Attn GPU Folders

derv · 16 Nov 2012 at 09:40

I think it's fair to say many people who fold or crunch are always preparing their next upgrade

My 580s are staying put for a while until I can afford a couple of 690s. With two young children and xmas round the corner it will probably be a long while before 690s are in reach.

My next planned upgrade is getting another i7 to replace my i5 and possibly upgrading the 470s to 5 series cards. Mainly for folding/crunching performance but the rig is also used by friends to play BF3.

Biffa · 16 Nov 2012 at 11:29

I've just put my 590's on the "cove of drugs", along with the unused water blocks for a very palatable sum allegedly.

MGP · 16 Nov 2012 at 12:00

Hmm, something broke overnight with all these recommended tweaks. Instead of an increased PPD I've got nada. Even more weirdly, having restarted things, the 7 client is now displaying the SMP WU's progress as if it's off the GPU and vice versa.

loudbob · 16 Nov 2012 at 23:52

Well, bad luck strikes again......

Had to RMA one of my Motherboards as it's decided not to participate anymore. On the brightside I've decided to replace it - was AMD so switching to Intel.

This means once I verify that the new Piledriver CPU is Ok it'll be getting sold on - along with 2 x GTX 480's & 2 x GTX 460's.

Currently down to 2 x GTX660Ti's, 4 x GTX570's & 3 x GTX680's (I still need to RMA the fourth one as it too decided not to participate), 990x, 3770K & 2 x 2600k's.

On the bright side I currently have two 8057's on the go which has boosted my PPD to 550K.

GTX660Ti TPF: 2:03m = 129K ppd
GTX570 TPF: 1:51m = 151K ppd

loudbob · 16 Nov 2012 at 23:53

double post

Biffa · 17 Nov 2012 at 00:06

You have the worst luck loudbob

ozaudio · 17 Nov 2012 at 06:20

loudbob, i didnt know you have so much gpu power!!!!

im tempted to remove my q6600 set up from the "bay" as i have it all fuly working in a new case and can hold a pci e card! could keep my gtx 560 in and add 3 gtx 580 to my new pc!

Snapshot · 17 Nov 2012 at 06:33

My 560Ti has just folded - client 7 reports a memtest error. :mad:

I'll have to investigate Gigglebyte's RMA procedure after work today.

derv · 17 Nov 2012 at 08:32

Folding@Home - saving lives and killing GPUs on a daily basis

One of my 470s is feeling poorly but I'll continue folding without mercy until it gives out. It's a good excuse for more upgrades.

derv · 17 Nov 2012 at 08:37

ozaudio said:
im tempted to remove my q6600 set up from the "bay" as i have it all fuly working in a new case and can hold a pci e card! could keep my gtx 560 in and add 3 gtx 580 to my new pc!

You had better do it quickly. I'm about to stomp you within the next couple of days

ozaudio · 17 Nov 2012 at 09:02

!!!!!!!! didnt know you was so close behind me!!!! i could feel the tip of your tounge if you stick it out hahaha

ok q6600 back folding, and with better results than when i was using it with a gpu.

HankScorpio · 17 Nov 2012 at 12:32

Does this work with 7970s yet?

Biffa · 17 Nov 2012 at 15:51

Nope, well Folding works but not with any sort of performance to write home about, and these QRB WU's are Nvidia only

robj20 · 17 Nov 2012 at 16:07

Set my 670 up, got a 8018 and its saying estimated credit 5757 points. Is that right.

Got my passkey setup and using V7, for somereason i dont seem to be getting the bonus points for my smp anymore either.

Currently folding a 8018 on the gpu and a 8049 on the smp with a ppd of 29674, doesnt seem right.

Biffa · 17 Nov 2012 at 16:14

Thats the right amount of credits for a 8018, they are not the QRB work units, those are 8057's

PPD for a 8018 is probably around 19-20K for a 670, not surew what you are using the the CPU but I get around 19K on a [email protected] while gpu crunching on the same machine.

robj20 · 17 Nov 2012 at 16:18

Not got my 2600 overclocked yet but its says 10,965ppd.

Cant decide if i should put my old 460 in there as well, but worried at the wattage cost then.

Biffa · 17 Nov 2012 at 16:47

Sounds about right then, overclocking the CPU will near double its output, putting a 460 in there will help more right now with the new WU's but the more gpus you have the less cpu power you have left over to crunch.

loudbob · 18 Nov 2012 at 03:45

Biffa said:
You have the worst luck loudbob

You just had to tempt fate........

They say bad things always come in three's......

Well it has been confirmed

My RE3 motherboard is toast!!!!!!

I guess watercooled rigs can catch fire

Should have a replacement motherboard for the earlier mishap with the AMD board on monday and with any luck I might be able to get a replacement RE3 later in the week which would just leave the GTX680 that needs returning.

MGP · 18 Nov 2012 at 21:15

My PPD is now somewhat insane

derv · 19 Nov 2012 at 21:37

I'm getting quite a few CORE_OUTDATED errors which has stopped one of my GPUs folding a 7xxx WU. Where do I get a newer core to replace 2.22? I need something to get rid of this unit and back on the 8018/8057s again.