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

[theAnimal]

Use FAHMon to monitor your WU's.

 

[Assimilator1]

Afraid I don't know.

No one know what's up with my install then? oh well I guess I'll just blow the WUs away & if that doesn't work I'll blow the installs away.
[update] Doh! it was my own fault!, I got too trigger happy blowing away old files & blew away some essential stuff!, oddly it could only fix itself once I deleted the WUs.
Anyway, folding now .

Btw, doesn't 1 smp client use all the cores on a quad?

 

[Drsignguy]

Originally posted by: rabrittain
OK -- I'm just a little confused.



One of my machines has XP x64 and the other has XP 32 bit. Other than that, they are very similar - same mobo and cpu and ram. The 32 bit OS machine finished a 500000 step WU 4 hours ago, and the 64 bit OS machine is currently at 72% on a 250000 step WU. Is this right - or am I trying to compare apples and oranges. Both WU's were started at about the same time on Saturday. I thought the 64 bit OS would be faster. The machine is a dual boot machine - XP x64 and XP 32 bit. If the 32 bit OS folds faster, I need to forget about x64.

Maybe there is someone out there who has already worked this out and can respond to me.

Thanks

32 bit and x64 is approx the same. The Wu's are different and that is what is giving you a misunderstanding. Not to worry, if it folds, the points will come.

Originally posted by: Assimilator1
Afraid I don't know.

No one know what'sup with my install then? oh well I guess I'll just blow the WUs away & if that doesn't work I'll blow the installs away.
[update] Doh! it was my own fault!, I got too trigger happy blowing away old files & blew away some essential stuff!, oddly it could only fix itself once I deleted the WUs.
Anyway, folding now .

Btw, doesn't 1 smp client use all the cores on a quad?

It does, however, if you install affinity changer, it will adjust it automatically for you. In other words, if you had 2 SMP clients or 1 smp/gpu clients running, it will set the 2 clients accordingly.

Or, you can set the affinity yourself, but will have to set it again once each client is complete......would be better to just use affinity changer.

 

[Insidious]

Originally posted by: Assimilator1
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Btw, doesn't 1 smp client use all the cores on a quad?

It does, but there are ineffeciencies in windows MPI that leave cycles unsused. To get every little bitty bit of it, you would want to run 2 smp clients with the affinity changer. Each client will show a lower PPD than if running alone, but your overall PPD will be higher.

Unfortunately so will your headaches. For instance, the only way to stop the clients without loosing work is do do a windows shutdown with them both running. Then do what ever it was you wanted to do when you restart windows, but don't start the clients until after the task.

NOTE TO EVERYONE:

Also when running SMP clients (either one or two at a time) on a wireless network, you need to configure wiindows to a static IP address. Otherwise, when the router renews the addys. you will (many times) loose work. There is a link to instructions in GLeeM's stats post if you don't know how to do this. (Wired network => no issue)

 

[Assimilator1]

Ah got ya, thanks .

 

[Pokey]

Rant:......................

Off to a disasteous start. I lost my internet connectivity for about 24+ hours. It is back up now and my blood pressure in coming back down. The drop from pole to house went bad. It didn't affect the tv but it took them a day to get out and correct, and another 1/2 day for me to get back on line.

grrrrrrrr :|

 

[Insidious]

And they wonder why they find us in the bell towers, AK-47 in hand.

DON'T SHOOT POKEY!

we can waive rule 6 in this one special case!

:beer:

-Sid

 

[Pokey]

Oh I'm not pouting................
but
I'm not whistling either..........

I think I will try whistling in my beer. That seems like a good rule to break. :lips:

Ugh, with lips like that it no wonder I can't whistle.................

 

[VirtualLarry]

Hey, can I enlist my newly-christened 4-GPU cruncher in the holiday fun? Can I sign up for the Folders, I don't really want to join TAS at this juncture.

 

[Insidious]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Hey, can I enlist my newly-christened 4-GPU cruncher in the holiday fun? Can I sign up for the Folders, I don't really want to join TAS at this juncture.

Another conscrip... er convert! Just send petrusbroder a PM.

Welcome aboard! :beer:

-Sid

 

[petrusbroder]

No PM needed - I'll sign you up for the Folders.
As soon as you tell me the name you are using to fold!

Edit: OK, I found you VirtualLarry

 

[biodoc]

Welcome aboard VirtualLarry!!:beer:

 

[TurtleBlue]

Musings from the mind of

Petrusbroder
@ the King's garden
Västerbotten, Sweden

Edit: Ok, you go to the folders. I know that I am going to regret it though ...

You shouldn't. You always do the best that you can and its much appreciated. :thumbsup:

TurtleBlue

 

[PCTC2]

Well, apparently I have reached my MAK limit for Windows so I am in the process of re-doing all of my servers so I can't fold until I fix all of the operating systems.

SORRY GUYS! ZERO PPD...

