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Das Capitolin

08-10-2006, 07:38 PM

One of their users pushes 27k in points every day, and another does 23k daily! I am in the top 150 worldwide producers with 4k points each day, but those two guys alone make more points by themselves then some of the top-100 teams do each day!

Let's devise a way to recruit them over... but I don't think they could even if they wanted to. Changing the config on 200+ systems is a major undertaking.

Scott

08-10-2006, 07:44 PM

I am just wondering if their bosses or the schools know what they are doing? Good way to lose a job or get booted out of school 200CPU's is definate abuse of the situation.

Kougar

08-10-2006, 08:34 PM

I was wondering exactly how they did it myself... But I bet some work at places where they have access to mainframes that they can run F@H on. If Folding@home had been ported to the AIX OS and using POWER5 or POWER5+ binaries I know a guy they would run it on a few big iron IBM mainframes that he works with.... but since it has not and will never be that option's out for any AIX-unix based system.

On a bit of good news though, Overclockers Australia is still overtaking HardOCP... looks like they will take 1st place in 140 days. I'll be happy just to see them taken out of 1st place by anyone. ;)

Scott

08-10-2006, 08:42 PM

Yep, it will be good to see them start to decline. Someday Bjorn3D will have just as many forum members and will overtake them in Alexa :mrgreen:

At least that is my dream.

pym

08-10-2006, 08:57 PM

One may dream, but I would not limit myself to dreaming...
We'll do everything needed in order to make it real, even if it won't be enough, at least we gave our best shot.
Good luck Bjorn3D!!!!

GIBSON

08-10-2006, 09:30 PM

Hmmmm, we might need a bit more members to beat those guys... :mrgreen: But... that doesn't mean we can't get those members 8) Arrrggh matey, let's get us some recruits aboard!

Mirrim

08-13-2006, 02:47 AM

Hey! Not all of us are men you know! ;P

Scott

08-13-2006, 02:54 AM

Sorry,

Welcome aboard my new lady friend!!

Mirrim

08-13-2006, 03:17 AM

I just had to poke a little fun. Haven't poked my head around here too much yet.

Das Capitolin

08-13-2006, 03:27 AM

I just had to poke a little fun. Haven't poked my head around here too much yet.

Tell me about it! I saw your name in the folding stats and I wondered when you might visit us in the forums!?!

Must be very busy, because I haven't seen much of you at VH either.

Welcome to the forums, and I thank you for folding.

Mirrim

08-13-2006, 08:05 AM

Have been pretty busy lately indeed. Plus I've been dealing with my second defective XFX 7900 GT from Newegg... bombs out totally on the Deep Freeze portion of 3dMark06. RMA is being handled, have it packaged up and ready to ship off Monday for a replacement.

So, all in all, been doing other things, plus my daughter got married last weekend. Watercooling parts and modding parts are ready, just haven't gotten down to them yet.

Will be making my presence known more and will likely have questions. Once I have things all set, may see about running a second copy of F@H on the dual core.

Off to bed before I fall over... see you all around!

ToXic_WaSTe

08-13-2006, 11:48 AM

I start back in school monday and we have tons of computers running at my school. I would think there are around 80 or something running 8 hours a day. I could try suggesting F@H to the IT guy we have. I'm part of the student IT-support group in charge of helping other students with their PC's so shouldnt be too hard to convince him :D

Scott

08-13-2006, 12:23 PM

Cool all the help we can get would be great.

zachig

08-13-2006, 04:10 PM

ToXic_WaSTe

08-13-2006, 05:02 PM

Its for a good cause and F@H tasks only run when the computer is idle. So hope he wants to install the console. But I can imagine him to be skeptical :)

Worst case scenario, ill have to install it on all the computers myself :S

Das Capitolin

08-13-2006, 05:52 PM

Just make sure you configure them to use only 64MB or RAM, or else your users will complain about loss of performance.

werty316

08-13-2006, 06:30 PM

Configure it so alot of memory is not being used like Das said so nothing bad turns up and people get in trouble.

markkleb

08-13-2006, 06:55 PM

Well peops we are up to 447. Ever higher. Do you think the other teams know of our secret weapon Das?

