TPU's F@H Team

[BUCK NASTY]

Crap Im tired of these low PPD. Gonna retire all the radeons, got 2 8800 gts 320s coming from Buck and picked up a 9600 gso added to my 8800 gt maybe I can break 10k ppd. Really weird my 8800 gt does 4.5 ppd and with the 3870 and the 4850 get 6k ppd. once i got 9.5k, but that was once. All that horsepower and its no good for this. Wonder if i can get my kid to give me back that 8800 gts 320 i sent him before I started this.

Shipped Tuesday. I'll PM the tracking#



I love these high horsepower cards, but there is a beautiful simplicity that the 8800GS/9600GSO cards possess. You can run these cards on the bleeding edge of crashing 24/7 for months and they do not complain. They have provided less and less PPD as of late, but are rock solid and have paid for themselves several times over. Just a few of my thoughts...

 

[p_o_s_pc]

here are my ppd

 

[dadi_oh]

picked up a 9600 gso added to my 8800 gt maybe I can break 10k ppd.

Are you planning on running the 8800GT and the 9600GSO in the same machine? I tried that once on my server and it did not work well. Something about needing the same number of shaders on the 2 cards in the same machine. I could run either my 8800GT or my 8800GS (same as a 9600GSO) and get somewhere in the 4000ppd range for each card individually but as soon as I enabled both of them the combined total of their ppd was less than 4000.

I had to move the 8800GS to my son's machine and steal his 8800GT to run with my other 8800GT. Now they pump out the right number of points. This was under Vista by the way.

There are quite a few discussions on why it is this way in the folding forums. Just thought you should know before you set them all up.

 

[a_ump]

hells yea we're 93rd , i guess alot of people have joined TPU F@H, i just run it in background 24/7. I only have 6 WU's yet i'm ranked higher than some that have 22 or basically a lot of people that have completed more WU's, why is this?

 

[dadi_oh]

I only have 6 WU's yet i'm ranked higher than some that have 22 or basically a lot of people that have completed more WU's, why is this?

You are probably doing larger Work Units and therefore getting more points per unit.

Welcome to the TPU Folding Machine

 

[BUCK NASTY]

hells yea we're 93rd , i guess alot of people have joined TPU F@H, i just run it in background 24/7. I only have 6 WU's yet i'm ranked higher than some that have 22 or basically a lot of people that have completed more WU's, why is this?

Welcome to the team a_ump. Love the area you live in. Spent a couple of vacations @ Revelle's Campground on the Cheat River. You are blessed to live in such a great state.

 

[bogmali]

i broke into the TPU top 50

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&teamnum=50711&username=Fitseries3

So did I, oh and sorry for passing you Fit

 

[p_o_s_pc]

So did I, oh and sorry for passing you Fit

what are you folding with to get that kind of PPD?

 

[a_ump]

Welcome to the team a_ump. Love the area you live in. Spent a couple of vacations @ Revelle's Campground on the Cheat River. You are blessed to live in such a great state.

have you? lol if your ever there again i'll probly see you we just wont know each other lol. My best friend's mom owns Revelles and his dad owns Yogi and i live only 20 min away lots of fun there(parties ). i lived with them for bout 6 months great people. And yea it is a great state, we don't have any natural disasters except for snow and occasional flooding.

I joined a lil while back, i haven't learned much on how to get my CPU at say 50-80% utilization though for when i go to sleep so i could crank out more WU's while i sleep. always leave my pc on 24/7 so might as well have it do something instead of idle

EDIT: i just tried googling how to increase CPU usage, i don't play any intensive games now so having it at 25% usage 24/7 and 75% at night i'd be fine with. but i don't know how to increase the usage? could you provide a link that would indicate how to or PM some step by step instructions?i have it running but i want to have it utilize more of my cpu

 

[mx500torid]

Are you planning on running the 8800GT and the 9600GSO in the same machine? I tried that once on my server and it did not work well. Something about needing the same number of shaders on the 2 cards in the same machine. I could run either my 8800GT or my 8800GS (same as a 9600GSO) and get somewhere in the 4000ppd range for each card individually but as soon as I enabled both of them the combined total of their ppd was less than 4000.

I had to move the 8800GS to my son's machine and steal his 8800GT to run with my other 8800GT. Now they pump out the right number of points. This was under Vista by the way.

There are quite a few discussions on why it is this way in the folding forums. Just thought you should know before you set them all up.

Nope gonna all have their own comp. I, new at this so just want to get em up and working with a minimum of hassels, but thanks for info maybe Ill get this down after awhile.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

Meh, looks like it's time to RMA the GTX 295. Core 1 gets 8200ppd, but core 0 cannot even play video without the driver crashing. ASUS responded to my e-mail and said to RMA back to Newegg. Prob gonna get a refund and buy 3xGTS250's or 2xGTX260's. I really wanted to keep this card and have it fold both cores. This is such a bummer right now.

