Picard's Charge - The SMG Distributed Computing Team
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"Come on you lot...get your butts in here and crunch!"
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Welcome to Picard's Charge BOINC Team
You are a history buff and interested in ACW, comps and gaming? You are interested in the future, science and man's progress too? You ever considered using your computer to maximum efficiency by getting into distributed computing to find that future? Then you should consider joining Picard's Charge.
We offer a small but fine community, good team spirit, an own website and forum and any support you need to use your comp with maximum efficiency. Plus all the fun of joining a challenging top BOINC team. Of course you can join us, if you simply want to benefit from our state-of-the-art support and team spirit. We have boxes crunching under Linux, Windows and Mac OS. We are ready to help you getting the max out of your comp.
Interested? More questions? Mail today!
Getting started with BOINC
Just a few words here about the project. There are a lot of more competent instructions and FAQs about distributed computing. This is the important part for gamers: Distributed computing projects use the resources of your comp, that you do NOT need while working or playing with your comp. And with today's processors, there is a lot left!
Distributed computing means, that a real huge piece of work is split into many small pieces and sent to thousands or hundred of thousands of other comps around the world. These results are far better than any supercomputer could ever do!
Can I run BOINC while playing Gettys or other games?
Yes you can! Gettysburg is build for a Pentium 90! This is ridiculous compared to modern systems. Probably you will never notice that there is something running in background while you are playing! Most likely you can run BOINC with almost ANY other game that has much higher system minimum requirements.
Does BOINC do any damage to my comp?
Every computer is built to run at 100% of CPU usage. While you are hanging around at the Gettys Lobby, and while playing Gettys you will probably only use 20 or 30% or your comps resources! So, if you have a "normal" working comp, there cannot be any damage! And if you have an overclocked comp that cannot run stable, you will ruin it anyhow sooner or later! Modern laptops may need reduced CPU usage to stay cool and quiet. You do not need additional tools, nowadays you can set this in the BOINC preferences!
How do I join Picard's Charge?
Download BOINC, select one of the projects shown in the banner above and look for the team Picards Charge. Simply join. Oh yes, and welcome to our team, have fun crunching!
Passion for the past . Computing for the future