Folding@Home: 24 hour stats - December 31, 2008

[GLeeM]

Folding@Home TeAm #198

Welcome to the TeAm, EvilGhaleon & bambam3883 🙂 If you have any questions or need any help, just ask.


The TeAm is in 19th place.

Join us in the drive for 18th place! While helping find cures for diseases!

Points
Total______ 209,275,080
24hr Avg______ 635,432
Last 24hr______ 624,627

Active Users_____ 200
Avg PPD_______ 3,177.2

Overtakes 😀
Team Icrontic.com________ 1.0 months
2CPU.com Folding@Home __ 4.4 months
EOC Folding@Home Team __ 6.3 months

Threats 🙁
NCIX.com Forum Team _____ 3.6 weeks
folding@evga _____________ 3.1 months
Team FTL _______________ 12.0 months


Milestone Makers since last post :thumbsup: (from this list)

Chocobo Navy ___________ 100,000
jkudelka-ps3 _____________ 25,000
bbzzdd __________________ 10,000
skull ____________________ 10,000
Dreadman ________________ 2,500
kubeFarmer11 _____________ 1,000
EvilGhaleon _______________ 1,000


Top 30 Producers

__ Points in last 7 days
1 __ 547,600 ___ Gravity
2 __ 538,961 ___ MarkF_Williams
3 __ 236,183 ___ biodoc
4 __ 206,558 ___ mike9o
5 __ 200,171 ___ Insidious
6 __ 154,611 ___ Arlen
7 __ 135,654 ___ Drsignguy
8 __ 132,093 ___ Sniderhouse
9 __ 110,317 ___ jonesthewine
10 __ 97,235 ___ anntonhtpc
11 __ 95,805 ___ lightstardj
12 __ 81,541 ___ Athlex
13 __ 75,122 ___ PokeyTA
14 __ 69,774 ___ VirtualLarry
15 __ 65,539 ___ legoman666
16 __ 65,490 ___ PeteTheCat
17 __ 63,531 ___ Baluba
18 __ 62,805 ___ Silverthorne
19 __ 52,913 ___ TurtleBlue
20 __ 51,652 ___ Cutthroat
21 __ 42,775 ___ RTThurman
22 __ 41,413 ___ Foxery
23 __ 39,057 ___ vigneron
24 __ 37,133 ___ mdoogie169
25 __ 35,311 ___ Schadenfroh
26 __ 35,221 ___ LetsGoPreds
27 __ 34,069 ___ o080o
28 __ 32,906 ___ m1ldslide1
29 __ 32,551 ___ shallok
30 __ 32,252 ___ TomPhilippart


These 133 sent results in the last 24 hours:

