Curecoin folding@home team - 2000 DGC in Bounty 7/30/13

[ASIC-K]

Were going fast towards rank 1200, looks like Vorksholk will be getting my bounty, unless someone can beat 538,597 PPD!

im doing my best to catch up

How did the Titan overclock?

well im maxing out at 1110mhz. pulling around 153000 points now.... lol

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[mingmuang]

13:30:44:WU00:FS00:0x17:Folding@home Core Shutdown: BAD_WORK_UNIT
13:30:45:WARNING:WU00:FS00:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72)
13:30:45:WU00:FS00:Sending unit results: id:00 state:SEND error:FAULTY project:8900 run:413 clone:0 gen:77 core:0x17 unit:0x00000062028c126651a6827399fb8d16

Sad life :\

[Vorksholk]

Were going fast towards rank 1200, looks like Vorksholk will be getting my bounty, unless someone can beat 538,597 PPD!

im doing my best to catch up

How did the Titan overclock?

well im maxing out at 1110mhz. pulling around 153000 points now.... lol

That's pretty nice I wish they were just a bit cheaper so that the performance would line up with the 780s... I would finally have an excuse to get one xD

[Vorksholk]

13:30:44:WU00:FS00:0x17:Folding@home Core Shutdown: BAD_WORK_UNIT
13:30:45:WARNING:WU00:FS00:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72)
13:30:45:WU00:FS00:Sending unit results: id:00 state:SEND error:FAULTY project:8900 run:413 clone:0 gen:77 core:0x17 unit:0x00000062028c126651a6827399fb8d16

Sad life :\

Just go to C:\Users\<Your Username>\Appdata\Roaming\FAHClient\work and delete 00, 01, 02.... then restart your computer, or manually force-quit the FAH processes.

[ASIC-K]

Were going fast towards rank 1200, looks like Vorksholk will be getting my bounty, unless someone can beat 538,597 PPD!

im doing my best to catch up

How did the Titan overclock?

well im maxing out at 1110mhz. pulling around 153000 points now.... lol

That's pretty nice I wish they were just a bit cheaper so that the performance would line up with the 780s... I would finally have an excuse to get one xD

i MAY go pick up one more. id really like to be top of the board. lol

[Vorksholk]

Were going fast towards rank 1200, looks like Vorksholk will be getting my bounty, unless someone can beat 538,597 PPD!

im doing my best to catch up

How did the Titan overclock?

well im maxing out at 1110mhz. pulling around 153000 points now.... lol

That's pretty nice I wish they were just a bit cheaper so that the performance would line up with the 780s... I would finally have an excuse to get one xD

i MAY go pick up one more. id really like to be top of the board. lol

The titans are great if you have just a few PCI-e slots and want to make the most of them, however if you're just going for PPD per dollar, then you might want to consider the 780s. (Although the titans are more well-geared towards 24/7 computation).

[ASIC-K]

Were going fast towards rank 1200, looks like Vorksholk will be getting my bounty, unless someone can beat 538,597 PPD!

im doing my best to catch up

How did the Titan overclock?

well im maxing out at 1110mhz. pulling around 153000 points now.... lol

That's pretty nice I wish they were just a bit cheaper so that the performance would line up with the 780s... I would finally have an excuse to get one xD

i MAY go pick up one more. id really like to be top of the board. lol

The titans are great if you have just a few PCI-e slots and want to make the most of them, however if you're just going for PPD per dollar, then you might want to consider the 780s. (Although the titans are more well-geared towards 24/7 computation).

yeah i thought about the 780, but i really wanted top performance. and since i already have one, i could get another and SLI them. and just turn off SLI when i want to fold.

[Vorksholk]

Were going fast towards rank 1200, looks like Vorksholk will be getting my bounty, unless someone can beat 538,597 PPD!

im doing my best to catch up

How did the Titan overclock?

well im maxing out at 1110mhz. pulling around 153000 points now.... lol

That's pretty nice I wish they were just a bit cheaper so that the performance would line up with the 780s... I would finally have an excuse to get one xD

i MAY go pick up one more. id really like to be top of the board. lol

The titans are great if you have just a few PCI-e slots and want to make the most of them, however if you're just going for PPD per dollar, then you might want to consider the 780s. (Although the titans are more well-geared towards 24/7 computation).

yeah i thought about the 780, but i really wanted top performance. and since i already have one, i could get another and SLI them. and just turn off SLI when i want to fold.

True Also, titan will probably hold resale value a tad bit better. I'm gonna go see which is more profitable considering the titan's higher density.

EDIT: For people looking into building a high-end folding machine, a 3x titan machine would cost $3626 a pop (with a platinum PSU, 4-core processor (need), 4GB RAM, etc), and would produce around 420000 PPD (Wow!).

A 3x780 machine would cost a more modest $2640.18, while producing around 330000PPD. So, the 780 machine would achieve around 125 PPDPD (Points Per Day Per Dollar), while the titan machine would clock in at 115.83 PPDPD. Close enough to make titans possibly worthwhile, either for space efficiency, slight energy efficiency bonuses, or the higher resale value of components.

If you decided to go extreme and do a 4-GPU system, however....:
4x780 build (80+Gold PSU, 4GB RAM, 4-core Vishera cpu, etc.): ~$3,600.
4xTitan build: (same as above): $4905.90

With that in mind....
4x780 will achieve around 440,000 PPD, while 4xTitan will achieve around 560,000 (WOW) PPD.

