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1/7-1/15 - PrimeGrid - Makar Sankranti Challenge - 18:00:00 UTC time - http://www.primegrid.com/forum_thread.php?id=6583#90771
This is the first of the 2016 PrimeGrid challenge series. It will run for 8 days.
The following apps are the only work units that will count. Keep in mind the world record work units are monsters and so will probably only complete on time with top of the line GPU's and are double precision. AMD cards typically outperform nVidia in the sub-project.
GFN-17-Mega
GFN-18 -
GFN-19
GFN-20
GFN-21
GFN-WR
These GFN-projects are NOT part of the challenge:
GFN-15
GFN-16
GFN-17 LOW
For those new to the PrimeGrid challenge series. To participate:
1. Attach to PrimeGrid in the BOINC client
2. Make sure you are joined with our team here: http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=1710
3. Go to the PrimeGrid preferences under your account (at the PrimeGrid website not BOINC Manager)
4. Choose the profile you are running your computers under. The default is..... Default
5. uncheck all other work units except the GFN work that you want.
6. uncheck the send work from other projects if no work is available option. Shouldn't be an issue, but just in case...
7. You don't want to download work until the challenge starts because ONLY the work units you download during the challenge AND returned before the end of the challenge will count for the challenge. There is absolutely NO bunkering in these challenges.
If you are running work on your CPU's, remember that Intel's typically run much faster than AMD's due to the AVX extensions being tons better in Intel chips.
If you are running CPU work, most people see better over all results turning Hyper Threading OFF for all LLR based work units. Sieving typically works fine with Hyper Threading on. In this challenge, it is considered LLR. You may want to do some testing in advance for your setup.
This is the first of the 2016 PrimeGrid challenge series. It will run for 8 days.
The following apps are the only work units that will count. Keep in mind the world record work units are monsters and so will probably only complete on time with top of the line GPU's and are double precision. AMD cards typically outperform nVidia in the sub-project.
GFN-17-Mega
GFN-18 -
GFN-19
GFN-20
GFN-21
GFN-WR
These GFN-projects are NOT part of the challenge:
GFN-15
GFN-16
GFN-17 LOW
For those new to the PrimeGrid challenge series. To participate:
1. Attach to PrimeGrid in the BOINC client
2. Make sure you are joined with our team here: http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=1710
3. Go to the PrimeGrid preferences under your account (at the PrimeGrid website not BOINC Manager)
4. Choose the profile you are running your computers under. The default is..... Default
5. uncheck all other work units except the GFN work that you want.
6. uncheck the send work from other projects if no work is available option. Shouldn't be an issue, but just in case...
7. You don't want to download work until the challenge starts because ONLY the work units you download during the challenge AND returned before the end of the challenge will count for the challenge. There is absolutely NO bunkering in these challenges.
If you are running work on your CPU's, remember that Intel's typically run much faster than AMD's due to the AVX extensions being tons better in Intel chips.
If you are running CPU work, most people see better over all results turning Hyper Threading OFF for all LLR based work units. Sieving typically works fine with Hyper Threading on. In this challenge, it is considered LLR. You may want to do some testing in advance for your setup.
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