AMD Users RACE - Finished!!

[NeoGen]

Here it is, the official and final AMD Users RACE thread after all the input received and corrections applied. :)



The Contest Plan
So, as already said in this thread (http://amdusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5864), in a nutshell the plan is the following...
- Championship style with 4 Races in different projects
- 3 distinct race categories (1-core, 2-cores, and 4-cores) will be running in parallel.
- Each participant can apply to one or more of the race categories, provided it has enough hosts to sign up for all the categories applied.
- Participants can submit a single host or a group of hosts for each desired category. Both single, and groups, must match the number of cores of the category. For example, 2 dual-cores can be grouped to run in the quad-core category.
- Each host may only be signed up in one race category. The same host can't be in two parallel races.

NOTE: HyperThreaded Intels count double if hyperthreading is active. A single core hyperthreaded intel will count as a dual-core because it's running as dual-core. (Altough I know it doesn't have the performance of a real dual-core)
NOTE 2: The special case of the Phenom X3, with 3 cores, makes it unfit for any of the categories. But if the owner pairs it with another single core host, that will make it a total of 4 cores, which is good for the 4-core category.


How to participate
For participation in the race, you'll have to "sign up". That just means that you need to post here to tell me that you want to race and give me the host IDs of the machines that will be running.
But guys, I can only accept people that have been registered in the forums for at least three months and crunch for the Team. If you are reading this but are not registered, don't feel bad because we organize races every now and then. Just register here, keep crunching with us, and keep an eye on the boards for the next race. :)
Now to sum up the rules in a nutshell, each participant can only submit one entry for each category. You can race on both categories, but only with one entry on each, and with different hosts on each. So choose wisely the best host(s) for each category that you can, it can make the difference.
NOTE: The hosts that you apply for each race need to be publicly viewable. That means that if you have your hosts hidden, you have to set them to show on your boinc preferences.
NOTE 2: For each project the host id is a different number. I'll ask for the new IDs before each race.

Race Projects and calendar
As said before, the plan is a 4 race event on different projects. Each race should fit in a week, 6 days long race and the 7th day free for making preparations and switching projects. The measurement unit will be the total credits, and at the end of each race the top 5 participants with the most credits will receive a number of points from 5 to 1 according to their final ranking. The contest champions will be the participants with the highest number of points awarded in each category, after the 4 races. In case of a tie, the next factor will be number of race victories. And if still it remains a tie, the last tie-breaking factor will be the total ammount of credits of the 4 races, which I don't believe any two people will do equal. :)
First race should start May 18th, and will be on Rosetta@Home. Following projects are still to be defined. A preliminary calendar should be like this:

May 18th - May 23rd - Rosetta@Home
May 25th - May 30th - POEM@Home
June 1st - June 6th - Genetic Life
June 8th - June 13th - Enigma@Home

June 14th - Final results display & my Birthday! :icon_mrgreen:

The undefined projects will be voted upon in a poll.


Prizes
This is the part everyone was anxious to read. :) We have received two offers to be used as contest prizes.

For the 4-core race the prize is one EVGA GeForce GTX-260. This monster gpu will give you both incredible graphics in games, and incredible points in gpu crunching! You do not want to miss this chance of getting one for free! :)

For the 2-core race the prize is one Intel Core2Duo E8400. Altough we're an AMD oriented team, we recognize a good cpu when we see it, even if it's of the competition. This bad boy dual-core runs at stock speed of 3GHz but has been successfully pushed beyond 4GHz.

And for the 1-core race, the prize is one official AMD Users T-Shirt, with choice of white or black. Unlike the previous two prizes, this one is not yet on stock and will depend on the body size of the winner. :icon_wink: Upon the contest finish, the winner will be asked for size and choice of color, and then the prize will be sent.