____TeAm Rank__Points_____Name
... 1 ______ 1 __ 78,496 ___ Gravity
... 2 ______ 2 __ 77,295 ___ MarkF_Williams
... 3 _____ 17 __ 34,447 ___ biodoc
... 4 ______ 9 __ 28,887 ___ mike9o
... 5 _____ 16 __ 27,280 ___ Arlen
... 6 ______ 3 __ 26,310 ___ Insidious
... 7 _____ 29 __ 20,159 ___ Drsignguy
... 8 ______ 4 __ 17,993 ___ Sniderhouse
... 9 _____ 22 __ 14,973 ___ PokeyTA
. 10 _____ 10 __ 13,777 ___ jonesthewine
. 11 ______ 6 __ 12,929 ___ anntonhtpc
. 12 _____ 26 __ 12,851 ___ legoman666
. 13 ______ 5 __ 12,667 ___ Athlex
. 14 _____ 55 __ 12,000 ___ PeteTheCat
. 15 _____ 15 __ 11,558 ___ lightstardj
. 16 ____ 117 __ 10,405 ___ VirtualLarry
. 17 _____ 19 ___ 7,815 ___ TurtleBlue
. 18 _____ 23 ___ 7,564 ___ Cutthroat
. 19 _____ 58 ___ 7,525 ___ Baluba
. 20 _____ 28 ___ 7,394 ___ Foxery
. 21 ______ 8 ___ 6,490 ___ GLeeM
. 22 _____ 57 ___ 5,825 ___ Sparks
. 23 _____ 21 ___ 5,760 ___ o080o
. 24 _____ 75 ___ 5,667 ___ Schadenfroh
. 25 _____ 83 ___ 5,056 ___ TomPhilippart
. 26 ____ 120 ___ 4,995 ___ anield
. 27 _____ 73 ___ 4,756 ___ Desslok
. 28 _____ 94 ___ 4,738 ___ Estrella
. 29 _____ 66 ___ 4,676 ___ LetsGoPreds
. 30 ____ 159 ___ 4,448 ___ PunjabiPlaya
. 31 ____ 199 ___ 4,425 ___ RTThurman
. 32 _____ 38 ___ 3,981 ___ dawks-rawks
. 33 ____ 101 ___ 3,877 ___ CUBAN0L0C0
. 34 _____ 37 ___ 3,843 ___ Neurodog
. 35 _____ 51 ___ 3,840 ___ vigneron
. 36 ____ 109 ___ 3,809 ___ KC7SWH
. 37 ____ 268 ___ 3,650 ___ ChocoboNavy
. 38 _____ 92 ___ 3,627 ___ epc
. 39 _____ 53 ___ 3,431 ___ m1ldslide1
. 40 _____ 39 ___ 3,394 ___ mdoogie169
. 41 _____ 50 ___ 3,363 ___ phw
. 42 ____ 155 ___ 3,203 ___ [TA]Assimilator1
. 43 _____ 71 ___ 3,137 ___ shallok
. 44 _____ 61 ___ 3,106 ___ Dranzerk
. 45 ____ 166 ___ 3,036 ___ Creig
. 46 _____ 82 ___ 2,940 ___ SilverSurfer042677
. 47 ____ 338 ___ 2,722 ___ theAnimal
. 48 _____ 80 ___ 2,657 ___ ShawnD1
. 49 _____ 45 ___ 2,541 ___ GSmith
. 50 _____ 48 ___ 2,534 ___ KingSalami
. 51 _____ 52 ___ 2,357 ___ stevty2889
. 52 _____ 11 ___ 2,355 ___ HurricaneAndrew
. 53 _____ 91 ___ 2,202 ___ kart17wins
. 54 _____ 88 ___ 2,089 ___ TAS-petrusbroder
. 55 _____ 64 ___ 1,920 ___ Esquire
. 56 ____ 145 ___ 1,901 ___ snowdogg187
. 57 ____ 248 ___ 1,858 ___ elmer92413
. 58 ____ 292 ___ 1,810 ___ Jinson
. 59 _____ 70 ___ 1,753 ___ alfa147x
. 60 _____ 42 ___ 1,639 ___ fhonyotski
. 61 ____ 447 ___ 1,586 ___ TA_andy
. 62 ____ 293 ___ 1,498 ___ Sengir
. 63 ____ 139 ___ 1,465 ___ DustinD
. 64 _____ 36 ___ 1,444 ___ Thump553