(I have to try to remember to say peops and not guys now) Glad ur on our team too Mirrim.:grin:

ToXic_WaSTe

08-13-2006, 08:23 PM

zachig

08-13-2006, 09:30 PM

Okay, just got a mail from the IT manager, and he said he will be running it on a few computers for testing. But i dont know if he will use the Bjorn3d team number... I can ask him later this week, but it'll have to wait (very busy at the moment)

What? :confused: He must be using Bjorn3D Team Number...:lol: You must talk to him soon (when you'll find the time, of course)...:wink:

Kougar

08-14-2006, 04:05 AM

Mirrim

08-14-2006, 05:29 AM

I run the Windows version and it sits in the systray. On this computer it is running near constantly and I can boost it up to using 90 pct on the cpu since I only do email and surfing on this computer atm. My gaming computer runs it when I am out of a game, I just quicklaunch and it's good. Never use the screensaver parts though.

Will have a third cpu running once the video card issue is settled and the other system is built and up. ;)

GIBSON

08-14-2006, 11:44 AM

Welcome to the forums Mirrim! Nice to see another (prettier) face around here... :mrgreen:

Toxic, when you make sure he is using the Bjorn3d team number, ya should also check to see if he is running the client, and running it as a service. That way there is no DOS window for the computer users to mess with and they won't even know it's there... ;) Having the program limit it's RAM usage is a very good idea, actually. F@H tends to inflate the pagefile quite easily...
That's odd, over here FAH doesn't seem to use that much ram, so I can't even imagine it using a pagefile. ATM FAH is using 56.464 kB here. So that isn't very much is it. (unless you have an old comp with 256mB ram).

ToXic_WaSTe

08-14-2006, 01:24 PM

All i know right now is that he has asked if anyone else in the schooldistrict have had problems with it, and he will run it on a few computers. Its the beginning of school and he has a lot to do right now and so do I since its my busyiest year.

First things he will test is bandwith issues and cpu and power usage. But he might make a team for the school when he has tested the program, so if we get any bennefit it wont be for long :(

But its for the good of the world, and we are just going to have to think bigger then our own forums.

just an update for you all, and I will talk to him ASAP. But like i said i'm very busy, which you can probably see on how little I post these last few days.

Kougar

08-14-2006, 04:23 PM

That's odd, over here FAH doesn't seem to use that much ram, so I can't even imagine it using a pagefile. ATM FAH is using 56.464 kB here. So that isn't very much is it. (unless you have an old comp with 256mB ram).

Well it does something, because my Core 2 Duo rig runs with almost empty RAM and an unused pagefile... but when I started up both clients the pagefile suddenly popped into existance full of 68mb of something and the RAM usage grew. You are right in that the memory/virtual memory of F@H is actually rather small... but it causes something to happen with XP. Watch your pagefile after you do a clean boot when you load up one or two F@H programs... ;) My P4 does this as well, but as it is bogged down with programs I'm sure F@H had to duke it out with something or other for RAM space.

GIBSON

08-14-2006, 05:10 PM

Well it does something, because my Core 2 Duo rig runs with almost empty RAM and an unused pagefile... but when I started up both clients the pagefile suddenly popped into existance full of 68mb of something and the RAM usage grew. You are right in that the memory/virtual memory of F@H is actually rather small... but it causes something to happen with XP. Watch your pagefile after you do a clean boot when you load up one or two F@H programs... ;) My P4 does this as well, but as it is bogged down with programs I'm sure F@H had to duke it out with something or other for RAM space.
Uhm, as long as your ram isn't full it shouldn't be using the pagefile? :confused:

werty316

08-15-2006, 01:20 AM

Maybe disable all of the apps that startup with Windows? I only run one process and not RAM sucking here.

Kougar

08-15-2006, 06:05 AM

Okay, some hard numbers for the rig in my sig:

24 Running proccesses (Two F@H clients running + Speedfan + Firewall, etc)
Pagefile usage=313mb
2gb of RAM: 268mb used

My second P4 computer:

49 Running Processes (Everything under the sun running)
Pagefile usage: 768mb
1GB of RAM: 508mb used

Conclusion: Windows sucks :-P I guess the problem is that I haven't told Windows how to run that Pagefile yet... Guess I'm off to follow that advice in Pagefile optimizatizing that (I think it was Markkleb?) posted that I'd bookmarked for reading... ;)

werty316

08-16-2006, 01:36 AM

Mirrim

08-16-2006, 01:57 AM

I have that same article bookmarked. Should take the time to read it this evening. And going to try that change to system cache and see how things flow. I'd like to eek more folding out of the systems if I can.

zachig

08-16-2006, 06:10 AM

Goto the performance settings in the control panel and change your settings to this.

