FINALGEAR F@H team...

GTV V6 · September 26th, 2008, 7:02 PM

What do you think you guys...

I'm talking to the following ...

hokiethang
gtrietsc
VolvoPV544
Cyfun

I'm the one missing from the list (imillman) of contributors to the Finalgear F@H team.

What should we do ?

Try to relaunch finalgear as a folding team trying to get all the GPU's onboard...

Relaunch finalgear into a different distibuted computing site...

Carry on as is...

or give up and join another team...

We've been consistently at 800 or so for a while now, but we are starting to slip. I guess other teams are getting more GPU's online.

I think it's a shame, Finalgear could be up there with the best of them, we have a young, computer savvy userbase with a lot of gaming rigs in there.

Only an hour a day could do a big work unit every 3 days and people wouldn't even notice if all they were doing was browsing the internet.

anyway...

Anyone... hello, Anyone out there ?

Shawn · September 26th, 2008, 7:12 PM

I'd be willing to chip in as well, I have a pretty powerful computer that only gets used a few hours a day.

How much bandwidth does this consume, though? With my downloading habits, I don't have much monthly gigs to spare.

GTV V6 · September 26th, 2008, 7:32 PM

While it's working, there is no bandwith used (as far as I understand).

In the advanced tab you can select whether to accept work units over 10Mb in size, but these would take about 3 hours on a powerful GPU to complete...

So... 10Mb x 8 work units per day = 240 Mb per day flat out.

This is assuming that it is on all the time, my PC is usually on about 3 hours a day so the bandwidth consumed is about 10Mb a day. saying that my bandwidth is uncapped so I'm not too bothered.

Anyway, if you decide to join in, welcome aboard...

gtrietsc · September 26th, 2008, 8:19 PM

My PS3 is probably on chugging away at it for an average of 12 hours a day. Sometimes a lot longer, I just dont like to run it while I am actually gaming with my 360, as it angers my UPS.

GTV V6 · September 26th, 2008, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gtrietsc

My PS3 is probably on chugging away at it for an average of 12 hours a day. Sometimes a lot longer, I just dont like to run it while I am actually gaming with my 360, as it angers my UPS.

I think it's for a good cause, and Finalgear could do a lot better, should we call on the great VIPER007BOND to give it a bit of publicity or should we ship out to another team ?

Most people wouldn't even notice the F@H client if it was on while they were browsing the internet and there are some powerful PCs and PS3s out there.

So what do you think we should do ?

P.S. according to extremeoverclocking.com I should overtake you in about 1.5 years images/smilies/smile.gif

Viper007Bond · September 27th, 2008, 2:04 AM

I don't bother anymore personally as it costs real money (power) and it doesn't properly use less CPU when I'm gaming and such. I also don't want to leave my PS3 on all the time.

awdrifter · September 27th, 2008, 2:57 AM

If my X1950 was still supported I would fold on that. But I guess I could get my crappy Sempron 3100 folding again. It probably won't help the team much though, as the people with Nvidia cards gets 3-4k points a day.

Topgearfanatic · September 28th, 2008, 2:38 AM

I've joined!

hokiethang · September 28th, 2008, 10:03 PM

I'm still running my PS3 and my eight core server folding. I leave the PS3 running all the time, and i've got the server that's running anyway. I'll throw my core 2 quad server and core 2 duo workstation (with an 8800 GTX) into the fray, and we'll see if we can make that number go a little higher, faster.

I have a lot of points on this team already (880k, 31 days from 1 million). I'd almost say if we could get some more publicity on the main site to get others to join.

gtrietsc · September 29th, 2008, 6:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hokiethang

I'm still running my PS3 and my eight core server folding. I leave the PS3 running all the time, and i've got the server that's running anyway. I'll throw my core 2 quad server and core 2 duo workstation (with an 8800 GTX) into the fray, and we'll see if we can make that number go a little higher, faster.

I have a lot of points on this team already (880k, 31 days from 1 million). I'd almost say if we could get some more publicity on the main site to get others to join.

Yea, I wont be catching you anytime soon. Just my work laptop (C2D at least) running the client besides my PS3.

The power cost doesnt bother me so much for this because over a year, it isnt a significant expense compared to all the other power I use. Plus, if by some chance my PS3 cures cancer, well, that would totally be worth it. images/smilies/smile.gif

In fact, my PS3 spends more time folding proteins than watching BluRayz easily. And I never game on the thing. Thats what my 360 is for.

awdrifter · September 29th, 2008, 11:46 AM

Just got it running on my Sempron 3100 (@2.3ghz), it won't be much, but I hope it helps.

GTV V6 · October 5th, 2008, 12:57 AM

Well after over a week, This thread's had 177 views but only recruited 2 more folders.

I still think it's a worthwhile thing to do, even if it does cost "real money". After all they do say on the site that you will be DONATING your spare CPU cycles.

