bcavnaugh

Xavier Zepherious
the solution is a fix to the point system - for once sit down and fix it all
make SMP worthwhile to fold - PPD/Watt  
if the drop isn't to much people won't complain too much 
the idea is to make people think "so Im relegated to SMP - Im making slightly less - but hey it's not bad I can live with it"
 
in fact you may get people back into using older CPU's again and bring hardware back
 
it might mean bringing GPU PPD up and cause people to consider going back to GPU farms 
but hey isn't GPU more efficient - faster on all Work than a CPU
you may see a few people drop 4P's because a GPU does more - but I suspect you may see people have both systems
we had a few years where GPU were dropped because CPU had more PPD/WATT
if you go equal work= equal pay then GPU's farms would be the thing - because why use CPU when GPU does it faster
that would leave 4p for specialized work that can't be done on normal SMP or GPU
or at least until they get that figured out to do bigger stuff on GPU

The Cost for a GPU Farm is 3 to 4 times the cost of a CPU Rig.
They Run 800+ Watts are HOT even under water, for a while with 8101 I had to stop Folding because of Power Needs and taking 8 to 10 hours to complete. Even now 700-780 Watts and OK PPD but Core 17's P8900 take 8 Hours to Complete but do not run as HOT as the 8101 did.

clo007

zildjian75
When I read those threads......  The lack of respect is waaaay worse than I thought.  Honestly, why is it any of us work on this project. 
 
 

That is my thought too. I have learned a lot from you guys. [H] has provided so much to folding. tear is awesome with the things he has done to make folding more efficient.
7im(Tim) is a complete jackass. At this time, I am know longer supporting folding @ home. When I get home tonight, I am pulling the plugs on my ankle-biters, I don't care where the WU is. These jack-wagons do not deserve our volunteering to help them with their research.
Simply put folding @ home can suck an egg!

Zagen30
Horvat, could you stop calling PG Nazis?  Nothing they have done in any way matches up with the Third Reich, including the fact that a) they're not a government, b) you are free to leave and in fact voluntarily had to sign up to deal with them, and, perhaps most importantly, c) they are not killing or oppressing anyone; quite the opposite, in fact, they are trying to help humanity.
 
I am sick and tired of so many people, when confronted with any action of a person or organization that they do not agree with, throwing around Hitler and Nazi comparisons willy-nilly.  It demeans all of the actual victims of Nazi Germany to so blithely make that comparison.

texinga
Okay-fine and I have a lot of respect for everyone on the EVGA team as well.  When things like this happen, there are always some differences in the way people react to it.  I fully expect people to do a variety of things (continue to Fold as usual, shift gears to something else, hybrid, etc).  We are a Folding and Crunching Team first and foremost with people that are comfortable spanning both areas of DC under one flag. 
 
For me, it is perfectly OK to have strong feelings or no feelings about this whole topic.  I'm kinda numb to it actually because I've seen it before and don't expect things to changes as much as I once did.  But, I always see our team as "one team" that just so happens to Fold and Crunch.  I expect that when people read that someone has decided to exit Folding and move to Crunching, it may be troubling to them.  I feel that people sometimes need space (even rest) to maintain their interest in DC.  Crunching can be a therapeutic place to go if you've had it with changes like this one.  But people have a way  of finding their own "center of gravity" with these things too. 
 
We are one EVGA team every day whether we be Folding or Crunching! 

Viper97
 
 I also took it as a mild 'yeah we listen but we don't really hear' sort of conveyance.

bcavnaugh
Looks like we are on a Downward Path for or Team, at least wait till next year to drop all your 2P & 4P Rigs from Folding.
You are all of our Team Members that led me down the Path of Folding for folding@evga
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bcavnaugh
I this what we will have to do to Fold Next Year?
 
[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjOW5iW7dJQ[/tube]
 
I give up!
 

bcavnaugh
Looks like we are on a Downward Path for or Team, at least wait till next year to drop all your 2P & 4P Rigs from Folding.
You are all of our Team Members that led me down the Path of Folding for folding@evga
                                                                               So Sad
So SadSo Sad
                                                                              So Sad