Account | Einstein@Home

Tom M

Member since: 02 February 2006

Country: United States

BOINC ID: 168608

Background

I am a Semi-Retired (eg. former Semi-Tractor Trailer) Truck Driver. Occasionally I go back to work in support of my BOINC hobby.

I am a long-time Distributed Computing hobbyist. I started back when Seti@Home was a Windows 95/98 screen saver.

Einstein@Home has been/was my backup project for when S@H was doing Tuesday maintenance or down longer. Since S@H has suspended I have turned to E@H full-time on several different machines.

My "Farm" varies from two active machines to four. As of this writing (1/8/2021), I have two machines in the top 50 list. My electric bill is "significant".

And I own several more computers I am not using on Boinc at all.

Opinion

I have switched Gpu's from Nvidia to AMD because they give me significantly better production.

If there is a simple way to increase the productivity of the Nvidia-based gpu tasks I would invest the time because Nvidia is still currently the most popular gpu out there and the gpu most new volunteers are likely to have.

Ditto on making Nvidia GPUs more efficient in running multiple threads. Current/previously reported experience is there is no gain from running multiple Gamma-Ray tasks on the same Nvidia gpu. Unlike the AMD GPUs.

I understand neither of these ideas may be implementable in a simple/limited time manner. And I hold the developers harmless. :)

Just my two cents worth.

Respectfully,

Last updated 1/8/2021