June Folding @ Home Contest

[Scott]

This June I am giving away a Tagan Monolize Case. You can read about the case here (http://www.tagan.com/index.php?c_id=36&products_id=160&p_cata_id=86).

Rules are as follows.

1. Must complete 10 WU's for the Bjorn3D Folding@Home Team to have you name in the drawing. Our Folding Team is # 41608
2. Must have a USA/Canada shipping address.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: For every 10 work units you do I will put another slip of paper with your name on it for the drawing.

Pretty Simple.

Good luck,

Scott

[Andrew1990]

Wow that case looks bad ass. Hopefully I can manage 10 Wus this month.

:keepfolding:

[MtDew]

I hope this will draw more people in to fold. I will try to bring up another machine online to fold and if I can get my hands on the Nvidia GPU client I will even get my GeForce 8600GT up and folding.

:keepfolding:

Throw my name in the hat.

[slugbug]

I've completed mine :icon_tiphat:

[Raptorfury]

i will see about setting up kids compy to fold .. they use an amd dual core with a 3870 strapped to it ....

[bobletman]

Awesome contest count me in. THAT CASE LOOKS AMAZING.

[darkorb]

Wow that case is badass. I gues ill take the heat (30C room) and fold!

[Raptorfury]

well figured , i might as well do it on my machine .. username is the same on F&H as it is here ...

[werty316]

In!!

[Sadasius]

Holy crap....That side panel looks very similar to what I did with my Xaser VI with 2 X 250mm fans just in red and black though and has a window above the fans. I'm in!!!

[Pegasus13]

I'm in . I've got The grandkids folding. Thank you

[Andrew1990]

1 WU down on my Cely 1.7GHz Wilamette!

Just waiting for my ECS board to get here later today assuming UPS is on time. Then I will have my Celeron L folding as well.

:keepfolding:

[tyle6]

That is one sweet case!!! Toss my name in the hate! I need to get a few more parts together for my G/fs PC so I can have use of mine back!!!

[Dragon_CPU]

Ok I started my folding again I'll take a spot in the contest I should be able to get 10 out. I'm running a gpu client on a 3870, and a console on cpu.

[Scott]

Ok I started my folding again I'll take a spot in the contest I should be able to get 10 out. I'm running a gpu client on a 3870, and a console on cpu.


Are you going to run that 24 hours a day. I really need someone with a 3870 to run 24 hours a day this Friday/Saturday with GPU2 client.

[Dragon_CPU]

Are you going to run that 24 hours a day. I really need someone with a 3870 to run 24 hours a day this Friday/Saturday with GPU2 client.
Yes I'll run 24/7 just let me know if there is anything you need to know.

[Dragon_CPU]

2 down already 8 more to go at this rate I should have my 10 in a day or so.

[Raptorfury]

Scott , i mentioned this in another thread but i can also lend a hand as well ..

[Dragon_CPU]

Well I got my gpu running 3870

Going to be passing up yours pops (pegasus13) real soon raptor, at the rate I'm going I should catch you soon too...Half way to you already raptor..LOL

This is fun already jumped from 100th place in points to 93rd place in a matter of hours..
I like the GPU2 client...

[Dragon_CPU]

well I'm official for the contest put out my 10+ wu's in under 24hrs. So I'm definitely in now...

[zachig]

Like I said before, the only rig I can fold on, is the one at home and since my wife is using it most of the day, I currently can't fold too much on it.

I'm still trying to arrange a PC at work that I'll be able to fold on 24/7...

Anyway, I think I'll pass this one. Otherwise, I'm not sure whether I'll be able to complate 10 WUs in a month, although it's not that much...

GOOD LUCK everyone! :icon_tiphat:

[Dragon_CPU]

Are you going to run that 24 hours a day. I really need someone with a 3870 to run 24 hours a day this Friday/Saturday with GPU2 client.
Hadn't heard anything has my 24/7 helped you out with what you were looking for??

I started back with 1091 pts on the books I'm at 7366 now, all but 400 pts was done on the 3870, the 400 on cpu client (very slow) compared to the GPU. So a total of 5875 so far minus 400 for cpu client and minus the 1091 I already had. Of course by the time you read this I will most likely be over 8000.