 

[petrusbroder]

The teams' stats as December 02, 20:00 UTC:

The Folders
ppd __________ points ________ ppd __________ points _________ points _______ points _________ Name
Dec. 1 ________ Dec. 1 ______ Dec.02 ________ Dec. 02 ________ in Dec. ______ past day_______________
_____ 0 _____ _ 134 846 ______ ___ 0 _______ _ 134 846 _______ ____ 0 ________ ____ 0 _______ [TA]Assimilator1
__4 271 _____ 1 902 475 ______ 5 320 _______ 1 908 650 ________ 6 175 _________ 6 175 _______ Cutthroat
__5 870 ____ __ 836 014 ______ 5 051 _______ _ 850 235 _______ 14 221 ________ 14 221 _______ Drsignguy
_65 769 ____ 15 196 034 _____ 66 166 ______ 15 311 651 ______ 115 617 _______ 115 617 _______ Gravity
_14 646 _____ 2 137 843 _____ 14 713 _______ 2 166 578 _______ 28 735 ________ 28 735 _______ jonesthewine
__3 855 ____ __ 701 617 ______ 3 523 _______ _ 708 112 ________ 6 495 _________ 6 495 _______ m1ldslide1
_____ 0 ____ __ 629 388 _____ ____ 0 _______ _ 629 388 _______ ____ 0 ________ ____ 0 _______ paulnt04 = PCTC2
__5 382 _____ 1 730 509 ______ 5 621 _______ 1 741 632 _______ 11 123 ________ 11 123 _______ Pokey_TA
__5 510 _____ __ 34 764 ______ 6 396 _______ __ 45 764 _______ 11 000 ________ 11 000 _______ VirtualLarry
105 303 ____ 23 303 490 ____ 106 790 ______ 23 496 856 ______ 193 366 _______ 193 366 _______ Sum for the Folders


TaAm AnandTech Sentinels (TAS)
ppd __________ points ________ ppd __________ points _________ points _______ points _________ Name
Dec. 1 ________ Dec. 1 ______ Dec.02 ________ Dec. 02 ________ in Dec. ______ past day_______________
___ 274 _____ __ 33 556 _____ __ 881 _______ __ 37 804 ________ 4 248 _________ 4 248 _______ Baldurs_Gate
_13 522 _____ 1 531 760 _____ 17 445 _______ 1 578 422 _______ 46 662 ________ 46 662 _______ biodoc
_____ 0 _____ ___ ___ 0 _____ __ 896 _______ ___ 4 205 ________ 4 205 _________ 4 205 _______ Chocobo_Navy
__2 856 _____ 2 562 004 ______ 2 868 _______ 2 567 462 ________ 5 458 _________ 5 458 _______ GLeeM
__3 874 _____ 2 480 959 ______ 3 801 _______ 2 485 958 ________ 4 999 _________ 4 999 _______ Hurricane Andrew
_28 657 _____ 6 099 931 _____ 28 194 _______ 6 153 357 _______ 53 426 ________ 53 426 _______ Insidious
_10 971 _____ 2 018 284 _____ 11 436 _______ 2 046 144 _______ 27 860 ________ 27 860 _______ Lightstar
_52 968 ____ 12 408 074 _____ 50 638 ______ 12 492 463 _______ 84 389 ________ 84 389 _______ Markfw900
__3 566 ____ __ 943 946 ______ 3 367 _______ _ 951 143 ________ 7 197 _________ 7 197 _______ Neurodog
_____ 0 ____ ___ 25 758 _____ __ 526 _______ __ 29 438 ________ 3 680 _________ 3 680 _______ rabrittain
___ 949 ____ __ 446 828 _____ __ 949 _______ _ 448 558 ________ 1 730 _________ 1 730 _______ TAS-petrusbroder
__6 773 _____ 2 082 441 ______ 6 881 _______ 2 092 991 _______ 10 550 ________ 10 550 _______ TurtleBlue
__1 728 ____ __ 482 339 ______ 1 183 _______ _ 483 330 _______ __ 991 ________ __ 991 _______ Tom_Philippart
126 138 ____ 31 115 880 ____ 129 065 ______ 31 371 275 ______ 255 395 _______ 255 395 _______ Sum for TAS



Difference between the Racing teams:
Day 1 __________ 62 029 points ________ TAS wins this day!
Difference: ___ __ 62 029 points ________ TAS in the lead.

In the past day the two teams produced 448 761 points! Well done!

 

[Assimilator1]

Bleh, my 2WUs haven't finished yet (at 85 & 90%).

Btw Fahmon is showing 3370 ppd for my 2 clients on my Q6600 @3.35GHz, does that look about right? (bearing in mind my RAM currently isn't optimised, it's only at 745MHz although it is at 4-4-4-15 timings, also the TRD is at a poor 11 until I do further testing. Which of course would mean more downtime).

 

[Insidious]

Thanks for the scores Peter!

I hope all these bent protiens don's shift the magnetic poles! :roll:

-Sid

AS1: RAM speed has little or no affect on the SMP production rate. It's all
CPU speed. No reason to heat it up unless you need the bandwidth for gaming or something else.

 

[GLeeM]

Thanks for the stats, Peter

 

[rabrittain]

Originally posted by: theAnimal
Use FAHMon to monitor your WU's.

Right on!!!

I tried it and IMO it's a really nice little utility.

Thanks for the stats, Peter!!!

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Thanks for the stats Peter!

896 ppd. Is one machine even capable of doing that little? Must make machines crunch faster...

 

[Neurodog]

Originally posted by: GLeeM
Thanks for the stats, Peter

:thumbsup:

 

[Drsignguy]

Originally posted by: petrusbroder
In the past day the two teams produced 448 761 points! Well done!

This is cool! :thumbsup:



Thanks for the stats Peter! Nice job!

 

[biodoc]

Thanks for the Stats Peter!!

Folders!! Start recruiting!

 

[Assimilator1]

Originally posted by: Insidious
Thanks for the scores Peter!

I hope all these bent protiens don's shift the magnetic poles! :roll:

-Sid

AS1: RAM speed has little or no affect on the SMP production rate. It's all
CPU speed. No reason to heat it up unless you need the bandwidth for gaming or something else.

Wierd! ,opposite to SETI & DPAD!, you would think it would matter *shrug*

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Okay. I've redone the installs on the machines here. 12 cores running at 100%, and I'll redo the ones I have at home when I get there.

If this doesn't get me more ppd, I'm going to start threatening with water guns.

crunch crunch crunch crunch crunch