Chimp Challenge 2011: Changes to Rules

I can get 2 GPUs part time and one (HTPC) most of the time. Sadly my most powerful folding device is my HTPC There again my HTPC is a Phreak of nurture

Doing some test runs on team 32 now.

David said:

during (probably) November/December/January.

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Is this when the contest will occur?

Jmtyra said:

Is this when the contest will occur?

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No, the chip challenge usually runs early May. The dates were from when they were planning to calculate the base PPD rate for the handicap.

See the EOC stats for T32monkeys
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=235050

Thanks

Looking like May 5th at the moment.

So whats the scoop with this challenge? How do I join? Folding is all over this forum and I may be making my way over...

Hey SilverJeep.

If you want to start folding and get to grips with it before the contest starts, I'd recommend starting a new thread and posting up what hardware you have. Essentially it's a scientific project where your machine uses idle CPU time to simulate protein folding (run by a group at Stanford: http://folding.stanford.edu). They track how many units everyone has done, just to add a bit of fun and competition to it .

When the contest starts, we all switch over to the same username (one per team) and see who can knock out the most units in a given timeframe). There's at least a month to go yet, so plenty of time to get set up .

David said:

Looking like May 5th at the moment.

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Yep... that's always been the start date, noon Pacific to be exact.

Here's an easy way to remember:


5th of May equals Cinco de Mayo...and for a lot of folks Cinco de Mayo means:











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