TPU's F@H Team

NastyHabits · Apr 16, 2020

Work units are smooth and steady today, but not showing up on EOC. I don't mind, as long as the scientists get the results, I don't give a rodent's behind about my scores.

thebluebumblebee · Apr 17, 2020

Sorry to those not in the US...., Saw a coupe of deals that I thought I'd share. Disclaimer: I have no experience with these GPU's. These have cheaper coolers so they're louder. The prices are just nice. RTX 2060 ~ 1M PPD, RTX 2070 ~ 1.2M PPD (unless @mstenholm has better info)
The 2070 deal expires at midnight. The 2060 deal expires midnight, 4/19.

PS: Part of my reason to post this is the crazy prices that GTX 1070 Ti and GTX 1080's are going for - the $300+ range. Doesn't make sense.
Power draw and PPD

mstenholm · Apr 17, 2020

thebluebumblebee said:
Saw a coupe of deals that I thought I'd share. Disclaimer: I have no experience with these GPU's. These have cheaper coolers so they're louder. The prices are just nice. RTX 2060 ~ 1M PPD, RTX 2070 ~ 1.2M PPD (unless @mstenholm has better info)
The 2070 deal expires at midnight. The 2060 deal expires midnight, 4/19.

PS: Part of my reason to post this is the crazy prices that GTX 1070 Ti and GTX 1080's are going for - the $300+ range. Doesn't make sense.
Power draw and PPD

2070 is 1,2-1,5M on Windows. 2060 is 1.2M on Linux. Well, mine are.

Star_Hunter · Apr 17, 2020

I would suggest everyone update to the newest client 7.6.9 (https://foldingathome.org/start-folding/) as it fixes some bugs and lets you select COVID-19. Its possible it may better at switching WU servers when stuck.

phill · Apr 18, 2020

If it's sunny later on in the day (it's 1am here in the UK at the moment....) I'll give it an install and see if I can get some work units!!

Thanks for the update!!

thebluebumblebee · Apr 21, 2020

Is anyone Folding with the EVGA RTX-2060 KO?

Edit: Looks to be doing ~1.4M PPD!!!! Instead of the TU-106 GPU, it has the TU-104 GPU from the RTX 2070/2080. Gaming performance seems unaffected, but Blender runs like 48% faster which seems to be the increase in F@H as well.

Also, can be picked up from EVGA at $300 with a $20 MIR through the end of the month.

8BitZ80 · Apr 30, 2020

I couldn't figure out for weeks why I couldn't get any new work assignments. Turns out that I needed to completely uninstall and update to the latest version, just so that it would start working again. Then I couldn't get the new version to recognize my GPU. I had to add "name=gpu" and "value=true" under Advanced > Extra Client Options and reboot just to get it recognized. I'm still new to folding so it took a while to figure it all out. Now it FINALLY seems to be working properly.

Boatvan · May 10, 2020

Finally got around to adding my old GTX 980 to the FAH machine. I had to be an edgelord before and use CentOS 7 minimal when i set up the machine months ago. Installing the driver, updating the FAH Client, and configuring the xml file took me about 5 hours to figure out.

Hoping for a decent ppd boost!

NastyHabits · May 15, 2020

Just saw this on Twitter from Greg Bowman:
We’ve released a new version of the @foldingathome software (v7.6.13) that fixes issues reported with GPU utilization.
You will likely get a warning when you try to install on @Windows, and we are working with@Microsoft to resolve this.
Please upgrade at https://foldingathome.org/start-folding/

Anybody here upgrade yet? (I use windows, so a bit leary to try it right away and I don't seem to have any "issues" at the moment.

windwhirl · May 15, 2020

NastyHabits said:
Just saw this on Twitter from Greg Bowman:
We’ve released a new version of the @foldingathome software (v7.6.13) that fixes issues reported with GPU utilization.
You will likely get a warning when you try to install on @Windows, and we are working with@Microsoft to resolve this.
Please upgrade at https://foldingathome.org/start-folding/

Anybody here upgrade yet? (I use windows, so a bit leary to try it right away and I don't seem to have any "issues" at the moment.

Just installed. No warnings during install (except the usual UAC one). Seems to be working fine (I just got a corona WU)

## v7.6.13
- Wait to print info blocks to log until after GPUs are detected.
## v7.6.12
- Don't download GPUs.txt when using ``--send-command``.
- Fixed GPUs.txt timestamp check.
## v7.6.11
- Reduce max delay from 6 hours to 1.
## v7.6.10
- Fix data dir removal confirmation message in Windows.
- Download GPUs.txt at startup before configuring the slots.

