Current Status of F@H Teammates

[mstenholm]

With the WU´s around a 8800 is good choice. Other then that a 250GTS yields pretty good for the price tag. When it comes to most PPD/W I not sure what is the best overall.

 

[KieX]

With the WU´s around a 8800 is good choice. Other then that a 250GTS yields pretty good for the price tag. When it comes to most PPD/W I not sure what is the best overall.

Thanks, I've started looking round for them. Power consumption I can quickly check through reviews, so that' not a problem.

@El Fiendo, you can add me as a TPU Folder For now I'll make do with the 4870X2, but I'll get an 8800/9800GT or the GTS250 soon and switch to that on a dedicated rig.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

haha yea i went back to the threads in this section and read thru that. thanks for the help!

now before i buy my new shiny card, which is better at folding the gts250 or ati5750?

also, i was thinking of getting a hd4650 AGP for my 2nd rig which will have my current 9600gt along with that card and the following mobo and pent d oc to 3.2
http://64-bit-computers.com/wp-content/ASRock_4CoreDual_VSTA.jpg

Are you trying to use the PCI-E AND the AGP slots at the same time? I don't think that will work. Consult your user manual.

Since you're all talking PPD, can someone give me some feedback on my 4870X2: http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=user&proj=fah&name=KieX50711 (Have been playing games and watching movies with GPU acceleration)

It's proving quite expensive to fold 24/7 with this card, I know NVIDIA are meant to be better for this. Could someone recommend me a cheap GPU with better PPD that doesn't have such a power draw. If I can bring the power consumption down a little, I should be able to keep folding on my dedicated cruncher

The 4870X2, as are all ATI cards, is an energy hog for the PPD you can get with it. Are you setup with 2 clients (one for each GPU, and have the environmental variables set? Refer to here and here (a little out dated))

GT240 (40nm, energy efficient) review up to 5000PPD depending on WU and overclock
GTS250 1GB (make sure it's a 55nm version) up to 7000PPD depending on WU and overclock
GTX260 216 55nm versions up to 9000PPD? depending on WU and overclock (maybe the best card with regards to money and PPD)
9600GT up to 4000PPD? depending on WU and overclock
If you're thinking of used: 8800GT, 9800GT, 8800GS, 9600GSO(!!!!192 bit, DDR3, 384 or 768MB only!!!), 8800GTS/512MB, 9800GTX(+)
Here's a GPU PPD Database

 

[KieX]

The 4870X2, as are all ATI cards, is an energy hog for the PPD you can get with it. Are you setup with 2 clients (one for each GPU, and have the environmental variables set? Refer to here and here (a little out dated))

Thanks, very informative post.

When I was setting up F@H I initially used the first link you provided, but it would only work on 1 GPU for some reason. Maybe X2 cards are different to crossfire is what I thought. So tried the second and it's how everything is set up at the moment.

Will be looking for the best deal I can find on those cards you listed.

 

[NastyHabits]

Argh!!!

I came home to a strangely quiet and cool apartment. Must have had a power failure. Everything was off. At least it gave me a chance to get my second GTS 250 folding again. Guess I'll miss out on PIE for the second day in a row.

EDIT: Looks like I only missed one update. All GPU's were able to resume from a checkpoint, so my losses were only time not work. Whew!

 

[Fitseries3]

im back...

just thought youd want to know.

 

[bogmali]

im back...

just thought youd want to know.

Where did you go?



WB man

 

[p_o_s_pc]

only folding sometimes with my 8800GT still. Even in the dead of winter it still gets too hot in here...When its too hot i can't sleep, when i can't sleep i'm an asshole and a worthless one at that. sorry guys for not doing more

 

[[Ion]]

El Fiendo, can you update my entry, I have an 8800GTS now

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

well once the new clients roll out for ati cards hopefully el fiendo or buck will remember to spam my inbox so i know to get my ass folding till then im part time when ive got the cach to pay the bills

 

[NastyHabits]

I didn't have to shut down my outdoor PC's over the weekend, but I will be tomorrow. It will cost me and the team about 20K. This should be our final rain of the year. They'll be folding all summer long. (or until I get really tired of the electricity bill.)

 

[[Ion]]

I didn't have to shut down my outdoor PC's over the weekend, but I will be tomorrow. It will cost me and the team about 20K. This should be our final rain of the year. They'll be folding all summer long. (or until I get really tired of the electricity bill.)