I hope everyone understood the general idea. Any questions, comments, or ideas, post them below! :)



Participants listed so far:

4-core Race
- gamer007 - 1065357
- Velociraptor - 1024231
- BlackAdder - 1001237
- Jason1478963 - 1057978
- Liuqyn - 814003
- PcManiac - 1060908 & 1061200 & 1064794
- plonk420 - 1063906
- sentient_life - 1064920
- AbadI)on - 1058289
- mitchellds - 1068846
- vaughan - 912944

2-Core Race
- txt.file - 1057835
- Liuqyn - 814028
- Ramjet - 1065417
- Moops - 798359
- mitchellds - 1068179
- vaughan - 1064406

1-Core Race
- NeoGen - 1062935
- liuqyn - 1068848
- vaughan - 145058
- Ramjet - 1064805

[NeoGen]

Don't drool on your keyboards guys! :icon_mrgreen: :icon_lol:






http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b49/jaclar79/AMD%20Users%20Stuff/DSCN1069.jpg

[velociraptor]

:-( just happened, have to clean my keyboard.... :)

p.S.: before i forget: when will the polls take place??

[NeoGen]

I want to start those soon. :)

I'm just fixing up a kind of manual mass-mailing to AMD Users, to inform people that don't come by the forums often about the contest and how to participate too. Maybe we could get some more people joining in the fun. :)

[velociraptor]

let´s make the project-servers glow :icon_twisted:.
the more people the more they will shine.

[plonk420]

ok, ready to sign up i guess: 1063906 @ rosetta

[NeoGen]

1063906 @ rosetta
Oh boy... this one is gonna be good! :icon_mrgreen:

[Moops]

Hey all, Count me in - 798359 @ Rosetta

[NeoGen]

Hey all, Count me in - 798359 @ Rosetta
You're in for the 2-core race Moops. I'll pm you your trials values if you already have WUs in Rosetta. :)

[NeoGen]

Here's a great CPU that works like a horse and OC's nicely. Its only defect is the manufacturer, but we can overlook that can't we fellows? :icon_mrgreen:


http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww289/dmitchell186/e8400Small.jpg


This next pic was taken by its owner. As it shows, this bad boy can be pushed beyond 4GHz!
I'll have to confirm with the prize donor, but I think that OC was done on air cooling. :)
EDIT: I was correct, it was with a Zalman 9500 cooler.

http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww289/dmitchell186/e8400-oc.jpg

[plonk420]

speaking of coolers, The Dark Knight uses the stock AM2/AM2+ (maybe even 939?) .. uhm .. clamp thingies -- one thing i've been looking for since losing my zalman custom attachments on one of their 7000 series coolers. (ie, like the 9500 AM2)

[PcManiac]

Here's a great CPU that works like a horse and OC's nicely. Its only defect is the manufacturer, but we can overlook that can't we fellows? :icon_mrgreen:


I don't know man... that is a lot to ask for :icon_razz:

[BlackAdder]

Hiss..Hiss... the picture of that cursed Intel box is like a cross to a vampire.... hide it from my eye's please !!! :)

[vaughan]

I'll race with this 145058 computer. Single core.

What's with this rubbish?
5/9/2009 11:25:27 AM|rosetta@home|Message from server: Server error: can't attach shared memory

[Ramjet]

Vaughan, I don't see that computer id in your Rosetta account :( . I wanted to see if it pays to fire mine up or leave it hibernating in the corner.

Never mind, I found it in the archives.

[NeoGen]

You're in vaughan. :)

About that error... I have no idea. I've been running Rosetta ok here. What boinc version do you have?

[plonk420]

Hiss..Hiss... the picture of that cursed Intel box is like a cross to a vampire.... hide it from my eye's please !!! :)

for our use, i'd say yes except for i7. AMD may have their hands full with this one (just see its 2nd pass x264 encode times).

mobo is a bitch of an investment (i have only once before paid more than $90 for a mobo). i had to buy a third party northbridge cooler, too, since MSI effed up. i guess i'll have a story after the contest...

[vaughan]

you're in vaughan. :)

about that error... I have no idea. I've been running rosetta ok here. What boinc version do you have?
boinc 5.10.30

[NeoGen]

Some projects already require newer boinc versions, I don't know if rosetta is one of those... but with v6.6.20 here everything runs ok.

