Drazhar

mercyflush64
  With my mediocre card output I would be lucky just to hit tier one now so I think my days with EVGA and their products are over. Everybody has to move on to different things sooner or later.

Sooo lemme get this straight, because you can't meet the new tiers, you're going to stop buying EVGA's products as well as cease your folding efforts?

jboudwin
Wife just checked electric bill...$500 for electric.  Phew!!!  Can't tell her two 480 HydroCoppers and an I7 960 are killing me at 24/7 folding.  Guess it's time to upgrade to a less power hungry and more PPD effective setup.  It'll pay for itself in electric savings (unless I stop folding....no thanks).

In the winter with windows open Heating off while Folding my elect bill is between $480 and $500.
In the late Spring Summer and early Fall my elect is between $880 and $1200 a month, Excel is charging 3 time the cost for tear 2 and almost 4 times the cost for tear 3. Tear 1 is 500 KW a month. I have never seen less then 800 KW on my bill as a low.
So the cost to Fold if you are under Excel Energy your cost is almost if not more then most mortgages while they charge the 3 Tear Cost for Elect and to top that off the charge double if not triple for Gas in the winter. No Tax Write Off For A Single Folder At Home but Corporate Folders can write of all the cost for Folding. I Fold to Fold I do not Fold for the EVGA Bucks they are only a Plus to Fold nothing more.

cowboy2199

In the winter with windows open Heating off while Folding my elect bill is between $480 and $500.
In the late Spring Summer and early Fall my elect is between $880 and $1200 a month, Excel is charging 3 time the cost for tear 2 and almost 4 times the cost for tear 3. Tear 1 is 500 KW a month. I have never seen less then 800 KW on my bill as a low.
So the cost to Fold if you are under Excel Energy your cost is almost if not more then most mortgages while they charge the 3 Tear Cost for Elect and to top that off the charge double if not triple for Gas in the winter. No Tax Write Off For A Single Folder At Home but Corporate Folders can write of all the cost for Folding. I Fold to Fold I do not Fold for the EVGA Bucks they are only a Plus to Fold nothing more.

Holy moley man!! I regularly use 1k-1200kwh and only pay $100-$200 a month. But then I live in Texas and electric has been de-regulated. Open competition has really lowered the price down here.

dem0707
Hey EVGA_RobB, what is in store for "Year 8"???  I guess that will be starting soon.
 
I really appreciate the support that EVGA gives to the team, and most of us support EVGA back.  I am very new to this Folding thing (only been at it for a couple of months).  But, I have noticed that our team stats show a spike in production in the first week of the month, and tapers off through-out the rest of the month.  This is certainly from people jumping in and getting their 1.5 mill and then shutting it down for the month.  I have seen several individual examples of this.  May I suggest adding a couple of more tiers of payouts, even if they continue to double each tier (750K, 1.5M, 3M, 6M), or something like that.  This may encourage more people to hang in there longer per month.  I know it is not going to pay for a person's electric bill, but it may help out.  I also realize that is is not EVGA's obligation to subsidize the team's efforts, but it sure is nice.