8BitZ80 · May 20, 2020

There's so many work units for COVID-19 right now. It must be overriding preferences because I didn't specifically select it and I'm onto the eighth COVID-19 work unit.

TheoneandonlyMrK · Jun 1, 2020

PooPipeBoy said:
There's so many work units for COVID-19 right now. It must be overriding preferences because I didn't specifically select it and I'm onto the eighth COVID-19 work unit.

They seem to be massive proteins or is it me, I mean massive too not big.

Having to reduce my folding output ATM to optimise for crunching covids on CPU and due to heat output.

Damn summer, not

.

windwhirl · Aug 7, 2020

Hey, guys, just wanted to ask how is everyone faring point-wise with the new COVID Moonshot WUs.

I'm not running the most powerful rig in the world, but the credit for this kind of WUs seems rather low.

NastyHabits · Aug 15, 2020

Hello everyone,

I will be missing from the stats for a while.

We're having the heat wave from hell here in the normally pleasant and sometimes foggy SF Bay Area. It hit 101F yesterday in the usually foggy month of August I can't do F@H and stay cool (or at least not sweltering) at the same time.

NastyHabits · Aug 23, 2020

I'm back. At least for a while. The heat crisis is over in the SF Bay Area, but as you know doubt know we have serious air quality issues due to lightning caused fires all over the state. We currently have large fires to the North, East and South of us. This forces me to keep my windows closed most of the time. However I have restarted my Folding PC, but with my video card set at absolute minimum settings to keep my apartment from getting too hot. I'm just glad I can rejoin the effort for the TPU team and the important research being done by F@H.
:lovetpu:

phill · Aug 23, 2020

It's great to have you back crunching with us all @NastyHabits !!

It's been darn warm over in the UK as well!! I hope you are able to stay nice and chilled now!!

I saw one of my rigs hit 92C on the CPU!! That's just a touch too high for me if I'm honest!!

How hot has it been with you?

thebluebumblebee · Sep 1, 2020

Okay, for $1,500, you get 10,496 :eek:

cuda cores with the new RTX 3090, or $0.143 per cuda core (PCC)
The RTX 2080 Ti was $1,200 for 4352 CCs or $0.276 PCC
The RTX 3070 should out perform the 2080 Ti and it will be available for $500??????? $0.085 PCC!
RTX 3080 $0.08 PCC

The RTX 3090 should be a F@H monster and it's affordable(????).

windwhirl · Sep 1, 2020

thebluebumblebee said:
Okay, for $1,500, you get 10,496 cuda core with the new RTX 2090, or $0.143 per cuda core (PCC)
The RTX 2080 Ti was $1,200 for 4352 CCs or $0.276 PCC
The RTX 3070 should out perform the 2080 Ti and it will be available for $500??????? $0.085 PCC!
RTX 3080 $0.08 PCC

The RTX 3090 should be a F@H monster and it's affordable(????).

Never mind architecture enhancements, you get more than double the CUDA cores than with 2000 series' top card. It's gonna be REALLY interesting seeing how it performs in FAH.

Meanwhile, I'll keep eyeing the RTX 2060 Super. It's within reach if I sell my current card, but I'm kinda counting on its price dropping a bit first. I find funny that I'm considering FAH more than gaming when looking at GPUs :laugh:

thebluebumblebee · Sep 2, 2020

My CL is quickly filling up with people dumping their RTX cards.

phill · Sep 2, 2020

I know what I'll be considering to buy but we'll wait for the reviews and then see what damage I can do to my credit card........

stinger608 · Sep 2, 2020

thebluebumblebee said:
My CL is quickly filling up with people dumping their RTX cards.

Good prices bro?

thebluebumblebee · Sep 2, 2020

stinger608 said:
Good prices bro?

No, but coming down. Example: Someone listed a MSI GAMING X TRIO 2080TI on 8/28 for $1,150. Yesterday, someone else listed the same card for $850.

phill · Sep 3, 2020

Some of them have been going for around $450.....

NastyHabits · Sep 18, 2020

Big scare. I was away for a few days, and shut all my PC's down as a safety measure. Upon my return, my Folding & Crunching PC took 3 reboots to get going.

Turns out my D: drive is failing. :mad:

Ordered an new (and larger) drive. Wish me luck that it keeps running until I get the replacement drive.

phill · Sep 20, 2020

Please keep us posted @NastyHabits !!

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Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
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Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
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TPU's F@H Team

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windwhirl

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