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The Showers to Flowers Challenge

48hr. Mini Crunch

29 Apr 2009 18:00 UTC – 01 May 2009 18:00 UTC

There will be a count down clock on the  PG home page, so no excuse for missing the start time " those peeps know who I mean"

* * * PSP Sieve  * * * Only * * * Prime Sierpinski Problem (Sieve) * * *

Team position in the 'PrimeGrid Challenge Series' is 28 (lots of room for improvement)

Signed up so far at great cost are the following:


ben
ed little
hgblade
Joshrandom
lordnikon
madas91
melter65
Rockinfroggi
Timby
UBT - bobuk
UBT - Mikee
UBT - Rick Horn

So who is going to be next and help the team climb up a few more notches in the challenge series listings.

It is just a 48 hour crunch.

More info to follow as it becomes available from PG





b.

Am I missing something here?
But  29th April @ 18.00 to 1st May @18.00 seems to be 48 hours, not 24.

Okay ... I'm in!

Count me in too.  :)

UBT - Rick Horn wrote:Am I missing something here?
But  29th April @ 18.00 to 1st May @18.00 seems to be 48 hours, not 24.

just checking that your reading this    




b.

Just so as i know seeing as its my first challenge type thing......

Only W/U downloaded after 1800 UTC / 1900 BST count so i need to have none of those queued up before hand and all 4 cores ready to start?

Is it worth doing a few of those w/u a day before so all other stuff that needs to download is already on my client? So i need only clog up the system for w/u not the aux files as well

madas91 wrote:Just so as i know seeing as its my first challenge type thing......

Only W/U downloaded after 1800 UTC / 1900 BST count so i need to have none of those queued up before hand and all 4 cores ready to start?

Is it worth doing a few of those w/u a day before so all other stuff that needs to download is already on my client? So i need only clog up the system for w/u not the aux files as well

Yes you are quite correct....only wu's downloaded after 1900bst will count towards the challenge total..
So run down any work you are doing before this time..
Make sure you only d/l PSP Sieve....change in your accounts / primegrid prefs page to ONLY PSP SIEVE....
And good luck..

b.

yeah, count me in too. i have 2 dual core machines to put into action.

ed little wrote:yeah, count me in too. i have 2 dual core machines to put into action.

Welcome and good luck in the challenge



b.

Any idea how long these take?

UBT - Mikee wrote:Any idea how long these take?

FYI  ....   My AMD Phenom 9500 quad core take about 50mins per wu




b.

yo i'm in this time.... 12 cores min, more like 20 tho  

OK Uncle Bob I will try and get the correct day to start this time, so add me to the list!

Timby wrote:OK Uncle Bob I will try and get the correct day to start this time, so add me to the list!

cheers mark...
i will mail you personally to make sure you start at the correct time and day. (for a change)  



b.

Timby wrote:OK Uncle Bob I will try and get the correct day to start this time, so add me to the list!

It brought a grin to a few faces when we realised you'd started 24hrs too early last time, Mr Timby!  :lol:  :lol:

In a "we're not laughing at you really" kind of way, honest!

lol now that was amusing  :lol:

I may do some when the PC is on, give me a nudge on MSN when the challenge is about to start B.

* * *  BUMP * * *

Just an update and a little further info on the challenge:

http://www.primegrid.com/forum_thread.p ... true#14975


Ps The count down clock is running on home page of PG... added for ppl who like to try start early  






b.

bring it on!

I'm even going to shut off my new GTX 295 to keep my CPU all for those little w/u's

madas91 wrote:I'm even going to shut off my new GTX 295 to keep my CPU all for those little w/u's

You should be able to run 4 Primegrid's and 1 CUDA work unit at the same time with the latest BOINC manager

I.e 4 Primegrid + 1 GPUGrid or Seti GPU

I'm running 4 prime grid w/u and 2 gpugrid w/u at the same time atm but that slows the prime grid units down as as it takes 40% of one of the cores to feed them i believe.

I'm going to stop the gpu just for the 48 hours of the challenge

And a Q9650 comes tomorrow to replace my Q6600.

can't wait for my compo money !!! my credits will jump a bit then

From PG:-

Recommendation: The PSP (Sieve) application requires a one time download of a 10MB sieve file. Please consider running a few PSP WU's before the Challenge begins so your client will already have the sieve file. This way, bandwidth can be used to deliver WU's instead of the sieve file. Thank you!





b.

