The Showers to Flowers Challenge by PG

Post by **UBT - bobuk** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:34 am

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.

UBT - Rick Horn · Post by **UBT - Rick Horn** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:06 pm

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

hgblade · Post by **hgblade** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:07 pm

Okay ... I'm in!

Joshrandom · Post by **Joshrandom** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:11 pm

Count me in too. :)

Post by **UBT - bobuk** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:20 pm

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.

madas91 · Post by **madas91** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:12 pm

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

Post by **UBT - bobuk** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:19 pm

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..

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ed little · Post by **ed little** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:37 pm

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

Post by **UBT - bobuk** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:49 pm

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.

Post by **UBT - Mikee** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:58 pm

Any idea how long these take?

Post by **UBT - bobuk** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 2:09 pm

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

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

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lordnikon · Post by **lordnikon** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 5:46 pm

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

Timby · Post by **Timby** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:07 pm

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

Post by **UBT - bobuk** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:16 pm

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.

melter65 · Post by **melter65** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:12 pm

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!

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:26 pm

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.

Post by **UBT - bobuk** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:08 am

* * * 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

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ed little · Post by **ed little** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:02 pm

bring it on!

madas91 · Post by **madas91** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:03 pm

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

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:39 pm

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

madas91 · Post by **madas91** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:34 pm

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

Post by **UBT - bobuk** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:58 pm

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!

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UBT - Rick Horn · Post by **UBT - Rick Horn** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:31 am

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.

madas91 · Post by **madas91** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:48 am

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

Darren · Post by **Darren** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:54 am

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

madas91 · Post by **madas91** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:00 am

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.

UBT - Rick Horn · Post by **UBT - Rick Horn** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:04 am

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.

UBT - Rick Horn · Post by **UBT - Rick Horn** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:45 am

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:

Post by **UBT - bobuk** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:28 pm

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.

UBT - mickyb69 · Post by **UBT - mickyb69** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:35 pm

Just got 24 psp sieves

Any credit difference on the x64 app ?

madas91 · Post by **madas91** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:41 pm

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

nope they just finish quicker 8)

Timby · Post by **Timby** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:28 pm

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

UBT - mickyb69 · Post by **UBT - mickyb69** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:48 pm

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

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

Post by **UBT - bobuk** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:07 am

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.

madas91 · Post by **madas91** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:12 pm

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

Post by **UBT - bobuk** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:19 pm

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

yes they are and looking good :o

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Post by **UBT - Mikee** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:39 pm

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

Post by **UBT - bobuk** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:43 pm

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

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Rockinfroggi · Post by **Rockinfroggi** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:21 pm

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

You know who.

Timby · Post by **Timby** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:34 pm

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

Rockinfroggi · Post by **Rockinfroggi** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:37 pm

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.

Post by **UBT - bobuk** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:57 pm

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.

Rockinfroggi · Post by **Rockinfroggi** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:06 pm

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

lordnikon · Post by **lordnikon** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:18 am

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!

UBT - mickyb69 · Post by **UBT - mickyb69** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:36 am

:shock: 20 cores lolololololol

nice 1 :notworthy:
Looks like im going to stick with bob and melters :lol:

melter65 · Post by **melter65** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:02 am

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

madas91 · Post by **madas91** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:58 am

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

Post by **UBT - bobuk** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:51 pm

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.

lordnikon · Post by **lordnikon** » Fri May 01, 2009 1:29 am

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!

madas91 · Post by **madas91** » Fri May 01, 2009 8:24 am

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 !!

Post by **UBT - bobuk** » Fri May 01, 2009 8:34 am

madas91 your in pos.91 atm

well done sah!

keepup the good work

b.

lordnikon · Post by **lordnikon** » Fri May 01, 2009 2:09 pm

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.

melter65 · Post by **melter65** » Fri May 01, 2009 2:27 pm

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

See you all Monday! :hello2:

madas91 · Post by **madas91** » Fri May 01, 2009 7:09 pm

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

Post by **UBT - bobuk** » Fri May 01, 2009 8:09 pm

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 - Rick Horn · Post by **UBT - Rick Horn** » Fri May 01, 2009 11:03 pm

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

Post by **UBT - bobuk** » Sat May 02, 2009 9:36 am

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.

lordnikon · Post by **lordnikon** » Sat May 02, 2009 2:15 pm

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!

UBT - mickyb69 · Post by **UBT - mickyb69** » Sat May 02, 2009 7:59 pm

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

melter65 · Post by **melter65** » Sun May 03, 2009 8:49 pm

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:

Post by **UBT - Mikee** » Mon May 04, 2009 8:07 pm

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 :(

melter65 · Post by **melter65** » Mon May 04, 2009 8:25 pm

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!

lordnikon · Post by **lordnikon** » Wed May 06, 2009 1:55 am

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....

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The Showers to Flowers Challenge by PG

The Showers to Flowers Challenge by PG

yo

finally up and running

11th place

well done all

next crunch