Charity Engine is lots of things. It's an app, a website, an automatic charity fundraiser, a series of prize draws and a source of free computing for science and medicine.
It's also the cheapest, greenest supercomputer on Earth - and potentially the most powerful as well. But how would you describe it?
I would sum it up by saying it's a rewarding and great opportunity you're providing us with to help make a positive difference in the world. Thanks Mark!
Congratulations Mark. I have been very impressed by the concept. I have downloaded charity engine and it feels really good to see my CPU being utilized and doing some good at the same time. A short way I understand this:
Thanks for the contribution! We'd recommend setting the max CPU usage lower than 100% though, for several reasons.
Even if you're not bothered about the energy usage, a hotter CPU is prone to more errors - and each work unit has to be done correctly to earn points. You might actually earn more points with CPU at 90%, for example.
Also, although a PC or laptop should be capable of computing at 100% non-stop for its entire life, in practice many of them aren't. The manufacturers assume they'll only hit 100% usage in short bursts, and build the cooling systems accordingly.
Then again, yours must be pretty good. 50C on max load is indeed awesome...
Well, im not really doing it for the points, its the fact that, i can be a part of something to help achieve something that matters in the world.. like finding cures for yet "non-curable" diseases, whilst watching a good movie and eating popcorn. im cool with that.. and im going to install watercooling pretty soon, that'll keep the temps very loww! it doesnt really matter anyway, knowing that a £70 CPU can benefit research, Can make a different does kinda matter.. im Grateful for what Charity engine is doing, and i Hope our CPU's can solve some problems, just by going a bit hotter than usual..
Charity Engine is lots of things. It's an app, a website, an automatic charity fundraiser, a series of prize draws and a source of free computing for science and medicine.
It's also the cheapest, greenest supercomputer on Earth - and potentially the most powerful as well. But how would you describe it?
I would sum it up by saying it's a rewarding and great opportunity you're providing us with to help make a positive difference in the world. Thanks Mark!
Thanks JaBoBo! Isn't just me though - Charity Engine wouldn't exist without a whole bunch of cool people. And that includes the users most of all.
True. Thanks to everyone involved!
i would say "Computers healing the world". Since we're using computers to solve human's problems...
Idle hands are the Devil's tools, but idle CPUs are God's.
SETI@home on steroids?
(eventually...!)
Congratulations Mark. I have been very impressed by the concept. I have downloaded charity engine and it feels really good to see my CPU being utilized and doing some good at the same time. A short way I understand this:
'Do good with your PC, as you use your PC' or
' Giving while using your PC'
Cooking my CPU to save lives!
Literally, computer runs at 100% cpu power, most of the time, it rises from 28C to 50C max.. in an hour.
Pretty awesome right?
don't worry i have a
AMD FX-4100 Quadcore 3.6Ghz (standard clock)
Thanks for the contribution! We'd recommend setting the max CPU usage lower than 100% though, for several reasons.
Even if you're not bothered about the energy usage, a hotter CPU is prone to more errors - and each work unit has to be done correctly to earn points. You might actually earn more points with CPU at 90%, for example.
Also, although a PC or laptop should be capable of computing at 100% non-stop for its entire life, in practice many of them aren't. The manufacturers assume they'll only hit 100% usage in short bursts, and build the cooling systems accordingly.
Then again, yours must be pretty good. 50C on max load is indeed awesome...
Well, im not really doing it for the points,
its the fact that, i can be a part of something to help achieve something that matters in the world.. like finding cures for yet "non-curable" diseases, whilst watching a good movie and eating popcorn. im cool with that.. and im going to install watercooling pretty soon, that'll keep the temps very loww!
it doesnt really matter anyway, knowing that a £70 CPU can benefit research, Can make a different does kinda matter..
im Grateful for what Charity engine is doing, and i Hope our CPU's can solve some problems, just by going a bit hotter than usual..
Great to hear, thanks. Of all the good things CE can do, I'll be happiest if it does exactly as you say - help cure a disease.