Nice 👍, but a bit too old school for me, the only card I want from that era is a voodoo 2 as it was my first graphics card.
My personal collection starts from around 2006 when I really started to get into hardware, in the early 2000's I lost my way and became a console peasant until I found my way again, dark times 😂
I wanted to take a picture of my whole collection, but ran out of room a quarter of the way in 😂
And we have our first prizes announced on the OP!!!!
As always if you have anything you'd like to add to the pot please do drop me a message, this could just be a couple of keys you have from a humble bundle you aren't going to use or it could be more, we are happy to accept anything really as long as it's legal and can be managed in a mostly global giveaway.
Sign up for the event here:
SIGN UPS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT!
This event will be eligible for F@H event badges.
This is the 3rd official folding month, and with that, silver badges will be awarded to people who have participated in both previous folding month events.
Please follow this thread to keep up to date!
Please read the whole of this post before asking any questions and use the links provided at the end for help and support!
Minimum Participation Requirements For Prizes
20 Days with activity*, 500,000 Points & 40 WU
(*activity is defined as completing at least 1WU for the 24 hour period)
These must be met DURING the event. Points produced before the start date do not count!
Prizes!!!
Community donated prizes:
100USD Newegg Gift Card - Donated by @Zberg
All Ranks
50EUR Steam Gift Card - Donated by @RollinLower
Ranks 1-24
3x 50USD Steam Gift cards - Donated by @Jawa_Juice
Ranks 25-49, 50-74, 75-99
A total of 150USD of amazon vouchers to be shared among ranks. - Donated by @marknd59*
50USD Ranks 100-149
30USD Ranks 150-199
20USD Ranks 200-249
5x 10USD All ranks
2x 20EUR Steam Gift Card - Donated by @RollinLower
All Ranks
10EUR Steam Gift Card - Donated by @RollinLower
All Ranks
5x 10GBP Steam Gift Cards - Donated by @marknd59
All Ranks
25x Random steam Keys - Donated by The Community Pool
All Ranks
12x Random Steam Keys -Donated by @GOTSpectrum
All Ranks
More details of the prizes and ranks will be released closer to the start of the event.
*To claim the amazon voucher you must PM me with your email and the amazon domain you use for your nationality, you will then receive a voucher with the nearest amount available in your own currency.
Folding@home is a network of volunteer computers distributed around the world that aims to perform biomedical research with the single intent of helping to further understand and develop cures for a range of diseases such as; Alzheimer's, cancer, and Parkinson's. The exact research that is done is simulating the 'folding' of proteins in the body, this is important because the function of a protein id directly related to its physical shape. And this, when the protein is created in the body it needs to reshuffle its shape to get into the correct structure to perform its task. Many illnesses can be linked to faulty proteins in the body such as many cancers and neurological issues, along with a wide number of other general health concerns. This network if compared with the TOP500 list of supercomputers would outclass every single entry on the list, Folding@home is the world's fastest computing systems, with a speed of approximately 2.1 exaFLOPS. It is significantly faster than any compute system ever created and faster than even the fastest current such systems in the design phase.
If you are wondering what exactly has been done with all this computing power then you can check out the papers written by the scientists and researchers that use the folding network, I will warn you though many of them are very in depth reads and in turn this means they are often fairly technical.
https://foldingathome.org/papers-results/
To qualify for badges you must meet the minimum requirements for participation which for this event will be as follows minimum requirements: 500k points, 40WUs, and 20 days of activity over the course of the whole month. This is subject to change for future events as we find out what the sweet spot is to include as many people as possible but not make it too easy to just get a free badge.
PASSKEYS! (they're really important)
Don't forget to get yourself a passkey from the link below to ensure that you hit the points requirement, the passkey is a feature that was added a while ago to the Folding Client that helps to authenticate each user on the network, an added bonus of this is the fact that it allows you to qualify for QRB(Quick Return Bonus) Points, QRBs are extra points you earn for submitting work units more quickly, such as if you have faster hardware or let the client fold full time, rather than on idle. QRB credit is awarded after 10 WUs have been submitted. You can get your passkey from the link below.
https://apps.foldingathome.org/getpasskey
COVID-19
COVID-19 still remains a massive prority for Foldin@Home, we are here to continue to unite with the legion of other folders from around the globe who have taken up the fight against COVID-19.
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common across the world. These viruses can cause mild symptoms ranging from a fever and cough to more serious conditions such as severe pneumonia, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties.
In December 2019, a new strain of coronavirus (Sars-Cov-2) was first identified in Wuhan City, China. This virus has now spread to affect practically every human population on the planet. It is the largest health crisis seen in 100 years and a massive global concerted effort has been launched to find a cure, a vaccine or even the simplest form of treatment. And that is where folding@home comes in, partnered with The Covid Moonshot team; the folding network is being used to find existing drugs that could prove to be an effective treatment for the virus.
This is just a PSA for the new guys here, the folding team is a small close knit community, so here's a few things I'd like you all to keep in mind. It doesn't hurt to say thank you, if someone has genuinely helped you out don't forget to drop a reaction on their posts, help others where ever you can and finally we are a team first and always.
Check your stats out here! Bare in mind it can take some time for your first WUs to appear so leave it a day or two.
https://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/search.php
Please follow the guides below to help with set-up and troubleshooting. These are mostly older guides but are still quite useful for most things.
I will be reaching out to people in the coming weeks in regards to forming the team for folding month 2020, if anyone has helped out with a previous event and would like to lend a hand on this one please do drop me a message on here and I will take note of your interest!
I will be posting more details when it becomes relevant to do so.
Also I will be talking with LMG to see about them sorting prizes and the like as they have done for the folding month events in the past. usually I end up leaving this too late so I'm trying to keep on top of it this year.
Finally, A big thank you to everyone who is or have folded, and a special thank you to the guys that help new members and keep this thread alive, you are appreciated!
@leadeater or @palespartan can one of you pin this up top so people can see it please.
The option to do that without those commands is now on the new layout! There are Online, Away, Invisible and Offline status now.
On the friends' settings menu (friend->cogwheel top right) there's an option called "Sign in to friends when steam client starts". If you turn it off, steam always starts offline, like I said before that was present on the old steam version.
NCIX: http://bit.ly/16VOcqM
Amazon: http://geni.us/IXM
When Linus left his XPS 12 out in the rain, he was devastated - but its fantastic recovery provided a new, slightly unorthodox benchmark for new Dell notebooks like the XPS 13...
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DnL got a reaction from TVwazhere in LTT Official Folding Month 2020!!!
DnL got a reaction from GOTSpectrum in LTT Official Folding Month 2020!!!
DnL got a reaction from MrFinn741 in LTT Official Folding Month 2020!!!
DnL got a reaction from chaozbandit in LTT Official Folding Month 2020!!!
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