. 65 ____ 269 ___ 1,350 ___ OrangeKid
. 66 ____ 111 ___ 1,320 ___ Deyer
. 67 _____ 33 ___ 1,240 ___ DavidBoaz
. 68 _____ 25 ___ 1,130 ___ xbassman
. 69 ____ 624 ___ 1,110 ___ dionx
. 70 ____ 130 ___ 1,100 ___ dmens
. 71 ____ 196 ___ 1,076 ___ DennyLam
. 72 _____ 30 ____ 999 ___ bastula
. 73 _____ 77 ____ 990 ___ MasterChef
. 74 ____ 444 ____ 990 ___ DestinyDE
. 75 ____ 129 ____ 905 ___ zacharygthomas
. 76 ____ 158 ____ 905 ___ steined
. 77 ____ 179 ____ 905 ___ futuristic­monkey
. 78 ____ 347 ____ 905 ___ Toutatis
. 79 ____ 221 ____ 895 ___ YoEddy
. 80 ____ 310 ____ 890 ___ goatmonkey
. 81 ____ 407 ____ 880 ___ thomsbrain
. 82 ____ 206 ____ 851 ___ cooldadd
. 83 ____ 271 ____ 770 ___ robor007
. 84 ____ 325 ____ 768 ___ AndersSwede
. 85 _____ 69 ____ 675 ___ Lnx227
. 86 _____ 96 ____ 675 ___ ChrisHuff
. 87 ____ 178 ____ 675 ___ seanc85
. 88 ____ 393 ____ 675 ___ dmo
. 89 ____ 140 ____ 660 ___ jedeyenite
. 90 ____ 163 ____ 660 ___ JetBlack69
. 91 ____ 230 ____ 660 ___ mnelsonx
. 92 ____ 142 ____ 626 ___ maluman
. 93 ____ 108 ____ 565 ___ ShotgunSi
. 94 ____ 499 ____ 548 ___ PeterTrend
. 95 ___ 1,002 ____ 548 ___ Dreadman
. 96 _____ 56 ____ 450 ___ Zensal
. 97 _____ 78 ____ 450 ___ deninc66
. 98 ____ 181 ____ 450 ___ superHARD
. 99 ____ 208 ____ 450 ___ PeeSee
100 ____ 399 ____ 450 ___ ho1ysword
101 ____ 533 ____ 440 ___ jkudelka-ps3
102 _____ 20 ____ 411 ___ Uppsala9496
103 ____ 168 ____ 384 ___ jswjimmy
104 ____ 246 ____ 384 ___ Quedex
105 _____ 90 ____ 357 ___ kravahn
106 ____ 132 ____ 238 ___ zerocool1
107 _____ 34 ____ 225 ___ XPBLACKDRAGON
108 _____ 44 ____ 225 ___ BCinSC
109 _____ 47 ____ 225 ___ JoshLiechty
110 _____ 62 ____ 225 ___ HappyCracker
111 _____ 81 ____ 225 ___ brainwrinkle
112 _____ 99 ____ 225 ___ COPOHawk
113 ____ 114 ____ 225 ___ abel007
114 ____ 171 ____ 225 ___ mchan1
115 ____ 241 ____ 225 ___ jpunzel
116 ____ 251 ____ 225 ___ ctkelly1981
117 ____ 279 ____ 225 ___ tomiko
118 ____ 311 ____ 225 ___ Memnoch
119 ____ 362 ____ 225 ___ Shoobie
120 ____ 405 ____ 225 ___ Andy
121 ____ 421 ____ 225 ___ acw017
122 ____ 431 ____ 225 ___ ecvs85
123 ____ 491 ____ 225 ___ RamonLi
124 ____ 711 ____ 225 ___ bbzzdd
125 ____ 713 ____ 225 ___ skull
126 _____ 31 ____ 200 ___ CupCak3
127 ____ 289 ____ 168 ___ McSilence
128 _____ 27 ____ 165 ___ MartinTrevino
129 ____ 157 ____ 165 ___ brianp34
130 _____ 18 ____ 141 ___ mgpaulus
131 ____ 236 ____ 136 ___ out
132 _____ 54 ____ 119 ___ amdborg
133 ____ 141 ____ 119 ___ Imzjustplayin