Wait, you run some of your rigs outside? That actually sounds like a really good idea!
I leave all of the computers inside, and then put fans in the window instead

 

[NastyHabits]

Wait, you run some of your rigs outside? That actually sounds like a really good idea!
I leave all of the computers inside, and then put fans in the window instead

Yes. I put my two hottest, noisiest PC's outside on my balcony. It has plywood all around it so no one can see them. I'm on the third floor, so even if someone knew they were there, they'd have to break down my door to get to them. I have an electrical outlet out there, and I pushed the network cables through an opening for the old rooftop antenna. They run so much cooler, and I have peace and quiet. I live in an apartment and my living room used to sound like a server farm. I live in the SF Bay Area, and it is NEVER hot. I spent the entire winter observing the rainfall on my balcony, and the spot I picked never got a drop of rain. Even so, tomorrow might have thunderstorms. I'm turning them off just in case I get a bit of horizontal precipitation.

I plan to come up with some sort of additional cover before next winter. The problem is to be able to let the heat escape without letting the rain in.

The only other drawback is I'll have to clean them more often because of the dust raised by passing cars.

 

[dhoshaw]

Yes. I put my two hottest, noisiest PC's outside on my balcony. It has plywood all around it so no one can see them. I'm on the third floor, so even if someone knew they were there, they'd have to break down my door to get to them. I have an electrical outlet out there, and I pushed the network cables through an opening for the old rooftop antenna. They run so much cooler, and I have peace and quiet. I live in an apartment and my living room used to sound like a server farm. I live in the SF Bay Area, and it is NEVER hot.

That sure wouldn't work here in S. Florida; it's already getting into the high 80's. I have a 9800GX2 in a P180 case and when I checked they were running at 104C . I had to take the side panel off and have a desk fan blow on the video card.

BTW, I used to work in downtown SF as well as San Mateo, Fremont and Santa Cruz; kind of miss the old stomping grounds.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Sorry to do this, but I need to shut down for the summer. I will try to move some hardware around so that I can use my 8800GT 256MB which only pulls 50 watts to Fold over idle. I and my 19K will be back when the cool weather returns.

 

[Wile E]

I mentioned this in another thread, but I'm out too. My 8800GT died, and my cpu is crunching.

 

[Fitseries3]

i've got the ol sr2 and 480s running for a few days now.

unfortunately i'll have to stop for a few days while i switch cpus.

however,

i'll have another 8cores after the upgrade

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

yea ive been out of the game for awhile heatwave hit and my tiny room is way to hot to run this hardware as hard as i usually do... will resume once im on water and weather returns to normal

 

[Fitseries3]

i hear you on that.

my AC usually runs 10mins for every 30 that pass by.

its running non stop all day to keep up with the heat output of my machine

 

[theonedub]

I think I am going to have to wind things down for the summer too unfortunately. The GPUs will not keep up with the heat once its consistently over 90 and into the 100s. This will probably be the last few weeks of 12-24hr/day folding for me.

 

[Wile E]

i've got the ol sr2 and 480s running for a few days now.

unfortunately i'll have to stop for a few days while i switch cpus.

however,

i'll have another 8cores after the upgrade

Correction, you will only have 4 more cores. 8 threads was the phrase you were looking for.

 

[hertz9753]

Faced with a a $203 power bill, I shut down everthing except a GTX 260 and 275 tonight. Time for me to clean out a couple systems, looks like I might only be running one rig for the summer.

 

[sneekypeet]

Fits i assume u were folding ur 480's on GPU3 clients?
Was thinking about running both of mine, but wanted to know about SLI and any crashing issues like the GPU2 with flags had.
Sorry to hear that Hertz

 

[Fitseries3]

i didnt even have to disable SLI to fold on both gpus.

i havent seen it crash yet either.

i use the 2XX.XX series drivers and i think there is a F@H profile that allows you to fold without 1. dongle/monitor attatched to gpus and 2. SLI disabled.

great stuff.

has any updates come through yet? my pts havent updated all day it seems.

 

[KieX]

I've added another GTX 275 into the mix. This is what my current PPD looks like. Once I get to the Million I'll be taking off the Q8400 and possibly the GT 240.. got other plans for those.