DutchForce

Great promotion, but I hope I can use my EVGA bucks also in Europe soon ... 

We are working on this - but it's a VERY complicated project.

Hey maybe now I can hit my folding goal of 2mil before this folding year ends

theGryphon
I couldn't agree more, brother! Reaching 60 bucks is so easy even now and think about the new generation cards and the GPU3 that's on the way! I don't know what people were expecting... EVGA was apparently bothered by all those people stopping at 1 million and those who just stopped by to grab the bucks and left off afterwards. I'd be bothered as well, wouldn't you? This way, EVGA wants to reward only those who care enough to stay year long. There may still be some who can take the hassle to switch back-and-forth each month to their teams where they really belong, and it's OK; now there is some hassle.

 
 No that wouldn't bother me 1 bit. It's kind of like a contract, you fold 1m points you get $100 to use at OUR store. That was the deal they put in place, so there's no reason to get all bent out of shape because they didn't continue folding.
 
 And until GPU3 comes out making any assumptions about it is totally wrong. None of us have any idea as to what kind of numbers ATi cards are going to put out with GPU3......if they ever get it out. The way it sits right now, the PPD from ATi's is pathetic.

slayer_27

Do not complain about this promotion or down it at all. EVGA does not have to do this and we are lucky that they do. Fairness blah blah blah...A single 9600GT can get the 60 bucks a year with this promotion add a dual core to that and you don't even have to fold all month long for the100k.

We might lose some but that is ok as they are obviously not dedicated to the cause and only the $. We will gain more small folders which is what we need, more people folding regardless of team. Don't knock on something that this wonderful company decides to do, it is not about the points or the bucks, it is about the WU and cures. The points and teams just add some friendly fun and competition.

If you don't like the promotion go fold for another team that offers nothing in return but satisfaction of folding, but then if that is why you leave the team satisfaction has nothing to do with it.

I understand some people can not afford to fold during high/low temperature seasons or it is just too hot in the summer. That is beside the point.

 First point about the 9600GT, I have no idea where you got that figure from, but a dedicated 9600GT folding would be hard pressed to make 100k per month. I'd be willing to bet that a 9600 GT would not make that in a month, and adding a CPU client to the rig can actually reduce the total PPD output. Especially on older rigs like my 939's that I use for folding.
 
 Secondly, it's not only the temps, but it also has to do with electricity costs. When I folded during the summer, my electricity bill went way up because my folding rigs were fighting with the A/C. So it is not financially viable for me to do so, but that would make it impossible for me to attain the full amount.

F_I_N
Thanks very much EVGA ! !
 
As a folding@home team EVGA supporter that didn't stop folding when I hit the 1 millions points required .For those that are already folding more than enough PPD that would easily cover the amount of points needed to max out their EVGA bucks $120 in short time and in my example 2 months from my average points per month .I'll always be a supporter of folding@home and contribute my folding farm to team EVGA

 
 Well I'm glad you can crunch so many WU's in a month, but you must remember that your rig is the folding exception and not the norm.
 
 And some of us had to stop due to hardware failure and financial reasons. I'm glad you have the resources to donate so much.

All - I don't want to see this degrade into a flame fest, so please allow people to publish their opinions without attacking them - we welcome criticism and opinions on the subject.  Not everyone will like this promotion, but this is the case for every promotion we do.  We thought this was the best way to do it.  Maybe next year we'll do it another way.  It's a constant learning process.

You guys really ought to get some more volunteers to help you check this stuff.. doing it once a month is going to be super time consuming. Also, are we still going to have to contact a mod when we hit the goals or is it all going to be "automatic" now that you guys are checking it every month?

Are you working on a way to track promotional points accrued each month?
Will I need to contact you twice a month (for $5) or can it be done once a month (for $10)?

When starting from zero, like I did this year, keeping track of promotional milestones was easy.  Now that I have 3 mil+ points I'm not sure how to track the 100K and 250K milestones.  Thank you, to you and to EVGA for their continued support with F@H!

Yeah exactly - just click a button and you get 5 EVGA bucks if everything matches.  It only takes me a few seconds each one, so it's not that big of a deal.

heymike_s

When starting from zero, like I did this year, keeping track of promotional milestones was easy.  Now that I have 3 mil+ points I'm not sure how to track the 100K and 250K milestones.  Thank you, to you and to EVGA for their continued support with F@H!

 


This will all be tracked very easily on your My Folding page.

My FAH name has always been EVGA_BHawthorne. This worked to redeem last year. I noticed in the rules that it shows that your login name has to match your FAH for year 3 awards. Do I have to lose my EVGA_BHawthorne FAH count and enter in Brad_Hawthorne? Just making sure I don't accidently mess up when I try to redeem the first month by being name disqualified.

Brad_Hawthorne

My FAH name has always been EVGA_BHawthorne. This worked to redeem last year. I noticed in the rules that it shows that your login name has to match your FAH for year 3 awards. Do I have to lose my EVGA_BHawthorne FAH count and enter in Brad_Hawthorne? Just making sure I don't accidently mess up when I try to redeem the first month by being name disqualified.

For questions like this, please email me directly.

Although I totally agree with the concept to keep people from grabbing the money and running, the two big problems I see with this method is 1: as stated by another folder it will be a whole year before they will be able to use there full bucks earned to upgrade their folding system. 2: as far as the Chimp challenge for 2010, you might as well write that off, the way I see it everyone will be focused on doing their folding all year long just to get there bucks and are not going to be as likely to keep switching there clients back and forth every month between folding for bucks and folding for the chimp challenge. I personally was figuring to fold my required points to earn the bucks and then turn my whole farm loose on the chimp challenge but not now because it would be too time consuming to switch all my clients back and forth every month.

The CC only lasts what, 5-6 days? Is that really going to kill your month points? IMO if 5 days hurts you that much you had no chance of getting the 250k for that month anyway. I plan on folding for the CC regardless of the 5 bucks I might lose just because it is fun and we need to kick the OCN.

heymike_s

Can I stop by the 'My Folding' page at the end of each month and click both buttons (I'm assuming there will be 2) to collect them at the same time, or do I need to stop in twice, at each milestone?

The buttons will appear when you pass a milestone.  You can click them all at once this time next year if you want - I don't care :)

EVGAWeb_ShaneD

heymike_s

Can I stop by the 'My Folding' page at the end of each month and click both buttons (I'm assuming there will be 2) to collect them at the same time, or do I need to stop in twice, at each milestone?

The buttons will appear when you pass a milestone.  You can click them all at once this time next year if you want - I don't care :)

That answers a question I had about how long we have to collect the rewards for each milestone.

EVGAWeb_ShaneD

heymike_s

Can I stop by the 'My Folding' page at the end of each month and click both buttons (I'm assuming there will be 2) to collect them at the same time, or do I need to stop in twice, at each milestone?

The buttons will appear when you pass a milestone.  You can click them all at once this time next year if you want - I don't care :)

That sounds like fun!!!!
I was afraid that if I missed a milestone I would out for that one.
Thanks again Shane