Folding GPU (esp. AMD) is where it's at...

[lordonuthin]

i haven't bought any windows copies lately, but yeah i'd stick with win 7. i haven't messed with win 8 yet, and don't really plan to if i can help it.

yeah you gotta get a 4p rig someday. you know you want one!

It's what everyone should have! and yeah, you can use it for all kinds of things like, like you know, whatever... by the way what do you think the new MP's will get for ppd; folding? I think it won't be so good. Oh, I think we're in the wrong thread. GPU's doncha know...

 

[ChristianVirtual]

by the way what do you think the new MP's will get for ppd; folding? I think it won't be so good. Oh, I think we're in the wrong thread. GPU's doncha know...

Not really; there are two powerful ATI-GPU in the MP-R2D2. Not sure if SW will help and how much customized those are. But it would be a beauty in the desk.

 

[Louis Wu]

It's what everyone should have! and yeah, you can use it for all kinds of things like, like you know, whatever... by the way what do you think the new MP's will get for ppd; folding? I think it won't be so good. Oh, I think we're in the wrong thread. GPU's doncha know...

totally fine in this thread!

yeah do let me know when you find out what a 4p rig would be good for besides folding...

it sucks almost 300 W at idle! needless to say I shut it off when it's not folding!

I'll repeat my assertion that it's best to have dedicated folding rigs whether CPU or GPU that you can stash in the (cooler) parts of your home. When I used my MPs for folding it was definitely a noise and heat issue. and trying to use the MP to do my work meant serious lag and usability issues. now my MP hums quietly beside me doing work, and the folding rigs whir away in the basement and all is good...

 

[ChristianVirtual]

the folding rigs whir away in the basement and all is good...

Man, do I wish houses in Japan would have a basement ... Like in good ol' Germany. They don't, instead I sleep beside my GTX 780 with 80% fan ... Part of the dedication

 

[Louis Wu]

Man, do I wish houses in Japan would have a basement ... Like in good ol' Germany. They don't, instead I sleep beside my GTX 780 with 80% fan ... Part of the dedication

wow. I used to do that with the MPs as well. hope you have earplugs

 

[lordonuthin]

Not really; there are two powerful ATI-GPU in the MP-R2D2. Not sure if SW will help and how much customized those are. But it would be a beauty in the desk.

It would look nice, I'll wait to see how they do before deciding to get one.

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totally fine in this thread!

yeah do let me know when you find out what a 4p rig would be good for besides folding...

it sucks almost 300 W at idle! needless to say I shut it off when it's not folding!

I'll repeat my assertion that it's best to have dedicated folding rigs whether CPU or GPU that you can stash in the (cooler) parts of your home. When I used my MPs for folding it was definitely a noise and heat issue. and trying to use the MP to do my work meant serious lag and usability issues. now my MP hums quietly beside me doing work, and the folding rigs whir away in the basement and all is good...

Hah! We are thread slackers aren't we!

Mine are in the basement too except for the MP which is in my "office".

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Man, do I wish houses in Japan would have a basement ... Like in good ol' Germany. They don't, instead I sleep beside my GTX 780 with 80% fan ... Part of the dedication

Woa, that that is dedication. Not sure I would be doing this if I lived in an apartment.

 

[twoodcc]

It's what everyone should have! and yeah, you can use it for all kinds of things like, like you know, whatever... by the way what do you think the new MP's will get for ppd; folding? I think it won't be so good. Oh, I think we're in the wrong thread. GPU's doncha know...

yeah i don't think the new mac pros will be much better than current ones for folding. the 12-core intel will be nice, but still not good enough for bigadv units though.

Not really; there are two powerful ATI-GPU in the MP-R2D2. Not sure if SW will help and how much customized those are. But it would be a beauty in the desk.

yep i called it black r2d2 when i first saw it! much better than calling it a trash can

I'll repeat my assertion that it's best to have dedicated folding rigs whether CPU or GPU that you can stash in the (cooler) parts of your home. When I used my MPs for folding it was definitely a noise and heat issue. and trying to use the MP to do my work meant serious lag and usability issues. now my MP hums quietly beside me doing work, and the folding rigs whir away in the basement and all is good...

yeah but even when not folding the MP uses a lot of power and heat.

Man, do I wish houses in Japan would have a basement ... Like in good ol' Germany. They don't, instead I sleep beside my GTX 780 with 80% fan ... Part of the dedication

hey i started out in an apartment! i was folding then also (2009). of course i had faster internet then too

It would look nice, I'll wait to see how they do before deciding to get one.

yeah i agree. and i'm afraid of the price

 

[ChristianVirtual]

of course i had faster internet then too

Oh, my current Internet connection has no problem ... Best ever had

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/17785113/.

 

[twoodcc]

Oh, my current Internet connection has no problem ... Best ever had

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/17785113/.

must be nice. mine is like 2.8 mbs down

 

[Louis Wu]

must be nice. mine is like 2.8 mbs down

I don't know what ours is but I do know that if it were any faster it'd just mean that everyone here would stream more HD video

 

[twoodcc]

I don't know what ours is but I do know that if it were any faster it'd just mean that everyone here would stream more HD video

yeah it's hard to watch youtube videos here

 

[lordonuthin]

Not sure what happened but my points were down yesterday and today, so I rebooted everything...