[PcManiac]

I agree, I am running 6.6.20 without any problems related to BOINC...
the problems I am running into today are completely coffee related... or lack thereof.
I decided that if I was going to OC my computer, I had better use some Artic Silver 5 thermal compound rather than the stuff that comes on a retail HSF.
I scraped all the old stuff off, applied a nice thin layer of the new stuff...
popped it all back together, and bumped up my "MHz"...
for some reason, my computer wouldn't get to vista... just a boot-loop.
so I entered the setup again, and checked the "PC Heath" status.
the CPU temp was 44c and climbing!! Crap!

I looked inside my computer, and the fan was not moving... yeah, I never plugged it in :icon_redface:

so I blame the lack of coffee!!!:icon_twisted: hehe

oh... and the 4200+ doesn't like to run at 2.7+ Ghz...not on stock air anyway... :icon_razz:

[plonk420]

the sad thing is that 44C isn't abnormal for me (small cramped HTPC case, poorly ventilated old antec case, AMD stock fans) and i would have just let it run... i'm used to 50-60C, altho X3 didn't seem to like 60C... my 939 X2 4600 ran happily at about there year in and out...

[sentient_life]

I'm ready for the 4-core race. I installed Win7 RC x64 and wanted to try it out. I may get a dual- and single-core system ready later on.

The Host ID is: 1064920

[NeoGen]

You're signed in sentient_life. :)

[gamer007]

Set up my computer for BOINC and everything. Except rather than reusing my old ID, it created a new one. NeoGen, could you please update my ID with 1065357? Thanks.

EDIT: For some reason, BOINC isn't download WUs for all my 4 cores. Only 1 is crunching away...
EDIT 2: Scratch that. It just decided to download more WUs now.

[NeoGen]

I have corrected your ID gamer. And I see you already have some WUs there, tomorrow I'm going to do another trial stats run and tell you how you're doing. :)

[AbadI)oN]

Can I be signed up for a race? Host ID is 1058289. I don't remember whether i was registered on this forum previously, but I'm AMD team member since February 7th.

[NeoGen]

Can I be signed up for a race? Host ID is 1058289. I don't remember whether i was registered on this forum previously, but I'm AMD team member since February 7th.
Ah! A fellow AMD User that I've seen time and again on the stats, but not here in the forum. Welcome home! :)

You forgot to mention the year on the "February 7th".... it's 2007.
I found you on Rosetta@Home and on WCG as well. :)
Rosetta - http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/view_profile.php?userid=145975
WCG (2005!) - http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamMemberDetail.do?sort=name&teamId=Z95RSMBR9N1

I think altough you only registered today, there should be no problem in you racing along, you're a proven AMD User.
There's only one drawback though, the host ID you supplied is not associated with the Team. I even found odd that the host owner was "Administrator" and not you, but then I figured that it could be a second registration you have.
Just make sure to switch the host to the "AbadI)oN" user, or join the team with the "Administrator" user (either way works), and then I'll sign you in. :)

[AbadI)oN]

...There's only one drawback though, the host ID you supplied is not associated with the Team...

Seems like I just joined AMD team with the host ID I've provided previusly.



...I even found odd that the host owner was "Administrator" and not you, but then I figured that it could be a second registration you have.
Just make sure to switch the host to the "AbadI)oN" user, or join the team with the "Administrator" user (either way works), and then I'll sign you in. :)

Does the owner name depend on the user that runs boinc manager? Then I probably should I create another account on my PC and run boinc there?

PS: Thanks for warm welcome greeting)

[NeoGen]

Does the owner name depend on the user that runs boinc manager? Then I probably should I create another account on my PC and run boinc there?
No need to, actually when you install boinc it already creates a separate user on Windows with lower level permissions to run the applications on a kind of closed environment, and minimize damage in case of a project happens to spread a virus for example.

The owner of a host only depends on the email you use when you attach to the project on boinc manager. If you detach from rosetta and attach again with the email address (and password) of the "AbadI)on" account, that host will go to that account. It will generate a new host id though.

