win  smp is the "high performance" windows cpu client, which can use all cores compared to the one core of the regular cpu client (the one you can download here at EVGA).
The bigadv requires at least 8 cores (or an i7 with HT enabled ) and has very strict deadlines.
Those two clients give you bonus points the faster you return a wu.

Now we just need a GPU3 (for the 400 series) core by May. :D

Thank you for your help Barbarossa. I've been looking at the SMP client for a few days now, but I've been a little bit weary of attempting to set it up since I didn't know exactly what it was or what it did. I believe I'm going to get that client and use it in place of the current basic CPU client, ESPECIALLY since the one I'm using only puts out about 2 - 3 WU's per day. One more question though: do you think it would really benefit any compared to the basic CPU client? I'm using a Core 2 Duo E7200 OC'ed from 2.53GHz to 3.48GHz (you can use the CPU-Z link to check the rest of the info if needed). 
 Thanks again in advance. I'm really looking forward to helping out with this year's contest!


EDIT: Also, if I uninstall my current CPU client, is there a way that I can save the current checkpoint that I'm on? Or will that be lost during the uninstallation? OR could I just copy and paste the folder(s)/file(s) from the old to the new? (Again, not really a big deal, but it would be nice)

Thanks Punchy. I was actually just about to edit my post again when I saw that you had already responded. I realize now that I need to have a password on my user account, and I'm not willing to set that up to use this SMP client. At least not now, anyway. Whenever there is an official contest start date, then I will more than likely set up the password so that I can use the SMP client for the contest, then just get rid of the user account password and go about my business. (If I'm wrong about having to have a password, then by all means let me know and I'll get started using it right away.)
  I truly appreciate everybody's help. Thanks.

When I run Install.bat, it goes to        account <domain\user> [Tempest\-$@I_V@710N-]:
("Tempest" = Computer name & "-$@I_V@710N-" = My user name)

I type in my user name (-$@I_V@710N-), then hit Enter.
Then it say       password:
So I enter my user account password. (as I'm typing it in, nothing comes up on the screen - it just stays blank)
Then I get        confirm password:
So I enter my user account password account.
Then I get        Password encrypted into the Registry.
Credentials for -$@I_V@710N- rejected connecting to Tempest
Aborting: Unable to connect to Tempest
Press any key to continue...

What am I doing wrong? I tried running as Admin (even my account is the only one), and the command prompt window just pops up for a brief second then goes away, leaving me no chance to do anything. I've tried to run Install.bat probably 30 times now.
**** am I doing wrong?!?!

Barbarossa

Either a typo 8in  the line where it askes for your Windows username you cna just hit enter), or
in Vista and Win 7   UAC has to be disabled
and it doesn´t like it in the Programms file
C:\Fah is Ok though
I usually put it in C:\Users\Username\FAH

That worked perfectly. I went through, set it up, followed the thread about auto login to Windows, got that set up good, but now I'm having trouble work packets. What's wrong now?


EDIT: I did some Googling, and found that is a very common problem. I'll just let it sit every time I have my PC on and let it go til I get work I guess. It seems that it's not a problem on my part. Plus I remember reading (now) on the Stanford site that there is no guarantee of work on SMP clients.  Oh well.

Barbarossa

Did you put in the -advmethods (best you get yourself a passkey as well)
Othwerwise stand in line

No I didn't put in -advmethods, I just got a passkey (I opened the "client.txt" file, and where it says "passkey=ask" I put "passkey=(my passkey)".
Do you think -advmethods would be beneficial to me since I actually use my machine a lot, even though I fold with the CPU and GPU in the background (unless I'm gaming or encoding video) ? And if so, where/how do I change it to use -advmethods?

Thank you for your help. I'm very sorry if I'm becoming a bother with all the questions. I usually don't have a hard time figuring stuff out on my own, but this has just got me gridlocked somehow. 

Barbarossa

It doesn´t hurt trying at least one wu, you can always take it back out (you can even fold the regular single core wu with it)
You can enter the -advmethods to the shortcut on your desktop (if you created one). Just add it after the -smp. On a dual core @ 3Ghz one wu takes roughly 24h

Great! I just put in the -advmethods, and as soon as I loaded it up it went str8 to server x.x.x.x and started pulling in work.
Thanks again for ALL of your help. I truly appreciate it. That is why I love these forums above ALL I have EVER  visited, and that makes me want to stay a loyal EVGA customer.

Does the Chimp Challenge last for a month? Or just a week?

Barbarossa

The captains are fixing the rules for this year´s challenge (like what´s the target)
Last year the target was 20 million and it took us a week. Most other teams needed 2 weeks.

piece of cake

yhpm

Quick update Captains are discussing the rules and other factors but it is looking like everything will stay the same as last years challenge at the moment , amount , start time , ect... but I will keep you all updated.

I also suggested in the future maybe a handicap for small teams I think this would bring this even into fruition across the world taking on teams like our with a chance to beat us based on a handicap system.

-l337h4l... out

Horvat

Question to all CC participants. Based on the current point goal of 20 million, would the CC last long enough for -bigadv to be viable with an average completion time of 2 1/2 days or would A3 WU's be the way to go? I can't quite wrap my head around how the stats would fall out at the moment.(early onset dementia ya know)

If the A3s get about 10,000 PPD and the -bigadv take  2 1/2 days to complete, then you would need to get more than 25000 points from a -bigadv to equal running the A3s. Since I don't run the -bigadv, I really don't know how many points they are currently netting. My A3s on my stock i7 940 get me a bit more than 10,000 PPD.

I average 55,000 points net when I complete a -bigadv. That is what I am trying to determine, if switching to A3 WU's would be more beneficial in the short time period.

Horvat

Question to all CC participants. Based on the current point goal of 20 million, would the CC last long enough for -bigadv to be viable with an average completion time of 2 1/2 days or would A3 WU's be the way to go? I can't quite wrap my head around how the stats would fall out at the moment.(early onset dementia ya know)

For us it depends what fraction of the team will shift to the CC and what the current point goal is.

One thing to try is to have your bigadv clients completing their first WU within hours after the CC starts.  You could do it with a -oneunit flag and then switch to A3's afterwards if it looks like the contest will end before the next bigadv would complete.