But as GTRIETSC says above...

"if by some chance my PS3 cures cancer, well, that would totally be worth it. "

So, as I said in the 1st post on this thread, what should we do ?

Anyone volunteer to write a post in the Tech or off topic section ?

Crazyjeeper · October 5th, 2008, 7:09 AM

I would join you guys, but I fold for a different team images/smilies/smile.gif

hokiethang · October 10th, 2008, 2:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTV V6

Well after over a week, This thread's had 177 views but only recruited 2 more folders.

I still think it's a worthwhile thing to do, even if it does cost "real money". After all they do say on the site that you will be DONATING your spare CPU cycles.

But as GTRIETSC says above...

"if by some chance my PS3 cures cancer, well, that would totally be worth it. "

So, as I said in the 1st post on this thread, what should we do ?

Anyone volunteer to write a post in the Tech or off topic section ?

I'm going to continue folding for this team. My grandmother has fairly advanced Alzheimer's and if it costs me a little more a month in electricity for a chance to possibly find a cure for such a terrible disease, it's well worth it.

With my farm of machines, we're pulling up the ranks (we've jumped up +10 in the last 7 days, and should get another 2 or 3 in the next couple of days).

As for the topic in Off Topic, go ahead and make one, just link back to this forum so we can get some traffic in here.

vikiradTG2007 · October 10th, 2008, 7:46 PM

Joined.

KaJuN · October 10th, 2008, 8:49 PM

I would be more than happy to join in but my pool old laptop, well as a famous Scottish engineer would say, she cannae take anymore. I really need to get a new machine. images/smilies/sad.gif

Viper007Bond · October 11th, 2008, 2:14 AM

Hmm, we should get Titan and/or Jaguar to fold.

Crazyjeeper · October 11th, 2008, 5:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KaJuN

I would be more than happy to join in but my pool old laptop, well as a famous Scottish engineer would say, she cannae take anymore. I really need to get a new machine. images/smilies/sad.gif

Well, what is your budget? I'm sure the collective minds of the FG hardware geeks can pull something together that should also be good for a few thousand ppD.

http://www.hardfolding.com/ftag1.php/mem/756254/146/0.png

Viper007Bond · October 11th, 2008, 6:47 AM

lol:

Quote:

Date of last work unit 2005-08-21 18:20:02

chaos386 · October 11th, 2008, 6:56 AM

Finally decided to switch teams and fold for FG. Heck, my PC is on 24/7 anyway. images/smilies/smile.gif

September 26th, 2008, 7:02 PM	#1
GTV V6 Joined: May 20th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Barcelona, Spain Posts: 663 Car: Alfa Romeo GTV V6 Rep Power: 30	FINALGEAR F@H team... What do you think you guys... I'm talking to the following ... hokiethang gtrietsc VolvoPV544 Cyfun I'm the one missing from the list (imillman) of contributors to the Finalgear F@H team. What should we do ? Try to relaunch finalgear as a folding team trying to get all the GPU's onboard... Relaunch finalgear into a different distibuted computing site... Carry on as is... or give up and join another team... We've been consistently at 800 or so for a while now, but we are starting to slip. I guess other teams are getting more GPU's online. I think it's a shame, Finalgear could be up there with the best of them, we have a young, computer savvy userbase with a lot of gaming rigs in there. Only an hour a day could do a big work unit every 3 days and people wouldn't even notice if all they were doing was browsing the internet. anyway... Anyone... hello, Anyone out there ? __________________

September 26th, 2008, 7:32 PM	#3
GTV V6 Joined: May 20th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Barcelona, Spain Posts: 663 Car: Alfa Romeo GTV V6 Rep Power: 30	While it's working, there is no bandwith used (as far as I understand). In the advanced tab you can select whether to accept work units over 10Mb in size, but these would take about 3 hours on a powerful GPU to complete... So... 10Mb x 8 work units per day = 240 Mb per day flat out. This is assuming that it is on all the time, my PC is usually on about 3 hours a day so the bandwidth consumed is about 10Mb a day. saying that my bandwidth is uncapped so I'm not too bothered. Anyway, if you decide to join in, welcome aboard... __________________

September 26th, 2008, 8:19 PM	#4
gtrietsc Joined: Dec 14th, 2004 Last Online: November 20th, 2009 Location: Lewisville, TX USA Age: 32 Posts: 1,241 Car: '06 BMW X3, '07 Ford F-150 FX4 Rep Power: 38	My PS3 is probably on chugging away at it for an average of 12 hours a day. Sometimes a lot longer, I just dont like to run it while I am actually gaming with my 360, as it angers my UPS. __________________

September 27th, 2008, 2:04 AM	#6
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 7:30 AM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 25 Posts: 22,275 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 296	I don't bother anymore personally as it costs real money (power) and it doesn't properly use less CPU when I'm gaming and such. I also don't want to leave my PS3 on all the time. __________________ There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