Bob, I just ran a few PSP Sieve WUs to check the system.
They are supposed to be minimum quorum 1, initial replication 1, yet the first two to complete are both "pending"?  :roll:

Rick.

I have zero pending and have a machine running them 24/7 and just done some on my main machine and they zipped straight through as well.

Did notice on prime grid page it said temp down for maintanance for a few minutes around 8.00 ish this morning. Maybe that caused a queue on jobs done

I'll stick a couple of machines on it.
None of my machines are on 24/7 though but every little helps.

Admittedly the one thats running them all the time takes 2 hours to do one
its my first pc from many moons ago.

I'm keeping it low on work and am going to let it run really low on work ready to start the challenge in 5 days.

Main pc is doing them in about 21 minutes with the 2 gpugrid cuda tasks running as well.

madas91 wrote:I have zero pending and have a machine running them 24/7 and just done some on my main machine and they zipped straight through as well.

Did notice on prime grid page it said temp down for maintanance for a few minutes around 8.00 ish this morning. Maybe that caused a queue on jobs done

Seems OK now. Thanks.

Rick.

Ooh, these PSP Sieves are rather tasty!
28.56 credits per WU which take less that 50 minutes to process.

Think I shall be doing these on a permanent basis. Should keep Bob happy too.  :lol:

UBT - Rick Horn wrote:Ooh, these PSP Sieves are rather tasty!
28.56 credits per WU which take less that 50 minutes to process.

Think I shall be doing these on a permanent basis. Should keep Bob happy too.  :lol:

 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

We were chatting about PG credits last night on MSN with Timby / Melter / Ben / bobuk.....Timby was saying and bashing his calculator  that atm PG wu's give better credit than ABC...

So come on peeps join PrimeGrid and reap the benifits of good credit.

****  Become a credit whore @ PrimeGrid  ****



b.

Just got 24 psp sieves
Any credit difference on the x64 app ?

http://www.primegrid.com/result.php?resultid=101724829

nope they just finish quicker  8)

UBT - mickyb69 wrote: Just got 24 psp sieves
Any credit difference on the x64 app ?

Hi Mickyb69, no they are fixed credits per wu, but the x64 os is twice as fast! I think?

Mark

cool  :lol:
1hr 24 on my p4s and 30mins on my  E4500

Won't be long before the seti police start moaning  :?

This will be the final  *** BUMP ***  :lol:  :lol:

To night @ 1900 Hrs. local time you should down load your PG wu's for the challenge...

All thats left to say is .....GOOD LUCK EVERY ONE

Lets go kick some   *&%$




b.

And they're off........

madas91 wrote:And they're off........

yes they are and looking good  :o





b.

Hmm, some interesting UKBT names up there. And Timby is not leading! UBT - lordnikon is taking an early lead! What's going on??

UBT - Mikee wrote:Hmm, some interesting UKBT names up there. And Timby is not leading! UBT - lordnikon is taking an early lead! What's going on??

i guess some peeps try harder than others  

still early days yet ..

but does make interesting reading


b.

Oh knickers, how come I'm not showing up on the participanties page was I `sposed ta sign summit or wad?

You know who.

Rockinfroggi wrote:Oh knickers, how come I'm not showing up on the participanties page was I `sposed ta sign summit or wad?

You know who.

Ello YKW,

you got your preffs set for the correct work units? PSP Sieve.

Mark

Timby wrote:

Rockinfroggi wrote:Oh knickers, how come I'm not showing up on the participanties page was I `sposed ta sign summit or wad?

You know who.

Ello YKW,

you got your preffs set for the correct work units? PSP Sieve.

Mark

Yup, and downloaded all fresh undies after the allotted time, maybe just coz my systems iz slow and I havany dun enough yet.

Rockinfroggi wrote:

Timby wrote:

Rockinfroggi wrote:Oh knickers, how come I'm not showing up on the participanties page was I `sposed ta sign summit or wad?

You know who.

Ello YKW,

you got your preffs set for the correct work units? PSP Sieve.

Mark

Yup, and downloaded all fresh undies after the allotted time, maybe just coz my systems iz slow and I havany dun enough yet.

no its because your just a young frog  

your stats are now showing..

nice to see you hopping onto the forums again gary...


b.

UBT - bobuk wrote:
no its because your just a young frog  

your stats are now showing..

nice to see you hopping onto the forums again gary...


b.

tanks Slob, I'm bringing up the rear as usual but at least I'm there  :P

lol, started the challenge with 12 cores, but had to take one of the boxes down, to ghost the disk so that i could put another box in there!!!

now i got 3 boxes and my fastest system crunches thru in jus over 18mins!


