DC and the Nvidia 10* series GPU's

Biffa · 14 Jun 2016 at 16:16

As some of you may know (unless you have been living under a rock), Nvidia has launched a new series of GPU's called Pascal. Touted to produce performance up to twice that of the 980Ti or Titan cards whilst having a power envelope of 150W TDP

As an avid cruncher, I thought I'd get one to see how it goes

And then let you know so you can make an informed decision

Of course I got a Founders Edition 1080, and a water block to go with it because thats just how I roll

well it was going in my main rig and replacing a GTX 970 watercooled card so that was that

So how does it perform? I tend to run mainly Folding@Home so you would expect I'd have lots of info on that, but I don't I haven't run one WU in Folding since I got it as I've been focusing my efforts on the 7th Annual BOINC Pentathlon: 5th - 19th June 2016 (which BTW you will all know about because you have all been helping right?) :eek:

So my Folding numbers will have to wait, I'll have some today as the gpu part of the Pentathalon is over, so until then I will put some data up that I have gathered from around the web.

As far as Boinc performance is concerned I've been running PrimeGrid for the team so have some data on that, that you can compare to your own rigs. Bear in mind this is a stock 1080 not overclocked, I'll do some overclocked testing later if you want.

If you are ahead of me feel free to put your own data in this thread. I'm not precious about it.

Biffa · 14 Jun 2016 at 16:16

Its a Zotac Founders Edition (reference in my books) early adopters tax version. :eek:

Various shots ripping it to bits:

The heart of the BEAST! *ahem*

(after cleaning and with new TIM)

A strange missing component, but apparently they are all like that. Room for improvement on custom models perhaps? Or the shape of things to come!

All wrapped up and snug ready for its block

Backplate and block and finally back in its home.

Actually took the opportunity to clean out the loop, which had got a big gunky. Inside of the CPU block is black oxide, same as the inside of the 970 block. Otherwise just normal algae build up. All good now.

Also replaced a couple of ageing drives with a nice 2TB hybrid drive for my data and got rid of some of the old golfball fans in the roof of the case. All in all spruced it up a bit and dusted it out. Feels like a new machine!

Biffa · 14 Jun 2016 at 16:17

Boinc data:

Primegrid GTX1080 (stock):

vs GTX980 (stock):

Biffa · 14 Jun 2016 at 16:21

Saved for Folding Data:

From Torin3's GTX 1080 Folding thread:

WU 9712 (8,14,140)
Base Credit 6300
Estimated Credit 48266
Estimated PPD 772260
TPF 0 min 54 secs

WU 9442 (21,1,189)
Base Credit 10400
Estimated Credit 70004
Estimated PPD 851879
TPF 1 min 11 secs

WU 9704 (9,5,290)
Base credit 9000
Estimated credit 60269
Estimated PPD 723181
TPF 1 min 12 sec
Final credit estimate, 59645.00 points

WU 10476 (0,146,529)
Base credit 8185
Estimated credit 60862
Estimated PPD 717093
TPF 1 min 13 secs

WU 9156 (106,0,373)
Base Credit 3531
Estimated Credit 40577
Estimated PPD 726597
TPF 48.25 secs

My Folding Data from HFM

PPD is averaged across all the projects
I only am showing projects where I have folded on all cards.
Only one card is running on Linux (its obvious which one)
All cards running at stock clocks.

andy_taximan · 14 Jun 2016 at 17:58

Cant wait to see the results BUT careful with the overclocking as some boinc projects dont like it, Stock results should be good tho, post some pics

Biffa · 14 Jun 2016 at 19:28

I don't tend to overclock because all my stuff runs 24/7 and I don't want to have to faff about with it. Had enough trouble with Nvidia drivers with Maxwell being unstable even with normal clocks.

colinmcr · 19 Jun 2016 at 11:37

Be interested to see how you get on with the new card, think if I can might MM my old stuff and jump onto a 1080, will maybe keep the 980s a bit longer though. I'd have 2 780s and 2 970s to sell on.

Xplo · 19 Jun 2016 at 23:13

You should just about recoup enough money from those 4 to get a half decent 1080. Surely from purely a PPD/folding stance though those 4 would eat a 1080 and spit it back out? Save a little in electric though

Biffa · 21 Jun 2016 at 19:13

Save boatloads in electric more like, the 1080 uses less power than a single 970

Biffa · 2 Jul 2016 at 18:07

Updated with some folding stats from my HFM

colinmcr · 6 Jul 2016 at 09:48

Hi guys, Titan P to be almost 50% more performance than 1080 founders edition.

http://m.hexus.net/tech/news/graphi...ugust/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

Biffa · 6 Jul 2016 at 14:43

Yup we've been discussing it in the graphics card forum. Expect it to be well north of £1000, the 1080Ti is probably going to come 3 months later, but can't see it being much less tbh.

colinmcr · 7 Jul 2016 at 18:31

Probably not worth the outlay for Folding then at those prices

Biffa · 7 Jul 2016 at 23:50

1070 seems to be the sweet spot, yes its expensive but its suffiently lower power draw and higher output puts it at an advantage to the hotter, less efficient Maxwell and R9 cards