Todays Climbers

Steps__Name
49 ___ Dreadman
12 ___ TA_andy
12 ___ dionx
8 ____ Chocobo_Navy
8 ____ DestinyDE
4 ____ mike9o
4 ____ elmer92413
4 ____ skull
3 ____ VirtualLarry
3 ____ PunjabiPlaya
3 ____ RTThurman
3 ____ theAnimal
3 ____ Ramon_Li
3 ____ Peter_Trend
2 ____ jonesthewine
2 ____ Estrella
2 ____ Sengir
2 ____ Toutatis
2 ____ dmo
2 ____ thomsbrain
2 ____ jkudelka-ps3
1 ____ Drsignguy
1 ____ GSmith
1 ____ PeteTheCat
1 ____ Baluba
1 ____ Desslok
1 ____ Schadenfroh
1 ____ MasterChef
1 ____ ShawnD1
1 ____ maluman
1 ____ [TA]Assimilator1
1 ____ Creig
1 ____ futuristicmonkey
1 ____ cooldadd
1 ____ YoEddy
1 ____ mnelsonx
1 ____ OrangeKid
1 ____ Jinson
1 ____ AndersSwede
1 ____ ecvs85

Sorry about any slight name differences. Or errors.

Thanks to all who contributed - big and small 😀
And thanks to those who are crunching a WU and will be on the list soon 😉

Folding@Home TeAm #198

Insidious's guide to set up two SMP clients on quad

Insidious's guide to set up static IP address to keep SMP client from stalling.

MDE's setup guide.

EOC stats

F@H Stats

 

[jonesthewine]

Happy New Year to all of the folders of TeAm 198, and thank you GleeM for your statistics throughout the year. I raise my glass to all of you. Cheers.

 

[Insidious]

Welcome to the team EvilGhaleon and bambam3883

Happy New Year to all :wine:

-Sid

Thanks for the stats GLeeM

 

[biodoc]

Originally posted by: Insidious
Welcome to the team EvilGhaleon and bambam3883

Happy New Year to all :wine:

-Sid

Thanks for the stats GLeeM

:beer::thumbsup:

 

[Drsignguy]

Thanks Gleem for the stats! :thumbsup:

Welcome EvilGhaleon & bambam3883 to the team. 🙂

Congrats all MM's and top producers and all the contribute.

:music: Happy New Year everyone! :music: :wine:

 

[Pokey]

Welcome to Folding EvilGhaleon & bambam3883 😀

Congratulations to the MM's . 😎

Thanks GLeeM . :thumbsup:

Happy New Year All.

 

[petrusbroder]

Originally posted by: Insidious
Welcome to the team EvilGhaleon and bambam3883

Happy New Year to all :wine:

-Sid

Thanks for the stats GLeeM

Congrats to the Milestone Makers and climbers!

:beer: 😎 :music:

 

[biodoc]

HINT:

If you fold for TeAm Anandtech, say hello, congrats, etc when GLeeM posts the stats🙂


GLeeM has been posting FAH stats for a long time and speaking as one who posted stats on another project for a few months.......we thrive on responses to our stats posts! It takes a significant effort on their part to do this!!

examples:

thanks for the stats GLeeM🙂

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congrats to the MM's:beer:

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Welcome to the TeAm xxxx & xxx!:thumbsup:

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By posting....there is a good chance you will meet a new friend!!!

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Happy New year everyone!!! Support your local Stats guy!!!:wine::thumbsup:

 

[PlantATree]

I just started running folding for the team. It took almost 2 days to complete my first work unit and just posted 225 points. Is there anything I can do to speed up my old Dell 8400? Its running one of the old hot P4 3.2 GHz, with 1 MB of RAM. The folding keeps the fans running pretty good and keeps my study pretty toasty, which isn't bad with winter.

Would additonal memory help any, or is this all CPU? Do these results sound about right for this computer? I am considering in the future to buy a cheap Mac for a second computer. How would a Mac mini or iMac compare to my Dell? How about a PS3? I could probably talk the wife into the PS3 for her TV for the blueray and have it run folding during the downtime.

Also, can you use the same folding account on multiple computers? Thanks for the help. Looking to boost our results.

 

[biodoc]

Originally posted by: PlantATree
I just started running folding for the team. It took almost 2 days to complete my first work unit and just posted 225 points. Is there anything I can do to speed up my old Dell 8400? Its running one of the old hot P4 3.2 GHz, with 1 MB of RAM. The folding keeps the fans running pretty good and keeps my study pretty toasty, which isn't bad with winter.

Would additonal memory help any, or is this all CPU? Do these results sound about right for this computer? I am considering in the future to buy a cheap Mac for a second computer. How would a Mac mini or iMac compare to my Dell? How about a PS3? I could probably talk the wife into the PS3 for her TV for the blueray and have it run folding during the downtime.

Also, can you use the same folding account on multiple computers? Thanks for the help. Looking to boost our results.

A PS3 will give you about 900-1000 ppd
The highest ppd come from computers that can run the SMP client (core2duo or core2quads) or from Nvidia video cards (9xxx series or higher) that run the GPU2 client.