I'm right under you on PPU and that here on this link...not bad...of course your running the gtx280 most likely.

http://www.hardfolding.com/fh_stats_test/index.php?pz=123&tnum=41608

[typh4u]

Dag gum you guys and your ultra fast GPU and CPU folding monsters. :magic: I am lucky to get 250 points a day. Its like trying to race a corvette with a chevette.

[Scott]

GTX280 Power Bro, lets race for pink slips.

[Sadasius]

Is it lifted today or tomorrow? Hell no I would not go for pink slips against your system...lol

[Dragon_CPU]

GTX280 Power Bro, lets race for pink slips.
Yeah I wish...hey you could always get me one to fold with 24/7 for the good of the team....I'll do the team proud...LOL

[Dragon_CPU]

Just looked at NVIDIA, the specs are awesome for the GTX280, Heck even the specs for the GTX260 are sweet.

[Raptorfury]

well i am doin 11 - 12 a day on my machine ( WU's ) . considerin i started @ 06-11-2008, 05:14 PM ( give or take a few mins . and i am allready @ 77 with 1 machine 1 process . ( it says 4 bc i redid machine twice and i had to redo f&h stupid comp ..... ) so not bad for a ATI card ....

[Dragon_CPU]

Yea my toxic is putting out about 2200 pts per day figuring it by pts total and dividing by the days ran. on 24hrs from start time to the end of 24hrs. (I.E. 11am to 11am)

[Raptorfury]

how many wu's ? bc points vary from wu to wu .. the only thing stayin the same is the amount of iterations per wu . most or all of mine hangin round the 10,000,000 mark ...

[Dragon_CPU]

Ok as of last update I have 8710....and 85 wu's 44 of which I had previous so as of right now In just over 72hrs I have done 41 wu's and gained 7619 points.

8710 minus the previous pts. of 1091 that I had === 7619 for 41 wu's

At this rate on an estimate in 10 days I would be around 30000 pts putting me around the top 40.

[Scott]

You can give me your pink slip now:jawdrop::keepfolding:

[Dragon_CPU]

You can give me your pink slip now:jawdrop::keepfolding:
LOL at you scott....You could be a nice guy and give me a GTX200 series card I'd even take the 260....Think of the teams benefit....

[Scott]

I do not have one to give away.

[Dragon_CPU]

I do not have one to give away.
Well it was worth a try....Oh well my 3870 is still benefiting the team pretty good...its doing a pretty good job....

[raidersforever01]

I can't wait for the 4850/70 I really want to fold on one of those. Well when it starts getting around october. Its 105F outside but my office hits 115F/46C and thats no exageration its hot enough i don't need a GPU folding. My parents won't turn on the A/C thats whats holding my Q6600 oc back. Yay for southern california weather.

[Sadasius]

I can't wait for the 4850/70 I really want to fold on one of those. Well when it starts getting around october. Its 105F outside but my office hits 115 and thats no exageration its hot enough i don't need a GPU folding. My parents won't turn on the A/C thats whats holding my Q6600 oc back. Yay for southern california weather.

Yeah nothing like heat and an OC'd Q6600...lol. You should get an A/C unit for just your room. Tell your parents that if they want to suffer with the heat it is their choice and they should not have to burden you with such a bad decision. :wink: But yeah I cannot wait to see what the really hyped up 4870X2 can do. They have been bragging about this chip for awhile now. It better melt my face off or I'll kick ATI in the nuts!

[raidersforever01]

They already complain about the electricity the computer uses i don't need them complaining about my window cooler, which i do already have just haven't used it this year yet.

[Andrew1990]

Please give a hand to my Pentium M. It has successfully completed over 11 WUs this month. They may not be worth much but they are WUs none the less.

I am in this contest now!

[bromro]

Wow, that's a nice case. I'm in for this one.

[Nacelle]

I was on Team Anandtech. But, if you're going to give stuff away, I'm in. My 8800gt is now yours for the duration. Unless, you want to give something else away next month. :)

[Scott]

I was on Team Anandtech. But, if you're going to give stuff away, I'm in. My 8800gt is now yours for the duration. Unless, you want to give something else away next month. :)


Nacelle,

Welcome, I give away stuff every month for my Folding Members to win. I also give away stuff for my forum posters as well every month. I am trying to grow my forums and my Folding team.

Glad to have you on board.

Scott

[Nacelle]

I'm easily bought. I'll have to change the team # on the computers at work too. If it weren't for Blues News, I wouldn't have know about you guys.

[bobletman]

Welcome to the forums nacelle glad to have you on board.

