6 figures for JockMacMad

Post by **Megacruncher** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:24 am

Crazy name, crazy progress. After just over a month of Boincing Jock has passed 100,000! Well done! :wav:

Post by **jockmacmad2** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:37 am

Thank you 8)

MacDitch · Post by **MacDitch** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:10 pm

Crazy name, crazy progress. After just over a month of Boincing Jock has passed 100,000! Well done! :wav:

Crikey! Well done that man, now slow down and stop making me look bad.

Post by **rowpie** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:53 pm

never slow down! you just need to speed up

Post by **jockmacmad2** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:35 am

GTX-260 on my desk to go in to replace the 8800GTX and hopefully the GTX-295 i7 tomorrow whoohoo.

Post by **Megacruncher** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:15 am

Crikey! Well done that man, now slow down and stop making me look bad.

Irresponsible advice & totally unnecessary: Nothing would ever make you look bad McD. Slow , maybe, but never bad

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Your mission, should you chose to accept it Jock, is to make ME look slow!
Edit: If of course you can make Merlin look slow we really will be impressed!

MacDitch · Post by **MacDitch** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:04 am

Ok, ok, I retract my request for jockmacmad2 to slow down. I'll just have to find some way of upping my through-put.

Post by **jockmacmad2** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:40 am

Make Merlyn look slow. loooooool.

That, I'm afraid, I'm willing to accept is beyond me.

Post by **rowpie** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:34 am

ok then how about this.

your challange should you chose to accepct it (and you will) is to become the 7th crunching member of tsbt to have a combined rac of over 10k a day.

onwards!!!

Post by **jockmacmad2** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:04 pm

Hmm not just yet.

The GTX-260 does not fit. The shielding is a tad bigger than that on the 8800GTX and catches the RAM banks and a capacitor

. I have nothing else to plug it in to see if it works so I'm no ripping the shielding off just yet.

i7 delayed to mid to late next week as they cannot get hold of the motherboard. I calmly screamed then get a different make.

So new MB for the Q6600 so I can get the 260 in. Another bargain turned expense lol.

To quote our bard ...

"The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, gang aft agley."

Post by **jockmacmad2** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:12 pm

your challange should you chose to accepct it (and you will) is to become the 7th crunching member of tsbt to have a combined rac of over 10k a day.

Ramping up

Looking like the GTX-295 will turn in about 21k for the day. Showing RAC of nearly 2000 aleady

Post by **rowpie** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:17 pm

i didnt say you were aloud to pass me!!!

ok im taking MacDitchs side now!

(must save money and find excuse to build new file server... low power of course..... except for graphics)

Post by **jockmacmad2** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:54 pm

Your safe for now. Seems the update only picked 10k of it up

I decided to build my old Q6600 into a rack case with the GTX-260 (but only the 192) seeing as the shop hadn't rehoused it to a desktop as I asked. Damn shame I got them to get me a non-SLI MB board.

But I did order the second GTX-295 for this machine

Albeit I have to boot back to this ZX80 oops Vista 32 to run them.

BSRac for GPUGRID now showing 10,652 that must be wrong

Post by **rowpie** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:43 pm

i find that bs stats for gpu are normally a day out completly for some reason.

I use http://ubt-seti.dyndns.org/tsbt/SC.php?cs=1&sz=2&rp=0 provided by a rival team which is much more accurate with hourly updates.

Your stats for gpu grid are here http://ubt-seti.dyndns.org/tsbt/ubt_gra ... rname=Jock which im sure are much closer to what you were expecting.

I shall enjoy watching you pass me when it comes!

Post by **jockmacmad2** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:35 am

Rowpie

your challange should you chose to accepct it (and you will) is to become the 7th crunching member of tsbt to have a combined rac of over 10k a day.

- Tick - Shooting for 100k RAC today :)

Mega

Your mission, should you chose to accept it Jock, is to make ME look slow!

it doesn't count as slow just yet though, think I passed at about 1mph lol. Let's see if the RAC will hold when MW changes

I see you (mostly) dropped MW and went back to GPUGrid?

We are 1st, 5,6 and 7 by RAC in the UK now.

Just a million a day short of Merlyn now

EDIT: WHOOT 100K RAC.....

That should mean were up to 8th by RAC after the next update.

EDIT2: now 100th in the world based on RAC. I'm off to find and open abottle of whisky myself lol

Post by **rowpie** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:01 am

right this has gone on long enough. i need more gpu power!!!

Post by **jockmacmad2** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:48 am

TBH either go nVidia or wait to see what the new Milkyway is like now it's been rewritten as a CUDA app, with Cluster Physik (Gipsel) doing the ATI again.

Now Travis has said the points will remain the same but before I bought hardware I'd wait lol.

Look at it this way I was getting 22k+ RAC (I believe the max is actually around 70k) on a Â£120 ATI card or the same on Â£460 nVidia. I appreciate GPUGrid has increased the rewards but I'm still seeing my RAC grow at < 50% of the ATI for 2x the cost in Â£ by going nVidia. i.e. last 24 hours 2 x nVidia GTX-295 = 54k credit. 2 x ATI HD4850x2 = 117k credit.

Now going MW really does only work if there are WU's available and TBH this has been the problem. THe GPUGrid is pretty much guaranteed to have work the ATI's idle for large periods.

As I said though this may all change in the next week or so.

Post by **rowpie** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:09 pm

already bought a few bits for a modding lan system project ober the last week. I have a 4850 stting behind me not plugged in. just need to get it up and running faster lol

Post by **jockmacmad2** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:21 pm

I just swapped the 260 out for the spare 4850 given that MW is temporarily working for me lol.

Maximise the opportunity :)

Post by **Megacruncher** » Mon May 04, 2009 11:38 pm

A while back I rashly said,

Your mission, should you chose to accept it Jock, is to make ME look slow!

Okay, with his RAC of 173K, Newbie of the Year, JockMacMad does indeed make me, with my puny 54K, look very slow indeed. So well done you & I look forward to being overtaken in the autumn. :)

Post by **jockmacmad2** » Thu May 07, 2009 10:52 pm

Your timing was impeccable as I had to shut down for 48 hours :)

Will slowly be bringing things back but till MW or some other ATI friendly project comes along I'm going to be back around the 100k mark.

Post by **Megacruncher** » Fri May 08, 2009 12:31 am

Even if you are down to 100K per day you will still be making me, and all but a hundred or so of the 1.67 million Boincers world-wide, look slow. 8)

I warned you that Milkyway was a waste of time but hopefully you can continue to get some value from it.

I hope you get back up and running soon.

Post by **aardvark** » Fri May 08, 2009 11:22 pm

Well done Jockmacmad2. You must generate enough heat to grow tomatoes, or perhaps bananas (a good side line maybe).

Keith

Post by **Megacruncher** » Fri May 15, 2009 1:26 am

And Jockmacmad moves up to TSBT 7th :wav:.
He is also a deceptively modest 861st by credit worldwide. He is a a rather more realistic 79th (worldwide) by RAC!

Post by **jockmacmad2** » Fri May 15, 2009 1:16 pm

Thank you, thank you.

Yes 79th. Next goal is to try to get back to around the mid 30's to 40's by RAC which I had in April I think. It was blow by blow passing IBM and I see there at 34th now so that's my goal to pass them again.

Bananas now there's an idea.

I have to say the AC unit is awesome, and it's way quieter then the screaming 8,000 rpm fans on the Dells, apart from it makes the leccy bill even higher. Wish I was not on a silly top-up electric key thing but it adds a certain edge to not knowing if you'll make it to morning without the power going off lol.

MacDitch · Post by **MacDitch** » Fri May 15, 2009 1:40 pm

Wish I was not on a silly top-up electric key thing but it adds a certain edge to not knowing if you'll make it to morning without the power going off lol.

I'm sorry; that just made me laugh!

Thanks for the cheer-up as we go into the weekend. :)

Post by **jockmacmad2** » Mon May 18, 2009 9:52 pm

Ahh.

Looks like an extended work trip will run into my annual holiday.