20 cores on it all day.... lets kick it!

 :shock: 20 cores lolololololol nice 1 :notworthy:
Looks like im going to stick with bob and melters  :lol:

UBT - mickyb69 wrote:  :shock: 20 cores lolololololol nice 1 :notworthy:
Looks like im going to stick with bob and melters  :lol:

Come and stand with us, with your chin on the floor, as we watch lordnikon's 20 cores kick botty!!  :D  :D

go go multicore.........

Heartbroken that a mobo for my old q6600 never made it on time stuck with only 6 cores and 1 of them is an athlon xp 2800 although its been fried into thinking its a barton 3200

Its a bit sad the q6600 is missing or i'd have all my previous cpu's from the dark ages running right up to present. Oh well next time

I'm still chuffed dropping from 71 to 98

Were going great guns    :)

We hit our best ever daily total.....

http://boincstats.com/stats/team_graph.php?pr=pg&id=53

Keep up the good work boys and girls


b.

melter65 wrote:

UBT - mickyb69 wrote:  :shock: 20 cores lolololololol nice 1 :notworthy:
Looks like im going to stick with bob and melters  :lol:

Come and stand with us, with your chin on the floor, as we watch lordnikon's 20 cores kick botty!!  :D  :D

unfortunately 4 of them have dropped out and i won't be back at work to get them back up in time for the rest of the challenge so we'll have to do with 16... thought i might have a chance getting some points for the individual standings but alas i'm slowly dropping positions, not gaining no matter.... UBT is in the points and should defo jump up a few in teh standings......go us!

Hehe i'm running the q6600 on the cheapest little asus mobo i could find in town yesterday. If i up the FSB by 1 mhz it won't post its that basic but its still doing 4 every 28 minutes i think.

can't believe how well i've kept up.....thought i was going to plummit !!

madas91 your in pos.91  atm

well done sah!

keepup the good work





b.

nice to see UBT haven't dropped any positions over night.... looks like we've carved ourselves a nice little niche in the standings + it don't look like anyone will take us - bring on teh points.

Losing 2 cores now (lappy going off) will leave the quad crunching for the weekend.

See you all Monday! :hello2:

Ok thats it i'm hooked on team crunches

Away to derby cottage for a week now.

4 hour drive and then peace and quiet to recover my sanity and get fit with a bit of walking

and it brought me just over 500k soon get another with gpu grid adding up so quickly

Well team atm were in pos. 11
Lets hope when all the results are in we stay there..

Congrats to all who took part in this challenge...

Now ime going back to doing a few more Yoyo

b.

UBT - bobuk wrote:
Now ime going back to doing a few more Yoyo

b.

I`m sticking to psp sieve. Best thing since sliced bread!  :D

Final results are in.......

We finished in a very good 11th. position

11th out of 261 teams

But best of all we were the top U.K. team

Well done once again to all who took the time to take part in this challenge

Here's looking forward to the next one

Maybe position 10 is possible

b.

yo all we rocked! well done us...

must say for my first challenge it was very exciting...

next one will be even better!

i had plans for 20 cores:

8 x Xeon 2.5GHz (E5420)
8 x Xeon 2.33GHz (E5345)
4 x Xeon 3.0GHz (5160) - for a x64 windows box - this one burns hard - its been keeping up with some of the linux platforms in sieves!

but unfortunately i had to spend most of the time running on only 16 (had about 6-7 hours with all 20 ) as the 3GHz box got raided for parts almost right away lol.... so next time even better... plus there might be another 16 cores to add to the list....so bring it AAAAAOOOOOOWWWWWN!

 :o  :o Nice work team  :o
Think il stay on Pg tooo

melter65 wrote:See you all Monday! :hello2:

Whoops! Got my days mixed up! Back already!

Well Done Team on getting 11th place in The World! :hello1:

Even better, 1st place in The UK! :headbang:

Just seen this page.

Good to see we're in the points. How did we miss the first challenge though?

Next month is a 9 dayer  :(

UBT came 12th overall in the 2008 Challenges. We can beat that this year, especially with all the new, eager team members!

The PG Challenge Series is the best organised set of team/individual crunches in Boincdom (is that a proper word?) Shame not to continue our good start, Mikee!

yeah im in mate but the next on is gonna be a tough one PSP LLR so guys with farms are gonna do well ... but i'll be there anyway maybe with some more cores this time....