TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[[Ion]]

Ah, well, the people @ work don't care. My mom doesn't want it on her system, but it would only be ~250 PPD, so it's not a huge loss.

And I haven't had any GPUs killed by FAH, so I run it. And I'd happily pay nV for a GTS450 (planning on doing so)....I refuse to get an ATI card. And I'd rather get a new card w/ a warranty, just in case

 

[Velvet Wafer]

Ah, well, the people @ work don't care. My mom doesn't want it on her system, but it would only be ~250 PPD, so it's not a huge loss.

And I haven't had any GPUs killed by FAH, so I run it. And I'd happily pay nV for a GTS450 (planning on doing so)....I refuse to get an ATI card. And I'd rather get a new card w/ a warranty, just in case

You lucky one^^ sadly my mum is the vice-boss of the office, so no one cares... except her

Not yet. i remember, how one of the top tier folders stated, he had boxes of dead VGAs, only due to folding. seemed logical, i barely saw games using a card to 100%

Why do you get yourself a single gts 450, when you got 1920x1080p?
That thing is a little weaker than a gtx 260 (only a small margin, but take a look yourself)
TPU review GTS 450
So, i dont think a gtx 275 will be comparable, it will be faster by a small, but relevant amount
also, look at the SLIed GTS 450.. compared to a 295 (2x 275 on 1/2 pcbs) they are 23% slower
Even tho i dont understand how someone could boycot ATI,and have any Arguments for that
you clearly got a point tho with the RMA... surely an RMA would be better, but my current 8800gt are also used, and they did never act up... its a risk i have to take, but therefore i get the performance much cheaper, then when i had bought anything new. I guess its each ones personal thing, but if you dont risk anything, you wont win anything... true in the whole life, in my opinion

 

[[Ion]]

There aren't a ton of rigs there that I have permission to use, only about half a dozen duals, but it's better than nothing.
Why does your mom care?

Fundamentally, I only have $150 to spend ATM. I think I'll get 1 GTS450 now, and if that turns out to not be enough, get a 2nd one w/ Christmas funds. I think it'll be OK though, a GTS250 is almost enough.

One reason I don't use ATi is I use Linux as my main OS, and ATi Linux support is vastly inferior to nV. Approximately equal cards are far slower, and the ATI drivers are unstable as hell. And it's just personal preference, I've always preferred nV

 

[Velvet Wafer]

There aren't a ton of rigs there that I have permission to use, only about half a dozen duals, but it's better than nothing.
Why does your mom care?

Fundamentally, I only have $150 to spend ATM. I think I'll get 1 GTS450 now, and if that turns out to not be enough, get a 2nd one w/ Christmas funds. I think it'll be OK though, a GTS250 is almost enough.

One reason I don't use ATi is I use Linux as my main OS, and ATi Linux support is vastly inferior to nV. Approximately equal cards are far slower, and the ATI drivers are unstable as hell. And it's just personal preference, I've always preferred nV

that are 12 cores... sounds not too shabby

Because my mom doesnt want the electricity cost of crunching rigs in her working place... i have to pay 40€ a month to be allowed crunching here, my part for the electricity bill

yeah, if you dont need AA you probably wont need more than one... but AA is the most crucial, and most expensive (€) feature you can activate. It easily cuts your fps in half or third, as you may know

Oh, i didnt knew that... can be, i only use ubuntu for emergency cases to replace broken DLLs in Windows. But now im wiser again, should i one day use linux

 

[[Ion]]

Well that's reasonable then....where I work, there's a fixed rate, so they don't care

And I'm going to be phasing in the rigs @ work slowly....boss's request

I typically like medium settings and then 2-4x AA, which generally works fine on my GTX260, so I figure that it should be fine on the GTS450 as well. We'll see. If not, it's only a couple months until I could get a 2nd, and I could always play @ 1680x1050 if needed for now
I haven't booted Windows on my laptop since August, I love Ubuntu here, I have it customized to look like a Mac. Have most of the people @ school convinced that I'm running OS X

Aside from the top bar, it's a pretty damn good clone IMO

 

[[Ion]]

Saw this and just had to get a pic and post it

 

[(FIH) The Don]

hahahah anice

sooo 1337!!!

