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[AMDave]

The Leonids Challenge in 24 hours
Come see if you can catch a "falling star" in the Leonids meteor shower Challenge. A 5 day Challenge is being offered on the 321 Prime Search (LLR) project. For more information, please see this forum post (http://www.primegrid.com/forum_thread.php?id=3744&nowrap=true#43134).

More... (http://www.primegrid.com/forum_thread.php?id=3753)

[chris]

First units are sent back to Prime Grid :)
AMD Users are #11 at the moment...
I think there is a problem because many many cores are working on WCG at the moment.... :icon_rolleyes:

Standings (http://www.primegrid.com/challenge/2011_8/top_teams.html)

[Dirk Broer]

Not all cores are at WCG at the moment!
NeoMetal is presently #12 in the personal stats for the Leonids Challenge,
you (Chris) are at #59, and there are more members who are still processing one or more WUs (Mine will take another 70 hours to complete, and there are other projects running on that machine as well)

BTW: Thanks for showing how to display more badges!

[chris]

I run all 4 cores from my Phenom 965 at PG, he takes around 16 hours for 4 Units.
My slower machine runs WCG but this is the only project i don't sign in to AMD Users :icon_redface:
:icon_santa:

[Dirk Broer]

Hi Chris,

No need to apologise. I spent most of my Seti@home Classic effort working for an IBM-IGNS account (1998-2001). After that I did Seti@Home privately until I discovered AMD Users. I sought a team that had something common with myself, and I was/am an AMD fanboy, at that time running a K6III-400@450 Mhz. Now I've set my sights on a FX-8100, which should be a major upgrade, comparable with the replacement of my IDT Winchip C6-255 whith the afore mentioned K6III-400@450 Mhz. The process of replacing a Socket 754 system with a Socket AM3+ system is rather costly however...no common parts.:(

[chris]

He he.. yes that should be a major upgrade. I want to buy a Bulldozer next year and i think he won't get into my AM3 socket... i think i only take a new board and the cpu, fit the HD 5770 from my second machine in and the old Athlon dualcore will rest in peace :)
This is a pure Boinc machine... for normal PC work my Phenom is strong enough... I have found nothing that overwhelmed him yet.
But i'll wait some more month, i think there comes a black edition... :)

[Dirk Broer]

Bulldozer will get into AM3+ boards with an AMD 900 series chipset, or if you are very lucky and bought your board with fore-knowledge: an AMD 890-FX chipset. Other AM3/AM3+ boards will not support Bulldozer.....