LTT Official Folding Month 2020!!!

[marknd59]

20 minutes ago, DonGuano said:

Where can I confirm my sign up went through?

The list  will soon be published so everyone can check and make any correction that are needed. I'll give you a hint you are not one of around 10% of people that messed it up.

[DonGuano]

thanks.

[justpoet]

7 hours ago, marknd59 said:

The list  will soon be published so everyone can check and make any correction that are needed. I'll give you a hint you are not one of around 10% of people that messed it up.

Must be me.  Typing my name twice was too hard.

[GOTSpectrum]

@TVwazhere you gonna get this bad boi featured now with only a month to go! 

 

I'll be posting the list most probably tomorrow guys, so keep an eye out!

[cbigfoot]

3 hours ago, justpoet said:

Must be me.  Typing my name twice was too hard.

tell me about it cbigfoot bigcfoot see i cant do it...

[Legatus Navium]

Looking forward to this event, I hope to do better this time around then the last event. Folding for the Cure.

[BulletMagnetEd]

Yeah, I had to sign up. I've been running my rigs flat out for months doing F@H. I might as well get a badge for my trouble.

[GOTSpectrum]

And the first blog post is now live with a link to the current list of sign ups, there's also a little gleam giveaway in that, will be added to the OP too!

 

 

[TVwazhere]

On 9/12/2020 at 3:22 PM, GOTSpectrum said:

@TVwazhere you gonna get this bad boi featured now with only a month to go! 

 

I'll be posting the list most probably tomorrow guys, so keep an eye out!

Was on vacation last week, now featured

[ColdPressCoconutOil]

i run pretty weak rigs, and im getting a powerful pc only until 2021. is there a system requirement of any such, or can i fold on a pentium e5200 and a celeron n3350?

[Helpful Tech Witch]

I guess i need a 250w PSU. Mine died for my second rig. See what a C2Q can acually do.

[Vector0102]

Hmmm....... Vega 64 intensifies

[FakeNSA]

After finishing my test run last week, I think I might be able to participate this year!

My and my 1060 are ready to (minutely) contribute.

[justpoet]

1 hour ago, ColdPressCoconutOil said:

i run pretty weak rigs, and im getting a powerful pc only until 2021. is there a system requirement of any such, or can i fold on a pentium e5200 and a celeron n3350?

You wouldn't expect a lot of output from them, but they can certainly run folding @ home and help the cause.

[Kanna]

Maybe I should start folding I have another PC but will it damage anything (I'm new to this) Don't even know if I should trust the PSU

[piratemonkey]

1 hour ago, Kanna said:

Maybe I should start folding I have another PC but will it damage anything (I'm new to this) Don't even know if I should trust the PSU

It won't "damage" anything, but it will of course sustain more wear than regular use

[Favebook]

49 minutes ago, piratemonkey said:

It won't "damage" anything, but it will of course sustain more wear than regular use

GPUs and CPUs are made to be used, not stored. "Sustain more wear than regular use" is like believing GPU mining will damage the GPUs which is not true. GPU mining with bad settings and high temperatures can damage the GPUs, same goes for CPUs. And same can be said for Folding. But if you keep your temps at reasonable level, you won't notice "more wear than regular use" even after those units become obsolete. 

 

Therefore, @Kanna, just check your temps from time to time, fold away and do not worry about such stuff. If your GPU/CPU survived all the gaming and other tasks, Folding will not hurt it any more than that, unless you start pushing the limits with hard OC and overvoltage. I recommend power limiting your GPUs as they will draw much less power, produce much less heat and lose only 5-10% PPD.

 

~75% PL on all my cards so far has been the sweet spot. Overclocking will not bring you much PPD but it will bring more heat and power draw.

[Zberg]

7 hours ago, piratemonkey said:

It won't "damage" anything, but it will of course sustain more wear than regular use

 

6 hours ago, Favebook said:

GPUs and CPUs are made to be used, not stored. "Sustain more wear than regular use" is like believing GPU mining will damage the GPUs which is not true.

I will say I did have some concerns from just not knowing really, that mining or non-stop FAH would cause some degradation.  Fortunately lots of good advice here on the forum and discussion about it.

 

One of my cards has folded 24/7 since the March COVID event.  When I go to game on it, it still works like the first day I used it, same clocks, same temps, same performance.  The one on my home rig only gets pushed during folding events, and usually gets gamed on, and no difference there.  

