Christmas Quest Contest

[Jim_Clark]

... Jim, you're curious to see how your rig performs? I'll add you right away! ... And hey... I'm not placed last anymore!

Yeah, I thought I might start by doing someone a favor by pushing them out of last place! Actually I began setting up for the Winter Solstice Challenge of PrimeGrid's Challenge Series: 17 Dec 2008 12:04 UTC – 21 Dec 2008 12:04 UTC. (Maybe that's why others here are focusing on PSP Sieve.) Then I saw this race, and figured, why not see how my Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core does here, as least for speed, even though there's no chance of catching up. It'll be fun anyway! Oh -- and thanks, NeoGen, for adding me to the stats.

[meshmar]

I think I have a very slight edge that will let me slowly catch up. We'll have to wait and see if it's enough.

[NeoGen]

I think I have a very slight edge that will let me slowly catch up. We'll have to wait and see if it's enough.

I think it's working meshmar, the gap between you and vaughan seems to be slowly shrinking. As of this last update to the stats, it's around 300 credits only.

Vaughan, to keep things interesting, can you adjust the turbocharger some more?

[NeoGen]

Jim, you're on the stats now.

[NeoGen]

For best performance on PSP Sieve we found out that a 64bit OS makes all the difference. Nobody with a 32bit OS has reached 30 credits/hour, while the guys with 64bit OS'es (either Windows or Linux) can make it over 60 and sometimes even over 70 credits per hour.
The Winter Solstice challenge starts in 3 days, you still have time to install a 64bit OS there.

And by the way... I guess we're all participating on the challenge this time. No one needs to sign up for it, just crunch PSP Sieve, right? That's what we're doing already.

[meshmar]

For best performance on PSP Sieve we found out that a 64bit OS makes all the difference. Nobody with a 32bit OS has reached 30 credits/hour, while the guys with 64bit OS'es (either Windows or Linux) can make it over 60 and sometimes even over 70 credits per hour.
The Winter Solstice challenge starts in 3 days, you still have time to install a 64bit OS there.

And by the way... I guess we're all participating on the challenge this time. No one needs to sign up for it, just crunch PSP Sieve, right? That's what we're doing already.

We need to get more members actively crunching on PSP Sieve - 32 or 64 bit.

[Danish Dynamite]

We need to get more members actively crunching on PSP Sieve - 32 or 64 bit.

Message from server: Proth Prime Search (Seive) is not available for your type os computer.
so i am guessing server will not send work units to comps that do not have 64 bit os/boinc client installed

[NeoGen]

Meshmar, your Average Credit per hour is already higher than vaughan's but those storms over there seem to not have an end. Vaughan's gaining a lead again, and Jason is right behind you.
I just know you're going to ask Santa for a UPS this christmas.

[meshmar]

Meshmar, your Average Credit per hour is already higher than vaughan's but those storms over there seem to not have an end. Vaughan's gaining a lead again, and Jason is right behind you.
I just know you're going to ask Santa for a UPS this christmas.

Yes - still having small outages. Even a UPS wouldn't help for the hour long+ outages I've been having.

[liuqyn]

PPS Seive is 64bit only, and by request only.