New comp

[Bear]

Hey gang! Finally got a new laptop (daughter broke the other one) to go with my older desktop. This thing is a beast!

Alienware M17x
Alienware! I own it and hardly believe it, lol.

Intel 3rd gen i7-3740mq processor currently at 2.7 gh.
Nvidia GTX 675m with 2g gddr5 ram
16gigs pc1600 ram
1T hd space (couldn't afford ssd)

The system has not been tweaked at all, and can go to 3.7gh.

Still working on getting all my projects loaded.

Bear

[grathomp]

Exciting! Not many better feelings than getting a new computer. I plan on building a new PC after Haswell is released in June.

[Mike029]

SWEET!!! Watch the heat. ;)

[Duke of Buckingham]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qczdhHkqeyk/TAPZ62GhWTI/AAAAAAAACxI/yX3ATtZ7dKw/s1600/COMPUTE0.jpg

[zombie67]

Sweet! Break it in, on Einstein. Run at least 2 GPU tasks at a time. :D

[Duke of Buckingham]

http://blog.signalhq.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bear-sitting-at-the-computer.jpg
Crunching Einstein

[John P. Myers]

Sweet! Break it in, on Einstein. Run at least 2 GPU tasks at a time. :D
++++1
I second that idea! :D

[Fire$torm]

Awesome! Gotta Love the smell of New Tech :-B :D

[DrPop]

That's an awesome laptop! :) I agree with the guys - please break it in the next few days running Einstein on that nice GPU for the team Pentathlon effort! :D ;)

[Bear]

It's on Einstein now. Is the gpu setting in configuration? I'll pause my other tasks and let it run full bore on Einstein.

[zombie67]

It's on Einstein now. Is the gpu setting in configuration? I'll pause my other tasks and let it run full bore on Einstein.
The number of tasks per GPU is on your project preferences page on the project web site. Change it from 1 to .5. .5 = 2 tasks per GPU. I know, it's confusing and backwards.

[Bear]

.5. .5 shows up in red. Is that exactly the correct format?

[Fire$torm]

.5. .5 shows up in red. Is that exactly the correct format?

0.5 is what it should read.

[Duke of Buckingham]

0.5 is what it should read.

Download the Einstein tasks after making the changes or it will run one at a time.

[Bear]

Well, I think this turkey might have made a difference. Since my last post, I'm up to over 14.5k avg units. I think I'm over 1.2 mil units done. Not bad for a couple weeks :D Max temp on all cores is 82C. I have this thing on an active cool pad, so that probably helps some. Also, not rendering graphics (black screen saver, black background) should also help. I think she's purring like a kitten :)

[DrPop]

Awesome! Man, that's great. :). Max temp on those Intel cores is 95 C, so I think as long as you give yourself a good 10 C buffer, like you've done so far, you should be set! Sounds like it was a nice upgrade! ;)