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

[biodoc]

As of 5 PM EST:

3389356___Folders
3347225___TAS

Folders in the lead by 42131 points!

Doesn't look like TAS is closing at all now.

Nice job everyone!:beer:

More power TAS!! I hope someone has something up their sleeve!

 

[biodoc]

Originally posted by: Insidious
Thanks for the stats Peter! :beer:

I've got everything tweaked as far as I can. The CPUs are running on their Winter OC's (3.45GHz) and I've got all 4 video cards running with their shaders at 1900MHz !!! (apparently, that is the magic number for all of my G92 based cards. I don't have the thermal headroom for raising volts and anything over 1.9GHz starts giving me the rare EUE here and there)

I've been getting clobbered with the 511 point GPU work units , but at the same time I'm starting to see a few of the 1760 point SMP work units

It's a close race and I'm loving it. :thumbsup:

-Sid

Another disadvantage for linux: No software for overclocking just the shaders.

I tried bumping up the core clock on my GTX+ (stock 738 MHz) to 800 and start getting EUEs so now I'm trying 780 which should be around 1900 MHz on the shaders. Time will tell.

Sid, will your son be home for xmas?

 

[Insidious]

Originally posted by: biodoc
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Another disadvantage for linux: No software for overclocking just the shaders.

I tried bumping up the core clock on my GTX+ (stock 738 MHz) to 800 and start getting EUEs so now I'm trying 780 which should be around 1900 MHz on the shaders. Time will tell.

Sid, will your son be home for xmas?

I'm afraid my son will still be trapped away at Great Lakes (boot camp) for the Christmas Holiday. He graduates on Jan 15th and will get Cinderella liberty for the following weekend. I'm going to go up there (Chicago) and take a cheesy little plastic tree and his presents and we'll have our Christmas then.

As to the overclocks, I found that (with fans at 80%) I could run (very) nearly EUE free with my GTX+ core at 790 (they're already clocked pretty close to the edge for a G92 at stock) before I learned it was OK to unlink it. Can you take manual control of the fans in Linux?

-Sid

:music: :music: :beer: :music: :music:

 

[biodoc]

Originally posted by: Insidious

Originally posted by: biodoc
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Another disadvantage for linux: No software for overclocking just the shaders.

I tried bumping up the core clock on my GTX+ (stock 738 MHz) to 800 and start getting EUEs so now I'm trying 780 which should be around 1900 MHz on the shaders. Time will tell.

Sid, will your son be home for xmas?

I'm afraid my son will still be trapped away at Great Lakes (boot camp) for the Christmas Holiday. He graduates on Jan 15th and will get Cinderella liberty for the following weekend. I'm going to go up there (Chicago) and take a cheesy little plastic tree and his presents and we'll have our Christmas then.

good to hear you will get some time with your son before he heads overseas!

As to the overclocks, I found that (with fans at 80%) I could run (very) nearly EUE free with my GTX+ core at 790 (they're already clocked pretty close to the edge for a G92 at stock) before I learned it was OK to unlink it. Can you take manual control of the fans in Linux?

-Sid

:music: :music: :beer: :music: :music:

No fan control but I do have a rheostat that came with my tuniq tower that may have the right connection.

thanks for the info Sid!:beer:

 

[petrusbroder]

The teams' stats as of December 23, 20:15 UTC:

The Folders
ppd __________ points ________ ppd __________ points _________ points _______ points _________ Name
at start _______ at start ______ Dec.23 ________ Dec. 23 ________ in Dec. _____ past 2 days ______________
_____ 0 _____ _ 134 846 ______ 3 505 _______ _ 208 531 _______ 73 685 _________ 7 835 _______ [TA]Assimilator1
__1 175 ____ __ 333 011 ______ 1 025 _______ _ 346 438 _______ 13 427 _________ 2 895 _______ Alyyx
__4 271 _____ 1 902 475 ______ 6 259 _______ 2 041 774 ______ 139 299 ________ 12 670 _______ Cutthroat
___ 824 _____ __ 13 343 _____ __ 944 _______ __ 31 698 _______ 18 355 _________ 1 758 _______ dmo = DLiRium
__5 870 ____ __ 836 014 _____ 19 575 _______ 1 178 735 ______ 342 721 ________ 42 597 _______ Drsignguy
__5 907 _____ 1 159 774 ______ 5 480 _______ 1 292 536 ______ 132 762 ________ 10 952 _______ Foxery
_65 769 ____ 15 196 034 _____ 71 447 ______ 16 583 112 __ __ 1 387 078 _______ 132 431 _______ Gravity
_14 646 _____ 2 137 843 _____ 14 712 _______ 2 460 753 ______ 322 910 ________ 27 835 _______ jonesthewine
__3 855 ____ __ 701 617 ______ 3 824 _______ _ 797 470 _______ 95 853 _________ 9 710 _______ m1ldslide1
_17 671 _____ 1 953 799 _____ 18 391 _______ 2 368 199 ______ 414 400 ________ 36 019 _______ MaskedAvenger = mike9o
_____ 0 ____ __ 629 388 _____ ____ 0 _______ _ 635 775 ________ 6 387 _________ ___ 0 _______ paulnt04 = PCTC2
__5 382 _____ 1 730 509 _____ 15 324 _______ 2 050 000 ______ 319 491 ________ 25 395 _______ Pokey_TA
___ 239 _____ __ 13 862 _____ __ 639 _______ __ 26 028 _______ 12 166 _________ 1 480 _______ TA_andy
___ 957 _____ __ 12 657 ______ 1 925 _______ __ 50 156 _______ 37 499 _________ 3 110 _______ theAnimal
_____ 0 _____ ___ ___ 0 _____ ____ 0 _______ ___ 7 479 ________ 7 479 _________ ___ 0 _______ winr
__5 510 _____ __ 34 764 ______ 8 175 _______ _ 252 447 ______ 217 683 ________ 13 821 _______ VirtualLarry
132 076 ____ 26 789 936 ____ 171 225 ______ 30 331 131 __ __ 3 541 195 _______ 328 508 _______ Sum for the Folders


