TPU's F@H Team

[p_o_s_pc]

Does the 8600 run F@H on the GPU? I have a 5000+BE @3ghz that gets PPD around 1100PPD running the SMP

 

[Skitzo]

Does the 8600 run F@H on the GPU? : yes, see the post before yours


I have it running at 730/1800/830, XP x32, 177.41 = ~2000 =2100 ppd

 

[p_o_s_pc]

I didn't know the 8600 could run it. Last i heard it was 8800 and up that could.

 

[Skitzo]

I didn't know the 8600 could run it. Last i heard it was 8800 and up that could.

modded inf
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=857044&postcount=356
and the driver from nvidia ...
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=857002&postcount=1

 

[dadi_oh]

I am trying to run Folding @ Home on both of my computers. I tried both the console version and the GUI version and they both seem to be able to get the work and crunch the numbers but neither computer seems able to send the results. I checked Windows Firewall and it was not complaining but just to be sure I added the folding app to the exceptions list. Both machines are connected to my wireless router and out through my broadband connection. Is there something special I need to do with my router to make this work?

Excerpt from my console below....

[23:13:45] + Attempting to send results
[23:13:46] Couldn't send HTTP request to server (wininet)
[23:13:46] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
[23:13:46] (171.64.122.76:8080)
[23:13:46] Could not transmit unit 01 to Collection server; keeping in queue.


[23:13:46] + Attempting to send results
[23:13:46] Error: Got status code 503 from server
[23:13:46] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
[23:13:46] (171.64.65.65:8080)
[23:13:46] - Error: Could not transmit unit 02 (completed June 26) to work server.


[23:13:46] + Attempting to send results
[23:13:48] Couldn't send HTTP request to server (wininet)
[23:13:48] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
[23:13:48] (171.64.122.76:8080)
[23:13:48] Could not transmit unit 02 to Collection server; keeping in queue.


[23:13:48] + Attempting to send results
[23:13:48] Error: Got status code 503 from server
[23:13:48] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
[23:13:48] (171.64.65.65:8080)
[23:13:48] - Error: Could not transmit unit 03 (completed June 26) to work server.


edit: One suggestion was to set the Use IE setting to "no". I don't see this in my client.cfg file. How do I change it once it is installed (console version).

 

[dadi_oh]

I am trying to run Folding @ Home on both of my computers. I tried both the console version and the GUI version and they both seem to be able to get the work and crunch the numbers but neither computer seems able to send the results. I checked Windows Firewall and it was not complaining but just to be sure I added the folding app to the exceptions list. Both machines are connected to my wireless router and out through my broadband connection. Is there something special I need to do with my router to make this work?

Found it. You have to run the console with the -config option to reset configuration options. That seems to have worked. Now have some results submitted and continuing folding.

 

[infrared]

wow, i can't believe they finally did it!!! Was talking to sneekypete and he mensioned they'd bought out a gpu client for nvidia! So i updated my graphics drivers and downloaded it!

FahMon says my 8800gts is kicking out roughly 3043 ppd

 

[newtekie1]

Yep, and the nVidia GPUs really pump out the work. My 8800GS does 4800 PPD, my 9800GTX was 5600. Though I have had to take both off folding duty for the time being, it is summer and it was making it way to hot in the room.

 

[infrared]

What flags are you using on your gpu clients? 4800ppd on a 8800gs??

 

[newtekie1]

What flags are you using on your gpu clients? 4800ppd on a 8800gs??

Nothing special, just the defaults. The shaders are overclocked to 1782 though.

 

[dadi_oh]

Having trouble getting the GPU client to install. I have a Palit 8800GT Sonic 1GB that I would like to put to work. I downloaded the GPU client and when I try to install it gives me an error as seen in the attachment. I tried downloading again since it seems to indicate a corrupted file but same thing happened.

I currently have the regular console based folding client installed so don't know if that makes a difference. I was hoping to run the two concurrently so my CPU and GPU are both folding (I hope that's possible?)

I have the 177.35 drivers installed using a modded .inf file and I have latest Physx drivers installed.

Any ideas on what is going wrong?

 

[Skitzo]

I'm not sure what's gone wrong with yours, but I've tried different combos of folding programs and gotten them all to work so far. at the moment i have the gpu client and two single core clients running on this c2d and 9600gt. If you don't have a passkey, it is possible to runthe gpu with the smp client (5.9x). This was done with vista x64. all i had to do was play with priority settings to get them all to run together.

 

[wolf]

how much more can you fold by running the cpu and gpu clients?

i run 2 comps with a 9800GTX and an 8600GT folding, pretty much 24/7, however across both of those comps i guess theres another 6 cpu cores that could fold too, how much would that improve my score? i was to understand that GPU folding is vastly superior to CPU folding?

like something in the order of 10-20 times faster on a card with around 100 or more SP's.

 

[Skitzo]

this is a screenie of fahmon.
I have the gpu client and 2 single core clients on an e6750 @3.2/9600gt and the same on an am2 2.1/8600gt. The smp client yeilds more ppd than the single cores but doesn't work with a passkey.
am2 is xp x32 and the c2d is vista x64

the smp client was yeilding ~1600 ppd on the c2d and ~1000 ppd on the am2
vista is running 177.39 and xp 177.41
my video oc helps, 9600gt was yeilding ~4000 ppd at stock clocks and has gone as high as ~4600 ppd with oc. The 8600gt was yeilding ~1400 ppd before oc

In order for the gpu client to run, i had to make sure it and it's core had a higher priority than those of the cpu client/cores

 

[Skitzo]

Hey Sol,
better pick up the pace, I'm gaining on ya
TPU has gone from 263 rd to 259 th since the gpu client was released. Good show

 

[newtekie1]

You both are gaining on me...Looks like it is time to move my 9800GTX machine in the basement and put it on 24/7 folding duty.

 

[Mussels]

totally random question... would a radeon 3450 fold? would it even be worth it?

 

[wolf]

2600XT and above should fold, so i guess its possible, as to wether its worth it..... i fold with a 8600GT and it helps the score...

 

[Mussels]

its just that my main rigs are always off, so they're almost useless. my media PC otoh, is always on, and always idling...

 

[Skitzo]

You both are gaining on me...Looks like it is time to move my 9800GTX machine in the basement and put it on 24/7 folding duty.

you could atleast let us gain a little , it's not like we are gonna catch you any time soon lol. It's cool, the gpu client seems to have breathed a little life into the folding team.

 

[wolf]

yeah you mayaswell wack the 3450 in it and she how she goes...

and yeah the gpu client has totally kicked the team up a notch, i fold pretty much 24/7 on 2 comps.

 

[Skitzo]

Fire up what ya can, it's for a good cause. There's a laptop kick'n around the house i'm thinkin of setting up for folding. it almost never gets used and I'm curious what it'll do. I have 6 clients runing 24/7, wonder if the laptop can do another 3 lol

I have my systems in the basement, but 24/7 folding is makin the central air work a little harder. Curious to see what my next utility bills will look like ...

 

[newtekie1]

A 3850 pumps out about 3000 PPD, a 3850 is about 9 times as powerful folding wise than a 3450. So you should get about 333 PPD with the 3450. That is assuming it is supported. I believe the 2600XT and up in the 2K series is supported, and the 3650 and up in the 3K series. But in the past I was able to get lower GPU's that were not supported folding, so the 3450 might work. Try it and report back.

 

[Mussels]

293 PPD on the 3450.

its no stellar number, but it is a number.

 

[newtekie1]

Damn, I was close though.