September 27th, 2008, 2:57 AM	#7
awdrifter Joined: Aug 29th, 2004 Last Online: 5:15 AM Posts: 1,956 Rep Power: 47	If my X1950 was still supported I would fold on that. But I guess I could get my crappy Sempron 3100 folding again. It probably won't help the team much though, as the people with Nvidia cards gets 3-4k points a day. __________________ TP

September 26th, 2008, 7:12 PM	#2
Shawn Lexus? Oh shi- Joined: May 26th, 2005 Last Online: July 30th, 2009 Location: Vancouver, BC Age: 24 Posts: 11,026 Car: '07 Boring Poseur Mobile Rep Power: 134	I'd be willing to chip in as well, I have a pretty powerful computer that only gets used a few hours a day. How much bandwidth does this consume, though? With my downloading habits, I don't have much monthly gigs to spare.

September 28th, 2008, 2:38 AM	#8
Topgearfanatic Joined: Jul 3rd, 2008 Last Online: 8:24 AM Age: 16 Posts: 1,747 Car: 2002 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 1.8T Rep Power: 48	I've joined!

September 28th, 2008, 10:03 PM	#9
hokiethang Global Moderator Joined: Nov 30th, 2004 Last Online: 3:07 AM Location: Northern Virginia, USA Age: 26 Posts: 2,322 Car: 2007 Durango Rep Power: 28	I'm still running my PS3 and my eight core server folding. I leave the PS3 running all the time, and i've got the server that's running anyway. I'll throw my core 2 quad server and core 2 duo workstation (with an 8800 GTX) into the fray, and we'll see if we can make that number go a little higher, faster. I have a lot of points on this team already (880k, 31 days from 1 million). I'd almost say if we could get some more publicity on the main site to get others to join. __________________

September 29th, 2008, 11:46 AM	#11
awdrifter Joined: Aug 29th, 2004 Last Online: 5:15 AM Posts: 1,956 Rep Power: 47	Just got it running on my Sempron 3100 (@2.3ghz), it won't be much, but I hope it helps. __________________ TP

October 5th, 2008, 12:57 AM	#12
GTV V6 Joined: May 20th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Barcelona, Spain Posts: 663 Car: Alfa Romeo GTV V6 Rep Power: 30	Well after over a week, This thread's had 177 views but only recruited 2 more folders. I still think it's a worthwhile thing to do, even if it does cost "real money". After all they do say on the site that you will be DONATING your spare CPU cycles. But as GTRIETSC says above... "if by some chance my PS3 cures cancer, well, that would totally be worth it. " So, as I said in the 1st post on this thread, what should we do ? Anyone volunteer to write a post in the Tech or off topic section ? __________________

October 5th, 2008, 7:09 AM	#13
Crazyjeeper Joined: Nov 29th, 2006 Last Online: 8:03 AM Location: Dallas, Texas Age: 20 Posts: 5,135 Car: 1985 Jeep CJ7, 1997 Ford F150 Rep Power: 164	I would join you guys, but I fold for a different team __________________

October 10th, 2008, 7:46 PM	#15
vikiradTG2007 Joined: Feb 8th, 2007 Last Online: 8:52 AM Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania Age: 18 Posts: 6,604 Car: Ford Focus MkI 1.8D Rep Power: 98	Joined. __________________ "There's no damage to the car, except to the car itself." (Murray Walker, 1991 British GP) 1980s-1990s F1, Group C and Supertouring nostalgic. And I'm proud of that.

October 10th, 2008, 8:49 PM	#16
KaJuN Disco Inferno Joined: Jul 31st, 2006 Last Online: 7:46 AM Location: American in Okinawa Age: 23 Posts: 5,069 Car: Suzuki Swift, Honda Benly CL50 Rep Power: 176	I would be more than happy to join in but my pool old laptop, well as a famous Scottish engineer would say, she cannae take anymore. I really need to get a new machine. __________________ ...and Michigan still sucks. D-Fence: Kajun is just outside caressing his Discovery....touching it gently, you know......it is such a dirty bitch.....but he seems to love dirty girls in high heels who are taller then him and have "quite a few pounds" on their hips ^^ This post was accidentally unearthed from a shallow grave by construction workers. My Flickr

October 11th, 2008, 2:14 AM	#17
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 7:30 AM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 25 Posts: 22,275 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 296	Hmm, we should get Titan and/or Jaguar to fold. __________________ There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

October 11th, 2008, 6:56 AM	#20
chaos386 .sa = bad driver! Joined: Nov 8th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia Age: 23 Posts: 4,609 Car: 2009 Seat Leon FR LFS Status: Rep Power: 144	Finally decided to switch teams and fold for FG. Heck, my PC is on 24/7 anyway. __________________ "Shit, that's a busy table cloth." -matt2000

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