Help Maximum PC's Folding Team Win the Next Chimp Challenge!
Posted 04/06/09 at 05:03:20 PM by Norman Chan
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Three years ago the MaximumPC Folding Team challenged the team ranked above us in the global folding ladder to a race. Each team picked a folding name and tried to get as many folders as possible to fold for it. The race was to a set amount of total folding points, and team Maximum PC won that first contest. In the contest’s second year, the number of points required to win went up and we lost to the third place team. But as winning points went up again last year, we rose to the challenge and won the Chimp race, as it is called today.
This year, 8 or 9 teams may enter, so the Maximum PC team faces some stiff competition. Each year the race stimulates new interest in teams across the world (Russia, Australia and England joined recently, for example). Two top teams from EVGA and overclock.net are loaded with new members and challenging our daily production total. In addition, the top ranked team right now, Horde, produces a million more points a day than any other team.
But we still have plenty of time to build our troops before the race begins in early May.
If you are familiar with folding and can help us attempt to make it three out of four, we would appreciate your help in joining our team! Of course, the folding you do will help Stanford's folding project continue to provide free research data into various diseases.
If you are not familiar with folding, stop by the folding section on the MaximumPC forums and the team will be happy to tell you all about it. The race will probably only last 5-10 days, and details are hashed out by all the teams a week or two before the start. If you’re interested at all, head over to our folding section and join the cause!
I am excited.
Submitted by MuppetMower on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 8:01pm
I am excited.
www.game-central.org
Submitted by JuiceJones on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 4:42am
Folding for team 11108 is the shiz. All the cool kids do it. If you want to be a cool kid too, just start folding and everyone will like you more, since you'll exude that cool kid freshness.
Here's a video from the
Submitted by Gigabyte on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 11:27am
Here's a video from the previous 3rd place team. We passed them recently but they're not far behind & they're trying hard to catch us.
http://www.youtube.com/user/OCTEAM32
Submitted by kc7wbq on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 12:57pm
I've got all 4 cores and my work computer chugging away. Send me one of those green monkeys in the picture and I'll figure out how to get my GTX 260 card to fold as well.
A REALLY easy way to get Folding is get a live CD: http://reilly.homeip.net/folding/cd.html
Submitted by Gigabyte on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 9:06pm
Its easy to fold with Video cards and they're very productive. Go to Stanford's Folding@Home download page and scroll to the bottom. You will see a link for BETA: High Performance Windows Client. Download one of the clients and follow the installation instructions. If you run into trouble start a new thread on the forum and ask for help.
Folding for us!
Submitted by bigtoyota479 on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 7:02am
Just a small announcement. As of the 12 PM update for EOC Folding Stats, Team Maximum PC, #11108, is now #3 in the WORLD!!! WOOOTTT!!!!
Thanks everybody that has ever folded for us and donated their time and machines! Let's keep pushing and get to #1!!
Submitted by Gigabyte on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 6:55am
Don't be afraid to ask for help. There's a slight learning curve and we've all been there. Start a new Thread, post your syetem specs and ask away.
We might be able to help increase your production too.
Already there
Submitted by digital demon on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 3:29am
I'll be Folding away, as usual
Submitted by Balgaroo on Mon, 04/06/2009 - 9:33pm
I would help but I have Time Warner in TX, cant spare the bandwith.
It doesn't take that much
Submitted by hackman2007 on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 6:27pm
It doesn't take that much bandwidth. Unless you are running a ton of servers or other high-end equipment, you will probably top out at 20-30MB a day max.
Submitted by soccer1105 on Mon, 04/06/2009 - 3:05pm
so what's out team name gonna be? don't tell me it's "11108", that's so lame. I suggest "built to destroy"!
Submitted by hackman2007 on Mon, 04/06/2009 - 3:09pm
The team number is 11108.
The team name will probably be: maximum_monkey
The whole idea is to have some kind of name that is monkey related.
Digg link: http://digg.com/software/Help_Maximum_PC_Win_The_Next_Chimp_Challenge
So simple,,even I can do it !!
Submitted by tiredoldman on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 10:04am
Cmon folks, It ain't that hard to do F@H. I do it and trust me,,I am anything but computer savy.
It is very simple to set up F@H. And IF you should have ANY problems,,just ask in our forums for help ,
and you will have more trustworthy help than you get anywhere else.
Of course this F@H contest is only a small part of what we do. We have many different subjects to do with computing that folks offer advice and recomendations on as well.
Sure hope to see many of you folding soon and in the forums.
Submitted by Gigabyte on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 11:38am
OMG! A post from T.O.M. without emoticons :-)
slacker :D :-D 8) ;-) :X B) :P
TOM's right about it not being that hard. Give it a try!
Multi core CPUs and most Video cards (GPU) run great but even old single core CPUs can help. PS3s fold too!
Read more about the project here.
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Papers
http://folding.typepad.com/news/fah_achievements/
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