Welcome jamers

[jamers]

you got burnt out, or the hardware did? :D

at THAT many machines, wouldn't replacing them with 4-8 i7s be more energy efficient?

a friend and i calculated that the energy saved between an Atom and a 939 Athlon 64 was $20 in a year. not enough to pay for itself... at least in 4+ years... however, with 27 machines, i wonder what the difference would be...?

edit: oh, reexamining your number of units crunched in a day, it might take 16 (give or take 4) i7s to do the same number of units (if seti is a benchmark for the number of units an i7 would make in a day). THAT wouldn't pay for itself very quickly ;)

As to being burnt out, it was me, the hardware still runs but is not competitive anymore.

Energy savings is but one of the concerns when upgrading/replacing hardware. The 2 top concerns for me are "getting the most bang for the buck" in the projects I'm interested in running and my budget. And 27 machines is just what I have running ATM, there more that I have yet to replace or upgrade so an I7 may get thrown into the mix.

[vaughan]

Congratulations jamers on reaching your first Million in Primegrid.

That was mighty fast.

[Danish Dynamite]

congrats jamers

[liuqyn]

congrats on first mil and first team #1.

[jamers]

Thanks everyone, it has been a good run.

On a secondary note, AMD Users is currnetly #10 on the lastest Prime Challenge, don't know if we can hold though. With less than 4 hours till the end everyone is trying to dumping thier caches, so there is alot of movement in positions from one update to the next.

[BlackAdder]

1 million points, that's dedication !! Congrats !!

[Danish Dynamite]

On a secondary note, AMD Users is currnetly #10 on the lastest Prime Challenge, don't know if we can hold though. With less than 4 hours till the end everyone is trying to dumping thier caches, so there is alot of movement in positions from one update to the next.

sounds like we are heading in the right direction since we are currently 9th by RAC, and don't forget we are having our Christmas Quest Contest, so that should counteract any little gains by other teams from Prime Challenge