*THE* FaD Thread

[BCinSC]

There's only 2 of us who have posted in the last week.

 

[BCinSC]

I guess I don't understand the points, since there are those who have processed, yet have none.

 

[BCinSC]

TeAm Anandtech has dropped 3 slots recently. What gives?

 

[Baldy18]

I'll check it out and maybe give it a try. How does the client run, pretty smoothly?

 

[BCinSC]

Very simple and smooth. And if you have a local network, you can run on all machines without actually installing the software. Here's the link to the client:
http://www.find-a-drug.org/download.html
and the FAQ:
http://www.find-a-drug.org/faq.html

 

[Baldy18]

Originally posted by: BCinSC
And if you have a local network, you can run on all machines without actually installing the software.

Whoa now that is sweet! I just happen to have quite a large home network but currently I'm running SoB on my other boxes. Just trying it out on my laptop now. I've installed it and tried to set it to what should be the settings for best performance.

What is up with the CPU rating? Uses your CPU info to predict performance?

 

[BCinSC]

CPU Rating is an estimate of computing power to weight points. My P3/933 is rated at 76, while my lowly C466 is rated at 36. Can't wait to see what the 486DX33 comes in at!

 

[Baldy18]

Looks like my Pentium-M 1.5GHz is coming in at 131. How does that compair to other processors at 1.5GHz? Is there a site with processor comparisons?

 

[BCinSC]

I don't know of one, but my P4 2.4/533 is 140 and my P2/366 laptop is only 29.

 

[BCinSC]

Should I even bother with a 386DX33?

 

[SinfulWeeper]

I dont need a computer to find drugs

I never even knew this project existed

 

[BCinSC]

About to drop another slot, overtaken by a team with 1/7th the number of members.

 

[BCinSC]

We have to tip the Cows!!! Don't let Albert Schweitzer pass us by!!!

Rank Name.......................Team Size....Total......Daily....Weekly
26.....Dutch Power Cows...2047..15..3337971..15313..207859
27.....TeAm Anandtech......2039...48..2965561..15173...62412
28.....Albert Schweitzer.....2084....7...2885603..7019...101129

 

[BCinSC]

Don't be shy or stingy. Share those CPU cycles with Find-A-Drug!

 

[Baldy18]

Bump because we need help!

 

[mastertech01]

Originally posted by: BCinSC
I guess I don't understand the points, since there are those who have processed, yet have none.

They completely revamped the points system some months back. It used to place you according to how many molecules processed. But they changed over to a complex points system and started from jobs processed on that date. So the approx 400 jobs I had completed prior to that were pretty much scratched for points. It is a good project but requires more time to complete jobs than some other projects.

Still a very worthy cause.

 

[SlangNRox]

Guess I'll switch my resources to a couple dying projects. I have lifemapper and find a drug running now.
Does a highed cpu rating give you more points? My p4 3.2ghz has a 105 cpu rating. was also running sob, lifemapper and encoding video when I started the program up.

 

[SlangNRox]

Is 2039 correct for the team number?

 

[Baldy18]

Yes, 2039 is the correct team #.

105 seems low for that cpu but with all that other stuff going on at the same time that would explain it. As far as I know cpu rating does not effect points, but is rather an indicator of performance. My 1.5 P-M has a rating of 135 and my XP 1800+ is 168.

 

[BCinSC]

Perhaps we should ask the THINKers? http://forum.find-a-drug.com/index.php

 

[SlangNRox]

Does anyone know how long it will take for me to show up in the stats?

 

[BCinSC]

You have finished and uploaded jobs already? Updates to stats page are approx every 6 hours. Certainly within a day. Stats Page

 

[SlangNRox]

I thought I did, but after looking at it again I haven't.

My p4 3.2ghz is still showing a cpu rating of 120 for each instance that is running while my p3 1ghz has a cpu rating of 82

 

[BCinSC]

For each instance that it's running? You have HT enabled? Note that HT help the P4 utilize more of different parts of CPU, while two processes contending for same resources will still have to share. If you have 2 THINKs running on a single CPU, look at it this way: you rating is 240!

 

[BCinSC]

Seeing minimal additional help. Come on people!