what's the most efficient gpu for folding?

diogenese · 30 Dec 2012 at 07:39

My trusty q6600 is dead and I'm going to build a fresh one but I'm out of the loop on gpu goodness not having folded for several years!
it will be a single card machine, probably with a i7 3770 in it.
Any thoughts?

diogenese · 30 Dec 2012 at 10:06

interesting, I had a 660ti in my mind but I don't want RMA hassle!

diogenese · 31 Dec 2012 at 02:56

When is that due to happen Mike?

just found an answer, it's not very definitive!
http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=23048&start=210

diogenese · 1 Jan 2013 at 09:15

dpad is running on this rig which is a semperon thing, it's only on because it's running my weatherstation!
I was thinking of folding on a gpu and doing something else with the cpu.

diogenese · 2 Jan 2013 at 10:18

I think I'll take my chances with a 660ti, the 560 is less than half the Gflops/watt and you can't get the recon cards in this half of the world without astronomical shipping cost.
thanks for the input guys

diogenese · 27 Jan 2013 at 03:13

there is a watercooled 660ti folding for team 10 as of ten minutes ago

I'll have to hone my rusty OC skills as it's running stock at the moment.

diogenese · 27 Jan 2013 at 06:15

Well the cpu is at 4.43 Ghz on 1.2v and the gpu is up to 1200mhz core on stock volts.
Time to let it all settle in for a bit

that's with the gpu folding and two cores of the 3770k the other two are on DPAD.

diogenese · 9 Feb 2013 at 11:53

Well I have found the reliable limit for my EVGA 660Ti.
At 1215 it has run for a week with no EUE's, 1220 lasted for 6 hours before 5 hours of straight EUE's whilst I was at work.
back to 1215 core and I'll nudge the CPU a bit more now.