[AbadI)oN]

In task manager proccesses boincmgr.exe, boinctray.exe and rosetta* projects are running from Administrator account. So I need do detach rosetta then create "AbadI)oN" account, run boinc there and then attach rosetta?

[NeoGen]

No, no need to. Boinc account is independent from the windows account.
If you want to change the host to the boinc AbadI)on account, you can do it in your current windows user, just go to the boinc manager, detach rosetta, and attach again, and when boinc asks for an email and password, use the email and password that you have for the AbadI)on account on rosetta.

[PcManiac]

dumb lightning storm!
I am going to shut off my main rig just in case :(

[NeoGen]

Mitchell... you're in the dual-core race! :)


Yea... I couldn't think of anything else to bump this thread up :icon_lol: :icon_lol:

[mitchellds]

OK Neogen, here's my quad:
http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/show_host_detail.php?hostid=1068846

[liuqyn]

please update my single core to 1068848 (http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/show_host_detail.php?hostid=1068848), same comp just new number.
thanks

[NeoGen]

OK Neogen, here's my quad:
http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/show_host_detail.php?hostid=1068846
There's too many "CPUs" in that host mitchell. Race maximum is 4. :icon_lol:

I'm guessing you got HyperThreading on? :icon_rolleyes:

[mitchellds]

yup a fake 8 core with only 4 real cores unfort. :( I'll turn off the HT'ing when I get home tomorrow.

[vaughan]

Add this to the 4 core race please:
912944 (http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/show_host_detail.php?hostid=912944)

and this to the 2 core race please:

1064406 (http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/show_host_detail.php?hostid=1064406)

[NeoGen]

You're in all the categories now vaughan. :)

[plonk420]

so 6pm MDT (MST, Daylight Savings Time) i presume? ...well, sunday

[gamer007]

Yup. Just used a time zone converter. :) (5PM for me and others on the west coast).

[Ramjet]

Neo, 1064805 Host ID for the single core please? :icon_rolleyes:

[NeoGen]

You're in Ramjet :)

[plonk420]

There's too many "CPUs" in that host mitchell. Race maximum is 4. :icon_lol:

I'm guessing you got HyperThreading on? :icon_rolleyes:

sigh, i was hoping i'd have a chance at getting a SETI-able GPU, but with you crazy OCers (especially an i7 OCer), i'm not sure i'll have one! ... (as soon as he disables his HyperThreading ;)

[NeoGen]

I just had lunch, dropped by the Rosetta website and noticed this...


Server Status as of 17 May 2009 12:56:22 UTC


The 12 hour warm up has begun.
Gentlemen... start your engines! :)

[mitchellds]

ok HT is off, I'm back to 4 threads. Seems like we have the same taste in chips Plonk420. :icon_wink:

[NeoGen]

T minus 6 hours!

Time for the technicians to make a final systems check on their race cars. :)

[plonk420]

ok HT is off, I'm back to 4 threads. Seems like we have the same taste in chips Plonk420. :icon_wink:

i was waiting for mobos to reach $140 max. friend had had a positive experience with a newegg Openbox, so i leapt at the opportunity when i saw it $131 shipped... more on this charlie-foxtrot later, tho :S

friend's came with nothing (Rampage II or something) .. mine came with everything (cables, rear i/o plate, manual), which was a pleasant surprise.

[gamer007]

My computer seems to be having problems with asking for work at Rosetta. It would say requesting work but the server would give no work. I set my cache to 5 days (to get a whole bunch) but nothing. :(

[NeoGen]

My computer seems to be having problems with asking for work at Rosetta. It would say requesting work but the server would give no work. I set my cache to 5 days (to get a whole bunch) but nothing. :(
Do you have WUs still on queue? Rosetta may keep from sending more if you still have unfinished work.
I had some, and figured the best to do was to make a reset on the project. The downside was that I had to download the apps, and everything else again, 20+ Mb.