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7747/clipboard01al3.jpg

I think this setting tells XP to use all available memory first before using the pagefile; give it a try.

Hmmm...didn't know that...I think I'll give it a try as well...:roll:

Thanks for the tip, werty! :wink: Hope it will boost my Windows performance a bit...:???:

harry18

08-16-2006, 11:17 PM

im confused here, how do you rack up points, ive got the black window running, i havnt got the 50posts yet, and ive got a 3ghz conroewould i get more points if i got it to work on this thing 100% say at night time, is that possible?

markkleb

08-16-2006, 11:32 PM

most of us leave our comps on 24/7. And depending on the size of the problem it can take a hour or a week to solve. After you finish one your name goes on the board

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=41608

When I started I was in 564,528 place, lol
Now I am up to 137,571 and aiming higher.

harry18

08-16-2006, 11:49 PM

oh ok, does wu mean how many youve done, im currenly working my way thro 125000, currently done 40000 after a few hours, is there a way i can speed it up, allow it to use all the cpu power?

Kougar

08-17-2006, 03:33 AM

You can run two of them at once on your dual-core CPU, otherwise it is configured to use all of your spare CPU power already. Right click your taskbar and select Task Manger, and go to the Performance tab to double-check. Folding is usually a lengthy process measured in days, almost never less than 8 full hours for any WU on any system. Best you can do it let it run overnight, and turn off any CPU intensive programs when you do.

Edit: I should mention that you MUST set each F@H program with it's own different CPU ID if you decide to run two of them on your computer... ;)

werty316

08-17-2006, 03:46 AM

oh ok, does wu mean how many youve done, im currenly working my way thro 125000, currently done 40000 after a few hours, is there a way i can speed it up, allow it to use all the cpu power?

Folding@HOme requires patients and you won't get any points until a WU has been completed.

markkleb

08-26-2006, 06:09 AM

Well peops we are up to 447. Ever higher. Do you think the other teams know of our secret weapon Das?

(I have to try to remember to say peops and not guys now) Glad ur on our team too Mirrim.:grin:

Posistion 447 on Aug. 13th. Less than 2 weeks and we are 408. Thats a pretty good jump.

Ever forward!:grin:

BigD

08-26-2006, 06:57 AM

anyone know how i can get this on my school distericts server and get every single computer in my entire district to be running f@H

THAT WOULD MAKE US WIN!!!!

GIBSON

08-26-2006, 10:48 AM

you'd probably get expelled IMHO. And you would have to install FAH on every computer.

werty316

08-26-2006, 04:15 PM

anyone know how i can get this on my school distericts server and get every single computer in my entire district to be running f@H

THAT WOULD MAKE US WIN!!!!
And probably get you in serious trouble for messing around your school's computers.

BigD

08-26-2006, 07:20 PM

you'd probably get expelled IMHO. And you would have to install FAH on every computer.
nah all the computer realy run off the server, you sign on to the server and get access to different stuff with each one, like in my digital media class i sign on a different name and i get different stuff than my web design class

so i just need a admin pass and code (wich isnt hard to find as i have found my teachers stuff but am to honest to change my grades)

And probably get you in serious trouble for messing around your school's computers.

ill just tell them its helping cancer and this is a easy way to help w/o donating money, and that i felt morely resposible, + its a easy fix if anyone is getting suspicisous.... a nice little delete and they cant do anything

i know kids who used our school server for pooling all there music for there ipods, kids from different school even

EDIT: the people who run the schools security and stuff are retarted, and if i run the colsole in the backrnd they would NEVER know EVER... ill do it as a senior prank

GIBSON

08-26-2006, 11:06 PM

K, i'd say go ahead. But there is just one thing, I don't think this is running on windows right. So you'll have to check if there is a version for the server's OS.

