100 wu's

ITR · 9 Sep 2007 at 17:44

Another small milestone for me this weekend, passed 100 wu's

Also on the machine front, rebuilt the e2140 and got it running Ubuntu FF x64 today, so should see a slight ppd boost from win smp.

I must seriously look at replacing the x1950pro thou, the power consumption is beginning to worry me :eek:

I could run 2x C2D smps for 3k + ppd and only use slightly more juice than the GPU is using for 600ppd.

Points per Watt is shocking for GPU folding :mad:

theheyes · 9 Sep 2007 at 18:01

Well done on 100.

What is the power consumption on the 1950 Pro?

ITR · 9 Sep 2007 at 18:07

Just for a bit of comparison, upgrading from Win SMP (on XP 32bit) to 64bit Linux has chopped 1min off the frame times for a 2653 wu, so speeding up the wu by over 1h30min.

Also of interest i have 2 machines here folding the same wu (2653). Both machines are identical bar the CPUs (Asus P5B + 1 Gb PC8500).

The E6600 @ 2.88Ghz is giving 1643ppd - Vista Ulti 32bit

The E2140 @ 3Ghz is giving 1712ppd - Ubuntu FF 64bit

Enough rambling from me... :-)

ITR · 9 Sep 2007 at 18:10

According to my ****** power meter its drawing close to 430w! :eek:

And thats using a good quality PSU too.

Its overclocked from stock 600Mhz Core to 618Mhz, and the P4 CPU from 2.8 to 3.2Ghz... Im sure a chunk of the power is due to the 'Presshot' P4 tho...

Cob · 9 Sep 2007 at 19:18

Congrats on the big 100 dude

theheyes · 9 Sep 2007 at 19:40

ITR said:
According to my ****** power meter its drawing close to 430w! And thats using a good quality PSU too.

By the power of grayskull! :eek:

By comparison, my ps3 folds at 200watts for 900ppd and my iMac folds at 55watts (screen off) for 700ppd.

My e6300 (OC to 2.5ghz), 2gb RAM, x1950 Pro folds at 175watts running 2 standard clients.

430watts is insane!

shadowscotland · 9 Sep 2007 at 21:58

Well over a thousands points a WU - that's a far cry for when most of us started.

Nice work that man