[mitchellds]

yup the MB's are def to expensive. I have a Asus P6T6. I has 6 PCI-E slots on it. I'm gonna run 3 or 4 gpu's on it eventually. Should be quite a powerhouse.

[gamer007]

Do you have WUs still on queue? Rosetta may keep from sending more if you still have unfinished work.
I had some, and figured the best to do was to make a reset on the project. The downside was that I had to download the apps, and everything else again, 20+ Mb.

After waiting a bit, it seems to have picked up some. :) Stupid question, are the WUs during this 12 hour (now about 4:10 hours left) counted?

[NeoGen]

are the WUs during this 12 hour (now about 4:10 hours left) counted?
Yes, they will be counted. :icon_wink:
It was the only way to minimize the caching (max 12 hours) and at the same time not forcing people somewhere in the world to be up at 4am to do the cache reloading. :)

During these 12 hours it will be day time in all parts of the globe, and I'm sure everyone can go to the computer and get rosetta up and running without breaking the daily routine too much, or being awake at insane hours. :icon_lol:

[NeoGen]

T - 1 hour :)

All non-essential personnel is advised to leave the race track.
Pilots must take their places in the race cars.

[Ramjet]

I sharpened all the pins on the cpu so it digs in better, and have the nitrous oxide handy just in case....lets roll!! :new_2gunsfiring_v1:

[NeoGen]

T - 1 hour :)

All non-essential personnel is advised to leave the race track.
Pilots must take their places in the race cars.
Actually, only now is T-1 hour. I was looking at my own clock forgetting that I am 1 hour ahead of UTC. :icon_razz:

[NeoGen]

3..2...1... Go! :)

[gamer007]

Now that we're off, we need the stats page. :icon_razz: Time to update your sig, NeoGen! :icon_wink:

[velociraptor]

o yeah, stats..........
i love statistics.....
cannot wait to see where in the line i am standing....:)

[velociraptor]

wow, just as the race really starts the outside temperatures rise, cpu rising from 50°C to 55°C and to roomtemperatur is now at 28,1°C (open window).
i just hope this trend is not continuing further in this direction, otherwise i will have to move up north :icon_mrgreen:

[plonk420]

yeah, it's just short of 84F (29C) today. i don't think it's been that warm (by at least 5, if not 10F previous to this...). i guess we'll see how this goes!

[gamer007]

Everybody better stock up before tomorrow. Outage at Rosetta. Unfortunately during this week's race. :(

May 19, 2009
Outage Notice: the project will be down for maintenance starting at around 11:00AM PST tomorrow the 20th. It may take a few hours. We will be replacing some memory for our database server and doing a full backup of the database.

[NeoGen]

Of all the time in the world, it HAD to be in this exact week we're having a race. :icon_mad:

Murphy's law never fails! :icon_rolleyes:


Oh well... hopefully the downtime will be only a few hours as they say, and it won't affect the race.

[sentient_life]

No problem. I upped my cache from 1 day to 6 days before the race began, just in case...

[gamer007]

Anyone understand how Rosetta gives out credit? I find it very mysterious.

I'm experimenting with longer WUs (I started with 1hr WUs, been increasing by an hour each day during the race) and noticed when I hit the 4 hours/WU, things went screwy.

http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/workunit.php?wuid=230453951 - ~3 hours, 107.47 credits
http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/workunit.php?wuid=230514691 - ~4 hours, 106.06 credits

I fail to see how doing an extra hour of work means I get less credit than a WU that took less time. :icon_mad:

[NeoGen]

The first race is over, and the second one is going to start in less than 12 hours :)

Here's the link for the championship points page (also in my sig).
http://neogen.amdusers.com/contest2009/contestoverall.htm

As I said in the contest specs, the top 5 participants of each race get points, and the sum of those points after the 4 races will determine the winner of each category.

There's plenty of points to conquer yet guys. :)

[NeoGen]

Guys... We're about 6 hours to start and I'm missing host IDs for the POEM race. :-(

AbadI)on, BlackAdder, PcManiac, vaughan and Moops, please send me your host IDs asap.

