EXTREMEHW First Annual 96 Hour Folding Challenge, March 17th-20th 00:00 UTC

[ENTERPRISE]

  On 19/03/2023 at 14:32, Rogue Leader said:

Wow, I'm in the minor leagues compared to this crowd.  I only do this on my headless home server.  Probably should have fired it up on my gaming system too but it and the sim system are in family areas, they are loud and bright covered in LEDs.  Oh well.

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Every contribution helps bud. 

 

It would be unrealistic to expect everyone to have powerhouse rigs/folding farms. Its all about the teamwork and just participating. Its another reason why we make the competitions Work Unit based as it levels the playing field, otherwise people with the best PPD output would win all the time.  

 

For me its about people coming together on a common cause and having a good time

[pio]

  On 20/03/2023 at 06:37, ENTERPRISE said:

For me its about people coming together on a common cause and having a good time

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QFT.  That right there is what its all about.  

 

EDIT:  Borrowed your quote btw.  That'll be my quote for the month in my user status.

Edited March 20, 2023 by pioneerisloud

[Andrew]

  On 20/03/2023 at 00:43, damric said:

Glad to have you.

 

REMINDER TO ALL PARTICIPANTS:

 

Let us know that you are playing for a prize (opted in) by typing "IN (Folding Name)"

 

We would also ask that you tell us your country since we just found out that the Cooler Master prizes will be U.S. only due to shipping. Don't worry, plenty of prizes will still be available for overseas winners.

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In, andrews2547, United Kingdom of Englandland.

[Alex]

In, Alex_Blum, Canadaland

[Monsterkater]

  On 20/03/2023 at 00:43, damric said:

We would also ask that you tell us your country

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I'm from Germany, so no CM prizes for me I guess 

[Avacado]

  On 20/03/2023 at 13:24, Monsterkater said:

I'm from Germany, so no CM prizes for me I guess 

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Very sorry about that. I will have to distribute the CM prizes myself, so shipping outside of the US will be very costly and could potentially be more than the products are worth. 

[Monsterkater]

  On 20/03/2023 at 13:43, Avacado said:

Very sorry about that. I will have to distribute the CM prizes myself, so shipping outside of the US will be very costly and could potentially be more than the products are worth. 

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Don't be. I'm in this contest to further a good cause first and foremost, winning something would just be icing on the cake. 

[Avacado]

I keep coming back to the below image. It's EXTREMELY exciting (Pun intended) and I know it won't last, but it's cool to see. 

 

[Sir Beregond]

Seriously nice job everyone. This team punches above its weight.

[Cerberus]

gonna be real close @pioneerisloud

[The Pook]

am I an idiot? 3/17 0:00 UTC to 3/20 0:00 UTC is 3 days/72 hours, aka it was over last night @ 8:00 PM EST? but the title says 96 hours, shouldn't it be 3/17 to 3/21 0:00 UTC if it's 96 hours? 

 

I finished all my WUs last night cus I thought it was over 

[damric]

  On 20/03/2023 at 15:39, The Pook said:

am I an idiot? 3/17 0:00 UTC to 3/20 0:00 UTC is 3 days/72 hours, aka it was over last night @ 8:00 PM EST? but the title says 96 hours, shouldn't it be 3/17 to 3/21 0:00 UTC if it's 96 hours? 

 

I finished all my WUs last night cus I thought it was over 

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No you are just stuck in the matrix.

 

Started Midnight 17th, so fold for 24 hours on the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th. No need to fold on the 21st

 

Remember it's UTC time zone. For us it seems like 5 days

[The Pook]

RIP fight for 15th 

[damric]

  On 20/03/2023 at 15:48, The Pook said:

RIP fight for 15th 

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The fight for top 3 is a blood bath...

 

According to plan

[ConsiderationOn]

  On 20/03/2023 at 00:43, damric said:

Glad to have you.

 

REMINDER TO ALL PARTICIPANTS:

 

Let us know that you are playing for a prize (opted in) by typing "IN (Folding Name)"

 

We would also ask that you tell us your country since we just found out that the Cooler Master prizes will be U.S. only due to shipping. Don't worry, plenty of prizes will still be available for overseas winners.

