Put your Nvidia card to work for TPU!!!

[BUCK NASTY]

If you have a 8 series or above Nvidia card, please consider Folding @ Home for TechPowerUp!. We are a team that is quickly moving up through the ranks. Currently we are #144 in the world and are pushing for the Top 100. We have only 40+ active members and need to increase our base points. Please consider joining our team and representing for TPU. Visit the F@H thread to learn more:

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=13038

In the F@H thread, we have member's that provide tips & tech support in setting up the F@H clients. You will find that there is a folding sub-culture that is quite addictive. F@H allows you to donate your spare GPU cycles while your rig is idle or while gaming/surfing. Please visit the Stanford University site to learn more

http://folding.stanford.edu/

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Alright, ive tried several times (Im estimating at 20+ times?) to fold using my rig, and each time i have failed.

I need a step by step guide really, i cant seem to get neither the cpu client nor the gpu client to work!

[zithe]

I'll give it a shot when I get my 8800gtx.

[newtekie1]

I see you overtook me Buck, that didn't take long. I wish I could afford to fold more, but the electric bill when I was folding all out made the girlfriend very unhappy...and when she ain't happy I ain't happy. I don't think I could out fold you Buck, but I would certainly give you a good run for your money.

[DrPepper]

Originally Posted by newtekie1

I see you overtook me Buck, that didn't take long. I wish I could afford to fold more, but the electric bill when I was folding all out made the girlfriend very unhappy...and when she ain't happy I ain't happy. I don't think I could out fold you Buck, but I would certainly give you a good run for your money.

You have four rigs Why haven't you cured cancer yet

[BUCK NASTY]

Originally Posted by kyle2020

Alright, ive tried several times (Im estimating at 20+ times?) to fold using my rig, and each time i have failed.

I need a step by step guide really, i cant seem to get neither the cpu client nor the gpu client to work!

Kyle2020, we want your 8800GT folding for us! Try this guide. Very important to have the latest Cuda drivers installed first.

http://www.overclock.net/overclock-n...ah-6-12-a.html

PM me if you have any problems.

[Bow]

Hey Buck Nasty I am getting a gtx 260, going to give it a try see what kind of numbers I get.
If I like it I will be selling both my 8800gt's.


GET IN THE GAME

[infrared]

I'm also planning on upgrading to a GTX 260. If i can stretch to it, the core 216

Anyway... GET FOLDING PEOPLE!!!!

[newtekie1]

Originally Posted by DrPepper

You have four rigs Why haven't you cured cancer yet

Unfortunately, the only thing out of those 4 that is currently folding is the 9600GSO. Though I have a bunch of single and dual core CPU clients folding away on all my work machines(about 14 machines). Unfortunately, the CPU client doesn't give nearly as many PPD as the GPU client does, and none of my work machines have anything better than integrated(one has an x300se I think). I have a PS3 that I was using for folding too, but it too had to be stopped. Unfortunately I simply can't afford the electric bill when I leave all my home machines on 24/7 folding.

[Paulieg]

I'll join this evening...

Heres a screenshot (thanks buck by the way )



Any good? ill tinker with overclocking more later, thats an easy overclock for this card.

[Lionheart]

can i help out wiht my ATI GPU

[Zenith]

I am going to join the team today.

[newtekie1]

Originally Posted by CHAOS_KILLA

can i help out wiht my ATI GPU

Yes you can.

[BUCK NASTY]

Originally Posted by CHAOS_KILLA

can i help out wiht my ATI GPU

Yes you can. F@H GPU2 has built in CAL support for ATI.

[DrPepper]

Originally Posted by newtekie1

Unfortunately, the only thing out of those 4 that is currently folding is the 9600GSO. Though I have a bunch of single and dual core CPU clients folding away on all my work machines(about 14 machines). Unfortunately, the CPU client doesn't give nearly as many PPD as the GPU client does, and none of my work machines have anything better than integrated(one has an x300se I think). I have a PS3 that I was using for folding too, but it too had to be stopped. Unfortunately I simply can't afford the electric bill when I leave all my home machines on 24/7 folding.

I know what its like when you see the electricity bill.

[BUCK NASTY]

Bump for TPU Folding Team. Currently #139 in the world and rising quickly. Please consider joining the Team and help us represent for TPU !

[johnspack]

Yes, please donate your card time to curing things like cancer! It's easy to do, and could help to make tremendous strides in medical technology advancement! So easy to do, anyone with a geforce8 or better card can donate, it's a very good cause. I'm poor, and I bought a card with food money to fold with! C'mon ppl let's fold!

[OzzmanFloyd120]

I've been waiting for SLI support while folding, has the new client added multi-gpu support yet?