 

I guess I would be wary about a mining card (in terms of buying one) if I couldn't verify the person did not abuse it (high power, overclocked, fans maxed, high temps sustained).  But in my air cooled 24/7 rig, the CPU and GPU both sit in the high 60's to mid 70's, usually right around 68 - stock settings, no OC..  I would wager as long as you are keeping reasonable temps and not pushing it hard to it's limits at all times (esp in temp), it would go on working as usual the way it should (since it's designed for that).

[Zberg]

 

As usual, right next to ol' @cbigfoot!  Seems to always work out that way

[justpoet]

That's 'cause your bigZfoot.

[Rune]

I can't participate this year 

 

Best of luck!

[Antistatic12]

I didn't need a reason to upgrade to a RTX3090 or two, but this will do. I wonder how many here will scoop up some cheap 2080Ti's to boost their rigs.
I hope to beat my place that I came last time, I ranked 39 but was so close to 38.

Good luck everyone.

These are the people I need to beat.

Spoiler

Rank	Forum Name	Points	Week	Month	Day Percent	Week Percent	Month Percent
1	Yggdrasil128	37400602	275399379	886386763	8.75%	8.50%	5.91%
2	Den-Fi	16487941	119595047	660756810	3.86%	3.69%	4.41%
3	Gorgon	15351541	93549318	520575343	3.59%	2.89%	3.47%
4	miker07	10814639	96482129	438025030	2.53%	2.98%	2.92%
5	catawalks	11489945	111093628	415533572	2.69%	3.43%	2.77%
6	_Rlocke	1409853	17852310	221628810	0.33%	0.55%	1.48%
7	JB25304	9991099	71335819	212774860	2.34%	2.20%	1.42%
8	leadeater	4765854	34007061	202564470	1.11%	1.05%	1.35%
9	Favebook	6786688	78422332	191299492	1.59%	2.42%	1.28%
10	GOTSpectrum	5484620	51835849	186742539	1.28%	1.60%	1.25%
11	GoatCrasher	5949123	39701535	175994603	1.39%	1.22%	1.17%
12	DUW1G1T	5191768	35304002	171291278	1.21%	1.09%	1.14%
13	Lucky7	912163	21950439	148483068	0.21%	0.68%	0.99%
14	palespartan	5410607	37039246	145114120	1.27%	1.14%	0.97%
15	cbwgoose	2138923	27010804	138315690	0.50%	0.83%	0.92%
16	Struck	3979973	27282213	126107464	0.93%	0.84%	0.84%
17	Yabdat	3827559	24612964	125065102	0.90%	0.76%	0.83%
18	B_T_B	3996376	27929887	123380554	0.93%	0.86%	0.82%
19	Corrupt_Liberty	2177891	21182175	113999465	0.51%	0.65%	0.76%
20	shaz2sxy	1725184	33358897	107764919	0.40%	1.03%	0.72%
21	MartinSince94	2949615	22175356	103245829	0.69%	0.68%	0.69%
22	Opencircuit74	3990549	44526754	100085756	0.93%	1.37%	0.67%
23	RollinLower	2766669	21206249	95781492	0.65%	0.65%	0.64%
24	SpecialService	2978642	19957695	95510321	0.70%	0.62%	0.64%
25	Cereal5	3521146	23616783	94989005	0.82%	0.73%	0.63%
26	swphreak	5822977	33611775	93957821	1.36%	1.04%	0.63%
27	TVwazhere	2963798	17668894	93520097	0.69%	0.55%	0.62%
28	sanya567xxx	2373610	18978005	92823132	0.56%	0.59%	0.62%
29	Metallus97	1658182	10544491	89789288	0.39%	0.33%	0.60%
30	Teaj	2284715	16924056	87803019	0.53%	0.52%	0.59%
31	TensorVortex	434197	9958598	86700871	0.10%	0.31%	0.58%
32	Fulminatrix	2516963	16225341	82585861	0.59%	0.50%	0.55%
33	LAR_Systems	3532855	23638290	78897023	0.83%	0.73%	0.53%
34	RAS_3885	2308403	13959199	76232271	0.54%	0.43%	0.51%
35	Ta10n	1844350	14790311	75409461	0.43%	0.46%	0.50%
36	sopordave	397529	12558942	74521735	0.09%	0.39%	0.50%
37	yaboistar	4511290	20039573	71245151	1.06%	0.62%	0.48%
38	JoeDaCabbie	514177	14915697	70601802	0.12%	0.46%	0.47%
39	Antistatic12	2683945	15451799	70525305	0.63%	0.48%	0.47%

 

[TVwazhere]

6 hours ago, Antistatic12 said:

I didn't need a reason to upgrade to a RTX3090 or two, but this will do. I wonder how many here will scoop up some cheap 2080Ti's to boost their rigs.
I hope to beat my place that I came last time, I ranked 39 but was so close to 38.

