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Master Blade
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Posted - 2011.01.07 11:06:00 -
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just joined team. been meaning to join one for a wile now but the fact that eve-people have one pushed me into it:)
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Master Blade
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Posted - 2011.01.18 10:05:00 -
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Edited by: Master Blade on 18/01/2011 10:05:55
 Originally by: defiler
I'm using an i7 960 and a GTX 480. The SMP client runs 24/7 but I only start the GPU3 when I'll be AFK for more than an hour or so.
interesting. im considering an sr-2 build shortly if i can squeeze out a few extra bucks. will be exciting to see what 24 cores can do! currently I can't run smp and 2 eve clients at the same time with present hardware. prob need to become a shareholder with my local power company to fuel the beast. lol
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Master Blade
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Posted - 2011.01.18 13:04:00 -
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well, I want to do it because it is a good excuse to buy new hardware. Its a tax write-off for me, and it will be a showcase for a product i sell.
on top of all that it does contribute slightly toward a worthwile scientific cause. |
Master Blade
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Posted - 2011.01.18 13:39:00 -
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yah, about a buck a day....nothing
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Master Blade
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Posted - 2011.01.18 22:24:00 -
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Originally by: Pan Crastus
Just like with cars. Or do you attempt to drive at 250Km/h all the time because your car can do it?
If my hobbies included building very specialized automobiles for high speed, then I absolutly would keep it at a track and drive it as fast as i posably could every chance available |
Master Blade
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Posted - 2011.01.21 08:21:00 -
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lol, Pan.
what happened? someone from the folding comunity sleep with your wife? why all the negativity?
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Master Blade
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Posted - 2011.01.24 05:00:00 -
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interesting, the diesel team is about the same size as us with 10 members doing over 10k ppd. not sure how folding 'deliverance' style works but they seem to be pulling it off
so have we ever gotten any intrest from ccp regarding this project? Im sure if they kicked in a node or 2 we could regain our status over the banjo playing element.
doing a little reserch and it seems that the sr-2 is considered to be one of the ultimate single rig machines for folding. looking forward to starting my build. saw a guy getting over 200k ppd on an sr-2 with 8 gpu's |
Master Blade
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Posted - 2011.01.24 06:46:00 -
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Edited by: Master Blade on 24/01/2011 06:50:33
you still here pan? how bout you make yourself usefull and post with your main so I can see how many points per minute I get while podding your ass
edit: I 'get' what your saying although i feel you are just trolling at this point. If you look at my responses to your questions, you will notice that I have a differant opinion.
anyway, yah, i will def post a build log when I get around to buying the components. will be fun. |
Master Blade
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Posted - 2011.01.24 08:44:00 -
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way to avoid the guantlet ive thrown down, lol.
no one ever said anything was free. if you bother to notice, I have stated that I enjoy spending money on things related to my hobbies. I simply could not care less about the impact of burning(in my case) an extra 2k watts or so will make as opposed to the benafit it gives me personaly spread over the variety of reasons i like to participate.
but on the other hand, I could spend the money on hookers in vegas. that would also be entertaining.
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Master Blade
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Posted - 2011.01.24 09:10:00 -
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hmm, tell you what pan. seeing as my mediocre pvp record is at stake here. I propose a duel.
1v1, winner reserves the right to post his opinion in this thread. loser loses that right.
rules: bring whatever alt you feel has an advantage. no meta-gaming with repping alts or anything construed as something other than 1v1.
you can add to the terms if you like. location and other terms tbd upon acceptance.
your move |
Master Blade
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Posted - 2011.01.24 19:00:00 -
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Originally by: Pan Crastus a rock-paper-scissors duel. [/quote
ok I accept. please post rules so I can be assured you wont cheat. But seriously...if you need a little isk....just ask, I may try to help a fellow eve player out who needs a little charity. |
Master Blade
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Posted - 2011.01.24 22:06:00 -
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Originally by: Pan Crastus
That's interesting findings, it must be hard to check all possible options though since depending on CPU family, using different instructions might change the picture radically (e.g. SSE3 might be best on Xeons, 3DNow on Opterons). I wonder if they tested obscure low-power CPUs like current ARM cores (used in tablets).
this is actually something worth looking at. a diskless linux netboot on this type of processer interests me as well. unfortunatly clusters within thier cluster are not supported by f@h atm, so would have to be a very custom or obscure hardware to get the ultimate powersavings per cycle donated. |
Master Blade
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Posted - 2011.01.25 00:50:00 -
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good idea derik on picking up a tool to measure exactly what is being used. For me personaly, I dont care how much it uses for the project as whatever it comes out to be is fine by me.
I think that a high output/low power farm would be a cool project. I also will pursue my original idea of the sr-2.
I was just unaware of the fact that some people are actually concerned by a few extra watts being used on a non-dedicated system. personally, I would never notice a $5 - $50 dollar increase to my electrical bill based on the normal fluctuation that occurs naturaly due to my life-style.
this is not an indication that I am an unessessarily wasteful person, only that when I enjoy working on a project, the costs associated with it are well within my budget.
although ive enjoyed ribbing our resident troll, he did bring up a thought of using risk based processors which I find interesting.
what concerns me about his line of thought is that with a single basic client, with a maximum addition of $1 per day to run, he feels is an unacceptable waste of energy. this small amount being unaceptable seems as rediculous to me as some people other than myself would feel a huge outlay of maxed hardware would be.
just my 2 cents based on the research I cared to do b4 I started. guess thats the key, people need to do thier own research to see if the benifits outweigh the drawbacks for each individual.
anyway, I'm folding along with my non-dedicated client for now till I get the other system up over the next month or 2 I just past 100k mark. |
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