TaAm AnandTech Sentinels (TAS)
ppd __________ points ________ ppd __________ points _________ points _______ points _________ Name
at start _______ at start ______ Dec.23 ________ Dec. 23 ________ in Dec. _____ past 2 days ______________
___ 274 _____ __ 33 556 _____ __ 250 _______ __ 53 163 _______ 19 607 _________ ___ 0 _______ Baldurs_Gate
_13 522 _____ 1 531 760 _____ 26 927 _______ 2 131 536 ______ 599 776 ________ 53 120 _______ biodoc
_____ 0 _____ ___ ___ 0 ______ 2 721 _______ __ 72 550 _______ 72 550 _________ 7 457 _______ Chocobo_Navy
__2 856 _____ 2 562 004 ______ 2 409 _______ 2 628 555 _______ 66 551 _________ 6 480 _______ GLeeM
__3 874 _____ 2 480 959 ______ 3 735 _______ 2 560 697 _______ 79 738 _________ 6 937 _______ Hurricane Andrew
_28 657 _____ 6 099 931 _____ 24 393 _______ 6 722 939 ______ 623 008 ________ 40 074 _______ Insidious
_10 971 _____ 2 018 284 _____ 13 558 _______ 2 315 060 ______ 296 776 ________ 23 647 _______ Lightstar
_52 968 ____ 12 408 074 _____ 66 889 ______ 13 764 369 __ __ 1 356 295 _______ 135 149 _______ Markfw900
__3 566 ____ __ 943 946 ______ 4 355 _______ 1 035 600 _______ 91 654 _________ 6 339 _______ Neurodog
_____ 0 ____ ___ 25 758 ______ 2 103 _______ __ 61 278 _______ 35 520 _________ 3 680 _______ rabrittain
___ 949 ____ __ 446 828 ______ 1 803 _______ _ 484 754 _______ 37 926 _________ 3 976 _______ TAS-petrusbroder
__1 728 ____ __ 482 339 ______ 1 897 _______ _ 523 198 _______ 40 859 _________ 4 348 _______ Tom_Philippart
__6 773 _____ 2 082 441 ______ 7 376 _______ 2 254 293 ______ 171 852 ________ 13 376 _______ TurtleBlue
126 138 ____ 31 115 880 ____ 158 416 ______ 34 607 992 __ __ 3 492 112 _______ 304 583 _______ 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 was moved to The Folders team
Day 14+15 ______ 10 568 points ________ TAS wins the 2 days! Lightstar was moved back to TAS team, Foxery and MaskedAvenger joined The Folders
Day 16-18 __ ____-77 471 points ________ The Folders win the 3 days!
Day 19-20 __ _____ 7 671 points ________ TAS wins the 2 days!
Day 21-23 __ ____-23 925 points ________ The Folders win the 2 days!
Difference: ______ 49 083 points ________ The Folders in the lead.

In the past 2 days the two teams produced 633 091 points! Well done!
In December, the two teams produced 7 033 307 points!