For PPDPD values.....:
4x780: 122PPDPD
4xTitan: 114PPDPD

So, I guess 3-card and 2-card builds are likely the way to go....

[ASIC-K]

let me know what you find.

do you have one 780 or two?

[Vorksholk]

let me know what you find.

do you have one 780 or two?

I have one installed, one sitting in a box. I purchased it with the expectation of a CUDA primecoin miner, which never really happened. So I left the card in-box, waiting for either CureCoin's public release if it turns out to be really profitable, or to sell it on ebay and get my money back. Personally, I find ATi systems seem to give better PPDPD, but worse density. I have some of my scrypt machines (the rest are waiting on wifi cards, I can't for the life of me find where I put my spare pci-e wifi cards, but they're only $10/pop, so I ordered some more) pointed, and the 7950, which is around $270 now, hits a good 80,000 PPD, while my 780 hits a solid 110,000, at a price of $660. However, the nvidia card uses less power. Figures.

Oh, cost estimate stuff is in the post above, I did a quick edit

[ASIC-K]

wow thats a lot of equipment! yeah if you arent using the 780 then yeah thats a lot of cash sitting in a box. lol

hey question for you, where can i see the value of global coins? and where can i trade them?!

[Vorksholk]

wow thats a lot of equipment! yeah if you arent using the 780 then yeah thats a lot of cash sitting in a box. lol

hey question for you, where can i see the value of global coins? and where can i trade them?!

Yeah, a shrink-wrapped GPU box is so tempting though xD

You can trade GLC over at cryptsy.com, they're not worth much gurrently though
https://www.cryptsy.com/markets/view/76

[CryptoBullion]

wow thats a lot of equipment! yeah if you arent using the 780 then yeah thats a lot of cash sitting in a box. lol

hey question for you, where can i see the value of global coins? and where can i trade them?!

Yeah, a shrink-wrapped GPU box is so tempting though xD

You can trade GLC over at cryptsy.com, they're not worth much gurrently though
https://www.cryptsy.com/markets/view/76

I sense some disturbance in the force, are you removing the shrink wrap from that 780 

I see your ppd is getting crazy fast, you've taken the lead for the dgc bounty!

[Vorksholk]

wow thats a lot of equipment! yeah if you arent using the 780 then yeah thats a lot of cash sitting in a box. lol

hey question for you, where can i see the value of global coins? and where can i trade them?!

Oh, quick question, do you have a kill-a-watt? If you do, I'd love to know the power draw on a system with a titan folding

[ASIC-K]

wow thats a lot of equipment! yeah if you arent using the 780 then yeah thats a lot of cash sitting in a box. lol

hey question for you, where can i see the value of global coins? and where can i trade them?!

Oh, quick question, do you have a kill-a-watt? If you do, I'd love to know the power draw on a system with a titan folding

hey sorry for the late reply. i think i have one somewhere here. if i can find it, ill let you know!

it says you are running 12 clients, lol. what are you folding with now?

[Vorksholk]

wow thats a lot of equipment! yeah if you arent using the 780 then yeah thats a lot of cash sitting in a box. lol

hey question for you, where can i see the value of global coins? and where can i trade them?!

Oh, quick question, do you have a kill-a-watt? If you do, I'd love to know the power draw on a system with a titan folding

hey sorry for the late reply. i think i have one somewhere here. if i can find it, ill let you know!

it says you are running 12 clients, lol. what are you folding with now?

I've just had to reinstall a few times on that testbed machine, trying different types of configurations and such, lol.

[ASIC-K]

looks like you are pulling around 300k a day? is that right?

[Vivisector999]

Just a quick question, since I am very interested in your project. 

is there a Curecoin wallet somewhere?  And do you scrypt mine Curecoins as well as join the Folding@home team?  Or do you pay out with various other cryptocurrencies for Folding work being completed?  In which case, what wallets will I need to get set up, looks like some of the bounties have been paid in various currencies.

Lastly, will a small folder like me, who won't be able to win any races to X million points be able to get any rewards for folding?

[Vorksholk]

looks like you are pulling around 300k a day? is that right?

I'm pulling around 700,000 PPD a day, I think.

[Vorksholk]

Just a quick question, since I am very interested in your project. 

is there a Curecoin wallet somewhere?  And do you scrypt mine Curecoins as well as join the Folding@home team?  Or do you pay out with various other cryptocurrencies for Folding work being completed?  In which case, what wallets will I need to get set up, looks like some of the bounties have been paid in various currencies.

Lastly, will a small folder like me, who won't be able to win any races to X million points be able to get any rewards for folding?

Unfortunately there is not curecoin wallet yet, that's coming soon though for the beta release

Curecoins are 'mined' with scrypt, however 45% of the coins are awarded to the person who mined the block (or the pool that did so), while 45% go to a pool that distributes them to the folders based on how much folding power per day they are running/have. The main bounty that I'm reaching for right now is Digitalcoins, the pool pays out everyone in Globalcoins, there was a primecoin bounty for something, and I think there was something to do with a smattering of FreiCoins, though I'm not so sure about that one anymore, it might have been something else.

Right now, you'd probably just about break even with electricity (depending on your electric rate), because of the Globalcoins everyone receives for folding. However, once CureCoin is released, it's extremely likely that you will be able to make some good profit, just like small-time scrypt miners can do nowadays. The bounties are the high-hanging fruit right now, but soon CureCoin will be a pretty even playing field, and you can either mine or fold to make pay for electricity and then some.