EVGATech_Kyle

Yes, but you have until the end of the year to claim all of them.

You can wait till the end of the year and claim all at once or do each month.  Up to you.

Foldmiester

It is extremely ridiculous for those to keep complaining.
 
If some will quit because of the new promotion they would have quit anyway.
 
If they want to fold for another team then so be it...they won't find a better incentive.
 
The new promotion is geared for the lower PPD folder and also rewards the bigger folders...it is a good mix.
 
Most of the lower folders couldnt meet the 1 mil last year anyway...the new promotion gives them a chance to earn more, month to month.
 
I grow tired of the immature statements concerning this issue, we are a team....time to start acting like one.

sirgrinalot

Foldmiester

It is extremely ridiculous for those to keep complaining.
 
If some will quit because of the new promotion they would have quit anyway.
 
If they want to fold for another team then so be it...they won't find a better incentive.
 
The new promotion is geared for the lower PPD folder and also rewards the bigger folders...it is a good mix.
 
Most of the lower folders couldnt meet the 1 mil last year anyway...the new promotion gives them a chance to earn more, month to month.
 
I grow tired of the immature statements concerning this issue, we are a team....time to start acting like one.

I am not complaining, I like to discuss topics to the fullest.

I will fold no matter what, this is my personal philosophy: Folding will not be around forever, so I have the opportunity to have my name go down in history as one of the people that helped cure an infamous disease.

The reason this is so controversial, is because evga is in a position to throw their weight around, they have the power to encourage folders and discourage folders.

Worst case scenario during this promotion, A person that cannot afford an upgrade and makes 3,500 ppd. They will produce around 99,000 points per month, which translates to 1,188,000 points per folding year. They did their best, they stuck with the team every waking second of the year. but get no reward, no help for upgrades, no evga bucks...

That very same person would have received the full amount of evga bucks last year.

Maybe I think the leap was just too far, I dunno, I really don't know what to think.

SimC33

Sooo what kind of milestones should I be looking for on my points to get my bucks? lol

And thanks again EVGA for being awesome!

SimC

EVGAWeb_ShaneD 

Announcement 1: 

You have until 2/28/10 11:59:59 to complete your last WU for the EVGA Folding@Home Year 2 Promotion. 

Announcement 2:   

www.evga.com/folding/promo.asp 

kougar

Thanks EVGA for another great promotion!  

To be honest I was hoping to rack up another $100 in EVGA bucks quickly in time for Fermi....

Halo_003

kougar

Thanks EVGA for another great promotion!  

To be honest I was hoping to rack up another $100 in EVGA bucks quickly in time for Fermi....

 

I know... Me too. This'll make it harder to get my Fermi cards. Still doable though. I wonder if I could fold with my 295 and a Fermi at the same time... Hmm.

heydabop

Halo_003

kougar

Thanks EVGA for another great promotion!  

To be honest I was hoping to rack up another $100 in EVGA bucks quickly in time for Fermi....

 

I know... Me too. This'll make it harder to get my Fermi cards. Still doable though. I wonder if I could fold with my 295 and a Fermi at the same time... Hmm.

I don't see why you couldn't. I plan on keeping one of my GTS 250's and folding it alongside a GTX 480 or 470 when I get one.

Halo_003

kougar

Thanks EVGA for another great promotion!  

To be honest I was hoping to rack up another $100 in EVGA bucks quickly in time for Fermi....

 

I know... Me too. This'll make it harder to get my Fermi cards. Still doable though. I wonder if I could fold with my 295 and a Fermi at the same time... Hmm.

blackomega

heydabop

BlackOmega, what happened to your PPD (or where did it go) when you hit 1,016,087 points? 
D: Even with multi-monitor/extended desktop?

Well one of my PSU's died, 1 rig down. Then I had an offer from someone to buy up both of the boards/CPU/RAM, so the other rig has been disassembled.

I just bought a new Seasonic 850w PSU for my main rig, so I'm going to be transferring my PCP&C 750 over to the other folding rig. And when I do that, I'm planning on putting the other one back together as well.

But as of late (last 3 weeks) my prego wife, my 2 boys (2.5 and 10m.o.) and I have been under the weather. We've had everything from pneumonia's to sinus infections to ear infections, etc. And to top it all off I go to school full time. Needless to say time is in very short supply as I have to do a lot more than I usually do. While being ill, it just makes it that much harder. Not to mention the meds I've been taking have me feeling "out of it".

But don't fret, they'll be up and running shortly.