[huynhc]

nacelle....

i was folding for anandtech awhile back too (back in 2002ish?) I dont remember exactly but havent folded in awhile. That was until I saw these forums and saw the prizes scott was giving away. Also the forums are awesome and people here are really friendly so i said what the hell and started folding again when my comp is on. Guess this is my round-about way of saying welcome to the boards and hope you stick around!

:icon_tiphat:

[Sadasius]

Welcome aboard Nacelle! You will soon see that the members here are pretty damn good to each other and is almost like a family in some respects helping each other out on many levels. The more you fold the better the chances you have of winning. It's not too often in life where you get to kill a bunch of birds with a single stone.

Bird#1: Great members and staff.
Bird#2: Great prizes to win that is fair.
Bird#3: Great cause to help in medical research.
Bird#4: Did I mention great prizes and great members?

Launch the stone!!! :icon_tiphat:

[raidersforever01]

Welcome to the forums nacelle, hope you stick around but i am afraid i have to report you and Sadasius to PETA for cruelty to animals.

[Sadasius]

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/cga0262l.jpg

[Nacelle]

Welcome to the forums nacelle, hope you stick around but i am afraid i have to report you and Sadasius to PETA for cruelty to animals.

How did you know about my rabbits.
http://www.animalfreedom.org/slideshow/images/fixierte-kaninchen.jpg

[Dragon_CPU]

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/cga0262l.jpg
Hey Nacelle welcome to bjorn, On a side note hey sadasious where do you get the folding stats SIG at I'd like to have it also...

[Sadasius]

Hey Nacelle welcome to bjorn, On a side note hey sadasious where do you get the folding stats SIG at I'd like to have it also...

Well after reading this (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/?nav=IMAGES) from the link I tried it in my signature but could not get it to work because the codes are not accepted on this site. So I saved it as a .gif file and used it as a sig image instead. Only downfall is I have to keep updating from time to time. Here is yours..

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/sigs/sigimage.php?u=343666

[Dragon_CPU]

thanx, it just sux it wont update itself...

[raidersforever01]

Well Sadasius is well known by peta and him talking to you brought about my suspicions so i had a team of investigators scope out your place and their they found the rabbits.

[peti1212]

Please count me in. I am folding like mad! :)

[TunedFish]

How do I sign up for this contest and when does it end?

[typh4u]

How do I sign up for this contest and when does it end?

The contest ends at 11:59pm on 6/30/2008.

You must fold for team Bjorn3D and complete 10 work units. Please fold using your Bjorn3D User name.

Team ID#41608


Good luck and welcome to Bjorn3D

[TunedFish]

Count me in:)

[Dragon_CPU]

Welcome TunedFish, start that folding.

[huynhc]

just wanted to let everyone know i picked up a gtx280 and will be folding with it once it arrives (sometime in the next week or so). The 9600GT (OC'd beyond 8800gt speeds) will go into another computer and folding will resume with that as well. Watch out! I will be folding like mad once July rolls around....depending on how hot it gets ;)

[Nacelle]

At $650 a piece, you must have so much money you don't know what to do with it.

[huynhc]

At $650 a piece, you must have so much money you don't know what to do with it.

actually I got it for a decent price and plan to game down the road with it after this next block. I havent had a serious affair with computing since I was a teenager and now I am semi-back into it. Lets see how the gtx280 treats me.......

[Andrew1990]

I said screw it and I put my Celeron L up for folding. It is doing much better than the Pentium M too. I thought, it is already used, I cant loose much more value.

Too bad my board wont overclock as I get I can get a lot more folding out of it.




At least the board supports Crossfire. ;(

[peti1212]

How will this be counted? because if I would wish I could just screw up with the drivers and then get thousands of EUEs, and nobody will ever know that I never finished those units. How are the number of tickets for the price determined then?

[coxmaster]

Thats a good question.. I know jellyrole completely like 3000 WU's in one day b/c of some driver errors, so it'll be interesting to see how scott counts

[typh4u]

How will this be counted? because if I would wish I could just screw up with the drivers and then get thousands of EUEs, and nobody will ever know that I never finished those units. How are the number of tickets for the price determined then?


I think most of us who have had driver issues have not done anything deceitful to get the endless eue's. I much rather have a stable client than those darn EUE's.

[tyle6]

what exactly is a EUE? you guys are going on and on about these?

