Christmas Quest Contest

[NeoGen]

It is this weekend that I will post the REAL stats pages, instead of just the snapshot.

I've been working on it bits and pieces every day on the spare time, and I must say, these is the most detailed stats work I ever done for a contest!

You will be surprised with the ammount of info I've been collecting from your machines.

p.s. - Another update to the stats snapshot in the sig. Meshmar is almost at 10K credits and the second place competitor is around half of it. C'mon guys, put that second core to work!

[meshmar]

Someone must have a 64-bit system out there!

Opt in to run Proth Prime (You must have 64-bit Linux or Window) and then run the PPS Sieve. That's what's giving me the big advantage right now, I think. I don't have a maxed out OC running. It's actually rather conservative and well within the range of some of the other systems I'm competing against. Come on ... make me work for this.

[shotgunner101]

I guess I can always try to catch up ill be attempting to increase my chances later after I get back from helping the church build its deck.

[meshmar]

It looks like your specs are pretty close to mine, now. Both cpus are running at 3GHz, but I still have a slight advantage because of my faster memory.

I really thought I would have to push the cpu harder to be competitive. I've had it up to 3.3 GHz (higher multiplier) with the memory and fsb tweaked about 10%, so I still have some to spare if I need it.

[NeoGen]

I finally got the huge stats sheet ready for examination!
Take a look guys

http://neogen.amdusers.com/contest2008/xmascontest.htm


As you all can see, PSP Sieve is the way to go! Over 60 Credits/Hour!
But only few people tried so far. And I'm still to figure out why some people only get ~20/hour on it... maybe 32/64 bit difference?

[shotgunner101]

see i didnt have a cunrnching os setup until now so now i got a 64bit system I will crunch using it to get 2x the credits .

[NeoGen]

Another update to the stats is online.
Check the links on my sig.

Vaughan is now actively chasing meshmar, at a speed of 72 Credits/Hour.

[shotgunner101]

Neogen what happened to my olds machines credits which I used my 32bit windows for and had 5-6k credits on why didnt it include them? It s hows me only at 1.1k credits I should be around 7k or so . Please include my old one so I can catchup to mesfer otherwise I will fail to even have a chance at this .

[shotgunner101]

Neo the problem was was I didnt have a choice their was no way to catch up with them with a 32bit systema nd using a different OS changed my computer id. Now I am no expert but can I merge pcs and it put all the credits over to the new one?

[NeoGen]

Actually shotgunner101, I can rescue your credits, they're still in the system. But I don't know if the rest of the gang would be pleased with it. It would be breaking the rule. Mine and Ramjet's credits are lost for good by now, they've been recycled.

But on my behalf I wouldn't mind getting your credits back, and making it the rule to safekeep old credits before host switching. It wasn't initially thought that people would have to change hosts during contest.

Guys... please leave me your opinions... what should I do? Rescue credits or keep the rule?