TPU's F@H Team

[xbonez]

Once I have my folding rig complete:
2 x GTX 470 = 2 x 16k PPD
GTX 480 = ~20k PPD

Total, roughly 50k PPD

Processors will go towards crunching.

PS - Since it seems the 9800GX2 deal fell through, I'm saving 70ish bucks there, so I'm thinking I'll just keep the second 470. And then in a month or so, I'll start keeping my eyes peeled for another 470 (hopefully I should get it for about 150 or so by then)

 

[Josh154]

Once I have my folding rig complete:
2 x GTX 470 = 2 x 16k PPD
GTX 480 = ~20k PPD

Total, roughly 50k PPD

Processors will go towards crunching.

PS - Since it seems the 9800GX2 deal fell through, I'm saving 70ish bucks there, so I'm thinking I'll just keep the second 470. And then in a month or so, I'll start keeping my eyes peeled for another 470 (hopefully I should get it for about 150 or so by then)

That would be awesome! Is the folding rig gonna be the p7n sli and q6600 with all 3 cards in it?

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Hmmpph! Everyone ignored...lol. I'm gonna post again and elaborate a little:

So, we could create a thread where we keep a tally of all the excess hardware Team TPU folders have lying around and willing to donate. And then we'd have people who have free / cheap or flat-rate electricity who don't mind donating that. These rigs we put together won't be anything high end but should get us a few thousand PPD. Of course, the requirement would be that the folding rigs run 24/7 without a minute's rest so people who volunteer to adopt a folding rig should be cool with that.

Example thread:
http://forum.xcpus.com/f91/folding-home-hardware-donation-put-your-unused-parts-good-work-15958.html

We could always lay down rules such as shipping prices to be shared, if someone who houses a folding rig is unable to fold anymore, he must post and make sure the rig finds a new home. We could probably even make do without cases so as to keep shipping cheaper.

That is the hallmark of this team. We don't need to do something like that. Example:
Send me your spare video card and I'll fold on it...

 

[xbonez]

That would be awesome! Is the folding rig gonna be the p7n sli and q6600 with all 3 cards in it?

Yup. It is the P7N w/Q6600 but only the two 470s on it. The 480 will be in my main, gaming rig.

Btw, I read somewhere that the latest Nvidia drivers have made it possible to use both cards to fold even if they are SLI'ed. Is that true?

 

[Josh154]

Yup. It is the P7N w/Q6600 but only the two 470s on it. The 480 will be in my main, gaming rig.

Btw, I read somewhere that the latest Nvidia drivers have made it possible to use both cards to fold even if they are SLI'ed. Is that true?

I was running 265.90's. I couldnt get my cards to run very good at all with 260.99.

I had my sli bridge on and in nvidia control panel when folding i turned off sli and when gaming sli was on.

 

[xbonez]

Gotcha. If I have the same problem, I'll just do the same

 

[Josh154]

Yeah 265.90's are amazing

 

[xbonez]

Free folding points for you.
Anyone have a GPU they don't use to fold? I'll do...

 

[Josh154]

Hmm haha you could possibly fold on my gts's till i get my rig put together but probably wouldn't be worth it.

 

[xbonez]

Ooh, good deal: Galaxy GTX 460 for $110, after rebate
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...E=SHOPBOT&cm_mmc_o=2mHCjCmtB5_BfCjCVqHCjCdwwp

$60 rebate though. Great deal if rebate comes through, otherwise not so much.

 

[Josh154]

Yeah that is a decent deal if you get the rebate. I've seen so many horror stories about rebates i don't even both with them anymore.

EDIT:HELP ME OUT GUYS! I will trade this baby for a 3x2gb set of ddr3 ram or a x58 mobo. Someone help me out and trade for it or buy it so i can put about 40k PPD towards TPU!

 

[(FIH) The Don]

should have a 460 up and running for the team in the end of the month

just need to get myself a good 1kw psu with a massive single rail so i can power my 275s

also a warning to you guys!

do NOT buy the chieftec 750 super series psu, its sooo fucking weak, cant even feed 1 275 with an i7

:shadedshu

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

Having an odd issue with GPU Tracker V2, it launches and runs fine, as in I get points, but when I go to close it, it doesn't respond, like it's frozen. Only way to kill it is to to Ctrl+Alt+Del, and "end process tree". Anyone else have this problem, it still happens even after deleting it and re-installing.

 

[(FIH) The Don]

maybe its some other program making conflict with the tracker? i dont have the issue

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

maybe its some other program making conflict with the tracker? i dont have the issue

Well nothing has changed, as far as new programs, it's just started happening all of the sudden.

 

[Bow]

I was able to donate the 9600gt to Hat to fold on, still have a 8800gs if anyone needs it.

 

[xbonez]

I was able to donate the 9600gt to Hat to fold on, still have a 8800gs if anyone needs it.

I'm putting together a folding rig by the end of this week. I'll be using 2 x 470s on it, but have an extra PSI-E slot I'm not using. If you'd like, I could use your 8800.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Well nothing has changed, as far as new programs, it's just started happening all of the sudden.

Report the problem in the forum at http://fahtracker.com/

 

[xbonez]

If anyone's been curious about the performance difference between x8 and x16 PCi-E, my results with my GTX 480 are here

PCI-E 2.0 x16 running at x8

Sad face, sad face...massive sad face!!! My 480 only scores 600 points more than my OC'ed 470. That is fine, and I was expecting it, but my 480 at stock with fan turned up to 80% reaches 87 degrees on load. Which means no OC'ing with the stock cooler. Guess I'll have to invest in an aftermarket cooler for it now....le sigh.

On the bright side, I did flash my motherboard BIOS, so I should be able to start folding with multiple GPUs (hopefully) starting tonight. Unfortunately, even though I have 4 PCI-E slots, I can only use 2 cards. One PCI-E is unusable coz of my Corsair H50 radiator, and my 470 with the zalman VF3000f cooler covers the adjacent PCI-E.

 

[xbonez]

I'm successfully folding on both cards now, but my 470 is getting a shockingly low PPD. By itself, this card used to give me about 15k

its running at 700Mhz core, and 1700Mhz memory.

 

[Josh154]

Hmm something is wrong there. I have folded on multiple gpu's just fine. I really don't like f@h tracker. This is the guide i used for setting up multiple-gpu's.

I like it better than F@H tracker but you will have to setup and cofigure your smp client as well.

 

[xbonez]

I'll try it. But for some reason, I really didn't like the 480. I'm going to sell it / trade it for a 470.

 

[theonedub]

What is the status on the EVGA 480 warranty?

 

[xbonez]

EVGA 480. No warranty. Runs great though. Checked furmark stability and did a 3d mark vantage test. See pic above. Looking for 300, or a 470 + 80 dollars. Prices include insured ahipping.
If a folder buys it, that 20 bucks off.

 

[Josh154]

Hmm so 280 shipped for it? Dam why did i have to sell the q6600? I could have sold my 8800gts's and had the cash from xmas for a 480!