 

[dadi_oh]

Meh, looks like it's time to RMA the GTX 295. Core 1 gets 8200ppd, but core 0 cannot even play video without the driver crashing. ASUS responded to my e-mail and said to RMA back to Newegg. Prob gonna get a refund and buy 3xGTS250's or 2xGTX260's. I really wanted to keep this card and have it fold both cores. This is such a bummer right now.

Maybe that is why it was an open box. I have had hit and miss with open box stuff. But fortunately you have a recourse to RMA it back to the Egg. Bummer though... I hate it when stuff doesn't work. I fritter away a bunch of hours troubleshooting just to find out it is defective. Of course "frittering" away hours is what makes us "enthusiasts"

 

[dadi_oh]

Nope gonna all have their own comp. I, new at this so just want to get em up and working with a minimum of hassels, but thanks for info maybe Ill get this down after awhile.

OK. np. Just thought I would let you know before you spent time trying to figure out why it wasn't working.

 

[WhiteLotus]

I've just spent a while looking at getting a GTS250 but they are far too loud. Who is running a nice quiet folding rig here?

 

[sneekypeet]

I have a 9800GTX+ flashed to a 250, similar fans I would suppose, it isn't loud to me, IIRC the fan only ramps to 60% which isn't like ATI sound levels. My GTX 280 isn't that loud either and its right next to me on my desktop.

I fold 24/7 with both in the same room and its reasonably quiet.

 

[bogmali]

what are you folding with to get that kind of PPD?

I have the following:

GTX260
2XGTS250
2X8800GS

And whatever Buck is using to replace my PPD's used for folding as TechPowerUp!

 

[BUCK NASTY]

I have the following:

GTX260
2XGTS250
2X8800GS

Bogmali, what PPD do you get on the GTS250 and what WU?

 

[dadi_oh]

I have the following:

GTX260
2XGTS250
2X8800GS

And whatever Buck is using to replace my PPD's used for folding as TechPowerUp!

Great horsepower for the team! I was wondering who this guy ahead of me in the daily standings was Looks like you'll catch me within the year

 

[mmaakk]

I've just spent a while looking at getting a GTS250 but they are far too loud. Who is running a nice quiet folding rig here?

My experience with nVidia cards comparing with the ton of ATI cards I have is positive.

The nVidia fans aren't that powerful but the noise level is way down comparing with ATI (talking about stock coolers of course).

 

[bogmali]

Bogmali, what PPD do you get on the GTS250 and what WU?

It fluctuates between 10.8K to 11.5K on both cards. I have them setup as "Big" so they're crunching 5900 series WUs (1888 pts). And just in case someone wants to know, my temps on both range between 57-62 degrees.

 

[kyle2020]

I've just spent a while looking at getting a GTS250 but they are far too loud. Who is running a nice quiet folding rig here?

Just get an 8800GT (cracking folders) or a 9600GT and slap an S1 + a slow RPM fan on it?

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Just get an 8800GT (cracking folders) or a 9600GT and slap an S1 + a slow RPM fan on it?

+1
the 8800GT/9800GT fold great are cheap and clock nice

9800GT has a shitty fan (it looks like it) but is only $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187030

replace the heatsink with this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186016
+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999072

you got you 4.5-6k ppd for $134+ shipping.near silent and temps shouldn't be a problem

 

[thebluebumblebee]

EVGA Cheating?

Does anyone else have a problem with EVGA "paying" people to Fold for their team? Linky I think this is worse then FTL. Much worse. If you look at our stats, there is a sudden drop only a few days after that page was posted (3/13). This has to be taking members from other teams.

I've just spent a while looking at getting a GTS250 but they are far too loud. Who is running a nice quiet folding rig here?

Since you said "far too loud", you may need to find a passively cooled card. BFG sells a passively cooled 9800GT. My apologies if BFG is not available in you neck of the woods. There have been a few "low power" 9800GT's released, and these would make good quiet computing candidates. (but not for overclocking!) The Tech Report did a review of the EVGA GTS250 and said the following: "The GTS 250's noise levels, both when idling and running a game, are some of the best we've measured in this round of tests." (there seems to be big differences in the GTS250's that TPU and TR reviewed )

BTW, I'm running an 8800 GTS 512MB and if I leave it at auto fan control, I can't hear it over the other components! I bump the fan to about 55% to try to keep the temp under 70, and then it is audible.

 

[El Fiendo]

Well, its good because you know its for a good cause. However you know the only incentive that EVGA has is to make more money. This is cheap advertising if they get their team right up to the top, and once there they can further use it for marketing. For instance they could and probably would put it on their product boxes that they are right up there. Plus all the people can only spend the EVGA bucks with EVGA, so its a cheaper upgrade. Its the same way with PNY Folds, except its a contest they are holding. Its just really to get the name out there more, but still it is all the better because you know new members are joining up because of this too. Eh, I'm pretty torn because I'd rather not see the top 50 all be companies that are essentially advertising, but at the same time it is helping. I dunno.

 

[Fitseries3]

dammit...

please tell me my card isnt dying...

i run F@H and after about 30hours or so my screen says "no signal" and shuts off. it will not wake back up until i reboot the machine.

is this F@H related cause it doesnt happen when i dont run F@H