i'll be interested to see what my power bill is going to be.  Been cool enough for me to leave my computer on 24/7 and still fold/crunch when i'm not doing anything. I think my high this summer was 150 in july but I have a small house and most of that was from the AC not my computer.  I rarely leave my computer on when i'm not actually using it so I dont expect my power bill to be near any of the serious folders here.  My plex server crunches when its not encoding movies so that is the only comptuer that has stayed on 24/7 till now.  

I've never seen my power bill eclipse $150 or so. Of course I only have 2 cards to power. I did get a sub $100 bill after pausing golding for a few weeks in prep for challenge.

As you 6 billion goal. I'm afraid the primegrid event coming up will be sapping the folding numbers.

troy8d
Also of note: here we sit at 3 billion on November 14th!   Unfortunately, it seems are production fell off much harder than I was expecting when the contest ended this past weekend.  We need to maintain slightly above our current production to make 6 billion by the end of the month, however, when the bucks folders begin dropping off 6 billion may be out of reach this go round...
 

Troy I will leave my 980ti folding though the month . It was got with folding bucks so let it fold hehe

bcavnaugh

DutchForce

Polesch
My GPU keeps failing all of a sudden, anyone know what's wrong? :(
 
04:20:18:WU01:FS00:0x21:Folding@home GPU Core21 Folding@home Core
04:20:18:WU01:FS00:0x21:Version 0.0.17
04:20:26:WU01:FS00:0x21:ERROR:exception: Error downloading array interactionCount: clEnqueueReadBuffer (-5)
04:20:26:WU01:FS00:0x21:Folding@home Core Shutdown: BAD_WORK_UNIT
04:20:28:WARNING:WU01:FS00:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72)
04:20:28:WU01:FS00:Sending unit results: id:01 state:SEND error:FAULTY project:11407

 
This error looks like a NVidia driver issue, I don't know if you have one of the 375.xx drivers installed which are not good for folding, see:
- NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver 375.63 WHQL Do Not Use For Folding @ Home
- Core 21 (OpenMM GPU) issues with new Windows NVIDIA drivers
 
It's best to install NVidia driver 373.06 (or older) and when you're already using an older driver, maybe re-install this driver.

What a BR for this!

IS that a question or statement. Dutchforce should get a BR for just showing up :)

tank1023

bcavnaugh

DutchForce

Polesch
My GPU keeps failing all of a sudden, anyone know what's wrong? :(
 
04:20:18:WU01:FS00:0x21:Folding@home GPU Core21 Folding@home Core
04:20:18:WU01:FS00:0x21:Version 0.0.17
04:20:26:WU01:FS00:0x21:ERROR:exception: Error downloading array interactionCount: clEnqueueReadBuffer (-5)
04:20:26:WU01:FS00:0x21:Folding@home Core Shutdown: BAD_WORK_UNIT
04:20:28:WARNING:WU01:FS00:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72)
04:20:28:WU01:FS00:Sending unit results: id:01 state:SEND error:FAULTY project:11407

 
This error looks like a NVidia driver issue, I don't know if you have one of the 375.xx drivers installed which are not good for folding, see:
- NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver 375.63 WHQL Do Not Use For Folding @ Home
- Core 21 (OpenMM GPU) issues with new Windows NVIDIA drivers
 
It's best to install NVidia driver 373.06 (or older) and when you're already using an older driver, maybe re-install this driver.

What a BR for this!

IS that a question or statement. Dutchforce should get a BR for just showing up :)

No about the driver issue, I did not except an answer only a note to my brain.
But yes one way for DutchForce to get a BR for taking such good care of us during the TZC.

troy8d

HK-Steve
Yes, The stats are still updating for the 5 Billion, Jeremy.AKA. (drougnor) Awesome job as always.

Actually, I am pulling those stats from EOC not drougnor.  They only update when EOC updates and are limited based on what is available from EOC.

Sorry Troy, Did not mean to leave out your hard work Mate..

HK-Steve
Yes, The stats are still updating for the 5 Billion, Jeremy.AKA. (drougnor) Awesome job as always.

Hmmm  Did I miss Something? I thought we were aiming for 6 billion? Or am I getting confused with the TZC target?

BadBertie
Hmmm  Did I miss Something? I thought we were aiming for 6 billion? Or am I getting confused with the TZC target?

I think at this point we're just seeing how high a point total we can accumulate for the month.  Whatever it is, it will be a new record for our team!

BadBertie
Hmmm  Did I miss Something? I thought we were aiming for 6 billion? Or am I getting confused with the TZC target?

Well, at the rate that GPUs are increasing in raw power and efficiency, I'm sure we'll soon be having Billion Point plus targets for folding contests.  Man, we've come a long way since my first Chimp Challenge in 2010, when it was a flat sprint to a whopping 20 Million.

drougnor

BadBertie
Hmmm  Did I miss Something? I thought we were aiming for 6 billion? Or am I getting confused with the TZC target?

Well, at the rate that GPUs are increasing in raw power and efficiency, I'm sure we'll soon be having Billion Point plus targets for folding contests.  Man, we've come a long way since my first Chimp Challenge in 2010, when it was a flat sprint to a whopping 20 Million.

Amen to that - I just remember running 2 GTX 8800 or 9800 + cards folding 24/7 and my computer room was unbearable due to the heat - AND getting so few ppd relative to today's ppd. It is amazing! My power bill has never been an issue with my wife. I have never measured it, but if she is good with it - it can't be much
BTW - All of my cards are still running, some are not folding.