EDIT:
I'm checking what I can on the POEM website...
- Moops - 10796 ? Confirme me if I'm right, please.
- vaughan - you have to unhide your hosts
- AbadI)on - You have no account on our Team yet?

[velociraptor]

due to the fact that the race starts in less than 6 hours(don´t no the exact timing now)
is it save to fill the buffer, and the wu´s after the beginning will count or should i wait??

[NeoGen]

Fill it up Vel. :)

I will have to start with or without our fellows. I'll leave placeholders for their hosts and collect the data of the people I can. As soon as I have their IDs I'll fill it in with their WUs.

As the saying goes, "The show must go on".

[velociraptor]

Done, thanks for the quick reply.
a little bit weird that the others aren´t giving you their ID´s...
nevertheless, looking forward to rock poem´s wu-storehouse :icon_twisted:.
and hopefully i won´t miss the point-awarding ranks again.....
vel

[NeoGen]

Is it just me or are the POEM WUs taking a really long time?
I have one that is crunching for almost 6 hours, and is only at 49%.

[mitchellds]

It must be you, as mine finish in under 55 mins :icon_mrgreen:

[gamer007]

It must be you, as mine finish in under 55 mins :icon_mrgreen:

That does it, we lost PEOM already. :icon_razz:

Mine takes between 1:30 to 2:00...

[txt.file]

NeoGen: What kind of WU do you have?

my peptide_415 take 2h.

[vaughan]

NeoGen my computers are:

Quad core: Intel Q9550, computer ID: 47015
Dual core: AMD X2-6000, computer ID: 47139
Single core: AMD XP2800+. computer ID: 1574

for the Poem race.

[gamer007]

NeoGen, not sure if you got my PM a while back or not, but my computer's ID is 47020.

[NeoGen]

NeoGen: What kind of WU do you have?

my peptide_415 take 2h.
I have peptide_415 too, but it's already over 6 hours and only 52% so far.

And on top of that I've had 3 power outages today, so this is not being a good start for me. :-(


Vaughan and gamer, your WUs are being scanned through as I write. :)

[liuqyn]

be gentle as you scan through my WUs as I wasn't there to start my cache properly.

[NeoGen]

Hey... this project awards fixed credit per WU, so this will really be a race of who can crunch faster. :)

I'm taking a look at you guys stats already, only a handfull of WUs finished and granted yet, but they all fall between 1 and 2 hours, so I must have picked up a bad WU. I'll see how it goes with the rest of the WUs I have here to crunch yet.

[txt.file]

I found a singlecore-PC for the race
1core (http://boinc.fzk.de/poem/show_host_detail.php?hostid=45134)
2core (http://boinc.fzk.de/poem/show_host_detail.php?hostid=44066)

And where are the stats I'm waiting for? :icon_lol:

[NeoGen]

You're in txt.file, on both 2 and 1 cores now. :)

The stats for race 2 are still pretty much empty, the race is only officially started in about one hour, and I'm even missing some people's hosts yet.

But I can tell you that you're one of the few people that has finished results already, which gives you a slight head start. :)

[gamer007]

We can dump your cached WUs now? I've been waiting until it officially started before reporting it. :icon_lol:

EDIT: Suggestion for the main stats page: Maybe you could link the headers (Race 1 - Rosetta@Home for example) to the detailed project stats.

And I noticed the title is "Contest 2007." I'm pretty sure it's 2009 now. :icon_wink:

[NeoGen]

Yea, in theory no one should dump the WUs before the race starts, but in the end it doesn't really matter. And who knows, boinc might just do that on its own, so it would be bad if I didn't accept those WUs. :)

[NeoGen]

It is now Monday 25th, 00:01 am (UTC) guys. Start flushing those WUs! :)

[plonk420]

you got mine in PM, NeoGen?

[NeoGen]

Yea, got yours plonk.

Only missing still is AbadI)on, BlackAdder, PcManiac, and Moops

[Moops]

Sorry for the delay. Host IDs are:
Poem = 10796
GenLife = 2058

[NeoGen]

Hi Moops :)

Your host on Poem is now being scanned for WUs, you'll show up on the next stats update.

