AGP graphics & Folding

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Hi there,

I was wondering if there are any AGP cards that can run folding? I am looking at a new card but I want one to be able to run it else I will have to upgrade my motherboard to a PCI-E one and get a card to go with it costing a lot more.

thanks
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Hey

the x2 is indeed 939...I will definitely be going with that DFi board - have read nothing but good things about it.

wish I had enough posts to view the members market but currently you need 250 - will have to get spamming me thinks.

I cant seem to find an X1950 pro AGP anywhere tbh... I thought the top AGP card by ATi is the X1600?

Is there a lot of speed difference between the pro and XT? or just a few mhz either side?
 
OcUK have the AGP X1950 PRO in stock now but it's actually over £200 currently which is a serious chunk of money compared to the PCI-E equivalent :o



edit: It's also only 256MB currently which wouldn't be the best choice given that F@H WUs only seem to get larger with time, 512MB X1950PRO AGP cards are expected in February next year but no doubt those will be highly priced too :eek:
 
Aw, come on. It's supposed to work with any X1xxx series card now, though of course the lower numbered cards will be slower.

/still has an X1800 but I'm not sure if/when it'll go on - points wise I'm not sure if it's worth it.

/is also looking for a how to guide. Hint. ;)
 
If we get another load of rubbishy CPU WUs then it'll definately be worth a try, with the current WUs and the right kind of rig (read C2D) it's not worth it even with the top of the range card :o


hang on - Mr B are you now complaining that the GPU units points are too low? :confused: :D
 
I have a 939 DFI Ultra-D and I can confirm it is great. Overclocked my 4400+ to 2.6GHz no problem. It would go a lot higher too, but I think my chip is a bit pants.

Hurry up and get your 250 posts as I will be flogging my Ultra-D in a few weeks or so!

Send me an email here [email protected] if you are interested, I can give you a heads up if/when it goes into the MM.

SiriusB
 
Berserker said:
Aw, come on. It's supposed to work with any X1xxx series card now, though of course the lower numbered cards will be slower.

/still has an X1800 but I'm not sure if/when it'll go on - points wise I'm not sure if it's worth it.

/is also looking for a how to guide. Hint. ;)
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Tried my X1800XT 256mb and tbh it was really not worth it. :(

Fan noise drove me mad and the pc became almost unusable (slow redraw on desktop).

Back to both C2D cores folding away nicely. :cool:

Did make me realise how overclockable these cards are though. 650 core and 760 on mem with no probs. Did get to 94c after a reboot and the fan stayed off though! :eek:
 
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You can reduce the wierdness by turning off some of the visual effects in windows such as menu animation and fading effects etc - even my X1950XT with 512MB gets a bit laggy at times though I've heard the 256MB cards really suffer :o


oh and the fan noise - yep it's silly :p
 
br83taylor said:
yep, you'd have to be crazy to Fold on a the stock cooler IMHO. i put an X2 accelorator on mine, great value, and quiet at 100%
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mine's quite annoying on the stock cooler even at only 50% - though it's running in the living room which for 90% of the time has just me and nobody has to sleep next to this beast :p

If I'm planning on watching a quiet movie I do tend to switch back to 2 CPU clients and set the 2D profile for the GPU - quietens right down after the heat has dispersed :)
 
rich99million said:
OcUK have the AGP X1950 PRO in stock now but it's actually over £200 currently which is a serious chunk of money compared to the PCI-E equivalent :o



edit: It's also only 256MB currently which wouldn't be the best choice given that F@H WUs only seem to get larger with time, 512MB X1950PRO AGP cards are expected in February next year but no doubt those will be highly priced too :eek:
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Im traveling at the moment, but I have 2 x1950 Pro's going with a third to be fired up upon my return to San Jose. There running about 7 to 7.5 minuts per step compared to 5.5 minutes per step on the X1950XTX, and of course the XTX is almost double in price. I'll be interested to see if there's a vast difference between the AGP version and the x pro version.

Either way, I dont think one could go wrong buying the Pro if they can get a descent price.
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...and the AGP card drops back below £180 once more but is out of stock again - just gonna keep watching it and in the meantime keep sending out those job applications :p

edit: down to £170 now - still on pre-order for the next batch of stock
 
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