SETI@Home & Projects News Vol. 185 5th October to 12th October 2012

ToxicTBag · 13 Oct 2012 at 21:48

loudbob said:
Nice to have you back T'Bag

I'm just doing my bit for DC Vault atm and then a little Folding - but I'll be back on SETI soon - I have yet to get to No1

derv said:
Welcome back Tony.

Finally got another 470 for my second rig and my RAC is back up to 100k. I feel proud of myself even if Mr Loudbob's morning flatulence crunches more than both my rigs put together

Good to be back .... well it was then it was not now its ok again, lots of hardware under the bridge last few days i may be skint but i could use my rma gubbins to put a deposit on a house

Wonder if the new lunatics optimised app is any closer to release what say you Mr Loudbob sah?

TheTross · 13 Oct 2012 at 23:47

Put me down as a member of the single PC fraternity please Mr Toxic sah. I've fired up the ol' GTS250 again for the cause after starving it for a while, so it's now hungrily chomping on its favourite food

ToxicTBag · 13 Oct 2012 at 23:51

TheTross said:
Put me down as a member of the single PC fraternity please Mr Toxic sah. I've fired up the ol' GTS250 again for the cause after starving it for a while, so it's now hungrily chomping on its favourite food

Indeedlydoodly TheTross i shall do it right now

the_running_man · 14 Oct 2012 at 12:19

Add me as a single pc user please.

ToxicTBag · 14 Oct 2012 at 12:31

the_running_man said:
Add me as a single pc user please.

Done and thanks for your output

eggcup · 14 Oct 2012 at 15:43

Still on a single pc.

ToxicTBag · 14 Oct 2012 at 18:42

Thats a smart looking tiffy Mr eggcup sah have added you and ta muchly

loudbob · 14 Oct 2012 at 19:14

ToxicTBag said:
Wonder if the new lunatics optimised app is any closer to release what say you Mr Loudbob sah?

From what info I can get - it looks as though theres still a licensing issue....

Once it's resolved the new apps should be released - fingers crossed

ToxicTBag · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:20

ooooh i badly want to dip me toes into the 6 series look forward to this

Ahemm!

New king of the hill, many conratulations Mr Reaver sah adjectives fail me (am also luminous green with envy)

loudbob · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:40

Congrats ReaVer......

You deserve it

I just had an email confirming that a replacement GTX570 Classified is on it's way (should be here by end of week) - along with the replacement GTX460 (so I should be able to sell the two 460's too) - might even look at selling the 480's so that I can replace them with something a little more kind to my lectric bill

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I think you'll be safe at the top - at least until the opt apps arrive (no new news on that I'm afraid

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derv · 15 Oct 2012 at 21:29

Nice little delivery from the postie this evening

TheTross · 15 Oct 2012 at 23:47

That's a hoooooge tiffy derv, congrats! :cool:

Now then. My humble GTS250 apparently didn't appreciate being brought out of retirement and has gone on strike... permanently. I therefore need a replacement - one that's not too power-hungry and can run SETI. Am thinking of a GT560Ti, but any better suggestions would be welcomed

derv · 16 Oct 2012 at 07:21

560ti (448 core) would be a good choice although a 6 series might be better on the ol' leccy bill. A couple of 690s should do it

TheTross · 16 Oct 2012 at 19:02

I think two 690s might be a bit optimistic given my present (im)pecuniary situation - however awesome that would be

Thanks for the advice derv - the 6xx series really surprised me with their wattage figures so will go for one of those. Would a 640 or 650 (650Ti at a push, but that's right at the upper end of my budget) be of much use do you know?

derv · 16 Oct 2012 at 22:04

Until the new optimised apps come out (might be a while...) the 5 series cards seem to be performing better than the 6 series for SETI. Is your rig purely for SETI or will you be gaming on it?

TheTross · 16 Oct 2012 at 23:11

I don't game on it at all. The only stressful thing the GPU will be doing is SETI.

JamesM · 17 Oct 2012 at 09:16

TheTross said:
I don't game on it at all. The only stressful thing the GPU will be doing is SETI.

Defo need a 5 series card then I would have thought?

ToxicTBag · 17 Oct 2012 at 11:45

Yup i would definately go for a gtx 560 possibly ti if you have the spare pennies its a good balance of a card power/output

derv · 17 Oct 2012 at 13:48

I'll second the 560ti. Not sure what your budget is but the last couple have sold on MM for around £110 I think.

ToxicTBag · 17 Oct 2012 at 14:35

Very nice tiffy there Dave 25,000,000 :eek:

"Must try harder" but how can i cool those? Ahh yes that should do the trick when its operational "smug evil grin"