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IN ConsiderationOne 

From Indonesia 

[ConsiderationOn]

  On 18/03/2023 at 17:51, firedfly said:

 

If you want to spend any time trying to optimize those 3080ti's for the best PPD, let me know.  I think we could bump those up a bit.  @Cerberusis currently running my 3080ti's and reported earlier today that they are between 6.5-8.5mil ppd depending on the WU.  I think he's running them in Linux.

 

By comparison, my 3080 12gb in windows is doing ~7.5mil ppd pretty consistently.

 

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I noticed you're using vast.ai on your HFM Stats. Could you tell us more about it? Which docker image did you use? And how much is your budget for those 4090? 

[neurotix]

In (bigred)

[CoolGTX]

  On 20/03/2023 at 02:55, Avacado said:

We need pics of this "lair".

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OK, you want a peak behind the curtain.

The things we do for Folding for the Greater Good & in memory of Loved Ones & in support of those still in the Fight for LIfe

 

Max Folding 37 Million PPD open air, CPU custom loop Beast.  Note the 4090 dwarfs the 3090Ti KingPin - 
PCIe 4.0 x8 with (2) GPUs CPU is 16 core AMD 5950X & MB X570S .... pumps out the points

& they crazy stuff you do for contest points, call-up the retired soldiers.  Not pretty but very functional, 3080 Ti FTW3 Ultra - out in the breeze & yes, the huge beast inside of that case is another 4090 ,,,,,, my older X99 MB. CPU i7-6900K this combo is a slacker @ only 32 Million PPD  both GPU run @ PCIe 3.0 x16

 

Room temp 15C

Hope you enjoyed the peak behind the curtain


For those NEW to Folding:

- Get your Passkey for quick return points

- Kill background nonessential stuff in the background of Windows

- Tweak Nvidia Control Panel .... you want Performance settings --->> Not max Quality settings
- Tweak Windows performance

- In Folding Client .... under configure, Set your Slots to ---> Next-Unit-Percentage = 100% (next WU does not download until your current WU is done)
- Colder is Faster ......... Nvidia Boost has the last word in GHz ..... keep them cold for max performance

- If your into OC software, find the sweat spot for your GPU .... remember Colder is Faster

edits: (added a few more thoughts for the new folders out there)

- Do Not use your gaming OC settings, dial it back ... Your rig needs to be rock solid or WU will Fail

- Every WU is different in the demands it places on your Rig & the number of atoms is a big factor

- a Quality PSU is the most important, yet sometimes undervalued, hardware in your rig; it is an investment in stability

 

Edited March 20, 2023 by CoolGTX
added to help list for those, new to folding

[Avacado]

  On 20/03/2023 at 16:48, CoolGTX said:

OK, you want a peak behind the curtain.

The things we do for Folding for the Greater Good & in memory of Loved Ones & in support of those still in the Fight for LIfe

 

Max Folding 37 Million PPD open air, CPU custom loop Beast.  Note the 4090 dwarfs the 3090Ti KingPin - this is a 37 Million PPD rig. 

& they crazy stuff you do for contest points, call-up the retired soldiers.  Not pretty but very functional, 3080 Ti FTW3 Ultra - out in the breeze & yes, the huge beast inside of that case is another 4090

 

Room temp 15C

Hope you enjoyed the peak behind the curtain


For those NEW to Folding:

- Get your Passkey for quick return points

- Kill background nonessential stuff in the background of Windows

- Tweak Nvidia Control Panel
- Tweak Windows performance

- In Folding Client .... under configure, Set your Slots to ---> Next-Unit-Percentage = 100% (next WU does not download until your current WU is done)
- Colder is Faster ......... Nvidia Boost has the last word in GHz ..... keep them cold for max performance

- If your into OC software, find the sweat spot for your GPU .... remember Colder is Faster

 

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Awesome! Thank you for sharing that. Always love to see what/how people are running their rigs. Sick setup.

[CoolGTX]

  On 19/03/2023 at 14:47, firedfly said:

@CoolGTXstepped it up another notch and is closing the gap to first place!  What hardware are you running and what did you change for the extra push?

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@ firedfly

 

Your turn, any photos or details to share, I see what you did there.  Nice PPD jump

[ENTERPRISE]

  On 20/03/2023 at 14:20, Avacado said:

I keep coming back to the below image. It's EXTREMELY exciting (Pun intended) and I know it won't last, but it's cool to see. 

 

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So...on the up then

 

  On 20/03/2023 at 16:48, CoolGTX said:

OK, you want a peak behind the curtain.