[typh4u]

what exactly is a EUE? you guys are going on and on about these?

End Unit Early error. It gives you credit for completing a Work Unit but gives no points.

[tyle6]

LOL, ohhh! thanks for clearin that up!

[peti1212]

When I used to have this problem on my Pentium 4 system, when I was using a CPU to fold, I got this error message when the processor was overclocked and it was not stable. Once I lowered the speed, It stopped doing it.

I know you have tried that Typh4u, but I would try reinstalling the driver you have. I changed my motherboard yesterday do a different one and I got 10 EUEs because the video drivers was screwed up. Windows recognized everything and it seems like it was working right, even games worked right, but once I reinstalled the driver, it got back to standard folding.

I am using the 177.39 64-bit Vista driver with the modified inf file. I am using a 8800GTS from XFX, and my sister is using the 174.55 driver or something like that with her 8500GT, and we never got any EUEs too.

So I don't know what the problem could be exactly.

But I am still wondering about how the WUs will be counted because of this.

[typh4u]

I think Scott should ignore June 18-19th for me at least. Those are the days that my system said I folded thousands of WU's. The rest of the days are pretty stable. I just have to restart the client every 3 hrs. When the latest beta version 8 came out I uninstalled the client, ran driver cleaner reinstalled the drivers and then installed the new client. Still get Unstable machine errors. I am however not getting EUE errors. So things are looking up.

[huynhc]

i really need this case. I am trying to put together a pretty powerful rig for gaming (rarely) and folding (heavy). I have just about everything but a decent case. A monster GTX 280 is going to go in it so hopefully i win this. =)

[tyle6]

LOL, I think a few peolpe around here could use a new case! especially such a nice one!

[Andrew1990]

LOL, I think a few peolpe around here could use a new case! especially such a nice one!


Not me :), I got my Ultra Microfly Case and I personally wouldnt trade it for any other case right now.

I am a LAN'er so I need a small light case. I would probably die if I had to carry a Full Size ATX case to one, lol.

[Goliath182]

I would probably die if I had to carry a Full Size ATX case to one, lol.
Lol try being someone who does that (me). 50+ pounds is not fun to carry around.

[peti1212]

Oh man, I had to carry my Stacker with a heavy power supply and water cooling on top of it to my friends house. It was hell to carry it. It must have been like 80+ pounds.

[Nacelle]

Not that this helps with the weight. But, this sure does help with going to LAN parties. Just drill a couple holes in the top and put a kitchen cabinet handle on there. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3276/2620991364_d0351aa808.jpg?v=0

[tyle6]

Sweet, I would think you would want to reinforce the sheet metal or find a way to tie it directly into the chassis though.
I'd swap out my CM 690 in a heartbeat, worst HDD cooling ever.:frown:

[huynhc]

i have never been to a lan party. i understand you bring your comp but what about monitors?

[Andrew1990]

i have never been to a lan party. i understand you bring your comp but what about monitors?

Well the ones I go to we usually manage to find some old CRTs around a garage or something. Kind of fun in its own way deciding who gets the 15inch CRT and who gets the 17 inchers, lol.

Now since I got a light 19inch LCD, I can just bring that with me if I really needed to.

[Nacelle]

Sweet, I would think you would want to reinforce the sheet metal or find a way to tie it directly into the chassis though.

Maybe if the metal was thin. But the case in the picture has pretty thick metal. The airflow sux though. Had to use HD cooler and drill holes in the front.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3076/2622601812_eb7d0def39.jpg?v=0

have never been to a lan party. i understand you bring your comp but what about monitors?Every LAN I've ever been to, you have to bring everything. Back in the day of CRT's, I made a strap to carry it too. With cords and stuff in a gym bag, I could carry everything in one trip.

[joz]

LCD > CRT

exept when static.

[tyle6]

Well Good Luck Everyone!!!

[zachig]

GREAT NEWS!!! :-D I've just started folding again for Bjorn3D team. ;-)

I stopped folding for the last 2-3 months since I left my workplace for a better one and at the beginning I didn't feel comfortable folding on my pc at work, but now, after three months in my new job, I think that nobody really cares whether I'll run two instances of Folding @ Home on my workplace desktop. :lol:

Regarding my PC at home, my wife still uses it most of the time, so I don't think I'll fold on it too much...

Anyhow...Folding at the moment!!! :keepfolding: guys...:icon_tiphat: