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RT
Master Cruncher USA - Texas - DFW Joined: Dec 22, 2004 Post Count: 2636 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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 Good Morn MOT Hey guys; on the discussion on new machines, I suggest that presuming we get some GPU projects going soon, you will get more bang for your buck with GPUs. (When I say "bang for your buck" I mean work accomplished relative to a cure). It is all very confusing in that I don't know if a GPU work unit is as valuable to the researchers as is a CPU work unit. Likewise I don't know how many work units a good GPU will produce in a day or how many points will be assessed for those WUs. And I suspect nanoprobe is right about GPU brand but I want to wait till I need to make that decision before I do. Another way of saying this is that it is possible that $1 spent on the right GPU at the right time might be more valuable to the research and worth more points than $10 spent on fast CPUs. I don't know that for sure but I am in a bit of a holding pattern for that reason. Of course you need PCs to house the GPUs but not necessarily “bleeding edge” PCs. Just a thought from the wilds of Texas. Everyone have a great day. You will be glad you did! |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 08/11 - All Members:
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Points milestones report ======================== No points milestones found.  Runtime milestones report ========================= No runtime milestones found. Results returned milestones report ================================== No results returned milestones found. New members report ================== No new members found. Retired members report ====================== No new retired members found. For the week as a team: Statistics Total Run Time Points Results Team Records: Results Returned: 06/28/2012 8,532 Points: 03/07/2012 2,312,643 Runtime: 04/05/2012 1:197:18:06:42 Good crunching folks!!!!! |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 08/11 - Active Members
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Note: Active members are those who earned points in the prior 30 days. Top Twenty active members returning points today: 01: RT - 253,705 points 02: GeraldRube - 153,426 points 03: judson Somerville MD - 100,300 points 04: xroule - 83,884 points 05: David Autumns - 61,810 points 06: Coingames - 56,730 points 07: dkt - 45,632 points 08: NiceMedTexMD - 40,416 points 09: finman - 24,993 points 10: brown chris - 23,299 points 11: Blueprint - 20,533 points 12: parmesian - 20,245 points 13: pramodp - 19,460 points 14: keithhenry - 17,786 points 15: darth_vader - 17,632 points 16: lawrencehardin - 12,415 points 17: smcclarigan - 11,481 points 18: Jonathon Wright - 8,938 points 19: Fanie - 8,322 points 20: Mechanical - 7,927 points Total points returned today: 1,017,660 Active members returning points today: 30 Average points per member active today: 33,922.0 |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Good Morn MOT Hey guys; on the discussion on new machines, I suggest that presuming we get some GPU projects going soon, you will get more bang for your buck with GPUs. (When I say "bang for your buck" I mean work accomplished relative to a cure). It is all very confusing in that I don't know if a GPU work unit is as valuable to the researchers as is a CPU work unit. Likewise I don't know how many work units a good GPU will produce in a day or how many points will be assessed for those WUs. And I suspect nanoprobe is right about GPU brand but I want to wait till I need to make that decision before I do. Another way of saying this is that it is possible that $1 spent on the right GPU at the right time might be more valuable to the research and worth more points than $10 spent on fast CPUs. I don't know that for sure but I am in a bit of a holding pattern for that reason. Of course you need PCs to house the GPUs but not necessarily “bleeding edge” PCs. Just a thought from the wilds of Texas. Everyone have a great day. You will be glad you did!Valid points indeed. Still, not much point putting a turbocharger on a Yugo either. WCG has always been tight on "resource". Will we get GPU? Most likely, yes (I venture its chances far better than the conversion from points to credits). When? Eventually. Until eventually gets here, we still live in a CPU WCG-world. Whatever CPU machine one ends up with, retaining the ability to easily drop in a GPU card is a point to be remembered. |
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nanoprobe
Master Cruncher Classified Joined: Aug 29, 2008 Post Count: 2998 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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If your looking for a dual CPU board get one built around this bad boy.  http://www.evga.com/articles/00668/http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1824/1/ Which Xeon processors would you get? Dr. Mike Depends on how much you want to spend. $210 for a quad with no HT to $2,000+ for an octocore with HT (that's 16 threads per CPU). Here's a Newegg link to give you an idea of what's available. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp...cription=socket+2011+xeon
In 1969 I took an oath to defend and protect the U S Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and Domestic. There was no expiration date.
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 08/12 - All Members:
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Points milestones report ======================== No points milestones found. Runtime milestones report ========================= No runtime milestones found. Results returned milestones report ================================== No results returned milestones found. New members report ================== No new members found. Retired members report ====================== No new retired members found. For the week as a team: Statistics Total Run Time Points Results Team Records: Results Returned: 06/28/2012 8,532 Points: 03/07/2012 2,312,643 Runtime: 04/05/2012 1:197:18:06:42 Good crunching folks!!!!! |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 08/12 - Active Members
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Note: Active members are those who earned points in the prior 30 days. Top Twenty active members returning points today: 01: RT - 233,476 points 02: GeraldRube - 126,576 points 03: David Autumns - 99,010 points 04: xroule - 88,971 points 05: judson Somerville MD - 74,583 points 06: dkt - 44,002 points 07: Coingames - 42,427 points 08: NiceMedTexMD - 39,415 points 09: brown chris - 31,384 points 10: keithhenry - 22,699 points 11: Blueprint - 20,307 points 12: smcclarigan - 19,843 points 13: parmesian - 19,412 points 14: Vuj - 18,106 points 15: darth_vader - 16,890 points 16: pramodp - 14,820 points 17: lawrencehardin - 13,179 points 18: PohSoon - 8,736 points 19: Fanie - 7,661 points 20: finman - 7,597 points Total points returned today: 982,702 Active members returning points today: 32 Average points per member active today: 30,709.4375 |
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RT
Master Cruncher USA - Texas - DFW Joined: Dec 22, 2004 Post Count: 2636 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Good Morn MOT Hey guys; on the discussion on new machines, I suggest that presuming we get some GPU projects going soon, you will get more bang for your buck with GPUs. (When I say "bang for your buck" I mean work accomplished relative to a cure). It is all very confusing in that I don't know if a GPU work unit is as valuable to the researchers as is a CPU work unit. Likewise I don't know how many work units a good GPU will produce in a day or how many points will be assessed for those WUs. And I suspect nanoprobe is right about GPU brand but I want to wait till I need to make that decision before I do. Another way of saying this is that it is possible that $1 spent on the right GPU at the right time might be more valuable to the research and worth more points than $10 spent on fast CPUs. I don't know that for sure but I am in a bit of a holding pattern for that reason. Of course you need PCs to house the GPUs but not necessarily “bleeding edge” PCs. Just a thought from the wilds of Texas. Everyone have a great day. You will be glad you did!Valid points indeed. Still, not much point putting a turbocharger on a Yugo either. WCG has always been tight on "resource". Will we get GPU? Most likely, yes (I venture its chances far better than the conversion from points to credits). When? Eventually. Until eventually gets here, we still live in a CPU WCG-world. Whatever CPU machine one ends up with, retaining the ability to easily drop in a GPU card is a point to be remembered. The key is when. If it is in a month, then you need to save all your spare change for a GPU. If it is next summer, then you need to go ahead and spend that change on CPUs. Your guess is as good as or perhaps better than mine.  |
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GeraldRube
Master Cruncher United States Joined: Nov 20, 2004 Post Count: 2153 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Working in Stoneville North Carolina--painting a building --Data Management--i am going to ask about any old computers that could be donated to the cause
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RT
Master Cruncher USA - Texas - DFW Joined: Dec 22, 2004 Post Count: 2636 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Working in Stoneville North Carolina--painting a building --Data Management--i am going to ask about any old computers that could be donated to the cause -- Everyone stay cool today!! Your job is neat. You get to go and stay places without having to work 18 hour days. (I used to travel a lot but the days were grueling and only lasted two or three days...never got to see the place). Everyone make today that "someday" you have always talked about. (Or at least do it real soon!). |
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