Forgive us for being a little slow, but how exactly do we set up MISFIT to provide what GIMPS needs the most?

We have attached a picture of the tab that we think is set up properly.

We assumed that there would be a button for "Let GPU72 Decide!" and then everything else would gray out, but the other options are still active. Or are they?

:mike:

[QUOTE]Once an hour wouldn't cause Primenet any distress, and would probably help let it release lower candidates for LLing earlier.[/QUOTE]Unless we are doing it wrong, which is very likely, we have observed that using the automatic upload feature has a minimum four hour interval, and since the scheduled tasks are limited to 60 events, they are limited to three hour intervals. (7*8=56)

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;333485]Unless we are doing it wrong, which is very likely, we have observed that using the automatic upload feature has a minimum four hour interval, and since the scheduled tasks are limited to 60 events, they are limited to three hour intervals. (7*8=56)[/QUOTE]

You are not doing anything wrong. MISFIT is designed to prevent overly-aggresive uploaders from hammering GIMPS.

There's what, 200 of us doing gpu trial factoring? If the primenet servers can't handle 150-200 hits per hour, we're in trouble. :)

Off topic though!
I try to do p-1 work on my cpu, and I TF exponents to 74 if they're above 60M as per James' chart. Thus I am confused why, when I go to get p-1 exponents with the highest TF factor, none come back that are factored above 73. What happens there?

[QUOTE=Aramis Wyler;333494]There's what, 200 of us doing gpu trial factoring? If the primenet servers can't handle 150-200 hits per hour, we're in trouble. :)

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I know its crazy: All the times the site was down or "could not process" or timed out or extremely slow.

[QUOTE=Aramis Wyler;333494]There's what, 200 of us doing gpu trial factoring? If the primenet servers can't handle 150-200 hits per hour, we're in trouble. :)[/QUOTE]

Indeed. While Scott has done a great job of providing Windows users a way of auto-fetching and auto-submitting results, he's not deeply aware of Primenet's behavior.

If each worker submits once an hour it will not be a problem.

[QUOTE=Aramis Wyler;333494]Off topic though!
I try to do p-1 work on my cpu, and I TF exponents to 74 if they're above 60M as per James' chart. Thus I am confused why, when I go to get p-1 exponents with the highest TF factor, none come back that are factored above 73. What happens there?[/QUOTE]

The TFing and P-1 work is decoupled.

GPU72 keeps 500 of the lowest candidates TFed to at least 73 bits in the cache for P-1'ing.

If you TF to 74, but there are more than 500 candidates at 73 below, those at 74 will be released back to Priimenet to manage as it deems appropriate.

Ah, I see. The server chooses the lowest candidates for p-1'ing. I can see how that would make sense.

Do you think it makes more sense than queing up the 500 most Tf'd candidates? Maybe I am wrong in thinking that the highest TF'd candidates are the best ones for p-1 work.

[QUOTE=Aramis Wyler;333500]Ah, I see. The server chooses the lowest candidates for p-1'ing. I can see how that would make sense.

Do you think it makes more sense than queing up the 500 most Tf'd candidates? Maybe I am wrong in thinking that the highest TF'd candidates are the best ones for p-1 work.[/QUOTE]

If were were ahead of the wavefront and thus able to be picky about the order in which we do them, then arguably yes you are correct.

However, since P-1 is so desperately behind the wavefront, the lower it is, the more likely it is to complete the LL test without P-1 at all; so we do lowest first.

Does that imply that primenet offers up lowest number first, not highest factored first to p95?

[QUOTE=Dubslow;333503]However, since P-1 is so desperately behind the wavefront, the lower it is, the more likely it is to complete the LL test without P-1 at all; so we do lowest first.[/QUOTE]

Indeed.

There are already 7 candidates in the 59M range, and 38 in the 60M range, which have had a LL completed without a P-1 done.

Also, "Spidy" is most efficient at simply reserving the lowest candidates without a P-1 done, since that's what Primenet offers first.

[QUOTE=Aramis Wyler;333504]Does that imply that primenet offers up lowest number first, not highest factored first to p95?[/QUOTE]

Correct.