Looking like a 5 week shutdown from this evening

I was hoping to break the 10 million barrier in the 5 months but looks now like work has conspired against me

EDIT: LOL and just in time for Milkyway CUDA (and hopefully ATI) App to finally come online.

Ahh the pain ..

Wonder if I convince the housesitter to keep the key topped up and avoid the 'leccy lotto'.

Post by **Megacruncher** » Tue May 19, 2009 8:44 am

Five week shut-down!!!!

That's about 5 million credits.

Your housesitter needs a crash course in farm-management & left with an inexhaustible suppy of 'leccy vouchers.

Still life goes on, so enjoy your holiday - if you can.

Post by **jockmacmad2** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:13 am

Managed to get home for the weekend and wind up a couple of machines.

Damn if I didnt have to reinstall the main MW machine with Windows 7 RC to find I simply cannot get it and Catalyst 9.5 to play ball.

I see the MW CUDA app is at 0.04 so hopefully by the time I get back Travis and Cluster may have it all rocking and rolling.

It's a real shame that he chose to switch it to Single Precision FP. Means the ATI's will not have the uber performance gain over the nVidias.

Post by **jockmacmad2** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:32 pm

Wish I hadn't bothered.

Vista is dead on the main MW machine and been to Windows 7 and back to Vista still no luck with the DLL's and Gipsels mod. Shut it down early as I'm about to take a hammer to it.

GTX-260 machine is returning completed 4 tasks in the day from GPUGrid and will not get any more. Tried detaching and all sorts to no avail. Shut it down early. This is a new problem not sure of the cause.

Other MW machine is seeing 2 or 3 units a day lol.

Only the gtx-295 machine is maxed out.

Nice mess I have to come home to lol. I can see 2 weeks de-stressing all blown apart after being back 48 hours and swearing at Vista.

In the mean time 'ya'll kick ass' as they say in parts foreign.

Post by **Megacruncher** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:29 am

Welcome back!
Fash ye not. I'm sure you'll get it all working soon enough and will soon be kicking ass all over the place.
My main frustration just now is that it's too hot to have the farm at full throttle: So I've got the 3 single GPU machines switched off from 8am to 10pm and only the 2 x 260 crunching 24/7. Never mind- it's supposed to be cold on Wednesday. 8)

Post by **jockmacmad2** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:24 pm

Oh FFS

I have been away for 4 days and come home to find I had set GPUGrid to 'No New Tasks'.

I'm awa tae boil ma heid.

Post by **Megacruncher** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:32 am

Oh FFS

.... set GPUGrid to 'No New Tasks'.

That's a scunner and no mistake. I wondered why your initial burst was not sustained!

Post by **jockmacmad2** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:23 pm

The sound of humming and AirCon units

I'm back and happy to see that all things ATI are goooood.

Lets see what a few more GPU's can do :)

Post by **rowpie** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:29 pm

you begger!

and here i thought i might catch you with 1 and a bit ati cards.

got for it mate.

steve · Post by **steve** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:05 am

jockmacmad2 wrote:
The sound of humming and AirCon units
I'm back and happy to see that all things ATI are goooood.

Lets see what a few more GPU's can do :)

Thank god for that ! The wall's have started to melt
Perhaps I can now switch a few off for the summer

Post by **jockmacmad2** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:10 pm

Well I hope the walls are gradually cooling there.

Nice work so far 380k in a 22hours so all is very very good :) Although respect to Rowpie there good figures for 2 cards. Seems I am still having some starvation on Milkyway in that I cannot get enough units for one machine. I may pull a 260 and swap an ATI over to see if I can maximise throughput a little more. Or maybe get a 4770 and see how that perfoems as the 260 is GPUGrid error city.

Also seems like according to Temujin I have broken the 10 million barrier today, but prob show up tomorrow on BOINCStats.

MacDitch · Post by **MacDitch** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:32 pm

I have broken the 10 million barrier today, but prob show up tomorrow on BOINCStats.

Congratulations on reaching eight figures. :thumbup:

Post by **rowpie** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:20 pm

congrats on the mega millionaire. hope to see you there shortly. :)

Post by **Megacruncher** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:46 am

Well done Jock a spectacular comeback for sure!