 

[[Ion]]

lol, thanks

 

[Velvet Wafer]

Well that's reasonable then....where I work, there's a fixed rate, so they don't care

And I'm going to be phasing in the rigs @ work slowly....boss's request

I typically like medium settings and then 2-4x AA, which generally works fine on my GTX260, so I figure that it should be fine on the GTS450 as well. We'll see. If not, it's only a couple months until I could get a 2nd, and I could always play @ 1680x1050 if needed for now
I haven't booted Windows on my laptop since August, I love Ubuntu here, I have it customized to look like a Mac. Have most of the people @ school convinced that I'm running OS X

Aside from the top bar, it's a pretty damn good clone IMO

Sounds nice, much free power for you

ah,alright! im addicted to maxed out settings and unpixelated edges at 1920x1080, so our preference is kinda different! i guess then, one will be fine in nearly all games

Ubuntu is definetly good looking, and i believe you that you were able to trick them....most of them havent even seen OS X in real, and most of them are probably not the smartest electronic consumers

 

[[Ion]]

Most of them aren't, they see a dock and the buttons in the left corner and think it's a Mac

And I've had shitty cards for so long that a GTX260 or GTS450 is just so nice. Was on an 8800GTS G80 until recently

 

[Velvet Wafer]

Most of them aren't, they see a dock and the buttons in the left corner and think it's a Mac

And I've had shitty cards for so long that a GTX260 or GTS450 is just so nice. Was on an 8800GTS G80 until recently

hey dont blame that 8800 gts!
my secondary rig ran fairly good on all maxxed out besides AA, on 1280x1024...
but yeah, for higher resolutions its definetly too weak!

 

[[Ion]]

I'm just saying that for me, a GTX260 is fine, so a GTS450 should be as well.

In terms of crunching, Windows 7 definitely seems to be giving better PPD than Ubuntu.....

 

[hat]

Guys, I might be replacing the 2.4GHz BSEL-modded Celeron 430 in my server with a Pentium E2160 (which I will also BSEL mod to 2.4GHz), depending on what happens in the near future. A few things have to fall into place before I can do it.

Should I get the E2160 and it works out, I'll offer up my Celeron 430 to a fellow cruncher for the cost of shipping. As said before it is BSEL modded so it will boot at 266FSB by default (tested stable with 6 hours of OCCT Linpack), but I can easily remove the mod if requested.

 

[Radical_Edward]

Got my Phenom II x4 945 crunching last night for the team, as well as my old Athlon X2 5000 in Lauren's rig.

 

[(FIH) The Don]

 

[Chicken Patty]

whether it's the offer from HAT or the new quad from Randal, Gotta love TPU!

 

[[Ion]]

Guys, I might be replacing the 2.4GHz BSEL-modded Celeron 430 in my server with a Pentium E2160 (which I will also BSEL mod to 2.4GHz), depending on what happens in the near future. A few things have to fall into place before I can do it.

Should I get the E2160 and it works out, I'll offer up my Celeron 430 to a fellow cruncher for the cost of shipping. As said before it is BSEL modded so it will boot at 266FSB by default (tested stable with 6 hours of OCCT Linpack), but I can easily remove the mod if requested.

Very generous!

Got my Phenom II x4 945 crunching last night for the team, as well as my old Athlon X2 5000 in Lauren's rig.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f282/Renagade_Recon/402a74ad.jpg

Awesome!!

Now OC that sucka! 3.5ghz at least!

 

[Radical_Edward]

No OC quite yet, still have some playing around with it to do.

 

[Velvet Wafer]

undervolting is a good start, for example my 955 needed about 1.2v for 3ghz, so i think thats a good undervolting goal for the beginning

 

[[Ion]]

undervolting is a good start, for example my 955 needed about 1.2v for 3ghz, so i think thats a good undervolting goal for the beginning

My X4 955 was 1,35v stock @ 3,2ghz, it would do 3,5ghz @ 1.3v IIRC

No OC quite yet, still have some playing around with it to do.

Keep us posted

 

[Velvet Wafer]

My X4 955 was 1,35v stock @ 3,2ghz, it would do 3,5ghz @ 1.3v IIRC


Keep us posted

that should be about the clocks i also reached on that volts

 

[[Ion]]

I was able to get 3,8ghz @ 1,45v, and temps were OK on the H50, but even w/ my cooling system for the VRMs, they were hot as hell, so I usually ran @ 3,5

 

[Velvet Wafer]

I was able to get 3,8ghz @ 1,45v, and temps were OK on the H50, but even w/ my cooling system for the VRMs, they were hot as hell, so I usually ran @ 3,5

hey thats my 24/7 clock! my vrms are only warm tho, luckily... the cooling of the board and the added 120mm fan do their work definetly

 

[[Ion]]

I had a $60 mATX 785G board...no VRM cooling by default. I added a small heatsink & fan and it was still really hot. So 3.8ghz was just for benching

 

[Velvet Wafer]

I had a $60 mATX 785G board...no VRM cooling by default. I added a small heatsink & fan and it was still really hot. So 3.8ghz was just for benching

i benched until 4.2, but that was only possible one time, with room temperature under 10c , and idle temps of about 18c