Help fight cancer with F@H! join team ECF today!!!!!!

[tmcase]

Don't forget to fill out the form for your ECF title!! Yay! Congrats! Finally, right?!?

And don't forget to add your passkey, Terry.

Thumbs up for hanging in there until the WU was completed.

Thanks for the reminders. I totally forgot both.

I'm sure glad I got a small one this time. I won't be chalking up many points but at least I'll feel like I'm doing something.

 

[tmcase]

PROBLEM....When I click on my username in the client it takes me to a page where I have to enter the team number. The form wants MY stats. The team stats shows me at 92 so it has entered my WU but I can't get to the page that the form wants.

 

[sashwa]

Here's the link I think you have to enter into that form:

tmcase's contributions to Folding@home

When the team's stats are updating, you get the page where you need to enter the team number. It goes away after it has updated.

 

[tmcase]

Here's the link I think you have to enter into that form:

tmcase's contributions to Folding@home

When the team's stats are updating, you get the page where you need to enter the team number. It goes away after it has updated.

Thanks Sash. I guess it was updating when I tried it.

So my SCORE is lower than the CREDITS I got so if I understand correctly SCORE is for me and CREDITS is for the team?

 

[sashwa]

I don't know. They have always been the same for me.

I do know that the faster you get the wu done, the more points/credit you will get for it.

This version FAH is the first version, I've ever known what a wu is worth before I finish it.

 

[tmcase]

I don't know. They have always been the same for me.

I do know that the faster you get the wu done, the more points/credit you will get for it.

This version FAH is the first version, I've ever known what a wu is worth before I finish it.

I got jipped!

Oh well, at least it finished.

 

[oldsoldier]

Here's the link I think you have to enter into that form:

tmcase's contributions to Folding@home

When the team's stats are updating, you get the page where you need to enter the team number. It goes away after it has updated.

stats update every hour and take about 10-15 minutes.

 

[.kmh.]

Whoo Hoo! My 2 wk monster WU finally finished. Final credit estimate, 3494.00 points. It had me worried there for awhile. It sat at 99.99% complete for a long time and the ETA said 1 min, 55 seconds for about 30 minutes. I was sure it was stuck. But it finished and started a new one. A smaller one. It should be done in 3 days. Whew!

Now I'm going to shutdown, blowout my tower, install a new driver and do some PC maintenance. BBL

Congrats =)

Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2

 

[shades]

Whoo Hoo! My 2 wk monster WU finally finished. Final credit estimate, 3494.00 points. It had me worried there for awhile. It sat at 99.99% complete for a long time and the ETA said 1 min, 55 seconds for about 30 minutes. I was sure it was stuck. But it finished and started a new one. A smaller one. It should be done in 3 days. Whew!

Now I'm going to shutdown, blowout my tower, install a new driver and do some PC maintenance. BBL

\m/...(-.-)...\m/ Rock on! Gratz!

 

[beebopnjazz]

I got jipped!

Oh well, at least it finished.

I think it's only after 10 WUs completed .....but I know I was gypped too....my largest WU was scheduled for 1763 but credit was 43XX - when it was done I received the 1763 idk why - but it's ok...have to keep searching for myself further and further down the list .....but it's for a good cause.

 

[tmcase]

What I don't understand is where they got the number that gave me. It wasn't mentioned anywhere in the client. I guess their credit est is a bit off.

 

[beebopnjazz]

What I don't understand is where they got the number that gave me. It wasn't mentioned anywhere in the client. I guess their credit est is a bit off.

In the description of the WU the credit is listed - I don't remember if you have to be in advanced mode to see the description - I think you do. It's never the same as the estimated credit.

 

[tmcase]

In the description of the WU the credit is listed - I don't remember if you have to be in advanced mode to see the description - I think you do. It's never the same as the estimated credit.

In my huge WU that just complete it said 13xx credits (I think) in the description and 3494 est credits up above in the window. But I got 2015. It didn't mention 2015 anywhere.

 

[Ictinike]

In my huge WU that just complete it said 13xx credits (I think) in the description and 3494 est credits up above in the window. But I got 2015. It didn't mention 2015 anywhere.

Folding@home - FAQ-Points

How do you decide how much credit a work unit is worth?

General scheme (relevant for all types of clients)

Points are determined by the performance of a each contributor's folding hardware (CPU, GPU, etc.) relative to a reference benchmark machine. Before sending out any work units from a new Project #, we benchmark one or or more work units from that Project on a dedicated machine. We plug the results of this benchmark test into the following formula:
Points = PPD * (DaysPerWU)
where DaysPerWU is the number of days it took to complete the work unit.
We summarize the details of the machine and the PPD below. Please note the very concept of a reference machine will mean that some WU performance will vary from the performance on your machine. Even between various Xeon processors, there are significant differences in architectures. Moreover, there are variations between WUs within a given project which can lead to speed differences.

So Credit is the absolute best value they've come up with using a dedicated machine to crunch the data on their own. They use this then as a gauge and if you do it in less time you get full credit and if you do it in longer time you get less is how I understand it. Sometimes their credit calculations are not based on the same architecture your running and may speed through a WU while you slowly crank on it. Also this is on a dedicated, 24/7 machine, which means if you pause the calculations at anytime your losing credit let alone if your machine isn't as fast as their's they benchmarked it on. Just keep cranking and you'll average out and some you'll get more credits (bonus) and others you'll get less but in the end it's all good

Cheers,
~Icky

 

[nomoMarlboro]

Awesome job. Thank you.

 

[frankyfive]

I feel like I just came out of my cave after years of hibernating. Knew nothing about PVs till a little over a month ago and now I learn this grid computing stuff is for real...heard it in sci fi movie but never even considered it as a real process. AMAZING!

 

[Jimblob]

I joined too. Was a bit worried how much bandwidth it would use, but I`ve researched it and it uses next to nothing, apparently

My PPD is 6575.

 

[BuGlen]

Distributed computing is a wonderful thing for these types of applications. I've installed the app and am more than happy to dedicate my unused processor cycles for this cause.

It would be nice if they created a 64-bit version and a native Windows 8 app. I'm guessing they'll be working on that if Win8 actually gets a good market share.

 

[vsummer1]

Well, DH found out I was running it on his laptop. And MUCH to my surprise, doesn't mind. If we can update the virus protection on the desktop, he says it is even faster, but he won't run it without the update and he can't remember who he is. He is in there now working on it. So, I may be able to offer even more help when/if he gets that one up.

 

[Jimblob]

Does your PPD usually change depending on the wu your doing? My PPD has gone up to 7162. Its currently doing 3 jobs by the looks of it.

First time I have ever seen anything use all 8 cores on this pc, lol.