BigD

08-28-2006, 02:31 AM

nope its windows 2000 :D

Scott

08-28-2006, 11:38 AM

They are probably using Citrix.

GIBSON

08-28-2006, 11:52 AM

They are probably using Citrix.
Yer I was thinking something like that as well.

borschtBomber[SS]

08-29-2006, 02:55 AM

Wow, we are up to 397 as of right now, pretty damn good. Now if I can just crack the top 20 on our team. ;)

BigD

08-29-2006, 03:04 AM

nah Windows 2000 Novel Client

Mirrim

08-29-2006, 04:06 AM

Holy crap! I moved up to 20 on the list! Hadn't checked in a few days ;)

Nice to see we're on the move. Yay, team!

Enigmachine

08-29-2006, 02:15 PM

I'm giving it a last push till the end of the month - I moved up to 15th! :D My goal was to reach 60 WUs, I think I will get very close!

I might try to instal FAH on my 100 Mhz machine, just for a laugh. :)

Das Capitolin

09-05-2006, 03:17 PM

Congratulations Team Bjorn3D.com! We just completed 10,000 work units!

Scott

09-05-2006, 05:59 PM

Cool, now we just have to figure out how to replace the people that quit folding. Towards the end of the month 13,000 points a day. We are way below that now.

Scott

09-05-2006, 06:01 PM

Plus what the heck is wrong with my machines, I have 4 Folding but nothing is hardly showing up for me this week.

Mirrim

09-05-2006, 10:30 PM

Aww, that's sad some people quit folding. Once, the video card is handled, I will have 3 machines up and folding. Hopefully that will help some.

werty316

09-06-2006, 03:40 AM

Aww, that's sad some people quit folding. Once, the video card is handled,
You didn't expect this? The majority of user will do whatever is required for free stuff as long as you don't need to put alot of effort and then leave once the contest is over.

Bio-Hazard

09-06-2006, 04:29 AM

I sort of expected the menbers folding to drop to about half of what they were during the contest. Happens on all the sites that's have contests.

werty316

09-06-2006, 04:32 AM

I sort of expected the menbers folding to drop to about half of what they were during the contest. Happens on all the sites that's have contests.
No doubt and you and me both know so.

tomato

09-06-2006, 05:04 PM

I'm still folding over here ;) My main comp is down for the moment, but I do have access to another machine :P

Bio-Hazard

09-06-2006, 05:07 PM

I'm still turning in a few points, I just broke 10,000 points yesterday.........;)

Kougar

09-06-2006, 05:57 PM

Plus what the heck is wrong with my machines, I have 4 Folding but nothing is hardly showing up for me this week.

Strange, something is definitely up then as your 24 hour average should be much higher than ~127ppd. I'd check that there are no other programs errant or otherwise hogging the CPU time in the background on them?

Enigmachine

09-06-2006, 06:29 PM

I'm still turning in a few points, I just broke 10,000 points yesterday.........;)

Eh, I have to turn a machine back on to make sure I stay ahead of you! :)

GIBSON

09-06-2006, 08:08 PM

To be honest I'm not really wondered that the number of folders has decreased again. That's just how it'll always be when having contests. Just like how many members staf after a contest?

zachig

09-07-2006, 06:30 PM

Still folding as well!!! Especially after I've won this wonderful 7900GT SLI Set!!! :wink:

I'm currently with 14831 Pts and 76 WUs...and still going...:mrgreen:

werty316

09-08-2006, 04:29 AM

To be honest I'm not really wondered that the number of folders has decreased again. That's just how it'll always be when having contests. Just like how many members staf after a contest?
Not alot since a few month ago. People just give up I guess.

markkleb

09-08-2006, 05:45 PM

Even so we still are moving up. On 8/13 I said we were up to 447th posistion, today we are at 337. Thats a pretty big jump in about 3 weeks...