[Solaris17]

Originally Posted by OzzmanFloyd120

I've been waiting for SLI support while folding, has the new client added multi-gpu support yet?

yup i posted about it quite a few pages ago.


also

2x 9800GX2's added

[Solaris17]

Ok first we need to do some work....if you havent already go into your control panel


go to folder options

Go to the veiw tab

Check "Show hidden files and folders".

and uncheck "hide extensions for known file types"

no its time so set this up

Go to "My computer"

and go into the windows drive



Now go to Documents and settings



now that your in documents and settings go to YOUR folder

once inside your folder their will be a hidden folder called "Application Data"



once inside application data

you will see were the F@H work is done....



we want to right click on this and select rename after we do that COPY the name dont change it. After you copy the name of the folder right click and make a new one. when it prompts you to enter a name paste the one you just copyied and simply add a "2" to the end.



After youve done this...go into the original "Folding@home-gpu" folder and COPY everything in it.

than paste it in the folder you just made "Folding@home-gpu2"

now that were done with application data we go to our desktops

make sure the client is off....and delete all shortcuts to it from your desktop and startup folder in the start menu..were going to make new ones....

now right click on your desktop and select "New">"shortcut"



after youve done that its time to have some fun.

what we do now is when the shortcut windows pops up we browse to the primary F@H exe and select it.



after we select it we need to modify the "Target" line a little bit what were goping to do is Click next now type the following exactly as i have it below their will be a space inbetween the "-" in the code and the last "e" in .exe

-gpu 0

it will look like this


now do the same thing with a second shart cut..only this time were are going to write

-gpu 1

now that that is done we have to modify a few more things...first make sure your shortcuts are numbered..like F@H1 and F@H2 this is IMPERATIVE

now that that is done...copy the following into you respective..Target and Shortcut sections...under the shortcuts properties...you can do this by right clicking and going to properties.



In the "Target" feild of shortcut 1 type the following

"x:\Program Files\Folding@home\Folding@home-gpu\Folding@home.exe" -gpu 0 
were "x" is your install directory

In the "Start in" feild type the following

"x:\Documents and Settings\Solaris17\Application Data\Folding@home-gpu"
were "x" is your install directory

Now that we have done that your good now time to work on short cut #2

the steps are the same so im going to be lazy and simply type the feild code.

In the "Target" feild of shortcut 1 type the following

"x:\Program Files\Folding@home\Folding@home-gpu\Folding@home.exe" -gpu 1 
were "x" is your install directory

In the "Start in" feild type the following

"x:\Documents and Settings\Solaris17\Application Data\Folding@home-gpu2"
were "x" is your install directory

now double click on each shortcut unlike the F@H forums this way DOES work and you DO NOT need to disable SLI or Xfire like the F@H site said.

Happy folding.


This methode can be used with more than 2 GPU's simply repeat the steps as many times as necissary..i have taken the time to writ a small list telling you what gpu tags you should use


first GPU: -gpu 0
Second GPU: -gpu 1
Third GPU: -gpu 2
Fourth GPU -gpu 3
Fifth GPU: -gpu 4
Sixth GPU: -gpu 5

etc...for however many GPU's you have it is always one number below your actual amount because the irst GPU is considered gpu "0"



you can also add these short cuts to the start up folder in your start menu and delete the icons on your desktop and they will start with windows

[zithe]

Originally Posted by Solaris17

triple post im sorry but i find it neciswsary to add


you can also add these short cuts to the start up folder in your start menu and delete the icons on your desktop and they will start with windows

There is an edit button, mate. o.O';

[Solaris17]

i know but its too easy to miss a line nvm ill do it

[johnspack]

Kursah taught me a trick about proc affinity, using taskman you can select the particular fahcore exe and select which cpu core it uses. I increased my 9800gtx ppd by doing this, and now I can run my gtx280 on the other core and keep high ppd on that as well! Wish I'd known about setting proc affinity in taskman before......
Oh and some systems, like mine... if I create a shortcut for my first card (gtx280) using the -gpu 0 switch, it causes no end of problems. I use the default switch for my first card, and only create a 2nd shortcut for my 2nd card using the -gpu 1 switch. Only thing that works. Just a weird heads up!

[Solaris17]

Originally Posted by johnspack

Kursah taught me a trick about proc affinity, using taskman you can select the particular fahcore exe and select which cpu core it uses. I increased my 9800gtx ppd by doing this, and now I can run my gtx280 on the other core and keep high ppd on that as well! Wish I'd known about setting proc affinity in taskman before......
Oh and some systems, like mine... if I create a shortcut for my first card (gtx280) using the -gpu 0 switch, it causes no end of problems. I use the default switch for my first card, and only create a 2nd shortcut for my 2nd card using the -gpu 1 switch. Only thing that works. Just a weird heads up!

thats because with gpu-2 it looks for a 3rd card

first GPU: -gpu 0
Second GPU: -gpu 1
Third GPU: -gpu 2
Fourth GPU -gpu 3
Fifth GPU: -gpu 4
Sixth GPU: -gpu 5

etc...for however many GPU's you have it is always one number below your actual amount because the irst GPU is considered gpu "0"