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I run only the spstarter WU because they have a fairly consistent run times. I've seen Test Separator WU that are very short and the more times the BOINC Client has to load/unload WU the less time it spends crunching. I don't really know how much difference it makes (if any) but I stick with the sps...

SolidAir79 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:47 pm Hey I broke into the top 20 on the challenge today

Congrats, that is a great accomplishment. BUT, it looks like you will probably move up higher than that before it is over

Wattage calcs will be wrong Run Time CPU Time Credit Per day/proc Credit per kWH Application 3077.13 3075.13 32 57,756 9,626 Random-base WEP Factorization v1.13 3070.89 3069.42 32 57,261 9,543 Random-base WEP Factorization v1.13 3071.90 3065.40 32 58,052 9,675 Random-base WEP Factorization v1.13 307...

2990WX native 64t @ 3.3G 34714481 16490691 4 Mar 2020, 5:48:46 UTC 5 Mar 2020, 11:05:12 UTC Completed and validated 3,077.13 3,075.13 32.14 Random-base WEP Factorization v1.13 34714154 16490528 4 Mar 2020, 5:43:08 UTC 5 Mar 2020, 11:04:49 UTC Completed and validated 3,070.89 3,069.42 31.80 Random-ba...

It looks like CoolAtchOk may be waving the white flag. His output has really dropped off

I've seen him do that in the past where it became apparent that Russia Team wasn't going to win.

davidBAM wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 1:19 pm Hang on @Bryan - that sounds like you have a few shreds of decency about you when you personally assured me you didn't

It's all done with smoke and mirrors

I'm trying to improve my image but unfortunately too many people actually know me

Surely, I am not that bad that you can't work together with me and as such you are leaving us? I am harmless I tell you, harmless...When it is a challenge that TSBT is involved with, there is no time to help other teams. Each to their own I suppose. Having said that, please do not think that I do n...

I'm moving back to XS but I'll keep an eye on how things are going. From the last 2 hours it looks like you guys won't need any help.

WELCOME ABOARD PETE

Nice one Steve! Got any more? Can I move back to XS?

I happen to know him well and I can guarantee he has no decency! A real scoundrel.

YO PETE, where you at? You are needed

Yeh, and he is on a team that isn't even entered in the challenge ... just goes to show you can't believe everything you read

Time to wake up guys ... Russia Team is off an running

Where's Pete, I thought he was concentrating on Gerasim for TSBT.

I think it is 65C. I have to down clock mine to stock (3.0) to run PG. @3.3 they throttle ... on air.

NVM

My laptop went crazy! Sorry.

davidBAM wrote: ↑Fri Jan 24, 2020 6:39 pm We are just a tad competitive on here

Speak for yourself, there isn't a competitive bone in my body

I'm starting to get run over! We're still holding 3rd though.

Somebody get a picture ... we're in 3rd.

In olden times you needed to check which "core" worked best with each GPU/CPU ... you can set them in "preferences" and it used to make a HUGE difference. The auto-detect may be better now. Look at THIS thread. It tells how to run the benchmark test to determine the best "co...

Linux runs native, Win runs VBox.

The problem isn't hyperthreading. The issue is it slams ALL WU onto the 1st 32 threads of a machine. If you only have 32 threads then it isn't an issue.

The WU MUST be downloaded after the start of the challenge.

The server status is showing the avg to be 1.7 hours so I guess they are running a shorter batch of WU now.

No, you would wind up with the top 2 dies sitting idle and all 32 WU stuck on the 16 cores of the bottom 2 dies. BTW, unless they've changed the WU do NOT checkpoint so once started you want to make sure they keep on keepin' on. When they 1st started the project ALL WU were assigned to the 1st threa...

No, regardless of how many instances are run ALL QuChem WU will be assigned to the 1st 32 threads with the taskset affinity mask. You could certainly run another project on the top 32 threads but then you are using HT and the QuChem WU will take twice as long as running with threads vs cores. The Wu...

