[Folding@Home] hitparade van 15 april

[smoking2000]

Om te beginnen is er GPU2 nieuws:

quote: http://folding.typepad.com/

Updates to the Download page/GPU2 goes live

We've made several changes to the download page. First and foremost, we've tried to simplify it a bit for donors new to FAH by moving the high performance Windows downloads to their own page. The goal is to try to simplify the long list of possible clients new donors see. For those who are already experts at FAH, they will notice the high performance client link on the download page (although it may be nice to highlight that a bit more).

We have also updated the GPU client on the download page, with GPU client downloads pointing to GPU2 rather than GPU1. This is a major step forward for FAH, as we move to our second generation GPU client ("GPU2"). It's also an important time to note the contributions of the GPU1 client: we've been able to learn a great deal of running GPU's "in the wild," which is very different than in the lab, and what we've learned has gone into GPU2. GPU2 is much easier to run, more reliable scientifically, and has more advanced algorithms. Due to these differences, GPU1 has become obsolete. However, we are working to write a paper with what we've learned from GPU1 and acquiring data for that paper will need some more GPU1 cycles.

Thus, we will continue the GPU1 projects for a little while longer (likely a month or so), while we encourage people to transition to GPU2. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has run the GPU1 client and given us such useful data to advance to the second generation client. So far, the GPU2 client has become a success, with many more people running it than GPU1, in just two days. We are also working to improve the performance of GPU2 and one should expect to see core updates on a regular basis as we improve the software. Finally, we are also considering points modifications to make sure that the compensation is reasonable.

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How the GPU2 core works

There have been some misunderstandings on how the GPU2 core works. In particular, for small proteins like villin on GPU's with large number of stream processors (SP's) like the 3850 or 3870, the protein is too small to use a larger number of SP's unless the CPU is very fast. Some people have guessed that there is some internal SP limit. This is incorrect; the problem is that small proteins can't be parallelized amongst a large number of SP's.

We are working to release larger proteins (about 2x the number of atoms) as they are more interesting scientifically and use the GPU's (even the high end ones) much closer to 100%. The exciting part for us is that the larger proteins run at almost the same speed as the slower ones on GPU's (whereas on CPU's, they're 4x slower); this is where the GPU2 code should shine. In parallel, Mike Houston at AMD is working to optimize CAL such that it has lower CPU overhead.

For now, we're pushing out villin WU's as a test (good to know that the code is working well), but we expect the larger WU's to be going out soon (say a week or two, pending internal testing).

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GPU2 open beta going well

The GPU2 code beta test is going well so far. While there are some issues to deal with, it looks like this client is significantly easier to use than GPU1. Also, we're excited since the science in GPU2 makes a big step forward.

There's been lots of suggestions (tweaks to the client, a visualizer, PPD change), and we've been compiling lists of requests and going over what makes sense. Right now, I'd say that everything is on the table, but some suggestions are easier than others. We'll prioritize on the easy & important additions first of course (and the hard & less important changes last). Also, we're working on a visualizer that will give real time updates like the PS3, as well as a console version of the GPU2 client. We may hit a show stopper, but that's on our roadmap.

We're excited about the turnout so far and are looking forward to doing exciting work together with this new technology.

En dan zijn er natuurlijk ook nog stats waarin wij Kalifa, Kr4t0s & Yannick_Renders mogen verwelkomen, en waarin wij BPE mogen feliciteren met de title FvdD!

Ook graag nog een applausje voor de mijlpaal halers vandaag: TEAM_JOE_BAR, Marcks, TeHDeWM, Kalifa, Kr4t0s, Seaborz, Yannick_Renders & Frank_Knopers







