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STE\/E
12-14-11, 04:24 AM
Don't know what happened but this morning I notice I received quite a bit more Credit yesterday than I have in awhile all without putting more resources on the Project. Upon further checking I see where they are paying about 50% more for the PPSieve Wu's. How long it's going to last I don't know but will seem suspicious if they raise the Credits now a few days ahead of the PPSieve Challenge & then drop the Credit back down again after the Challenge.

I have had contact with John from the Project over the last week or so about the amount of Credit some of the guys were getting running the Manual Sieve Wu's which are supposed to pay the same as running them under BOINC. He agreed to look into it & may have to re-adjust the Credits. Not sure if that had anything to do with the Credit increase or not & I'm not going to ask John about it again but just enjoy the increase while it lasts ... :D

A Sampling of the Credit Increase for the PPSieve CUDA Wu's

327961261 233617836 181662 13 Dec 2011 | 20:49:22 UTC 14 Dec 2011 | 8:30:57 UTC Completed and validated 552.16 77.11 3,371.00 PPS (Sieve) v1.39 (cuda23)
327958710 233621390 181662 13 Dec 2011 | 20:39:39 UTC 14 Dec 2011 | 8:30:57 UTC Completed and validated 548.56 72.78 3,371.00 PPS (Sieve) v1.39 (cuda23)
327954721 231235999 181662 13 Dec 2011 | 20:21:19 UTC 14 Dec 2011 | 7:51:42 UTC Completed and validated 549.53 73.70 3,371.00 PPS (Sieve) v1.39 (cuda23)
327949378 233613946 181662 13 Dec 2011 | 19:54:20 UTC 14 Dec 2011 | 7:25:00 UTC Completed and validated 547.95 73.00 3,371.00 PPS (Sieve) v1.39 (cuda23)
327948334 231231963 156723 13 Dec 2011 | 19:52:16 UTC 14 Dec 2011 | 8:30:59 UTC Completed and validated 593.86 62.31 3,371.00 PPS (Sieve) v1.39 (cuda23)
327947943 233616154 156723 13 Dec 2011 | 19:48:07 UTC 14 Dec 2011 | 8:30:59 UTC Completed and validated 590.11 69.64 3,371.00 PPS (Sieve) v1.39 (cuda23)
327946854 233091447 181662 13 Dec 2011 | 19:35:30 UTC 14 Dec 2011 | 7:05:22 UTC Completed and validated 578.70 72.16 3,371.00 PPS (Sieve) v1.39 (cuda23)
327944063 233615349 86700 13 Dec 2011 | 19:20:18 UTC 14 Dec 2011 | 7:53:53 UTC Completed and validated 601.45 74.84 3,371.00 PPS (Sieve) v1.39 (cuda23)
327940337 233614067 156723 13 Dec 2011 | 19:02:22 UTC 14 Dec 2011 | 7:29:48 UTC Completed and validated 593.94 63.77 3,371.00 PPS (Sieve) v1.39 (cuda23)

spingadus
12-14-11, 05:05 AM
You are absolutely right! Woohoo!

Credits jumped from 2251 to 3371 per wu. That's almost exactly a 50% increase, as you mentioned.

Feels like days of yore...

Mike029
12-14-11, 09:15 AM
Get them while they are hot. Good looking out Steve.\m/

STE\/E
12-14-11, 10:08 AM
Okay not really a Credit Increase, the Wu's will become 50% longer for the Challenge so the 50% Increase in the Credits. Once the Challenge is over I suspect the Wu's will go back to their Pre Challenge Length & the Credits reduced accordingly. Having a larger Cache you will gain some until you work your way into the Longer Wu's. So far I haven't seen the Longer Wu's but should soon ...

From John at the PG Project:


In an effort to provide the best opportunity for a "problem free" Challenge, we have increased the sieve range from 6G's to 9G's. Credit also increased from 2251 to 3371. Expect a 10 minute PPS (Sieve) task to now take 15 minutes, 30 minutes to take 45 minutes, 1 hr to take 1.5 hrs and so on.

We also plan to switch PPS (LLR) to k=5,7 for n=3M to 4M as soon as the current range reaches n=775k. This has a two-fold effect of lower DB size as well as decreasing the number WU requests. Both will benefit a better Challenge.

spingadus
12-14-11, 04:16 PM
Darn. Too good to be true I guess.

STE\/E
12-14-11, 04:53 PM
Well enjoy it while you can, I'm still getting the Bonus 50% Increase with no Increase in Wu Lengths ...

spingadus
12-15-11, 01:40 AM
Checked my times and they are the same as well, around 12 minutes per task. I guess xmas did come early after all.

Bryan
12-16-11, 11:49 AM
I've gotten into the new longer ones ... credit remains the same so in effect a credit decrease. :(

Mike029
12-16-11, 12:01 PM
I've gotten into the new longer ones ... credit remains the same so in effect a credit decrease. :(

Figures..

coronicus
12-16-11, 12:10 PM
yeah was gonna say with the new wu im getting less credit compared to before.. :-<