If your P4 motherboard has a PCIe x16 slot (unlikely, I think), you can add an Nvidia video card and run the GPU2 client (3000-7500 ppd depending on the work unit and the card you run).

My macbook (2.4GHz core2duo) runinng A2 core SMP workunits gets about 1800 ppd. So any of the iMacs will match that or do better.

The macmini would be marginal I think to finish an SMP workunit on time (1.83 GHz core2duo) and cooling might be an issue?

Also, there is not a GPU2 client for the mac yet so you can't take advantage of the high ppd with those WUs.

Ideally, you would want to build a core2 quad with 2 or more tru PCIex16 slots (2 x NVIDIA 9xxx+series cards) running windows. A machine like this will generate anywhere from 9000-14,000 ppd runing 1 SMP client and 2 GPU2 clients and will really keep you study warm!😉

Insidious has 2 machines like this and he is getting around 27,000 ppd!

 

[theAnimal]

Thanks GLeeM! 😀

 

[Neurodog]

Thanks Gleem!

Welcome to the team PlantATree!

 

[Assimilator1]

Welcome to TA PlantATree, EvilGhaleon and bambam3883 🙂.

Good to see you post PlantATree 🙂.

Also, can you use the same folding account on multiple computers?

Yes 🙂, just use exactly the same name (& team number) each time you setup the client.

42 ____ 155 ___ 3,203 ___ [TA]Assimilator1

Bleh, slipped quite a few places, & that was before I switched back to DPAD 😛

Thx for the stats Gleem 🙂.

Biodoc
Although I'm new to this I'm pretty sure the high end Nvidia 8800s are quite quick @F@H, & IIRC quicker than the SMP (possibly excluding the i7), aren't they?

Originally posted by: biodoc
HINT:

If you fold for TeAm Anandtech, say hello, congrats, etc when GLeeM posts the stats🙂

GLeeM has been posting FAH stats for a long time and speaking as one who posted stats on another project for a few months.......we thrive on responses to our stats posts! It takes a significant effort on their part to do this!!

Amen, part of the reason I kind of gave up/forgot to do the weekly SETI stats ~2+yrs ago was because of the low response, I have considered quitting the DPAD stats too for the same reason. However at least in DPAD their is a far smaller number of active crunchers compared to SETI, & I do notice that my stats threads get a relatively high number of views 🙂. Although again it would be nice if more of those lurkers posted something from time to time 😉😛.

I must say though I thought these stats threads got quite a high number of replies? (or maybe I haven't noticed properly because this wasn't a project I'd run in nearly a year?).

FMC

Hey what's this about? 😛
37 ____ 268 ___ 3,650 ___ ChocoboNavy
42 ____ 155 ___ 3,203 ___ [TA]Assimilator1

I never said you could leap ahead! 😉

 

[Insidious]

Originally posted by: Assimilator1
Although I'm new to this I'm pretty sure the high end Nvidia 8800s are quite quick @F@H, & IIRC quicker than the SMP (possibly excluding the i7), aren't they?

The 8000 series of NV cards are a mixed bag. There were several people who had a difficult time with the 8600GT cards (I think the new NV core solved a lot of that)

but then if you fold with a 8800GTS (512MB) card, that one has the G92 graphics core you have a folding beast on your hands (for the $). I have two and they ante up well over 5000 PPD each on average.

:beer:

 

[Assimilator1]

Yea roger that, that's why I said 8800s 😉

Aren't the 8800 GT's pretty quick too though?

 

[Insidious]

I think so.

In my opinion if you have one, it's certainly worth putting it to work. But if purchasing, I think it is beyond the point of diminishing returns to get any NV core older than G92.

-Sid

 

[PlantATree]

I have some Best Buy gift cards and they have 18 mo same as cash. How would the Dell Studio desktop with the Quad Q8200 chip do with 6 GB of RAM? Seems like a pretty good deal for $800. I could even replace the video card with a Nvidia 9xxx series if the MB/powersuply could handle the load. I would think this system would run circles around my existing setup.

 

[Insidious]

I'm sure it would be a good performer for SMP.

I looked at the pictures of the case opened and it appears that you might be limited on which video card will phyiscally fit into it. In my case, the 8800GTS goes pretty much the full width of the motherboard (ATX) but the 9800 GTX+ needs another ~2" beyond that. I am certain the GTX wouldn't fit in there and think the GTS would be a tight fit at best.

Looking at the Dell PC, It appears that you will be limited to the full width of the motherboard (I am assuming that is an ATX board in there) or a little less. If you get serious about it, make the people in the store grab one of the NVidia cards of the same model you are considering and then make them physically show you it will fit. (Don't just take their word on it. BB couldn't tell a Big Mac from a Whopper.)

-Sid

 

[snowdogg187]

Great job team,

Thanks for the stats Gleemer!

 

[biodoc]

I agree with both Sid and A1. I've got an 8800GT (G92) and it's been a workhorse for a long time. I did have to put an aftermaket heatsink/cooler on it though. The 8800GTS is a good card too as long as you get the G92 core. If it has 320MB RAM it's a dog G80 core. If it has 512MB RAM, it's a G92. The problem with 8800GT's, is they're hard to find now. Newegg has only one and it's $134. I think the best bang for the buck right now is the 9800GTX+. You can get them for $160 with rebates and if you can, get one with customized cooling. I've got a couple of ASUS GTX+ cards that have custom 4 pipe heat sinks that run at 54-59C depending on the workunit. But these are in antec900 cases that have excellent airflow/cooling.

The problem with "off the shelf" systems is space (Sid pointed his out) and cooling. And I suspect the Dell system probably has a 280-300 watt power supply. for a GTX+, you would need 500 watts and a GX260 you would need 650 watts on up.

An off the shelf system would not be overclockable (CPU) with the possible exception of software overclocking. I had an HP Q6600 system and got so frustrated with it, I pulled the RAM, CPU and HDD's and built a new system around it (CASE, MB, Video card).

Bummer, newegg doesn't sell ASUS Video cards anymore!!🙁 I was going to put a link in for a GTX+ board.

Anyhow, Some of us are absolutely obsessed with maxing out our ppd, so we build our own systems!!:laugh:


EDIT: misspellings

 

[PlantATree]

I agree the best route is to build my own system. That is the way I have always done it in the past with the exception of my current system. The way I see it right now the Dell at Best Buy is a major improvement over what I am running right now with no further modifications. Its just not perfect and probably wont be able to handle major video upgrades. The nice thing is being able to pay zero interest for 18 months. The custom build route will force me to come up with the cash now which isn't exactly easy coming off of Christmas. Plus its a harder sell with the wife. Buying computers isn't high on her list, which often turns into offsetting purchases such as furniture or what not. I am sure you get the drift if you are married.

I may just wait a while longer and custom build because I will probably be unhappy with the Dell. Although, who knows my current system could die tomorrow with the way this folding is stressing the system 24/7 😀

 

[GLeeM]

Originally posted by: PlantATree
Buying computers isn't high on her list, which often turns into offsetting purchases such as furniture or what not. I am sure you get the drift if you are married.

I may just wait a while longer and custom build because I will probably be unhappy with the Dell. Although, who knows my current system could die tomorrow with the way this folding is stressing the system 24/7 😀

It is important to get the "need new computer" word in early with the wife, when it comes time to buy she will be pre-prepared 😉

After reading the other forums here, I am waiting a few more weeks to see if prices come down some after some future things happen.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: biodoc
Bummer, newegg doesn't sell ASUS Video cards anymore!!🙁

Hmm. Why do you say that?

I'm a little concerned, I have that deceased Asus 9600GSO card that needs RMAing, and Asus's web site says to contact the reseller, which was NewEgg. 🙁

 

[Insidious]

Originally posted by: biodoc

Bummer, newegg doesn't sell ASUS Video cards anymore!!🙁 I was going to put a link in for a GTX+ board.

WHAT??? :shocked:

When did that happen?

This is bad. This is really bad.

I pretty much always use NewEgg and ASUS is my poison of choice. Do you know what happened?

-Sid

EDIT: I just went to Newegg and searched ASUS, NVidia video cards

They had LOTS of them??? Why did you scare me like that?

 

[ICXRa]

Thanks GLeeM!