Individual production stats:
Production _______ Name - Team
1 387 078 ________ Gravity - The Folders
1 356 295 ________ Mark_F_Williams - TAS
_ 623 008 ________ Insidious - TAS
_ 599 776 ________ biodoc - TAS
_ 414 400 ________ MaskedAvenger - The Folders
_ 342 721 ________ Drsignguy - The Folders
_ 322 910 ________ jonesthewine - The Folders
_ 319 491 ________ Pokey_TA - The Folders
_ 296 776 ________ Lightstar_dj - The Folders
_ 217 683 ________ VirtualLarry - The Folders
_ 171 852 ________ TurtleBlue - TAS
_ 139 299 ________ Cutthroat - The Folders
_ 132 762 ________ Foxery - The Folders
__ 95 853 ________ m1ldslide1 - The Folders
__ 91 654 ________ Neurodog - TAS
__ 79 738 ________ Hurricane_Andrew - TAS
__ 73 685 ________ [TA]Assimilator1 - The Folders
__ 72 550 ________ Chocobo_Navy - TAS
__ 66 551 ________ GLeeM - TAS
__ 40 859 ________ Tom_Philippart - TAS
__ 37 926 ________ TAS-petrusbroder - TAS
__ 37 499 ________ theAnimal - The Folders
__ 35 520 ________ rabrittain - TAS
__ 19 607 ________ Baldurs_Gate - TAS
__ 18 355 ________ dmo - The Folders
__ 13 427 ________ Alyx - The Folders
__ 12 166 ________ TA_andy - The Folders
___ 7 479 ________ winr - The Folders
___ 6 387 ________ PCTC2 - The Folders
7 033 307 ________ All The TeAm Folders

 

[Insidious]

Thanks for the race update Peter! :beer:

It's anybody's game :beer: :beer:

-Sid

:music: :music: :beer: :beer: :music: :music:

(For anyone who can't read :music: ........... 'Tiiiiiiis the season to be jolly!!!! )



/me serenades PCs:

:music: Fa la laa la laaaaa (fold faster mules :disgust: ) la la la laaaaaaaaa :music:

/end serenade

 

[petrusbroder]

Looking at the numbers ... will the race generate 10 000 000 points in one month?
I f we all increase production just a liitle bit more ... please try!

 

[biodoc]

Originally posted by: petrusbroder
Looking at the numbers ... will the race generate 10 000 000 points in one month?
I f we all increase production just a liitle bit more ... please try!

I just got a new nvidia GPU WU:

WU 5766
353 points
6354 ppd on a 9800GTX+ @738 GHz!!!!
48 second stepping times!!

If we get a ton of these released, hitting 10 mill should be no problem!

EDIT: Thanks for the stats Peter!!

great crunching everyone!:thumbsup:

Anyone getting a hardware related xmas present???:laugh:

 

[Hurricane Andrew]

Just received my new Intel Q9550 from Newegg. Granted, it's only replacing an X2 5200+, but should still be a bit of a boost once I get her online....

 

[Insidious]

:laugh: yeah, maybe just a bit :laugh:

NICE

-Sid

 

[Assimilator1]

Thx for the stats Petrus

__ 73 685 ________ [TA]Assimilator1 - The Folders
__ 72 550 ________ Chocobo_Navy - TAS

Hey FMC, I like the look of that much better!

7 835 _______ [TA]Assimilator1
7 457 _______ Chocobo_Navy

Still close though! :Q

Originally posted by: Hurricane Andrew
Just received my new Intel Q9550 from Newegg. Granted, it's only replacing an X2 5200+, but should still be a bit of a boost once I get her online....

Like a massive bit!

 

[Markfw]

Originally posted by: Hurricane Andrew
Just received my new Intel Q9550 from Newegg. Granted, it's only replacing an X2 5200+, but should still be a bit of a boost once I get her online....

OK, put 2 smp clients on that baby, and you are good for 4400 ppd ! The x2 5200 was lucky if you got 1200 ppd, right ? We need all we can get, as we are loosing 10-20k ppd/day.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Guhhh I realized I forgot to configure 4 of my systems (2 of which are dualies) to my username. Aghhh no wonder my PPD dropped like a rock for 2 days. I've been also saving power by running my 4850 only for about 12 hours a day. Hopefully now we're back online and I threw in some last minute help with my Macbook Pro =)

 

[Drsignguy]

Thanks Peter for the stats! :thumbsup:

Nice Job everyone.....


I have had a small issue with Xp64. 1 smp and 1 Gpu. Gpu is Ati. Seems to hang on smp when a new WU comes along. I have to manually set the Affinity to keep the Gpu to 1 core and set the remaining 3 to smp. Xp 32 bit seems to work just fine but XP64 is irritating me...:|

 

[rabrittain]

Thanks for the stats, petrusbroder!!!

Somebody help me!