DPC Folding@Home hitparade van 15 april 2008

Daily Top 30
Flushers: 124 / 3.024 (4,1 %)
pos		daily	member	total
1.	()	28.915	[DPC]_Team_ColdFusion	10.936.501	(1)
2.	(2)	13.983	TEAM_JOE_BAR	5.008.722	(4)
3.	()	10.237	[DPC]_Fatal_Error_Group	4.354.796	(6)
4.	(2)	10.186	chelloo.com	5.850.114	(3)
5.	(4)	6.664	Schapie	2.541.385	(10)
6.	(4)	6.123	Bogaarts	1.172.849	(18)
7.	(1)	4.286	PeaceNlove	663.131	(31)
8.	(86)	4.106	BPE	720.392	(30)
9.	(4)	3.520	[DPC]NGS	4.437.508	(5)
10.	()	3.007	DeApen	636.109	(32)
11.	(4)	2.775	gowron	3.027.996	(9)
12.	(72)	2.245	Tamarinde	476.059	(37)
13.	(2)	1.894	PS3	990.246	(20)
14.	()	1.760	LightofDarkness	3.520	(1011)
15.	(1)	1.760	Marktm	153.171	(91)
16.	(3)	1.619	RdamRobin	786.379	(26)
17.	(4)	1.273	BananaTeam	1.185.277	(17)
18.	(70)	1.016	sander_jager	281.587	(51)
19.	(10)	1.007	mzilla	255.581	(58)
20.	(10)	1.000	Harmk-PS3	182.711	(76)
21.	(6)	1.000	esoteric17	51.358	(219)
22.	(2)	1.000	snotaapje	92.769	(145)
23.	(5)	875	Incure	12.835	(552)
24.	(14)	875	L.de.Creme	128.531	(112)
25.	(20)	875	Marcks	20.798	(409)
26.	()	875	SayWhatAgain	174.443	(81)
27.	()	873	Kalifa	970	(1617)
28.	(2)	861	j.vangalen	189.908	(73)
29.	(48)	781	leon1e	54.121	(212)
30.	(6)	776	Deregtx	7.244	(720)
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Overall Top 30
pos		total	member	daily
1.	()	10.936.501	[DPC]_Team_ColdFusion	28.915	(1)
2.	()	6.764.959	Team4Fun.nl	0	(-)
3.	()	5.850.114	chelloo.com	10.186	(4)
4.	()	5.008.722	TEAM_JOE_BAR	13.983	(2)
5.	()	4.437.508	[DPC]NGS	3.520	(9)
6.	()	4.354.796	[DPC]_Fatal_Error_Group	10.237	(3)
7.	()	3.566.902	Team_Elteor_Borislavj	0	(-)
8.	()	3.504.927	Team_Pastis_51	715	(34)
9.	()	3.027.996	gowron	2.775	(11)
10.	()	2.541.385	Schapie	6.664	(5)
11.	()	2.130.175	[DPC]Clan_Delft	755	(32)
12.	()	1.899.611	DPC_Los_Alcoholicos	0	(-)
13.	()	1.666.569	www.onweer-online.nl	62	(108)
14.	()	1.616.606	SandStar	0	(-)
15.	()	1.437.752	Holy_Cow!	343	(61)
16.	()	1.407.794	Forza_Mucca	243	(83)
17.	()	1.185.277	BananaTeam	1.273	(17)
18.	()	1.172.849	Bogaarts	6.123	(6)
19.	()	1.073.967	DPC_Division_Brabant	252	(76)
20.	()	990.246	PS3	1.894	(13)
21.	()	912.846	Waddenteam	0	(-)
22.	()	896.477	1KEY	0	(-)
23.	()	821.883	DPC_Team_Switch	0	(-)
24.	()	812.239	New_Folder	0	(-)
25.	()	801.733	DukeBox	0	(-)
26.	()	786.379	RdamRobin	1.619	(16)
27.	()	775.398	MaCCrunch	0	(-)
28.	()	760.124	Robbie_D	0	(-)
29.	()	728.787	STW	165	(95)
30.	()	720.392	BPE	4.106	(8)
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Teams Daily Top 15
pos		daily	team	total
1.	()	1.058.209	www.overclockers.com	589.465.019	(2)
24.	()	179.019	NCIX.com Forum Folding Team	81.208.276	(29)
25.	(6)	175.725	Team XPS - Folding@Home	24.416.901	(84)
26.	(2)	169.890	DSL Reports Team Helix	131.111.884	(17)
27.	(2)	165.841	xtremesystems.org	47.284.849	(51)
28.	(1)	164.397	2CPU.com Folding@Home	204.149.897	(12)
29.	(3)	156.276	XCPUs.com	26.399.022	(79)
30.	(4)	143.314	Blu-ray.com	21.723.154	(96)
31.	(1)	142.963	Dutch Power Cows	114.353.675	(21)
32.	(3)	142.814	Planet 3DNow!	43.191.367	(55)
33.	(5)	141.823	ClubLexus	23.919.345	(87)
34.	(6)	133.823	Hardware.no	58.251.749	(44)
35.	(2)	131.479	ABXZone.com	124.542.173	(18)
36.	(5)	131.052	Vietnam Global Team	63.311.113	(38)
37.	(5)	130.800	Team ABIT	78.850.844	(31)
38.	(5)	128.991	Ukraine	55.640.881	(46)
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Teams Overall Top 15
pos		total	team	daily
1.	()	676.892.959	Overclockers Australia	839.492	(3)
14.	()	161.368.555	EOC Folding@Home Team	261.841	(13)
15.	()	159.294.930	PC Perspective Folding Frogs (734)	200.241	(21)
16.	()	154.992.983	Team Icrontic.com	191.043	(23)
17.	()	131.111.884	DSL Reports Team Helix	169.890	(26)
18.	()	124.542.173	ABXZone.com	131.479	(35)
19.	()	120.184.202	Team Engadget	258.497	(14)
20.	()	117.377.807	p2p-community	84.342	(62)
21.	()	114.353.675	Dutch Power Cows	142.963	(31)
22.	()	111.888.968	Overclock.net	429.146	(10)
23.	()	111.412.697	Team AnandTech	273.727	(12)
24.	()	101.271.912	OcUK	226.984	(18)
25.	()	97.479.257	2ch@PS3	240.914	(15)
26.	()	89.300.302	Overclockers Club	100.420	(47)
27.	()	87.621.705	Team Hack-a-Day	96.893	(48)
28.	()	87.394.056	SilentPCReview Folding@Home	103.294	(46)
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Megaflush Top 5
pos	Team	Flush	Date
1.	Team4Fun.nl	202.700	05-12-2005
2.	markvanmook	116.996	31-10-2006
3.	[DPC]_Team_ColdFusion	89.749	27-01-2008
4.	Schapie	29.669	31-10-2006
5.	Bogaarts	27.211	06-04-2008
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Mijlpalen

