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Send message Joined: 6 Apr 08 Posts: 2018 Credit: 100,142,856 RAC: 0 |
The infinite credit drive is achieving even more optimization; 61,000 RAC... and rising... Don't worry, I've turned a couple of rust buckets back on in my garage, from my ex 'farm'. I wanted to make it four, but the other two won't respond any more, their life of BOINC toil over. The big push for 248k RAC is on ;P |
Send message Joined: 1 Dec 08 Posts: 139 Credit: 8,721,208 RAC: 0 |
misfit wrote: Well watching that video all I need is $10K in throw away money and I can tell Ice to BEAT THAT! Ten grand is for pre-built, with at least 3 1060s. It could be done pretty easily for plus/minus three with one 1060 and one 280 or whatever And you don't need an nVidia chipset. Check that other link I posted for reference systems - one of them is an Intel mobo. |
Send message Joined: 1 Dec 08 Posts: 139 Credit: 8,721,208 RAC: 0 |
Ice wrote:
My personal preference would be based on the coolness factor of how much RAC you can get from one box. Of course the nVidia Tesla cards require a CUDA-capable project. They do have one reference configuration that has four Tesla cards plus the on-board video. That would be formidable, to say the least! I suppose one could build a 4-way crossfire box with 4870 X2s, and that would take some pretty serious PSUs (I don't know how it could be done with one) and cooling. As it turns out, there were once power supplies that fit in 5 1/4 bays that supplied lots of 12V, designed just for PCIE connectors. Looks like they might not be made any more, though they may be available as refurbs. |
Send message Joined: 1 Dec 08 Posts: 139 Credit: 8,721,208 RAC: 0 |
To clarify: nVidia Tesla cards are strictly GPUs with no video connector, and can't be used in SLI. You DO have to have an nVidia-based mobo to implement SLI. In my research into CUDA, every indication has been that you CAN'T have SLI turned on, or you'll only get one GPU doing any processing. On the contrary, in some cases people have had to make a special plug to fool the second card into thinking they had a monitor hooked to it (if they didn't have two monitors). One would think this would be the case for the third vid card if you had one. |
Send message Joined: 27 Aug 07 Posts: 915 Credit: 1,503,319 RAC: 0 |
Someone needs to design the stand alone GPU BOINC board. It's just a rudementary OS and BOINC stored on a flash chip and several onboard GPUs. The new revolution in "farming". Keep going... me@rescam.org |
Send message Joined: 6 Apr 08 Posts: 2018 Credit: 100,142,856 RAC: 0 |
Someone needs to design the stand alone GPU BOINC board. It's just a rudementary OS and BOINC stored on a flash chip and several onboard GPUs. The new revolution in "farming". I woke up to 72,000+ ... It's a strange dream I'm having here... |
Send message Joined: 27 Aug 07 Posts: 915 Credit: 1,503,319 RAC: 0 |
Someone needs to design the stand alone GPU BOINC board. It's just a rudementary OS and BOINC stored on a flash chip and several onboard GPUs. The new revolution in "farming". 77K still isn't cutting it. me@rescam.org |
Send message Joined: 6 Apr 08 Posts: 2018 Credit: 100,142,856 RAC: 0 |
Someone needs to design the stand alone GPU BOINC board. It's just a rudementary OS and BOINC stored on a flash chip and several onboard GPUs. The new revolution in "farming". Nope. Those above me keep climbing. Maybe they'll stop for a cup of tea soon. |
Send message Joined: 7 Sep 07 Posts: 444 Credit: 5,712,523 RAC: 0 |
Someone needs to design the stand alone GPU BOINC board. It's just a rudementary OS and BOINC stored on a flash chip and several onboard GPUs. The new revolution in "farming". Would that be Ice'd tea? |
Send message Joined: 6 Apr 08 Posts: 2018 Credit: 100,142,856 RAC: 0 |
Someone needs to design the stand alone GPU BOINC board. It's just a rudementary OS and BOINC stored on a flash chip and several onboard GPUs. The new revolution in "farming". Now there's an idea - cool them down while I sneak past 'em :P |
Send message Joined: 1 Dec 08 Posts: 139 Credit: 8,721,208 RAC: 0 |
77K still isn't cutting it. Nope. Those above me keep climbing. Maybe they'll stop for a cup of tea soon. Would that be Ice'd tea? It needs to have milk in it, to be an example of Brownian motion. |
Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0 |
77K still isn't cutting it. You need a fire hose, cause one glass isn't going to help. :P Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. |
Send message Joined: 6 Apr 08 Posts: 2018 Credit: 100,142,856 RAC: 0 |
77K still isn't cutting it. You are absolutely right. Maybe I should stop taking these tea breaks... |
Send message Joined: 6 Apr 08 Posts: 2018 Credit: 100,142,856 RAC: 0 |
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Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0 |
Mine is 2.5x. Rosetta is nearing 4x. Not hard to out-do 20k. :P Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. |
Send message Joined: 27 Aug 07 Posts: 915 Credit: 1,503,319 RAC: 0 |
77K still isn't cutting it. Liquids that result in brownian motion. That is so wrong on multiple levels. me@rescam.org |
Send message Joined: 1 Dec 08 Posts: 139 Credit: 8,721,208 RAC: 0 |
77K still isn't cutting it. Nope. Those above me keep climbing. Maybe they'll stop for a cup of tea soon. Would that be Ice'd tea? Lloyd wrote: It needs to have milk in it, to be an example of Brownian motion. Misfit wrote: Liquids that result in brownian motion. That is so wrong on multiple levels. I was quoting Douglas Adams - what do I know? Realize that these are the stories that had a computer called "Deep Thought" that was built to find out the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything (which was 42), so they built an even BIGGER computer to find out what the question was. That bigger computer was earth, which explains why nothing makes any sense here. Also, according to the story, we were never supposed to evolve into sentient beings. BTW, one of the FTL ships in Adams books was called "Heart of Gold" ;^) Anyway, the brownian motion is needed for the FTL drive, which is a simulation of a restaurant, because the rules of mathematics don't apply in restaurants. Or maybe that was a different FTL drive. I may have two books mixed up. At any rate, the books spoof practically everything, are well written, and quite funny. I admit that I don't know anything about brownian motion, so I can't judge one way or the other. Others seem to agree with Mr. Adams, though: http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Brownian_motion http://www.answers.com/topic/brownian-motion I'm not proud of being ignorant of such things, and I was always far better with words than numbers. |
Send message Joined: 6 Apr 08 Posts: 2018 Credit: 100,142,856 RAC: 0 |
BTW, one of the FTL ships in Adams books was called "Heart of Gold" ;^) Some good observations there Lloyd, and yes this thread is based on that very Heart of Gold, with the Infinite Improbability Drive, stolen by Zaphod Beeblebrox whose photo I added in my last post. Improbability of my RAC reaching 83,000 is falling, but normality has not yet been achieved... |
Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0 |
BTW, one of the FTL ships in Adams books was called "Heart of Gold" ;^) Your not very probable then...RAC: 84,355... Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. |
Send message Joined: 6 Apr 08 Posts: 2018 Credit: 100,142,856 RAC: 0 |
BTW, one of the FTL ships in Adams books was called "Heart of Gold" ;^) I think I was getting my double negatives mixed - improbability falling ;) Ho hum. 85,000 and still rising... |
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