As for you Steve, your recent output is totally awesome.

8) Largely because of you - although the rest of us are doing our best- there is a real possibility that TSBT will become the UK#1 within the next 9 months or so.
TFA or what? 8)

steve · Post by **steve** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:14 am

Megacruncher wrote:Well done Jock a spectacular comeback for sure!
As for you Steve, your recent output is totally awesome. 8) Largely because of you - although the rest of us are doing our best- there is a real possibility that TSBT will become the UK#1 within the next 9 months or so.
TFA or what? 8)

Unless the weather cool's I will have to shut at least 1/3 of the ati machines off... outside temp here today 22c inside 49c

Post by **Reeltime** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:07 pm

steve wrote:
Megacruncher wrote:Well done Jock a spectacular comeback for sure!
As for you Steve, your recent output is totally awesome. 8) Largely because of you - although the rest of us are doing our best- there is a real possibility that TSBT will become the UK#1 within the next 9 months or so.
TFA or what? 8)

Unless the weather cool's I will have to shut at least 1/3 of the ati machines off... outside temp here today 22c inside 49c

49C Ouch... thought about putting a few more in, and opning up a Sauna?

Post by **rowpie** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:32 pm

my room hits about 32 - 34 while im out during the day. get the air con on as soon as i get back though to bring it back down to a much more managable 22.

Post by **jockmacmad2** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:33 pm

I run my aircon at about 25. I used to have it at 22 but I now find it actually turns off more and doesn't quite cane the electric as much.

steve · Post by **steve** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:19 am

rowpie wrote:my room hits about 32 - 34 while im out during the day. get the air con on as soon as i get back though to bring it back down to a much more managable 22.

A/C is flat out 2 main units and 2 portable units Have pulled the plug on the nvidia machines as these produce the most heat ... Weather forcast for friday here is outside 25c FIRE EXTINGUISHER on standby

Post by **Megacruncher** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:55 am

Too much. Call me an amatur but I couldn't be arsed with having a house full of aircon units just to cope with the computers - as my beloved puts it, particularly when the children are crying because they can't sleep for the heat, "wouldn't it be simpler to switch the f***ing things off".

Nightlord · Post by **Nightlord** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:40 pm

wouldn't it be simpler to switch the f***ing things off

......there's a phrase that a rung through the ears of many an addicted cruncher.

It took a major upheaval and re-evaluation for me to turn the damned things off....but then a few months later I turned a few of them back on again....so what does that say about me?

As for aircon..... where we live on the edge of the Southern Uplands, aircon is free and has 100% uptime, if you open the window. Checkout the weather in the signature link

Post by **Megacruncher** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:45 am

Being in the suburbs of Auld Reekie, surrounded by canyon like tenements, I find there is less breeze than I might get if I lived in the shadow of Tinto: I work in the shadow of Tinto so I really notice the difference.

Never mind, the Boinc Farm, or the 4 machines comprising it's rump, is soon to descend to the Boinc basement, a new space currently being carved from the bowels of the earth, under Megacruncher Mansion, by Polish labourers, who I have to say are treated shamefully by their Scottish foremen, but at least they are cheap.

The shell of my new den/study/playroom already exists and pleasantly cool it is too. Some of the heat will convect upwards but it should be a bit more disappated by the time it gets up to the nocturnally inhabited level , 2 floors up.

And while I'm in there, rather than just opening a wee windae, I can open a miniscule windae plus a muckle great door opening straight into the garden. This should ease the summer crunching thermal issues a little.

In winter it should be a usefull source of underfloor heating which will help our poor underpowered Raeburn keep the house warm enough. Come the autumn I might even invest in some auxilliary underfloor heating- know what I mean? The big question is, will I have the discipline to swith it off when next summer arrives?

Post by **Reeltime** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:28 am

Megacruncher wrote: The big question is, will I have the discipline to swith it off when next summer arrives?

I think I might know the answer to that...

Post by **rowpie** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:32 pm

i sence an air con in your basements future.

its 2 floors down so you wont hear it so much