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What hardware are you folding with?
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Others can chime in here, but I'd say skip the CPU folding; not worth the power and heat; save the power for the Titans which are way more efficient PPD/watt-wise (I think nVidia cards use up 1 core each which then leaves not a whole lot for folding SMPs anyhow) and please thank him for his contribution!
Yeah I mentioned to him what was replied earlier about need 16 cores. Lol. he's trying it out though.
Well got a buddy to try out with a couple more Titans.
Nice, just keep in mind 3. 4. 4. 6.
I'm happy to leave my place for a bunch of Titan
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16 cores ? One core each NV card for core 17 will be enough
Nice, just keep in mind 3. 4. 4. 6.
I'm happy to leave my place for a bunch of Titan
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16 cores ? One core each NV card for core 17 will be enough
I think that'd be 16 cores for bigadv. You're right about a core for each NV card. All the threads over on [H] seem to suggest that running GPUs with bigadv causes the bigadv points to suffer too much; best to use a separate box with a low-power CPU to run the GPUs and leave the bigadv rigs doing only bigadv.
that's what I do
[nerd]I couldn't see my little 660Ti suffering from the poor nvidia driver and put it back on its own motherboard with the right driver version. Now the "twins" are folding with the actual 335-version while the 660Ti is back to 319.x.
Hope NV brings us a short version of the Titan; this one free PCIe slot hurts ... [/nerd]
Hope NV brings us a short version of the Titan; this one free PCIe slot hurts ... [/nerd]
I'm shutting down for the night. We have Tornado watch/warnings for my area and I don't want my computer running if the power goes out.
But I do have a nice surprise coming this week I can't wait to get it.
But I do have a nice surprise coming this week
I can't wait to get it.I'm shutting down for the night. We have Tornado watch/warnings for my area and I don't want my computer running if the power goes out.
But I do have a nice surprise coming this week
good luck on getting through without any damage in your area...
I'm shutting down for the night. We have Tornado watch/warnings for my area and I don't want my computer running if the power goes out.
But I do have a nice surprise coming this week
Stay safe ! Hopefully not nothing bad happen !
I'm shutting down for the night. We have Tornado watch/warnings for my area and I don't want my computer running if the power goes out.
But I do have a nice surprise coming this week
hope everything worked out for you!
what's the surprise?
on a side note, my 760 is only getting about 30-33k ppd, instead of the 65k+ it was getting. any ideas? it's in the same rig as the 780, and it's doing fine.
which core units is the 760 pulling down? sometimes they get split according to what is more powerful.
My 7970s have been getting a steady stream of 8900s over the last few weeks, whereas my 660ti has been getting nothing other than 7810/7811s. Same points overall but the 7810/7811s have wildly varying PPD estimates depending on the frame. (but they are accurate at the end of the run)
Glad to hear it
and we'll wait to hear what you've got coming!
Good to hear !
Four GTX 780Ti, nice.
I wish but but migt be tricky to fit in the Mac lol.
Sadly i'm not folding on any... my old PPC G4 Mac mini is not strong enough for V7 and all V6 or older installs are not going to be getting any units anymore
been getting 7810s, and right now showing 28k ppd. it's been under 40k ppd for several weeks now. no idea why.
good to hear!
it's today! spill the beans!
if you feel like trying a test, take a look at the log for one unit of 7810. Note the start time and the finish time and determine the elapsed time; divide by 100 (frames) in minutes and seconds and plug the numbers into the bonus point calculator here:
http://linuxforge.net/bonuscalc2.php
and it should give a more accurate figure for PPD. This is the only way I know how to get a decently accurate PPD figure for my big rig since V6 doesn't give you much info...
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Sadly i'm not folding on any... my old PPC G4 Mac mini is not strong enough for V7 and all V6 or older installs are not going to be getting any units anymore
don't feel bad -- as it's been pointed out, most of us pulling the big points aren't folding on macs any more; mostly PCs with powerful GPU cards and the odd bigadv rig (16+ fast cores running Linux on a dedicated machine)
but if you're a PC gamer, you've got the power
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yeah -- we're keen to find out!!
good suggestion. I might have to start doing that too! are you having the same issues with drivers that Christian was?
nope. the 780 in the same machine is doing great. so i'm not sure why it's so low. right now it's getting 24k ppd on 8900
maybe finish the slots so the machine is idle and delete the slot and add it back in? sometimes that helps. maybe reinstall FAH from scratch? I think you can uninstall and leave your user and passkey info intact...