At one time there was some hostility in the GIMPs forums towards PG. I don't recall if it involved anyone with the group in general there or if it was just the "community" at GIMPs but years back there was an attitude that PG was "stealing" projects away. However, later relations definitely were...
I would like Northern weather as I'm really hot blooded but my wife is the opposite. I would love to move to Southern or middle Alaska but she imagines Siberia Alaska...lol. Maybe one day I can convince her to at least move to just a better state in general like maybe Tennessee. She doesn't want...
I hear you. I shut down and 8 thread Optiplex and fired up a 32 thread Precision server just recently with a GTX980 in it. My bedroom was already hot but adding that swap to the mix at the same time that the temps went up about 15 degrees outside is like a kick in the nuts...lol
Tips
1. If you want a set and forget contribution, we recommend you attach your CPU's to whatever project is announced for the Marathon. This means it should contribute the entire event and won't necessarily require you to do anything but attach and let it run. The more active members will...
Here is a list of some videos for assisting newer users to get started and tweak things.
How to install BOINC
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https://www.seti-germany.de/boinc_pentathlon/
The BOINC Pentathlon starts on 05 May 2024, 00:00 UTC, and ends on 19 May 2024, 00:00 UTC. So, it will run for exactly 14 days. We finished in 5th place last year.
The...
I'm of no help. I sent all of mine back except one for a refund. Microcenter gave me a refund for all of them and told me to keep the one for the hassles. My wife used it off and on randomly as it was the one with the least amount of issues. She always left a wireless mouse attached which oddly...
Just an FYI, I am more focused on Marthons because it is less taxing on the projects and less frustrating on me. I will still hammer away at Pentathlon but don't think I will partake much on anything that suffers from the challenge issues we typically see these days. It has lost its luster with me.
It was merged not too long ago...
https://hardforum.com/threads/new-direction-and-subforum.2030655/
Quite honestly, it would make more sense to be merged with the DC sub forum IMHO. I mean..it is a form of distributed computing after all and very little to do with AI...
Just added it to the 1st post above.
So far the teams that have joined are:
1. [H]ard|OCP
2. TAAT
3. EVGA
4. ExtremeHW
OC.com is still debating
OcUK was invited but no response yet
OK...so I think we have decided all teams interested can let us know and join in. We will send a few invites out but I honestly don't know how big of an interest it will be so if anyone wants a team to join in, spread the word. We will be doing this Jan. 24th to the 31st. No sign up page or...
In the beginning yes they were handicapped because they dwarfed us by a large margin at the time. Then the handicap was removed. They however, assumed rules that were never brought up prior and didn't realize how well we can sometimes rally support. So, they took the friendly competition and...
Yeah...I've been chasing the 1M in a few projects for a long time. RNAWorld only has literally 1 work unit floating around that takes like a year to crunch. That project really irks me because they act like the science is important but they won't "waste" resources by sending out multiple copies...
Ok, so biodoc is out due to some personal issues. A couple of us discussed in Slack to possibly open things up to multiple teams this year. Some of the same people at TAAT are still pretty vocal this year about their hurt feelings from the last 2 years. So, it seems keeping it just between the...
The teams that have joined are:
1. [H]ard|OCP
2. TAAT - https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/5th-anniversary-fah-bigadv-eol-anniversary-challenge.2616855/
3. EVGA - https://forums.evga.com/m/tm.aspx?m=3617414
4. ExtremeHW -...
Way to far to drive for me and the power draw on those for the output would be horrible unless someone just wanted a really loud space heater. I was lucky enough to sell my last G34 rig back during the last crypto boom. I think I still have a matching pair of chips in my pile somewhere.