Start Folding the Easy Way!!

ozaudio · 29 Aug 2013 at 16:57

Voicon said:
What's the ppd on that 650TI?

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18497606&highlight=650ti

not sure if the core 17 was what he was reffering to or standard WU's if they do core 17s correctly then I bet they are quite a good buy

Snapshot said:
peak at 20k PPD but 18K was more normal .

ozaudio · 29 Aug 2013 at 21:09

Combat squirrel said:
EDIT: Also im curious , as CPU's are slower at folding, why is this guy building a CPU based folding machine?:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18529582

I love the build dont get me wrong but surely it would be better to have a rack of GPU's?

because they are server cpus, the intel cpus are even better, biffa , loudbob and baba all have intel & amd servers. look at there PPD lol loudbobs intel has hit nearly 1 million ppd from 1 of his servers.

its only in recent months gpus are doing huge numbers, and before that it was only NVidia , amd/ati use to be very poor at folding but now standford use open cl and cuda rather than just sideing with NVidia! hence me never having a amd gpu before but buying one now :cool:

have a flick throw here

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18171167

also heres loudbobs pcs hes running, at one time he had something like 22 gpus? all top end running, swapped them out for 2 x intel servers and 1 x amd server, each with 4 cpus
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25298160/Folding Web Stats/summary.html

biffa has 4 titans he's had folding up until recent, there offline now but they do fold, he has an intel and an amd server folding now though

http://www.3dgfx.net/weebeastie/summary.html

Voicon · 29 Aug 2013 at 23:20

ozaudio said:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18497606&highlight=650ti

not sure if the core 17 was what he was reffering to or standard WU's if they do core 17s correctly then I bet they are quite a good buy

Sorry I was being lazy and on my phone so searching was a pain

I think I need to buy another 7950, although I tried to use mine for folding yesterday but it wouldn't start, no error though and it has worked in the past. Think I need to check on it this weekend.

ozaudio · 30 Aug 2013 at 09:56

Voicon said:
Sorry I was being lazy and on my phone so searching was a pain

I think I need to buy another 7950, although I tried to use mine for folding yesterday but it wouldn't start, no error though and it has worked in the past. Think I need to check on it this weekend.

what does the log say it doing, or not doing!

Voicon · 30 Aug 2013 at 10:55

ozaudio said:
what does the log say it doing, or not doing!

Dunno, haven't had time to look yet, will have a look tonight when I get home.

ozaudio · 30 Aug 2013 at 16:46

EDIT - never mind , gpu back upto 75'000 PPD. was crappy beta drivers and a rubbish work unit causing only 23k ppd!

Combat squirrel · 30 Aug 2013 at 22:56

ozaudio said:
because they are server cpus, the intel cpus are even better, biffa , loudbob and baba all have intel & amd servers. look at there PPD lol loudbobs intel has hit nearly 1 million ppd from 1 of his servers.

its only in recent months gpus are doing huge numbers, and before that it was only NVidia , amd/ati use to be very poor at folding but now standford use open cl and cuda rather than just sideing with NVidia! hence me never having a amd gpu before but buying one now

have a flick throw here

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18171167

also heres loudbobs pcs hes running, at one time he had something like 22 gpus? all top end running, swapped them out for 2 x intel servers and 1 x amd server, each with 4 cpus
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25298160/Folding Web Stats/summary.html

biffa has 4 titans he's had folding up until recent, there offline now but they do fold, he has an intel and an amd server folding now though

http://www.3dgfx.net/weebeastie/summary.html

Awesome stuff, the big rig guys have some serious cash they put into folding, why do they spend 5 figure sums on rigs? Just for the fun of doing it while helping sort of thing?

Its amazing stuff, id never have this sort of money to do this

Another question, why do the real big rigs need massive amounts of RAM? Does folding require massive ram ?

ozaudio · 31 Aug 2013 at 00:25

Combat squirrel said:
Awesome stuff, the big rig guys have some serious cash they put into folding, why do they spend 5 figure sums on rigs? Just for the fun of doing it while helping sort of thing?

Its amazing stuff, id never have this sort of money to do this

Another question, why do the real big rigs need massive amounts of RAM? Does folding require massive ram ?

high paid jobs lol

its there hobby.

as for ram, it makes a big difference to the big rigs, loudbob added more ram to one of his servers and it added something like 100k ppd extra :eek:

Biffa · 31 Aug 2013 at 09:44

We don't spend 5 figure sums

and more often than not most parts are bought second hand. Then there is the return on selling our old hardware which helps recoup some of the cost. and finally there is the savings to be made from lower power usage of newer tech.

And of course most of us do it for the science having lost one or more friends and family to diseases that are being researched by the projects.

ozaudio · 31 Aug 2013 at 12:47

You've been quite quiet this last week or 2 biffa, you had your self a nice holiday :cool:

& on another note, did you ever manage to get the correct coolers delivered?

Biffa · 1 Sep 2013 at 01:55

yes coolers arrived just before I went away not giving me a chance to install them.

ozaudio · 1 Sep 2013 at 10:53

Should this do around the same ppd as your other one or does it have different ram?

Biffa · 1 Sep 2013 at 12:47

ozaudio · 1 Sep 2013 at 15:01

when are you updating with pictures

Biffa · 1 Sep 2013 at 19:39

When I build up the motivation after two weeks on the beach

ozaudio · 1 Sep 2013 at 19:59

were did you go to? ( holiday blues ) at all? haha

Combat squirrel · 4 Sep 2013 at 02:34

Cheers for the reply with the RAM, why does more RAM increase PPD though?

Biffa · 4 Sep 2013 at 12:22

Its no so much more ram, its having enough ram to fill the slots to get dual or quad channel going on quad socket machines.

Although obviously, having more slots to fill means you often can end up getting more ram than you need unless you planned carefully to start with, which isn't always possible when you are trying to get all the bits to get a cruncher up and running asap

colinmcr · 9 Sep 2013 at 20:06

Hey guys been away from this for a while and only got acess to my laptop at the moment.
I've downloaded the latest FAH Tracker V2 and BOINC. Quick question, in FAH Tracker V2 configuration for the team box, do I just type "10" for ocUK?

I was planning just running BOINC atm, I have downloaded asteroid (its kinda quick) and docking. Is there any preference to which I use? Are you guys targeting anything in particular I guess I mean?

Thanks in advance

ozaudio · 9 Sep 2013 at 21:22

colinmcr said:
Hey guys been away from this for a while and only got acess to my laptop at the moment.
I've downloaded the latest FAH Tracker V2 and BOINC. Quick question, in FAH Tracker V2 configuration for the team box, do I just type "10" for ocUK?

I was planning just running BOINC atm, I have downloaded asteroid (its kinda quick) and docking. Is there any preference to which I use? Are you guys targeting anything in particular I guess I mean?

Thanks in advance

read this thread , shows everything about which is best to good at at present ect.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18403553

although been a dedicated folder, ill wait till you get your hands back to your pc then lure you into folding haha!