As we approach the end of the WCG Christmas Race, it’s probably time I put down the mince pies and began gathering my thoughts on next year’s FB competition.
Following previous comments where it was generally agreed that the complete ruin and humiliation of our competitors in 2018 was a wholly desirable and even charitable act, I intend to start bunkering after Christmas for bomb drops on the 1st Jan.
I’m not entirely sure what to go for yet. The project ideally needs to have:
Other possibilities include VGTU with a 3-4 hours runtime or yoyo-ECM which has a greater runtime but a deadline of 4 days.
CSG would have done nicely with the older tasks but the typical runtime of the newer tasks is under 3 hours. Rakesearch would have also been a good choice with a runtime of over 4 hours but I’m not sure it’s guaranteed to be included in the final project list.
These timings have been gathered using a Ryzen/Windows computer so there’s likely to be variation with my TR/Linux rigs.
Decisions, decisions.
On the gpu front, it’s a bit more straightforward. I plan to run a bit of everything, except GPUGrid, as most gpu projects limit the number of tasks with the exception of Einstein which will serve as the main bunker.
Following previous comments where it was generally agreed that the complete ruin and humiliation of our competitors in 2018 was a wholly desirable and even charitable act, I intend to start bunkering after Christmas for bomb drops on the 1st Jan.
I’m not entirely sure what to go for yet. The project ideally needs to have:
- Plenty of work.
- No task limit that will restrict bunkering up to the boinc limit of 1000 tasks
- A Threadripper task run time of 5 hours or more allowing 32 threads to keep crunching for 6 days
- A task return deadline of 6 or more days
- A high degree of certainty that it will be included in the project list for Jan 1st 2018. That means non of the proposed new entries or possible departures. It’s already been posted by Gilthanis but the proposed list and discussion for next year can be found here.
Other possibilities include VGTU with a 3-4 hours runtime or yoyo-ECM which has a greater runtime but a deadline of 4 days.
CSG would have done nicely with the older tasks but the typical runtime of the newer tasks is under 3 hours. Rakesearch would have also been a good choice with a runtime of over 4 hours but I’m not sure it’s guaranteed to be included in the final project list.
These timings have been gathered using a Ryzen/Windows computer so there’s likely to be variation with my TR/Linux rigs.
Decisions, decisions.
On the gpu front, it’s a bit more straightforward. I plan to run a bit of everything, except GPUGrid, as most gpu projects limit the number of tasks with the exception of Einstein which will serve as the main bunker.