SETI@home News Vol. 95

ToxicTBag · 10 Mar 2010 at 18:04

No no i'm not out to cause a fuss - its just when i find something i enjoy or get stuck into then i dont mind spending a few quid - team first and a bit of friendly rivalry but definately not out to stomp (learning) on anyone....
I just about gotten my head around the stats but seriously your way ahead halz the way i read it your average is way abovemine.
Heck dont spend anymore that graphics card must have made quite a dent...you'll have to show the figures once its up n running.

derk · 10 Mar 2010 at 18:04

TheTross said:
Do I detect major rumblings in the dunjins?

Going off the temperature of my credit card I flipping hope so

TheTross · 11 Mar 2010 at 00:04

ToxicTBag said:
No no i'm not out to cause a fuss - its just when i find something i enjoy or get stuck into then i dont mind spending a few quid - team first and a bit of friendly rivalry but definately not out to stomp (learning) on anyone...

Correction: You definitely ARE out to stomp people! Afterall, that's the aim of the game* when in a team, and seeing as you're looking like investing in more/better hardware you'll be stomping a lot of people very quickly. Don't worry about it hurting anyone either - those stomped deserve all they get, with the biggest slackers being well used to it

. All that's asked of you is that you issue a polite parp notice before you go past - obviously not to everyone, but just to those that are active posters around here; it lets them know they're slacking...

*Some folk say they do it for the science... weirdos

derk · 11 Mar 2010 at 00:21

Well said Tross

ToxicTBag said:
No no i'm not out to cause a fuss

.......you'll have to show the figures once its up n running.

LOL - I was rather hoping you were actually

- first bit of excitment I've had

Re figures: Trust me, Ill show you again and again and ag..........

ToxicTBag · 11 Mar 2010 at 00:26

ok i cannot deny i would get a bit of a kick getting up on the stats and what not, a polite parp i could do as long as people dont take it too serious - hey if it gives people the "what the" "who the" it might just get everyone working even harder - did i mention commission - no sorry wrong site

Duly noted Tross....and filed away for future ref

Marine Iguana · 11 Mar 2010 at 00:27

TheTross said:
Blimey, if it's not Marine Iguana trashing hardware around here it's you! We won't be able to move in the dunjins soon for all the dead cruncher parts cluttering the place up.

Who moi

Who wants a GPU fight come on im ready

TheTross · 11 Mar 2010 at 00:36

GPU fight eh? Ok then, I've got an ATI fanless jobby knocking about somewhere - I've a feeling the heavy heatsink on that might do some damage

Marine Iguana · 11 Mar 2010 at 00:39

I might have to pop in on the SETI lot once I have new GPU's just to mess everyone about

TheTross · 11 Mar 2010 at 00:41

You're more than welcome to, as long as you manage to keep the hammer away from your cards long enough

Marine Iguana · 11 Mar 2010 at 00:43

Foot

loudbob · 11 Mar 2010 at 00:56

Marine Iguana said:
I might have to pop in on the SETI lot once I have new GPU's just to mess everyone about

ppppppppppffffffffffffffffffff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marine Iguana · 11 Mar 2010 at 00:58

Be a while yet loudbob

ToxicTBag · 11 Mar 2010 at 01:55

do you all mind if i ask an opinion/tech question here or should i go to another forum?

loudbob · 11 Mar 2010 at 01:57

Marine Iguana said:
Be a while yet loudbob

Hopefully by then I should have mine up and running too

Marine Iguana · 11 Mar 2010 at 02:07

ToxicTBag said:
do you all mind if i ask an opinion/tech question here or should i go to another forum?

Cant see why not if you don't get a answer out of the guys here then go ask in the relevant part of the forum they don't all bite im sure

ToxicTBag · 11 Mar 2010 at 02:19

Thank You M
i have a vaio rt2sy q9400with 12gb ram and a q6600 with 8gb ram, i am trying to weigh up the pros and cons of ditching 1 or other...the vaio is nice and all but theres no upgrading the graphics its an all in one jobby.
The other machines in a conventional case and can upgrade the graphics etc but it has an old foxconn motherboard which seems to be slowly winding down to certain death.
Given that i would primarily like to crunch for seti and with just the occassional game web and baying, would i be better off ditching the vaio and upgrading the 2nd machines motherboard or ditching the lot and buying a really nice setup - i like the ocuk prices.
Or if i wanted to do a lot of serious crunching would i be better off with two mid range machines....ive been thinking about it for days now and im no nearer a solution i thought you all might have an opinion or some advice?
Any and all advice is welcome...yeah you can call me a noob which i am learning though

derk · 11 Mar 2010 at 02:44

ToxicTBag said:
Thank You M
i have a vaio rt2sy ...the vaio is nice and all but theres no upgrading the graphics its an all in one jobby.
........... would i be better off ditching the vaio and upgrading the 2nd machines motherboard or ditching the lot and buying a really nice setup - i like the ocuk prices.

Defo dump the all in one sony, the bay is full of dead ones, very expensive (if even possible) to repair should the worst happen.
People fall over each other trying to buy anything with sony written on it on the bay so you should sell it with ease.

The money raised can go on upgrading your gpu's - giving you the best bang per buck by a country mile.
Taking gpu's out of the equation, i7s are nice but after you have shelled out that amount of money you wont be that impressed, well not £500-£700 impressed anyway.
That amount of money on gpu's however and your output would go ballistic

Then again if cashflow isnt a problem both would be even better.

For the record I have no intention of going near i7s for the next 12 months at least ..................GTX480's yum yum

ToxicTBag · 11 Mar 2010 at 02:55

Thank you halz i kinda suspected that would be it - darn if only i had discovered oc uk first - bay it is for the sony.
Yeah the prices are kinda scary for the top end i7s i was slooking at some of the pre overclocked bundles-am not ready to go bios diving just yet - yup i think your right beef up the graphics but that brings on a whole new set of questions-dont be afraid to say stop - no more free advice lol - which graphics cards give more bang per buck and would using 2 be better than one (independent or sli which is better for crunching?)a mate advised me to wait untill theses fermi thingymbobs come out but heck if i keep holding out i'll die with a heap of garbage and the stats to match lol.
Much appreciate yer time halz thank you

Marine Iguana · 11 Mar 2010 at 02:56

Yeah ditch the Vaio, buy a mobo that will house your current CPU and have a few CUDA GPU's or if you get the urge and i'm sure you will upgrade to a newer system.

ToxicTBag · 11 Mar 2010 at 03:08

Thanks for that Marine - yeah have wasted dosh on sony products yet again, least on the bright side i should have a fair few quid to pick a decent mobo - be more than happy to donate what i have left to any of you guys(glances round the forum) if it would be any use...there would be a nice unicorn case a (not sure if its 750 or 880 pwrspply the old mobo some memory....gotto promise to crunch with it mind lol
Cheers guys your all invaluable sources i must admit