There is a native Linux app that doesn't require VBox and it runs quite well. The only caveat is you need to turn HT OFF if you have more than 32 threads. The app issues the taskset command 0xFFFFFFFF that puts all running WU onto the 1st 32 threads. Quite often the program launches child processes ...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

I very rarely have any problems but every night I do mark all messages read.

Hi Gibson. I'm glad to see that you've joined TSBT. There are some really nice folks here ... hopefully some of the nice ones will welcome you like these guys did

I'm one of those Scole mentioned who troll the TSBT forums.

Finishing in 6th place on a PG project challenge is a fantastic effort!!

there is often a negative connotation. There was the incident almost two years ago with the Pentathlon where several people tried to bunker PSA units and the admins reacted very badly ( and incorrectly to my mind since I was one of those people :x ) You, Scole, and myself ... they weren't happy wit...

I guess that is an easy decision then. Or don't finish would work too

Since my output won't change our final standings then I'll start moving the CPUs back to Gerasim today.

I'm running open. I moved some CPUs to WCG so I've slowed down a little. That figures! I've been hitting it with everything I've got trying to catch up to you and then I find out I'm picking on a cripple :lol: I'm really having a hard time deciding what I want to do. 4.5M more and I'd get my 1st 20...

Gregg, when you and davidBAM start finishing those long WU we should improve on the 12th position!

I can't wait to see the results when those WU start finishing Gregg :dance: I'm running the GFN 21s. I'm wondering if I should switch to the longer WU on the GTX 1080Ti since they have a higher bonus. Anyone know how long they take on a 1080Ti. They're taking 33k seconds on the 21s. I'm having to ru...

Gibson Praise wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2019 8:57 pm If you get even more support, then I might just have to eat my words .

Start chewing

Actually once it starts you run 1 hr WU and as small of a cache as you can - as in tiny. Rosetta puts out new series of WU quite frequently. They pay 2 to 4X higher until enough get returned and then it figures out what they should pay and adjusts the credits downwards. If you have a big cache you w...

There has been some migration from Russia and Russia Team HERE.

MegaCruncher did you fall alseep at the wheel?

Unfortunately I only have 1/3 of the fleet that will dual boot remotely so I can't add more.

There is NO setting on the 2990 that will make a difference ... been there and done that. Theoretically, if you only run 32 threads with HT ON then the internal scheduler of the CPU will put all working threads on the 1st 2 dies that have direct memory access. The 2nd 2 dies will be inactive. You wo...

Due to the VBox requirement, Cosmo is one of my least favorite projects. The reason that I had turned HT OFF is that after I found my dual Intels were kicking the 2990s butt VietOz and I started experimenting. No matter how we set them up the 2990s perform quite a bit worse. I finally found a thread...

I looked at a dual Intel box and I was running 7 threads/WU. BTW, you do have to have VBox installed to run any apps except the Legacy WU. Legacy is single threaded but it doesn't pay as well as the docker app. EDIT: Cosmo really doesn't use the threads efficiently so you don't want to use any more ...

On some machines if you don't have enough threads running it then they will error out. That limit seems to change over time. I've had machines that would work fine with 4 threads but a month later they need 6 or 8 to be successful. I ran some in Sept and this is the app_config I ran on the 2990WXs. ...

Congrats Dirk

I haven't been doing the star thingy for the past 6 months or so because I've been working on credit milestones, but I did get my 22nd star last week.

I honestly don't know the answer to that. I'm pretty sure it starts at 0000 UTC and I think it is on Nov 4th.

I don't think we are going to worry about week 4. The next thing of interest starts Nov 4 and that is the PURE event. That is based on points and the pay-to-play teams don't get to compete. If Zika is available you can start bunkering on the 25th.

I believe the PURE week starts Nov 4. If they still have Zika available then you can load up on the 25th. It is the highest paying project ... MIPs is the worst.

If Zika is gone I don't really know what is best after that.

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