TEAM_JOE_BAR	5.000.000
Marcks	20.000
TeHDeWM	5.000
Kalifa	500
Kr4t0s	500
Seaborz	500
Yannick_Renders	500
Frank_Knopers	100

When do you get them

Team	Average	Days
p2p-community	91.530	62
ABXZone.com	119.073	476

Nieuwe Leden

Kalifa	97
Kr4t0s	97
Yannick_Renders	97

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[JohFraEl]

Thnx Smoking2000 voor het nieuws en de stats

@FvdD BPE
Feli TEAM_JOE_BAR Met de 5Miljoen mijlpaal
Overige mijlpalers ook proficiat!

• Marcks 20.000
• TeHDeWM 5.000
• Kalifa 500
• Kr4t0s 500
• Seaborz 500
• Yannick_Renders 500
• Frank_Knopers 100

Welkom Kalifa, Kr4t0s & Yannick_Renders in de vouwweide van DPC

[WolterB]

Goed nieuws. Met een GPU die 4x sneller kan zijn, loont het mss om deze te gaan draaien op mijn HD3850

[PeaceNlove]

Mijn HD3850 gaat waarschijnlijk ook wel wat heter worden. Maar eerst eens voorzichtig mijn phenom belasten, de vorige keer ging dat niet zo goed. Nu heeft het ding er al een hele nacht op 50% van zijn kunnen er op zitten Nu draait de SMP op 60% en doet de phenom 2% per uur.
Eerst nog maar eens een goede voeding fiksen voordat de hele boel 100% belasting om zijn oren krijgt.

Welkom Kalifa, Kr4t0s en Yannick_Renders en feli aan alle mijlpaalhalers.

