Do I really rank 7th in the team already?

[Dizzious]

http://kakaostats.com/t.php?t=13496




Edit: 11th? weird, it shows me as 7th on the list, but my team ranking is 11th. WE'RE MISSING FOUR PEOPLE D: D: D:

[Slumpy]

According to that stat site you used the Active only filter.But you are doing a good job giving Jimmy some competition.

[dark41]

Things changed pretty rapidly in those standings. I dropped from 2nd to 3rd, and about to be dropped into 5th or less. Last time I looked, I was right behind Slumpy, who has now doubled my points. And who is Jimmy? Came out of nowhere to take a commanding lead.

Good to see people still putting their resources to valuable use.

[Dizzious]

Originally Posted by Slumpy

According to that stat site you used the Active only filter.But you are doing a good job giving Jimmy some competition.

Ohhhh there we go. I thought that looked strange.

Check out all the processors I've got on my account - Only three of those are GPUs, I've got an 8800GTX, 9800GT, and 65% of an 8800GTS 640 folding most of the time, and they put off around 5x as many points as all of the cpu's combined D:
Gpu folding rocks.

[Slumpy]

Originally Posted by dark41

Things changed pretty rapidly in those standings. I dropped from 2nd to 3rd, and about to be dropped into 5th or less. Last time I looked, I was right behind Slumpy, who has now doubled my points. And who is Jimmy? Came out of nowhere to take a commanding lead.

Good to see people still putting their resources to valuable use.

Jimmy showed up not long after you stopped ,I finished folding pcstats team # in work units and went back to my other team.
Yes GPU folding has been a big change for F@H, its faster and thats good for the results.

[Jimmy]

Competition is always welcomed on the PCStats.com folding team...



btw - Slumpy, you're always welcome to start folding for our team again

[dark41]

As much as I'd love to contribute, we're going in the opposite direction. I could justify the expense when it was just CPU usage as that didn't use hardly any more electricity and I was at least competitive. But now things have changed pretty drastically with GPU folding becoming the norm.

After our electric bill reached 4 figures+ ($1250AUD in 3 month period) we took several steps to reduce it. The biggest impact was shutting down folding on GPUs and eliminating higher end GPUs on systems that didn't need them. (I also lost my MegaWorks 510D 5.1 surround, because it was bought in USA and using a power converter that sucked 40w from the wall running 24/7. Now a perfectly good 500w surround sound system is collecting dust in the garage.)

My system still has a HD4850 for occasional games, but all others have 5200 or less. I know my system is crap compared to high end systems now, and it only uses 105-110w at idle and under load for CPU. But when the GPU starts folding or playing games it jumps to 180-220w. Ouch even. I can't imagine how people get by with SLI or Crossfire on high end cards, let alone multiple systems with high end vid cards running under load all the time.

Still think its great that those who can afford it are contributing to a worthwhile cause though. Keep up the good work guys & gals. And go team PCStats!!

[Jimmy]

Originally Posted by dark41

After our electric bill reached 4 figures+ ($1250AUD in 3 month period) we took several steps to reduce it.

Yikes, $1250AUD? And I thought $95USD was high for my apartment :P

Perhaps its for the best that you keep your electric bills down...

[dark41]

Yea, hard to compare an apartment with a 5bdrm house with 2 living areas (one a computer room/office with 14 systems in it) and attached 2 car garage. The other big electricity hog is the ducted reverse cycle air conditioner/heater, but can't be without that in South Australia.

[Comixion]

Originally Posted by dark41

Yea, hard to compare an apartment with a 5bdrm house with 2 living areas (one a computer room/office with 14 systems in it) and attached 2 car garage. The other big electricity hog is the ducted reverse cycle air conditioner/heater, but can't be without that in South Australia.

Isn't it summer or near summer in Australia right now? Just the opposite of the US.

[dark41]

Yes, opposite. Coming into summer now.