[NeoGen]

Main contest page updated with the race 2 results.

Mitchell is doing great on both 4 and 2 core categories, with plonk right behind on 4-core, and Ramjet's Athlon64 3500+ is unstoppable in the 1-core category. :)

Link to the table is right below, in my sig. :icon_wink:

[mitchellds]

Congrats Plonk !!

[plonk420]

you too! (belated)

[NeoGen]

Race 4 - Enigma@Home


:qleft7: The final showdown!! :qright5:


:icon_lol:

[mitchellds]

looks like a interesting project.

[NeoGen]

On your marks people... time to fill in the gas tanks on your machines! :)

Cache loading time is already active. Race start in about 11 hours.

[plonk420]

everyone else good? i can't do a race the following week as i'm leaving for vacation...

[vaughan]

We have lift off. :icon_wink:

[plonk420]

i feel an odd compulsion to crunch this project with all of my computers... "being a part of history" or something.

edit: er, this = enigma@home

[mitchellds]

I actually saw a enigma machine on ebay about a year ago. It was claimed to be a authentic original with all kinds of supporting paperwork and historical proof. Wouldn't that be cool to have?

[Jason1478963]

i was thinking i hope I can get back to WCG where they give out better points for my quad core

[meshmar]

Even better reasons not to have entered this one - storms for the last week and a half or so have caused so many power outages, I've lost track. 6 in one evening is the record ... so far! It would have been more trouble than it's worth. Grats to everyone in the running.

[NeoGen]

And the competition is officially finished!!! :)

After 4 races in 4 different projects, with people running in 3 different categories, here are the final winners...

4-cores category - Mitchell, with an Intel i7 920
2-cores category - Mitchell, with an Intel Core2Duo E8400
1-core category - Ramjet, with an AMD Athlon64 3500+

I want to thank everyone for participating in this event, and I hope everyone had as much fun as I did. :)

Now, the prizes will be sent to the winners as promised. Me or an admin will contact you privately (by PM) for the shipping address of the prizes.
There may be one little extra surprise left in the bag here, I just have to confirm it before announcing. :)

Hope to see you all again in the next contest! :)

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I want to thank everyone for participating in this event, and I hope everyone had as much fun as I did. :)
And I want to thank you again for the great stats-page.

It was a great race with a lot of fun. Thank you all.

[Beerknurd]

So is the whole thing over?? Who wins the prizes??

[gamer007]

Congrats to the winners! Mitchell is gonna have fun with a new dual core CPU and video card. :icon_razz: Big thanks to NeoGen for organizing the race and keeping track of the stats!


So is the whole thing over?? Who wins the prizes??

2 posts up. :icon_wink:


And the competition is officially finished!!! :)

After 4 races in 4 different projects, with people running in 3 different categories, here are the final winners...

4-cores category - Mitchell, with an Intel i7 920
2-cores category - Mitchell, with an Intel Core2Duo E8400
1-core category - Ramjet, with an AMD Athlon64 3500+

[NeoGen]

Actually, Ramjet is the one to receive the dually :icon_wink:
I posted on the other thread, so I'll quote myself here... :icon_lol:


It's true Ramjet! You won the prize. That was the surprise I said a while ago. :icon_santa:

Mitchell here is the donor of the 2-core prize, and he made me promise not to tell you guys that he was going to participate to show off the prize in first hand, and that if he happened to win the 2-core contest, the prize would go to the second placed man. :)

So, you have witnessed the raw power of that cpu in the 4 races we had, and mitchell said it can do even more. Imagine what you can do with it! :icon_wink:

Get in contact with mitchell by PM, and arrange with him for the delivery of the prize. I will have to ask your addy too, as well as t-shirt color and size, because I'm the sponsor of the 1-core category which you won! The prize will follow soon. :)

[AMDave]

Fantastic work NeoGen.

Thank you.

And thank you very much to our Prize donors.