Good luck everyone.

These are the people I need to beat.

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Rank	Forum Name	Points	Week	Month	Day Percent	Week Percent	Month Percent
1	Yggdrasil128	37400602	275399379	886386763	8.75%	8.50%	5.91%
2	Den-Fi	16487941	119595047	660756810	3.86%	3.69%	4.41%
3	Gorgon	15351541	93549318	520575343	3.59%	2.89%	3.47%
4	miker07	10814639	96482129	438025030	2.53%	2.98%	2.92%
5	catawalks	11489945	111093628	415533572	2.69%	3.43%	2.77%
6	_Rlocke	1409853	17852310	221628810	0.33%	0.55%	1.48%
7	JB25304	9991099	71335819	212774860	2.34%	2.20%	1.42%
8	leadeater	4765854	34007061	202564470	1.11%	1.05%	1.35%
9	Favebook	6786688	78422332	191299492	1.59%	2.42%	1.28%
10	GOTSpectrum	5484620	51835849	186742539	1.28%	1.60%	1.25%
11	GoatCrasher	5949123	39701535	175994603	1.39%	1.22%	1.17%
12	DUW1G1T	5191768	35304002	171291278	1.21%	1.09%	1.14%
13	Lucky7	912163	21950439	148483068	0.21%	0.68%	0.99%
14	palespartan	5410607	37039246	145114120	1.27%	1.14%	0.97%
15	cbwgoose	2138923	27010804	138315690	0.50%	0.83%	0.92%
16	Struck	3979973	27282213	126107464	0.93%	0.84%	0.84%
17	Yabdat	3827559	24612964	125065102	0.90%	0.76%	0.83%
18	B_T_B	3996376	27929887	123380554	0.93%	0.86%	0.82%
19	Corrupt_Liberty	2177891	21182175	113999465	0.51%	0.65%	0.76%
20	shaz2sxy	1725184	33358897	107764919	0.40%	1.03%	0.72%
21	MartinSince94	2949615	22175356	103245829	0.69%	0.68%	0.69%
22	Opencircuit74	3990549	44526754	100085756	0.93%	1.37%	0.67%
23	RollinLower	2766669	21206249	95781492	0.65%	0.65%	0.64%
24	SpecialService	2978642	19957695	95510321	0.70%	0.62%	0.64%
25	Cereal5	3521146	23616783	94989005	0.82%	0.73%	0.63%
26	swphreak	5822977	33611775	93957821	1.36%	1.04%	0.63%
27	TVwazhere	2963798	17668894	93520097	0.69%	0.55%	0.62%
28	sanya567xxx	2373610	18978005	92823132	0.56%	0.59%	0.62%
29	Metallus97	1658182	10544491	89789288	0.39%	0.33%	0.60%
30	Teaj	2284715	16924056	87803019	0.53%	0.52%	0.59%
31	TensorVortex	434197	9958598	86700871	0.10%	0.31%	0.58%
32	Fulminatrix	2516963	16225341	82585861	0.59%	0.50%	0.55%
33	LAR_Systems	3532855	23638290	78897023	0.83%	0.73%	0.53%
34	RAS_3885	2308403	13959199	76232271	0.54%	0.43%	0.51%
35	Ta10n	1844350	14790311	75409461	0.43%	0.46%	0.50%
36	sopordave	397529	12558942	74521735	0.09%	0.39%	0.50%
37	yaboistar	4511290	20039573	71245151	1.06%	0.62%	0.48%
38	JoeDaCabbie	514177	14915697	70601802	0.12%	0.46%	0.47%
39	Antistatic12	2683945	15451799	70525305	0.63%	0.48%	0.47%

 

Those are from last year? Damn I dont remmebr doing 27th....

 

I'm definitely gonna be way lower this year since ITNOS hasnt changed, but everyone's been on the RTX/RX train with their folding rigs

[RAS_3885]

Here we go again!

 

I also use folding month as my annual reminder to dust the folding rig since it's out of sight running 24/7 in my basement since the first event in 2018.

[AlTech]

What kind of PPD do I need?

 

My V56 currently says 220K PPD but I won't be running it 24/7 for this.

 

I do have to register my objections to the 1 WU per day thing cos GPU WUs are really huge. Only way I could get this besides running 24/7 is through CPU WUs which are insanely tiny by comparison.

 

Does feel like some of the prize requirements are a bit too high tbh and are unachieveable without either A) 24/7 folding mining on less than a Vega or B) Buying multiple high end GPUs.