The Titan SC on the 980x board doesn't seem to be getting as many points as the 4 stock speed Titans on the other board, may have to go ahead and get another Asus Z87-WS. I don't think there is enough on board power to run the Titan and 660ti very well. GPU shark indicates there are power problems anyway...

 

[twoodcc]

Not sure what happened but my points were down yesterday and today, so I rebooted everything...

The Titan SC on the 980x board doesn't seem to be getting as many points as the 4 stock speed Titans on the other board, may have to go ahead and get another Asus Z87-WS. I don't think there is enough on board power to run the Titan and 660ti very well. GPU shark indicates there are power problems anyway...

hope you get everything worked out. i had to restart my big rig today too, don't know what was going on with it

 

[Louis Wu]

hope you get everything worked out. i had to restart my big rig today too, don't know what was going on with it

good to see it back up! it really shows up on our team stats!

as an aside, my nVidia card has been pulling down a string of Core 15 WUs, and this drops the ppd from 60-65 K to 18 K so I'm shutting it down for a bit.

clearly the assignment servers know what other cards I have and are still assigning Core 17 WUs to the AMD cards.

which is good, since while Core 15 on an nVidia card is bad, it's terrible on the AMD cards...

 

[twoodcc]

good to see it back up! it really shows up on our team stats!

as an aside, my nVidia card has been pulling down a string of Core 15 WUs, and this drops the ppd from 60-65 K to 18 K so I'm shutting it down for a bit.

clearly the assignment servers know what other cards I have and are still assigning Core 17 WUs to the AMD cards.

which is good, since while Core 15 on an nVidia card is bad, it's terrible on the AMD cards...

thanks. i hope it stays up!

yeah i can't blame you there.

 

[lordonuthin]

hope you get everything worked out. i had to restart my big rig today too, don't know what was going on with it

I hope it's not gremlins, new mobo on the way...

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good to see it back up! it really shows up on our team stats!

as an aside, my nVidia card has been pulling down a string of Core 15 WUs, and this drops the ppd from 60-65 K to 18 K so I'm shutting it down for a bit.

clearly the assignment servers know what other cards I have and are still assigning Core 17 WUs to the AMD cards.

which is good, since while Core 15 on an nVidia card is bad, it's terrible on the AMD cards...

Hm, I wonder if I got some of those core 15's, things are looking much better for the moment.

 

[Louis Wu]

I hope it's not gremlins, new mobo on the way...

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Hm, I wonder if I got some of those core 15's, things are looking much better for the moment.

that'd be 2 bigadv rigs then!

after leaving the 660ti off for the night I fired it up in the morning and it has crunched a couple of 8900 WUs since, so perhaps the Core15 thing was just an anomaly... hope we're done with them.

 

[ChristianVirtual]

I'm really getting interested in 2p Xeon system. With the new IB E5v2. The PPD/watt ratio looks awesome good. A bit steep initial investment but could save energy and heat afterwards. Still looking around ... But my heart says: get one ...

 

[Louis Wu]

I'm really getting interested in 2p Xeon system. With the new IB E5v2. The PPD/watt ratio looks awesome good. A bit steep initial investment but could save energy and heat afterwards. Still looking around ... But my heart says: get one ...

yeah, the IBs seem to be the way to go for bigadv, if you can get past the cost of admission. save lots on power later. Intel processors have always been really, really steep though.

I'm completely tapped out for now, so no more toys for me

 

[twoodcc]

I'm really getting interested in 2p Xeon system. With the new IB E5v2. The PPD/watt ratio looks awesome good. A bit steep initial investment but could save energy and heat afterwards. Still looking around ... But my heart says: get one ...

go for it!

 

[Louis Wu]

I'm really getting interested in 2p Xeon system. With the new IB E5v2. The PPD/watt ratio looks awesome good. A bit steep initial investment but could save energy and heat afterwards. Still looking around ... But my heart says: get one ...

I agree with twoodcc -- go for it!

here's some data:

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1785516

 

[ChristianVirtual]

I rebuild my Ubuntu folding rig and installed the latest NV driver 331; not a good idea.
While ok for 780 it slow down my 660TI (double TPF). Not good. Once the current WU is done I end to downgrade back to 319.x

Update: downgrade to 319.x; the 660TI is back to old power and the 780 remain strong

 

[twoodcc]

I rebuild my Ubuntu folding rig and installed the latest NV driver 331; not a good idea.
While ok for 780 it slow down my 660TI (double TPF). Not good. Once the current WU is done I end to downgrade back to 319.x

Update: downgrade to 319.x; the 660TI is back to old power and the 780 remain strong

well at least you got it going again

 

[Louis Wu]

Update: downgrade to 319.x; the 660TI is back to old power and the 780 remain strong

hey it's a good thing when both of your cards are going at full speed!

new drivers? who needs 'em?

 

[ChristianVirtual]

new drivers? who needs 'em?

Me, because every 36 hours latest I have to reboot or get a deep frozen system. So happen last Friday. I still could login via VPN but reboot failed. Great. Lost half day with a lazy system.
So I had big hope in nv 331 but learned my lessen: listen to the elderly in [H]
Anyway: back in business, still the ramdisk to be done.