Mirrim

09-16-2006, 05:29 AM

Oh my god, we're at 353... I see slippage! <dons her dominatrix outfit and cracks the whip> Get to folding slaves, and step on it! ;)

Kougar

09-16-2006, 07:17 AM

Oh my god, we're at 353... I see slippage! <dons her dominatrix outfit and cracks the whip> Get to folding slaves, and step on it! ;)

Hey, I never stopped or shut down any folders yet... :-P Infact I've rolled into 7th place overall, next two overtakes will occur in December. :lol:

Enigmachine

09-16-2006, 12:44 PM

I'm in an holding pattern at position 15. :) But we're getting freezing temperatures on the ground these days, I might have to turn a couple of computers back on to heat up the place, that might bump me up a couple of places. :)

vfrex

09-16-2006, 07:15 PM

I'm in an holding pattern at position 15. But we're getting freezing temperatures on the ground these days, I might have to turn a couple of computers back on to heat up the place, that might bump me up a couple of places.

No kidding! Our asshat landlord isn't turning on the heat yet, despite the fact that it is dipping into the 40's at night. Since we're not paying for utilities, I'm taking matters into my own hands :)

Mirrim

09-16-2006, 09:07 PM

Heheh, turning on computers for comfort can be a beneficial thing all around! Our computers are in the loft area and the heat rises, so have to watch with that. It's quite comfy during the fall/winter and we let downstairs just be cooler.

Enigmachine

09-16-2006, 11:11 PM

Actually today is so warm that I had to turn on the a/c for a moment. That's Canada for you, freeze all night and sweat all day. Good thing there are around 10 comfy days each year :)

Mirrim

09-16-2006, 11:38 PM

I hear stories from a friend of mine in Canada about the weather. He met a girl playing WoW with us and is working on moving to Chicago to be married. They really hit it off when they met and think it was just the ticket for him to get out of there. ;P

DragonMaster

09-27-2006, 10:10 PM

Our total score is what HardOCP is folding in 2 days, we will surely beat them! :roll:

GIBSON

09-28-2006, 04:58 PM

Mirrim

09-29-2006, 11:31 PM

He has actually begun the immigration process to move permanently. Not sure if he intends to naturalize as a citizen when the time comes. He's a good guy and I've been gaming with him for over 3 years. He met the girl online a couple years ago and they're inseparable online. He spent quite a bit of time in Chicago over the summer and to my understanding, the engagement was not too long after he returned to Canada.

Enigmachine

09-29-2006, 11:47 PM

Well, I can't wait to get my copy of WoW so I can meet women and marry them, despite having absolutely nothing in common with them except for playing WoW.

:)

markkleb

09-30-2006, 12:34 AM

I could use a copy too, lol......

(my socks are full of holes)

pc_man_iac

09-30-2006, 02:56 AM

werty316

09-30-2006, 03:07 AM

Paying monthly to play a game that never ends??? Uh no thx.

DragonMaster

09-30-2006, 03:44 AM

WoW is Bull****, trust me I had it its nothing but a life destroyer, I saw 2 of my best friends lose everything they had, kicked outta school, no job, no sleep, only wow, and guess what they are failures in life, YAY WOW for creating failures
A lot of never-ending games are like this. There was a documentary on TV a few years ago on an older game of the same kind, people lost their job, didn't do anything else, and someday they decided to stop and find a job, but got addicted again and it continued like this.

markkleb

09-30-2006, 04:18 AM

Its that way with anyone who is even a little addictive. I have troubke with gambeling (Reno is a bad place for that). Its not Renos fault that I mess up.

Same with gaming,drinking,drugs or any thing that ur addicted to. If it wasent the game it would have been something else.

Just like violent games, people who go out an commit violence had problems way before the game..

vfrex

09-30-2006, 01:18 PM

^Mark hit the nail on the head on that issue. People need to take responsibility for themselves and their actions. This concept reverberates throughout many of the problems in the US and other Western countries.

You eat too much ---> You get fat
You don't focus on your work/studies ---> You miss out on major opportunities
.
.
.

On another note, its 43 degrees outside, but was close to 70 during the day. I can't tell what temperature it is in my room, but let's look at my CPU. It is running at 100F, folding at 100%, overclocked from 1600->2200. SpeedFan is targetting 102F for the CPU. To do so at the current ambient temperature, it is running the CPU fan at 40/100.

Needless to say, I'm freezing.

XJnine

09-30-2006, 01:39 PM

they are failures in life, YAY WOW for creating failures

You said it correctly but your view is misguided. WOW did not create the failure, it just exposed it. If they're failures you can be sure they were going to turn out that way no matter what. It was just a matter of them finding what would screw them up. If it wasn't WOW it would be something else.

