LTT Folding Team's Emergency Response to Covid-19

[Alex Atkin UK]

1 hour ago, BlueJedi said:

I've been tempted. I end up spending a lot of time anyway working through a lot of weird issues trying to get AMD cards going on Linux with the amdgpu-pro drivers.

Yeah I wanted to try my lowly R5 2500U on Linux as I'm curious if it would push the performance up just enough to be worth using the GPU, on Windows the one WU I tried went an hour over the timeout which sucked.   I mean I get its insanely weak, but if I could just get it to complete WUs in under 24 hours it would at least count.   Besides, its worth just seeing how different it performs to Windows even if it ends up still be unusable.

Its bad enough with NVIDIA, it seems I can either get OpenCL and CUDA working, or the 32bit libraries required to run Steam, not both.  But that using pre-packaged drivers for you I guess.

[Pasi123]

Here is a list of what I'm folding on:
1. Xeon X5670 @ 4.4GHz 6c/12t and GTX 960
2. Core i5-3450 @ 3.7GHz 4c/4t, GTX 760 and GT 430
3. Xeon X5677 @ stock 4c/8t and GTX 660
4. Core i3-4150 @ stock 2c/4t and GT 640

 

I'm also going to install F@H to my old laptop with an i5-3210M

[LFreeman]

1 minute ago, YellowJersey said:

After one week of folding with 5 machines going 24h a day, I'm at 280,342 points.

Better than not even trying. Or better yet it's better than those who work on it for a day and give up.

[Inkertus]

Does the "download ahead of finish" thing only download ahead for one slot?  I have a GPU unit ready for # crunching but the CPU doesn't and they'll finish about the same time.

EDIT: there it went.  my blind ass just missed the % done.  all good.

[LFreeman]

2 minutes ago, Pasi123 said:

Here is a list of what I'm folding on:
1. Xeon X5670 @ 4.4GHz 6c/12t and GTX 960
2. Core i5-3450 @ 3.7GHz 4c/4t, GTX 760 and GT 430
3. Xeon X5677 @ stock 4c/8t and GTX 660
4. Core i3-4150 @ stock 2c/4t and GT 640

 

I'm also going to install F@H to my old laptop with an i5-3210M

At least your Xeons have GPUs attached. My E5-2450 v2s don't.

[YellowJersey]

2 minutes ago, LFreeman said:

Better than not even trying. Or better yet it's better than those who work on it for a day and give up.

 

That's the point.  So fire up that lenovo workstation and give er'!

[hydrochloric]

5 minutes ago, Pasi123 said:

Here is a list of what I'm folding on:
1. Xeon X5670 @ 4.4GHz 6c/12t and GTX 960
2. Core i5-3450 @ 3.7GHz 4c/4t, GTX 760 and GT 430
3. Xeon X5677 @ stock 4c/8t and GTX 660
4. Core i3-4150 @ stock 2c/4t and GT 640

 

I'm also going to install F@H to my old laptop with an i5-3210M

Pretty sure your i3/i5 are better than my E5-1620 and Phenom 1100T.  What PPDs do they make?

[REDYul]

5 minutes ago, Pasi123 said:

Here is a list of what I'm folding on:
1. Xeon X5670 @ 4.4GHz 6c/12t and GTX 960
2. Core i5-3450 @ 3.7GHz 4c/4t, GTX 760 and GT 430
3. Xeon X5677 @ stock 4c/8t and GTX 660
4. Core i3-4150 @ stock 2c/4t and GT 640

 

I'm also going to install F@H to my old laptop with an i5-3210M

how much points are you getting per day?

[WaldorfMan]

5 minutes ago, YellowJersey said:

After one week of folding with 5 machines going 24h a day, I'm at 280,342 points.

I've got an old ass 2006-ish Dell Inspiron with a Centrino CPU crunching on WUs that take about 3 days a pop.  Also have a 2013-ish iMac that MIGHT finish one WU in 24 hours.  Even though my main rig can pump out a few WUs a day, these other two old and busteds are still churning on WUs... solving problems, contributing to the research, and - yeah, gettin' me points.  But, each CPU or GPU cycle is one cycle closer to stomping out diseases.  Don't let it get to you.  Everything helps! 

[cbigfoot]

all my quad core systems with good graphics will be getting the cpu a break for now (my 7775 will be getting a 50% reduction in cpu usage) as it appears haveing an idle or not busy ram and cpu makes the vcard do better...at least with team red. if my PPD drops any thing worth writing home about i may revise my statement. lol

[YellowJersey]

1 minute ago, WaldorfMan said:

I've got an old ass 2006-ish Dell Inspiron with a Centrino CPU crunching on WUs that take about 3 days a pop.  Also have a 2013-ish iMac that MIGHT finish one WU in 24 hours.  Even though my main rig can pump out a few WUs a day, these other two old and busteds are still churning on WUs... solving problems, contributing to the research, and - yeah, gettin' me points.  But, each CPU or GPU cycle is one cycle closer to stomping out diseases.  Don't let it get to you.  Everything helps! 

Oh, I'm not discouraged. I just wish I could contribute more.

[LFreeman]

1 minute ago, cbigfoot said:

all my quad core systems with good graphics will be getting the cpu a break for now (my 7775 will be getting a 50% reduction in cpu usage as it appears haveing an idle or not busy ram and cpu makes the vcard do better...at least with team red.

Gonna give my gaming rig a break from folding and actually game on it. 

[WaldorfMan]

1 minute ago, WaldorfMan said:

I've got an old ass 2006-ish Dell Inspiron with a Centrino CPU crunching on WUs that take about 3 days a pop.  Also have a 2013-ish iMac that MIGHT finish one WU in 24 hours.  Even though my main rig can pump out a few WUs a day, these other two old and busteds are still churning on WUs... solving problems, contributing to the research, and - yeah, gettin' me points.  But, each CPU or GPU cycle is one cycle closer to stomping out diseases.  Don't let it get to you.  Everything helps! 

Oh - and I don't hold a candle to some of those out there with their Theadrippers, muli-2080s, and wicked cooling systems.   

[hydrochloric]

2 minutes ago, YellowJersey said:

Oh, I'm not discouraged. I just wish I could contribute more.

I have a Lenovo S30 box laying around that just needs RAM, it's got a Quadro K600 & E5-1620.  I'm not likely to use it any time soon.

 

But I don't know how I'd get it to Canada, lol.

[LFreeman]

Just now, hydrochloric said:

I have a Lenovo S30 box laying around that just needs RAM, it's got a Quadro K600 & E5-1620.  I'm not likely to use it any time soon.

 

But I don't know how I'd get it to Canada, lol.

What ram do you need? I have a bit laying round.

[LFreeman]

Just now, LFreeman said:

What ram do you need? I have a bit laying round.

Would be cool if someone donated shipping for that. I would ship RAM.

[hydrochloric]

Just now, LFreeman said:

What ram do you need? I have a bit laying round.

Uhh....  good question.  Some form of ECC DDR2, I assume.  Let me see what the other one uses.

[WaldorfMan]

2 minutes ago, WaldorfMan said:

Oh - and I don't hold a candle to some of those out there with their Theadrippers, muli-2080s, and wicked cooling systems.   

Plus, this is my frustration lately... like a bad rollercoaster.  Is everyone else's stats showing like this?  Oh - but don't fret about Friday and Saturday... needed some gaming time.

 

[LFreeman]

@WaldorfMan Where is that pic taken at?

[WaldorfMan]

Just now, LFreeman said:

@WaldorfMan Where is that pic taken at?

https://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=904480

[ykdave]

7 hours ago, ZombieStew said:

Hmmmm, I must be the exception then since i am running F@H on 4 desktops and a laptop all running Windows 10 that have been running full bore for 11 straight days and counting with no issues churning out 9 to 10 million PPD.

i havent been a 24/7/365 folder but ive always done it on some version of windows and the only time its BSOD'd is when i touch the wrong thing while its working 

[LFreeman]

2 minutes ago, hydrochloric said:

Uhh....  good question.  Some form of ECC DDR2, I assume.  Let me see what the other one uses.

Don't have ECC DDR2. I have ECC DDR3..

[Arrogath]

1 minute ago, WaldorfMan said:

Plus, this is my frustration lately... like a bad rollercoaster.  Is everyone else's stats showing like this?  Oh - but don't fret about Friday and Saturday... needed some gaming time.

my folding stats are also a mess, there's also a dead spot where I got sick of trying to get the client to upload finished work or get new work. I feel like everyone's will look like this to some extent with some people having horseshoes up their ass getting WU and having little issues uploading

[Pasi123]

6 minutes ago, REDYul said:

how much points are you getting per day?

My main PC isn't in these stats yet because I didn't run F@H on it until some hours ago.

 

And here is list of estimated PPD from the PCs:
1. 185k
2. 97k
3. 87k
4. 18k

[WaldorfMan]

1 minute ago, LFreeman said:

@WaldorfMan Where is that pic taken at?

Oh - duh me - click on the "Hourly" link on the left hand side of your chart.