deciding to fold

 

[Insidious]

Thanks for the stats kb3edk :beer:

(still runnin' at a frantic pace...... little time to browse and post, but I'm still here)

-Sid