Kougar

09-30-2006, 04:23 PM

I'd agree with Mark and vFrex's viewpoints on this one. Are you going to blame the company that made the gun because some Sporting Goods store sold it to a guy who then went out and randomly killed people with it?

XJnine

09-30-2006, 04:28 PM

Are you going to blame the company that made the gun because some Sporting Goods store sold it to a guy who then went out and randomly killed people with it?

Unfortunately some states try to do that. :-(

pc_man_iac

09-30-2006, 04:43 PM

DragonMaster

09-30-2006, 05:08 PM

Are you going to blame the company that made the gun because some Sporting Goods store sold it to a guy who then went out and randomly killed people with it?

Sounds like the recent event here in Montreal, you probably heard about it, the guy that went out shooting people randomly in Dawson college. In his case, he was training with the Canadian Forces, that's probably how he got the guns, but the thing is that it's possible for Average Joe to get a Beretta Cx4 for sporting. It's illegal to pay 50¢ using pennies, but not to have that kind of thing in your house.

Kougar

09-30-2006, 11:24 PM

WoW is more addictive than cocaine/heroine, at least cocaine/heroine give you a 20% chance not to be addicted, wow gives you a 10% chance. Thats right 90%of people who play wow stay playing wow, I am one of the 10%, so I think that World of Warcrack has its own mental tendancies to get ppl addicted just like heroine/cocaine, I do agree that it is partly them, but if you look at statistics, than you see

Anything that is better than a person's present reality is addictive. If their life within WoW or any other game is better than their real life, it's to be expected some people at the extreme end of the range of players are going to quit bothering with real life and spend as much of their time as they can instead inside their fictional virtual world. This happens with many MMORPG's, RPGs, or SIM games, not just WoW... Heck, to a lesser degree there are thousands and thousands of people that work, come home, and get on their computers every single night to play their favorite strategy, shooter, or RPG game.

Dragon, I'd head about that when it happened, but I never did hear the "why", I'll go google it up. Never heard that about his background either...

DragonMaster

09-30-2006, 11:38 PM

Dragon, I'd head about that when it happened, but I never did hear the "why", I'll go google it up. Never heard that about his background either...

Well, naturally, we still heard about it days after, so we got some more info, wikipedia has some interesting pages.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimveer_Gill

Pretty freaky, similar things happened at École Polytechnique in 89, at Concordia University in 92 and now Dawson College. All in the same corner...

The bad part is that he influenced some people, there have been some people BSing that they would put bombs in High Schools in my corner, that kind...

=CDU=Above

10-01-2006, 05:28 AM

You know, I've been folding for this team just becasue I believe it to be a good cause. I am curious though, what is the benifit of being the highest folding team? I mean is there a monitary reward here or a plaque or what? Does everyone do it just for the cause?

markkleb

10-01-2006, 05:43 AM

just the cause...

tomato

10-01-2006, 06:41 AM

#1 is for bragging right and nothing more really... but of course we need to be competitive ;)

Mirrim

10-01-2006, 07:26 AM

A little friendly competition is a good thing, I think. Was folding before coming to Bjorn3d because it was a good thing to do. My mother and two aunts died of lung cancer that spread. One grandmother died of early onset Alzheimers that she had for probably 25 years or so. Any little thing I can do to possibly further scientific knowledge in the interests of people's health, I do gladly. Not to mention it gives me personal satisfaction as my beau is starting his first year of Ph.D. studies in cellular biology, of which protein folding is a part.

As for addictive games, well sure... if a person has the personality, they'll find one thing or another that feeds it. I don't play WoW any longer, but I do quite enjoy MMOs as a genre. It's where I socialize with friends I've played with for nearly five years and the relationships now beyond the confines of the computer. Personally, I see meeting a potential mate (or a friend) in a game no different than my uncle and aunt who corresponded by chance in a "write a GI" program during the Viet Nam war. As soon as he got done with his tour, they met and got engaged. They've been married since with three grown children.

Comes down to the person. And Folding like fiends!

Null

10-24-2006, 04:38 AM

As of right now, USF has fallen victim to Bjorn3d.