Tot slot nog BPE en naar de Apen (eat my dust).

[smoking2000]

WolterB schreef op woensdag 16 april 2008 @ 09:37:
Goed nieuws. Met een GPU die 4x sneller kan zijn, loont het mss om deze te gaan draaien op mijn HD3850

Dat is waarschijnlijk wel een goede, zelfs de AGP variant schijnt het goed te doen:

quote: http://foldingforum.org/v...42&t=2058&start=30#p18803

Re: GPU2 AGP users?
by mhouston on Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:26 am

I finally have a 3850 AGP in hand. A Sapphire 3850 AGP running the 8.3 hotfix drivers Sapphire has up. I installed the drivers from the CD and then did a manual driver update to the posted 8.3 hotfix drivers from Sapphire.

CPU:Athlon 3200+ (2.2GHz stock)
Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo (Nforce3 chipset)
GPU: Sapphire 3850 AGP (669c/829m stock)
Driver: 8.3 hotfix driver (package 8.471.1.1-080324b-061196E-ATI), 2D Driver 6.14.10.6783
OS: Windows XP 32-bit SP2 (fully patched)

GPU utilization: 62-65% (CCC and Rivatuner)
80-85 seconds per %

Voorals die frame times zijn indrukwekkend, een Q6600 @ stock heeft nog zo'n 10 minuten daarvoor nodig

[NLSchutP]

Sjonge jonge.. mager dagje... toch ff met de zweep over Drama heen

[Mist]

Toevallig kwam ik vandaag een artikel tegen over de GPU2 client, inclusief interview met Pande. Wellicht ook interessant leesvoer: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2284042,00.asp

[mad_max234]

IK heb met mijn Athlon 5600+ @ 3Ghz en HD 3870 elke 56sec 1%.

Cpu draait op 100% GPU +-70% van zijn kunnen.

Zou leuk zijn om 4 HD 3850 kaarten en een Phenom te hebben voor het vouwen, kan je 4 GPU clients draaien.

Hier wat cijfers van een overklokte Q6600 en een HD 3870 en 2900xt.

Number from HD3870.

Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz (266 * 9), GPU @ 780 MHz : 1310 PPD
Q6600 @ 3.4 GHz (485 * 7), GPU @ 780 MHz : 1860 PPD
Q6600 @ 3.4 GHz (485 * 7), GPU @ 850 MHz : 1860 PPD

More numbers with the 2900XT ...

Dual Opteron 2212 @ 2.7 GHz : 1350 PPD (with GPU @ 739 and 847 MHz)
Q6600 @ 3.4 GHz (485 * 7), GPU @ 739 and 847 MHz : 1860 PPD
Q6600 @ 3.8 GHz (475 * 8 ), GPU @ 739 MHz : 1860 PPD
Q6600 @ 3.8 GHz (475 * 8 ), GPU @ 847 MHz : 2100 PPD
Q6600 @ 3.8 GHz (475 * 8 ), GPU @ 860 MHz : 2100 PPD

[ Voor 59% gewijzigd door mad_max234 op 16-04-2008 13:53 ]

[Marcks]

Zo, mijn pc loopt flink hard te fannen sinds ik F@H op beide cores draai... Maar ja, je moet er wat voor over hebben om JOE BAR's 5 miljoen in te halen. ^^

Is er trouwens geen GPU-client voor de GeForce 2 MX?

[Verwijderd]

mediabeast schreef op woensdag 16 april 2008 @ 10:10:

Tot slot nog BPE en naar de Apen (eat my dust).

Thanks! En ook naar Mediabeast / PeaceNlove voor het behalen van zijn hoogste daily ooit en het voorblijven in de daily

Gaat de goeie kant op daar!

@ paalhalers en nieuwe leden!

[PeaceNlove]

Verwijderd schreef op woensdag 16 april 2008 @ 15:40:
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Thanks! En ook naar Mediabeast / PeaceNlove voor het behalen van zijn hoogste daily ooit en het voorblijven in de daily

Gaat de goeie kant op daar!

@ paalhalers en nieuwe leden!

Wacht maar tot mijn Phenom zijn eerste Wu afheeft