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Old Mar 28, 2010, 11:21 PM   #7901
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Arrrg! Well, I knew it, the 280 is dead. Why did I ever bother with it again! Theres goes my ppd....
Edit: At least that was the last thing I could think of to fix it. I can finally let it go...
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Old Mar 30, 2010, 12:40 AM   #7902
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I tell you all, the gods are conspiring against me... My tv died, and then my 280 went again. I expected the 280, but not the tv. In order to have gtx powa.. I bought a 260 from Hertz, which he sent in good faith. It appears either it's in China, or in the back of a US post truck somewhere, it's been 4 weeks now. Poor Hertz, he feels so bad, he has now sent a 2nd 260 to me. Thankyou Hertz! A clip from just one daily diary. (I'll try to get my 9800gtx to do some folding tonight anyways..).
Sorry can't fold on this card, need it for tv recording, no more tv or dvd recorder use now.. here little 260...
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According to AnadTech - http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3783&p=6 then a 480 folds 3.5 times faster then a 285. "Folding@Home is the first benchmark we’ve seen that really showcases the compute potential for Fermi. Unlike everything else which has the GTX 480 running twice as fast as the GTX 285, the GTX 480 is a few times faster than the GTX 285 when it comes to folding. Here a GTX 480 would get roughly 3.5x as much work done per day as a GTX 285."
The GTX 480,470 has more cuda core's than a GTX285 so it will do a lot of things better than a GTX285...... Can't wait to get one and see..:>)
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The GTX 480,470 has more cuda core's than a GTX285 so it will do a lot of things better than a GTX285...... Can't wait to get one and see..:>)
Yep, I'm waiting to see how the pricing levels out and the performance of GPU3. It's still "too uncertain" of an investment for the farm. These are turning out to be exciting times for F@H.
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Old Mar 30, 2010, 02:19 AM   #7905
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Yep, I'm waiting to see how the pricing levels out and the performance of GPU3. It's still "too uncertain" of an investment for the farm. These are turning out to be exciting times for F@H.
Yes indeed I want just one to see how well it folds, compared to my GTX285's. Then I will make my decision on what I want to upgrade the farm too. I know they will be expensive when they are released so just one for now and do a comparsion between cards....:>)
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Old Mar 30, 2010, 02:37 AM   #7906
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Old Mar 30, 2010, 03:53 AM   #7907
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Very nice! I like it.
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Thank's Nasty, I already have enough GTX 200's to put my room up into the multiple GTX 400 heat range.
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Old Mar 30, 2010, 06:45 AM   #7911
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Just give me 260s for now, lots of em! Stupid palit 280.....
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Just give me 260s for now, lots of em! Stupid palit 280.....
I hear ya. I really like my 260. It's cool and quiet. Just wish the price would come down.
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Old Apr 1, 2010, 05:36 AM   #7913
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A little note on the stats.
March was our 2nd highest month ever.

On a personal whahoo: I got over 500,000 points in March!
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I'm sure this question may have been asked a million times before, so please be gentle (i just couldn't find it through search)

My Palit GT240 was happily doing 4000+ PPD with shaders overclocked to the maximum MSI afterburner let me. But recently it started getting "unstable machine" errors so defaulted it back for a smaller 3000+ PPD. I followed a guide given to me buy thebluebumblebee, but it doesn't go into the art of OC'ing.

Could anyone give me some pointers as to what software/clocks/volts I can use to get more out of it please? I found overclocking stable for game benchies doesn't necessarily qualify for stable F@H work.
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My Palit GT240 was happily doing 4000+ PPD with shaders overclocked to the maximum MSI afterburner let me. But recently it started getting "unstable machine" errors so defaulted it back for a smaller 3000+ PPD. I followed a guide given to me buy thebluebumblebee, but it doesn't go into the art of OC'ing.

Could anyone give me some pointers as to what software/clocks/volts I can use to get more out of it please? I found overclocking stable for game benchies doesn't necessarily qualify for stable F@H work.
Overclocking for games is very different than overclocking for F@H. And, as you found out, what's stable for the benchmarks, is often not stable for F@H. Shaders are really the only thing that matters as far as OCing for F@H. Keeping the other clocks low may actually allow you to go higher with the shaders due to lower heat. Did you get a GDDR5 or GDDR3 version? I believe that the link I gave you talked about the overclocks that they were able to obtain, though YRMV. I would not be surprised if you can get 650/1782 (memory at stock) (here's a link to shader clock steps) for core/shader.
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Overclocking for games is very different than overclocking for F@H. And, as you found out, what's stable for the benchmarks, is often not stable for F@H. Shaders are really the only thing that matters as far as OCing for F@H. Keeping the other clocks low may actually allow you to go higher with the shaders due to lower heat. Did you get a GDDR5 or GDDR3 version? I believe that the link I gave you talked about the overclocks that they were able to obtain, though YRMV. I would not be surprised if you can get 650/1782 (memory at stock) (here's a link to shader clock steps) for core/shader.
It's GDDR3
At stock I had it on the default 550/790 but with shaders at 1745. For some reason shaders won't go any higher. Does the also in Afterburner I can only change the Core Voltage, but I don't know if that's of relevance to the shaders
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EDIT: I got it for my FTP Server for $88 bucks! Didn't really need it but i figured it could fold 24/7.
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So far I like it's small form factor. Plus, it has gdr5 and dual slot cooler. But yea i'll let you know Buck.
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AKA "Engineer Sample" I hope you got it at a bargain price
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I paid $210 including shipping. Waiting for the rest of my parts from newegg, so I can fire it up. Maybe that wasn't the best choice of words. I will send some pics tomorrow.
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