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_list.php?s=&p=4

Bjorn3d.com - 304
USF - 305

I think my 2 WU's did it!

http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=Null&teamnum=41608

DragonMaster

10-24-2006, 10:01 PM

They're not very far tho!

markkleb

10-30-2006, 03:25 AM

Congrats! to Bjorn3D we broke into the 200s. We are in 298th place.

Ever forward...:grin:

(on August 13 we were 447th place)

darkorb

10-30-2006, 03:45 AM

thats a huge leap forward

werty316

10-30-2006, 03:49 AM

Imagine if we all had computer farms,... :paw: would pwn all; oh yeah :twisted:

zachig

10-30-2006, 01:34 PM

Great news!!! :grin: WAY TO GO, Bjorn3D!!! :mrgreen: :paw:

Enigmachine

10-30-2006, 01:43 PM

Winter's finally here (well at least the snow & wind are) so I'll have to turn on a couple more computers for heating. :)

Maybe I can move on from #15. :)

borschtBomber[SS]

11-13-2006, 09:00 PM

Well, over the weekend I upgraded my PC, so there is now a A64 3700+ folding for me instead of the 2500+ Barton. :mrgreen:

DragonMaster

11-13-2006, 09:06 PM

As for me I stopped to turn off FAH when I needed to have a little more RAM, I realized that it's only when I don't run FAH that my computer reboots for nothing.

markkleb

11-13-2006, 09:17 PM

;58656']Well, over the weekend I upgraded my PC, so there is now a A64 3700+ folding for me instead of the 2500+ Barton. :mrgreen:

My favorite CPU8-) Congrats borschtbomber

(my Biostar mobos OCd mine to 2750mhz so easy)

werty316

11-14-2006, 12:01 AM

;58656']Well, over the weekend I upgraded my PC, so there is now a A64 3700+ folding for me instead of the 2500+ Barton. :mrgreen:
The 3700+ san diego is one great OC'ing CPU but any reason why you didn't go with a dualcore? I guess $ can be an issue for some but then the 3700+ san diego isn't cheap either. Are waiting for AMD's next CPU lineup.

borschtBomber[SS]

11-14-2006, 12:40 PM

Yeah, money was the main thing. I found it for $70 shipped so it seemed like a good deal to me. Also picked up an XFX 7800GT for $100 :D

mousiness

11-16-2006, 12:31 AM

good luck with that 7800

borschtBomber[SS]

11-16-2006, 04:03 AM

good luck with that 7800

Why? :confused:

werty316

11-16-2006, 04:13 AM

good luck with that 7800
I also would like to know what you are trying to imply with this comment unless of course you were just congradulating SS on the new GPU...

Neal_White_III

11-20-2006, 11:24 PM

I don't know what he might be trying to imply (if anything). I have an XFX 7800 GTX and it's great. Sure, there's a new, faster model out, but I'm not upgrading for a while yet. (Maybe sometime next year.)

pc_man_iac

11-21-2006, 03:27 AM

I too once had a 7800gt, about 5 nay 6months ago, it was a solid card, than I got the 7600gs (garbage) than a 7900gt wee, than my current X1900XTX, which was a great purchaes for me

darkorb

11-21-2006, 04:18 AM

how can u upgrade ur card so much man

werty316

11-21-2006, 04:29 AM

I think he gets deals from ATi.

pc_man_iac

11-21-2006, 12:26 PM

Yeah, I do that, and I have a friend who pays good money for my secondhand cards, so I can afford to do that. I will give you a little history of it if you want..

First I had a Giga-Byte 3D1 video card(2x6600 GT on one board)
I traded that to a friend for a laptop, acer 2800(or something along those lines)
sold the laptop for $675, bought the 7800gt, kept the 7800gt for a year , than sold it to my friend for $425. Than I bought the 7600gs(BAD move on my part) I spent like $150 on it and sold it within 2 weeks for $125, I than bought my 7900gt, kick ass card, spent $345 on it after taxes(still leaving me with $80, I than found out about my deals from ATI, so I returned the 7900gt about 2 weeks later(paid a $25 restocking fee), leavineg me with $400, the X1900XTX, cost me $305, after tax and shipping