The 3rd Folding@Home Holiday Season Race in December 2008

[biodoc]

Originally posted by: MaskedAvenger

Also, I just started using Linux (Ubuntu) on two systems. There isn't any Linux SMP or GPU folding program, so I am thinking of loading Windows onto them. I'm thinking XP rather than Vista, since Vista seems to be a pain in the butt. Any comments?)

The linux client can be run in SMP mode with the appropriate switch:

./fah6 -smp -verbosity 9

If you get the latest fahcore_A2 Work units, you will get 5500 ppd on an OC'd Q6600 (1xSMP). These WUs are not available on Windows OS.

You can run GPU WU under wine in linux: link

It's painful to set up but it's certainly works well one it's running.

:beer:

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Markfw900
The best config I have is 2 8800 GT's and an SMP all on the same box (quad core)= ~11,200 ppd on one box.

I wonder if that's more economical than my approach, four cheaper 9600GSO video cards in one box. Esp. since I don't seem to be able to run four video cards in one box without burning one up. (If they were all EVGA single-slot reference designs, I'm sure that they would have lived.)

 

[GLeeM]

Originally posted by: MaskedAvenger
I had also never used FAHMon before and had no idea the differences between one rig and another. One thing I really noticed is how poor folding performance is on a AMD quad core system. It performs worse than a C2D E6300 system. Is this right?

I think it has something to do with the size of the L2 cache. C2D has lots more and many F@H WUs can use it effectively.

 

[Insidious]

I just sold my last AMD PC. It was a heavily OC'd Opteron and the only thing I had to compare it to was the C2Qs I own. It wan't even close to 1/2 of what one of them could do.

-Sid

I think GLeeM is right that the L2 cache size is one of the biggest reasons for the difference.

 

[MaskedAvenger]

Poor AMD. Their processors have never been very good at math. :laugh: I hope their next processor family does better.

VirtualLarry, how did you put 4 cards in one PC?

Markfw900 & biodoc, thanks for the info. I glossed over the standard client and went right to the advanced ones, neglecting to see that the Linux client is SMP capable. Once I reload Vista onto a screwed up system, I'll fix them up. I think I'll pass on trying to run the GPU client under Linux (much as I would like to avoid Windows). Hopefully F@H will release a ready-made Linux GPU client soon.

Thanks for all the input.

 

[Insidious]

Originally posted by: MaskedAvenger

Hopefully F@H will release a ready-made Linux GPU client soon.

I wish Linux would figure out that we need to interface to our hardware.... all of it

I wish Linux would figure out that software isn't much good unless it can be installed

I wish Linux would.............

/me sighs

I'll just get in MAs waiting line too.


-Sid

 

[biodoc]

Originally posted by: Insidious

Originally posted by: MaskedAvenger

Hopefully F@H will release a ready-made Linux GPU client soon.

I wish Linux would figure out that we need to interface to our hardware.... all of it

I wish Linux would figure out that software isn't much good unless it can be installed

I wish Linux would.............

/me sighs

I'll just get in MAs waiting line too.


-Sid

:laugh:I'm just waiting for the brown truck...of course, it will take hours to install on linux!:laugh:

 

[Markfw]

The brown truck came last night for me......

Here is the picture after adding 2 more GPU's

 

[Assimilator1]

I just bought a Radeon HD 4830 , I wonder how well that will crunch F@H? (it's about 20% slower than a 4850 if that helps).
Btw I was going to get a 4850 but prices shot up (£20-£30) in recent weeks to a point where I can't justify spending , down to the £ falling in value I think , or maybe AMD price shifting for the new 4830??).

Originally posted by: MaskedAvenger
Poor AMD. Their processors have never been very good at math. :laugh: I hope their next processor family does better.

Actually in the Ath64 vs P4 days (03-06) AMD was much better .

 

[biodoc]

Originally posted by: Markfw900
The brown truck came last night for me......

Here is the picture after adding 2 more GPU's

:shocked::shocked:OMG!!!:shocked::shocked:

brown truck came today! +1GPU

 

[Markfw]

Hey weren;t stat due today ? I wonder if Peter is sick, or real busy.....

 

[petrusbroder]

Real busy - stats to night!

 

[Markfw]

BTW guys, it hasn't been over freezing for days here and I have to leave a window in the computer room open with a fan also blowing the hot air into the house, and its 75f in the house ! No furnace running...

When this race is over I may have to turn some comps off. These 12 8800 GT's are real heaters !

 

[Insidious]

I wondered about what it was like in the houses with a gazillion computers.

I only had 2 running in a small bedroom and needed a small oscillating fan to blow the warmth out into the rest of the house.

-Sid

This summer you can sell tickets to the sauna! :laugh:

 

[biodoc]

By my calculations, the Folders have the overall lead by ~25,000 points!!:shocked::shocked:

 

[Markfw]

Originally posted by: biodoc
By my calculations, the Folders have the overall lead by ~25,000 points!!:shocked::shocked:

THe way Gravity jumped up to 80k PPD, no wonder.

 

[Assimilator1]

80k??:shocked: wow!, what was he before?

 

[Markfw]

His average was ~60k, then had some kind of "outage", but since he came back from that its been 80k,75k,75k the last three days, and headed for it again today.

I already got 6 8800 GT's and a quad just for this race, I am out of money. We do need some more hardware though.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: Assimilator1
6 teenagers?? ,that's just scary!:shocked:


And yea I wanta see pics too, thanks for the stats

__47 290 ________ Chocobo_Navy - TAS
__41 799 ________ [TA]Assimilator1 - The Folders

Haha so close to you FMC!

Eeeeeek.

 

[biodoc]

Originally posted by: Markfw900
His average was ~60k, then had some kind of "outage", but since he came back from that its been 80k,75k,75k the last three days, and headed for it again today.

I already got 6 8800 GT's and a quad just for this race, I am out of money. We do need some more hardware though.

I bought two 9800 GTX+ for the race so I'm done spending money.

Maybe I made a mistake in my spreadsheet. I'll wait for the next EOC update and redo the numbers.

 

[petrusbroder]

No, biodoc, there was no mistake --- The Folders are ahead just now!

The teams' stats as of December 19, 19:20 UTC:

The Folders
<<ppd __________ points ________ ppd __________ points _________ points _______ points _________ Name
at start _______ at start ______ Dec.19 ________ Dec. 19 ________ in Dec. _____ past 3 days ______________
_____ 0 _____ _ 134 846 ______ 3 644 _______ _ 194 878 _______ 60 032 ________ 10 880 _______ [TA]Assimilator1
__1 175 ____ __ 333 011 ______ 1 455 _______ _ 341 983 ________ 8 972 _________ 2 723 _______ Alyyx
__4 271 _____ 1 902 475 ______ 5 852 _______ 2 016 782 ______ 114 307 ________ 18 821 _______ Cutthroat
___ 824 _____ __ 13 343 ______ 1 804 _______ __ 28 378 _______ 15 035 _________ 3 291 _______ dmo = DLiRium
__5 870 ____ __ 836 014 _____ 18 985 _______ 1 101 220 ______ 265 206 ________ 59 509 _______ Drsignguy
__5 907 _____ 1 159 774 ______ 5 626 _______ 1 274 704 ______ 114 930 ________ 20 530 _______ Foxery
_65 769 ____ 15 196 034 _____ 61 366 ______ 16 309 053 __ __ 1 113 019 _______ 226 067 _______ Gravity
_14 646 _____ 2 137 843 _____ 14 786 _______ 2 403 334 ______ 265 491 ________ 45 568 _______ jonesthewine
__3 855 ____ __ 701 617 ______ 4 120 _______ _ 784 078 _______ 82 461 ________ 13 379 _______ m1ldslide1
_17 671 _____ 1 953 799 _____ 18 641 _______ 2 294 347 ______ 340 548 ________ 58 948 _______ MaskedAvenger = mike9o
_____ 0 ____ __ 629 388 _____ __ 129 _______ _ 635 775 ________ 6 387 _________ ___ 0 _______ paulnt04 = PCTC2
__5 382 _____ 1 730 509 _____ 16 352 _______ 1 990 861 ______ 260 352 ________ 48 129 _______ Pokey_TA
___ 239 _____ __ 13 862 _____ __ 699 _______ __ 22 794 ________ 8 932 _________ 1 238 _______ TA_andy
___ 957 _____ __ 12 657 ______ 2 194 _______ __ 42 818 _______ 30 161 _________ 6 138 _______ theAnimal
_____ 0 _____ ___ ___ 0 _____ __ 951 _______ ___ 7 479 ________ 7 479 _________ ___ 0 _______ winr
__5 510 _____ __ 34 764 ______ 9 123 _______ _ 222 798 ______ 188 034 ________ 27 574 _______ VirtualLarry
132 076 ____ 26 789 936 ____ 165 322 ______ 29 671 282 __ __ 2 881 346 _______ 542 795 _______ Sum for the Folders


TaAm AnandTech Sentinels (TAS)
<<ppd __________ points ________ ppd __________ points _________ points _______ points _________ Name
at start _______ at start ______ Dec.19 ________ Dec. 19 ________ in Dec. _____ past 3 days ______________
___ 274 _____ __ 33 556 _____ __ 922 _______ __ 53 163 _______ 19 607 _________ 1 753 _______ Baldurs_Gate
_13 522 _____ 1 531 760 _____ 26 068 _______ 2 017 463 ______ 485 703 ________ 74 417 _______ biodoc
_____ 0 _____ ___ ___ 0 ______ 2 226 _______ __ 61 558 _______ 61 558 _________ 8 052 _______ Chocobo_Navy
__2 856 _____ 2 562 004 ______ 1 950 _______ 2 617 593 _______ 55 589 _________ 5 902 _______ GLeeM
__3 874 _____ 2 480 959 ______ 3 494 _______ 2 545 080 _______ 64 121 ________ 10 531 _______ Hurricane Andrew
_28 657 _____ 6 099 931 _____ 26 638 _______ 6 628 241 ______ 528 310 ________ 76 053 _______ Insidious
_10 971 _____ 2 018 284 _____ 14 599 _______ 2 263 515 ______ 245 231 ________ 43 360 _______ Lightstar
_52 968 ____ 12 408 074 _____ 62 550 ______ 13 489 185 __ __ 1 081 111 _______ 193 042 _______ Markfw900
__3 566 ____ __ 943 946 ______ 3 826 _______ 1 019 737 _______ 75 791 ________ 14 621 _______ Neurodog
_____ 0 ____ ___ 25 758 ______ 1 349 _______ __ 52 158 _______ 26 400 _________ 5 600 _______ rabrittain
___ 949 ____ __ 446 828 ______ 1 853 _______ _ 477 221 _______ 30 393 _________ 5 091 _______ TAS-petrusbroder
__1 728 ____ __ 482 339 ______ 2 011 _______ _ 513 666 _______ 31 327 _________ 3 744 _______ Tom_Philippart
__6 773 _____ 2 082 441 ______ 8 028 _______ 2 225 817 ______ 143 376 ________ 23 158 _______ TurtleBlue
126 138 ____ 31 115 880 ____ 155 514 ______ 33 964 397 __ __ 2 848 517 _______ 465 324 _______ Sum for TAS



Difference between the Racing teams:
Day 1 ____ ______ 62 029 points ________ TAS wins this day!
Day 2 ____ ______ 10 423 points ________ TAS wins this day!
Day 3 ____ ______ 46 068 points ________ TAS wins this day!
Day 4 ____ ______ 23 849 points ________ TAS wins this day!
Day 5+6 ________ 42 885 points ________ TAS wins this day!
Day 7+8 ________ 65 377 points ________ TAS wins this day!
Day 9+10 _______ 17 732 points ________ TAS wins this day!
Day 11 ___ ______ 51 673 points ________ TAS wins this day!
Day 12+13 ______ 10 353 points ________ TAS wins the 2 days! Lightstar moved to The Folders team
Day 14+15 ______ 10 568 points ________ TAS wins the 2 days! Lightstar moved back to TAS team, Foxery, MaskedAvenger joined The Folders
Day 16-18 ______- 77 471 points ________ The Folders win the 3 days!
Difference: _____- 32 829 points ________ The Folders in the lead.

In the past 3 days the two teams produced 1 008 119 points! Well done!
In December, the two teams produced 5 729 863 points!


Individual production stats:
<<Production _______ Name - Team
1 113 019 ________ Gravity - The Folders
1 081 111 ________ Mark_F_Williams - TAS
_ 528 310 ________ Insidious - TAS
_ 485 703 ________ biodoc - TAS
_ 340 548 ________ MaskedAvenger - The Folders
_ 265 491 ________ jonesthewine - The Folders
_ 265 206 ________ Drsignguy - The Folders
_ 260 352 ________ Pokey_TA - The Folders
_ 245 231 ________ Lightstar_dj - The Folders
_ 188 034 ________ VirtualLarry - The Folders
_ 143 376 ________ TurtleBlue - TAS
_ 114 930 ________ Foxery - The Folders
_ 114 307 ________ Cutthroat - The Folders
__ 82 461 ________ m1ldslide1 - The Folders
__ 75 791 ________ Neurodog - TAS
__ 64 121 ________ Hurricane_Andrew - TAS
__ 61 558 ________ Chocobo_Navy - TAS
__ 60 032 ________ [TA]Assimilator1 - The Folders
__ 55 589 ________ GLeeM - TAS
__ 31 327 ________ Tom_Philippart - TAS
__ 30 393 ________ TAS-petrusbroder - TAS
__ 30 161 ________ theAnimal - The Folders
__ 26 400 ________ rabrittain - TAS
__ 19 607 ________ Baldurs_Gate - TAS
__ 15 035 ________ dmo - The Folders
___ 8 972 ________ Alyx - The Folders
___ 8 932 ________ TA_andy - The Folders
___ 7 479 ________ winr - The Folders
___ 6 387 ________ PCTC2 - The Folders
5 729 863 ________ All The TeAm Folders

 

[biodoc]

Thanks for the Stats Peter!!

The Folder's have taken the lead!!!!:shocked::shocked:

More more more TASers!!!!

PS: Our numbers came out exactly the same Peter!

 

[theAnimal]

Thanks for the stats again petrusbroder!

 

[VirtualLarry]

Whoohoo, folders in the lead! It's snowing heavily outside here in MA, supposed to get 6-12 inches. There's going to be more snow on Sunday too.

 

[Insidious]

ACK :shocked:

Hey TAS DOODS and DOODETTES

Get on the stick :laugh:

-Sid

Thanks for the stats Peter!