The things we do for Folding for the Greater Good & in memory of Loved Ones & in support of those still in the Fight for LIfe

 

Max Folding 37 Million PPD open air, CPU custom loop Beast.  Note the 4090 dwarfs the 3090Ti KingPin - 
PCIe 4.0 x8 with (2) GPUs CPU is 16 core AMD 5950X & MB X570S .... pumps out the points

& they crazy stuff you do for contest points, call-up the retired soldiers.  Not pretty but very functional, 3080 Ti FTW3 Ultra - out in the breeze & yes, the huge beast inside of that case is another 4090 ,,,,,, my older X99 MB. CPU i7-6900K this combo is a slacker @ only 32 Million PPD  both GPU run @ PCIe 3.0 x16

 

Room temp 15C

Hope you enjoyed the peak behind the curtain


For those NEW to Folding:

- Get your Passkey for quick return points

- Kill background nonessential stuff in the background of Windows

- Tweak Nvidia Control Panel .... you want Performance settings --->> Not max Quality settings
- Tweak Windows performance

- In Folding Client .... under configure, Set your Slots to ---> Next-Unit-Percentage = 100% (next WU does not download until your current WU is done)
- Colder is Faster ......... Nvidia Boost has the last word in GHz ..... keep them cold for max performance

- If your into OC software, find the sweat spot for your GPU .... remember Colder is Faster

 

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That is a sweet folding setup!  Looks like a contender for adding to your rig profiles which you can do here :  https://extremehw.net/rigs/ 

[NBrock]

I decided to recruit more help a little too late in the game. Good run everyone!

[firedfly]

  On 20/03/2023 at 16:02, ConsiderationOn said:

I noticed you're using vast.ai on your HFM Stats. Could you tell us more about it? Which docker image did you use? And how much is your budget for those 4090? 

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I have a custom docker image that I created and a "startup script" to configure and start folding.  However, there is more configuration that needs to be done so you can manually stop folding after completing your last WU before you terminate the instance.  I'm hesitant to provided all of the information publicly for fear of people trying it out and having to terminate instances that have been assigned a WU.  That just slows down the science waiting for those WUs to timeout and be sent to others for completion.

 

If you (or anyone else) are interested in setting this up, let me know and I can help you get things configured.  Hitting me up on the EHW discord is likely the easiest way to get you up and running.

 

As for budget, I initially planned on $200 as an extra push for the competition.  Then @CoolGTX showed up in force .  I added another $200 to rent more 4090s to be able to compete with the massive amount of gear that he owns and can run!!!  In hindsight, it might have been better to use that money towards another 4090 to run full time  

 

 

  On 20/03/2023 at 17:15, CoolGTX said:

@ firedfly

 

Your turn, any photos or details to share, I see what you did there.  Nice PPD jump

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I guess a bit of background first.  For the last 1.5 years or so, I was running 3x3080TI and several lesser 3000 series GPUs.  Due to a recent move, I wasn't able to keep running all of that myself.  Two of the 3080TI's were shipped to @Cerberus to add to his folding farm.  He hosts cards for several EHW members.  Meanwhile, I picked up a 4090 that I fold on 24/7.  

 

For the competition, I had the following personally owned hardware in play:
- 1x4090

- 2x3080TI  (hosted by cerberus)

- 1x3080 12gb

- 1xQuadro P620  (This thing makes a crazy amount of PPD!!!)

 

I'm guessing I would have been fighting for third with my hardware alone.  As mentioned above, I also rented 4090s on vast.ai for the competition.  My initial ppd was with 4x4090s being rented (about 170mil ppd in total with my hardware).  After you ramped up, I added another 8x4090s.  I'm currently renting 10x4090s total and my combined ppd with my personal hardware is about 325mil ppd.

 

I'll try to add a few photos later tonight.

 

@CoolGTX, from my understanding, you have only used hardware that you own and run.  That is an amazing amount of hardware to be able to devote to folding.  You have put up MASSIVE points during the competition.  Thanks for contributing and I'm glad we were all able to push each other to contribute more than normal during this competition!  A lot of science has been done.

 

[Fluxmaven]

The cool thing about folding "competitions" is that even if you lose you still win. Every point helps. 

[damric]

  On 20/03/2023 at 21:11, Fluxmaven said:

The cool thing about folding "competitions" is that even if you lose you still win. Every point helps. 

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YES I'm 52nd WINNER