I took the ATI HD 2600 Pro out of the Pentium D Machine and put it in the FX-60 machine that runs 32 bit XP Pro. I'm running 1 SMP client and a GPU console client. I didn't know exactly how to configure things. I gave the SMP client 78% of the cpu and 2399 MB of Ram. I gave the GPU 20% of the cpu and 512 MB of RAM. I disabled the affinity changer. I pretty much pulled the numbers out of the air. From what I've read, the GPU doesn't require much from the cpu. I figured that I would use those numbers as a starting point, and adjust them based on help that I hope to receive from other people.

I don't know what to expect. The SMP and the GPU clients are running. It took the GPU client 43 minutes to reach 1%.

I would appreciate any and all advice.

Thanks

edit: 12/23/2008 ~1910 pst -- Something is way wrong -- The SMP client is at 86%, and 4 -15 minute checkpoints have been triggered - it's still not at 87% -- hmmm.

 

[Insidious]

on a dual core machine, you won't have great luck running an ATI GPU and an SMP client. Your best results will come from running the GPU (set for slightly higher priority in the configuration) and a uniprocessor client (CLI)

There just aren't enough resources to get the WUs done in time with an ATI gpu client and an SMP competing for only two cores.

edit: I may be wrong about getting the units done in time. to configure you definitely need to let the GPU use 100% (same for the SMP) of what ever CPU it wants and set it for 'slightly higher' priority (gpu only, leave the SMP at it's default priority). Then you will just need to monitor progress and see if the system can do it. If not, then take the first advice and replace the SMP client with a uniprocessor client.

-Sid

 

[rabrittain]

Thanks sid - I appreciate the input.

 

[Hurricane Andrew]

Originally posted by: Markfw900

Originally posted by: Hurricane Andrew
Just received my new Intel Q9550 from Newegg. Granted, it's only replacing an X2 5200+, but should still be a bit of a boost once I get her online....

OK, put 2 smp clients on that baby, and you are good for 4400 ppd ! The x2 5200 was lucky if you got 1200 ppd, right ? We need all we can get, as we are loosing 10-20k ppd/day.

Well, she's up and running, but with the 2 leftover WU's from the dual days. I'll work on getting a couple SMP clients up on her tomorrow.

Did I mention that I love Christmas?

 

[MaskedAvenger]

I've been trying to add a second 4850 to a Vista rig but I haven't been able to get a second GPU client to run. I have two monitors running (one connected to each 4850 card), but the second client gives me the following error message:

"At present your GPU is not supported or you need need a current driver."

I set up the second GPU client following the official Multi-GPU folding instructions, copying the folding folder, renaming it, setting up and modifying new shortcuts, but the second client just won't work. I can switch back and fort between the monitors, so I can see that Windows sees both cards

Since both the cards are identical models from the same company and the primary card works, what am I doing wrong? :disgust:

PS: I am using the newest version 8.12 Catalyst drivers.

 

[Markfw]

add "-forcegpu ***" where the xxx is something like ati_r600 or ati_r700. I don;t have the ati ones memorized.

 

[MaskedAvenger]

Thanks for the input Markfw900.
It turned out that I was using -gpu2 when I should have been using -gpu1.
Anyways, the second card is up and running.

Does anyone know if an 8800GT can run with a 9800 Gx2 card in the same PC?

 

[biodoc]

As of 7 AM EST:

3,687,465__Folders
3,625,807__TAS

The Folders are ahead by 61,658!!! They're pulling away from TAS!:evil:

Have fun setting up your new rig Hurricane Andrew! TAS could use the extra points!!:beer:

Great crunching everyone!!:thumbsup:

 

[theAnimal]

Thanks again for the stats petrusbroder!

 

[Assimilator1]

Originally posted by: MaskedAvenger
Thanks for the input Markfw900.
It turned out that I was using -gpu2 when I should have been using -gpu1.
Anyways, the second card is up and running.

Does anyone know if an 8800GT can run with a 9800 Gx2 card in the same PC?

I don't see why not as long as you don't enable SLI, though I'm no expect so best wait for an educated answer .

Maybe you'd like to run F@H GPU on this QUAD 9800 GX2 rig!? .

Btw what ppd do you get on your 4850s?

 

[MaskedAvenger]

On my new setup, even though they are identical cards, one shows 2940 and the other shows 2480. The first one just finished one that had it showing 5400, so maybe something is wrong with my set up. I used the Auto tune feature of the Catalyst Control Center last night when I got the dual GPU system working, and was so excited with the results that I did the same to two other ATI single card system. I haven't OC'd video cards in years.
Well, this morning I noticed how cool it was in my house (I have folding PC's warming my house ). Lo and behold, my dual system had stopped folding (unstable system errors) as had one of my other ATI systems. I eliminated the OC's and the dual system recovered, but I had to clear out the old work files on the single ATI card system to get it to work.

So short answer regarding ppd on 4850's - I don't know.

Does FahMon have a feature to report cumulative ppd per client?