Okay, so I didn't stick to the PSU only pledge. Somehow [And I make no apology for it - surely the ease of online shopping combined with escalating alcohol consumption in the western world must be one of the few viable prospects for an end to the current global economic crisis!] I found myself acquiring a GTX 580 Nvidia card which raised my Primegrid output to such levels that I'm now 140th in the world by total overall boinc credit and 74th by RAC.
Top 100 status is now a realistic possibility: I've got 369 million and the guy currently in 100th has 493 million.
Leaving aside personal glory, the interests of TSBT have demanded that I up my game as Merlyn has ceased crunching. Grateful though we are to the Welsh Wizard for his contribution to the team his sudden and unexplained quiting of the field has left us likely to drift down the table, though not disasterously.
As well as my own upgrading efforts the return of past Boincers to action armed with new GPU cards offers hope for our future: Robert McLennam & darkmast2 we need more like you. We also need more real Boincers, ordinary computer users donating their spare cycles for science & humanity. If we can get just 1 or 2 percent of the millions of Scottish computers available tp Boinc then it will totally eclipse the efforts of over equipped nutters like me! I'm not quite sure how to reach them however. Ideas please ..
Top 100 status is now a realistic possibility: I've got 369 million and the guy currently in 100th has 493 million.
Leaving aside personal glory, the interests of TSBT have demanded that I up my game as Merlyn has ceased crunching. Grateful though we are to the Welsh Wizard for his contribution to the team his sudden and unexplained quiting of the field has left us likely to drift down the table, though not disasterously.
As well as my own upgrading efforts the return of past Boincers to action armed with new GPU cards offers hope for our future: Robert McLennam & darkmast2 we need more like you. We also need more real Boincers, ordinary computer users donating their spare cycles for science & humanity. If we can get just 1 or 2 percent of the millions of Scottish computers available tp Boinc then it will totally eclipse the efforts of over equipped nutters like me! I'm not quite sure how to reach them however. Ideas please ..