As for your other point, unless I am mistaken, if you fold on a G200 and a G80/92, the G200 PPD will suffer greatly as it will only run as fast as the slower card. I could be wrong on that, it's been a while since I looked in to it. But I'm pretty sure it works just like RAM, where all the sticks (cards) will only run as fast as the slowest one.

blackomega

As for your other point, unless I am mistaken, if you fold on a G200 and a G80/92, the G200 PPD will suffer greatly as it will only run as fast as the slower card. I could be wrong on that, it's been a while since I looked in to it. But I'm pretty sure it works just like RAM, where all the sticks (cards) will only run as fast as the slowest one.

0kr0n1k

blackomega

As for your other point, unless I am mistaken, if you fold on a G200 and a G80/92, the G200 PPD will suffer greatly as it will only run as fast as the slower card. I could be wrong on that, it's been a while since I looked in to it. But I'm pretty sure it works just like RAM, where all the sticks (cards) will only run as fast as the slowest one.

Exactly.

0kr0n1k

Foldmiester

The truth of the matter is anyone folding 3500ppd is not folding 24/7.

If they want more points/bucks they will need to fold more.

Simply put, Evga stated that they want more folding, so why should they have a promotion that promotes less folding?

I really belive your pulling numbers out of the air....no stats state the amount of hours per day that a folder is folding...only amount produced per day.

Again the facts are to fold more....and remember not all folders hit last years 1 mil either, they do have a chance to earn more with the new promotion.

You are entiltled to your own opinion, however you are not entitled to your own set of facts.

Unfortunately, not everyone has the luxury of folding 24/7. Your opinion is pretty much "if you don't fold enough, too bad, buy more or fold more". I'll point out that this promotion pretty much excludes PS3 folders entirely. For example, at 1000 points per day, the PS3 can do 365,000 points per year. That's not much, but last year, it wouldn't be unreasonable for people with a PS3 and a little bit of help to hit 500K, and fold for the cause. With the new promo, exclusively PS3 folders are left out entirely.

The point is, what you and EVGA have both neglected is the fact that not everyone folds or can fold constantly. While I understand the desire to encourage people who fold constantly, sometimes, from a monetary and convenience standpoint, it just doesn't work like that. My primary rig running 24/7 can pump out just under 40,000 PPD. I fold at my convenience (which hasn't been much lately for a number of reasons), and frankly points are points. This new system is not any more exploitation proof than the old one (for example, i can choose to fold one week out of each month). If people want to fold for the cause or just to get points, in the grand scheme IT DOESN'T MATTER. The points get accumulated. If they wanted to encourage more folding, the easiest way would be to increase the point caps.

Finally, the fact of the matter is that this is a promotion. EVGA is free to run it however they'd like. Unfortunately, the message this sends to people only capable of one or two thousand PPD is that it's not enough to be valued. Like it or not, EVGA has attracted a lot of new folders with the existing promo. The new promo is a poor attempt at addressing the issue of people who folded to the million and stopped. The reality is it doesn't really do much by way of preventing the same thing, it just breaks up the intervals in which these people will fold, and what it verifiably DOES do is leave low PPD folders out in the cold.

0kr0n1k

Unfortunately, not everyone has the luxury of folding 24/7. Your opinion is pretty much "if you don't fold enough, too bad, buy more or fold more". I'll point out that this promotion pretty much excludes PS3 folders entirely. For example, at 1000 points per day, the PS3 can do 365,000 points per year. That's not much, but last year, it wouldn't be unreasonable for people with a PS3 and a little bit of help to hit 500K, and fold for the cause. With the new promo, exclusively PS3 folders are left out entirely.

The point is, what you and EVGA have both neglected is the fact that not everyone folds or can fold constantly. While I understand the desire to encourage people who fold constantly, sometimes, from a monetary and convenience standpoint, it just doesn't work like that. My primary rig running 24/7 can pump out just under 40,000 PPD. I fold at my convenience (which hasn't been much lately for a number of reasons), and frankly points are points. This new system is not any more exploitation proof than the old one (for example, i can choose to fold one week out of each month). If people want to fold for the cause or just to get points, in the grand scheme IT DOESN'T MATTER. The points get accumulated. If they wanted to encourage more folding, the easiest way would be to increase the point caps.

Finally, the fact of the matter is that this is a promotion. EVGA is free to run it however they'd like. Unfortunately, the message this sends to people only capable of one or two thousand PPD is that it's not enough to be valued. Like it or not, EVGA has attracted a lot of new folders with the existing promo. The new promo is a poor attempt at addressing the issue of people who folded to the million and stopped. The reality is it doesn't really do much by way of preventing the same thing, it just breaks up the intervals in which these people will fold, and what it verifiably DOES do is leave low PPD folders out in the cold.

heydabop
Okay, it was an honest question, and thank you for your answer. Sorry for your conditions.


I thought that was only in SLI... But I really know nothing about it.