Folding Hardware Deals

thebluebumblebee · May 22, 2009

How about a recertified GTX280 for $220 after $30 MIR with free shipping???

thebluebumblebee · Jun 4, 2009

Corsair VX-550 for $60 after promo (EMCLTLR37) discount and $30 MIR with free shipping. Best price I've ever seen on this PSU. Its only negative, for some of you, is that it is not modular.

BUCK NASTY · Jun 6, 2009

ASUS 9600GSO 96sp 384mb for 34.99 after MIR w/COD WAW

Smokin' deal here guy's. I have 12 8800GS/9600GSO as the backbone of my farm and these card's are rock solid. Buy 2 and save $6.00 in volume savings. MIR is good for two cards at the same time and you get a copy of COD/WAW. Only 48 left right now!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121319

DreamSeller · Jun 6, 2009

BUCK NASTY said:
Smokin' deal here guy's. I have 12 8800GS/9600GSO as the backbone of my farm and these card's are rock solid. Buy 2 and save $6.00 in volume savings. MIR is good for two cards at the same time and you get a copy of COD/WAW. Only 48 left right now!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121319

http://img.techpowerup.org/090605/Capture011240.jpg

is the 384 version of 9600gso better then the 512 one ?

BUCK NASTY · Jun 6, 2009

DreamSeller said:
is the 384 version of 9600gso better then the 512 one ?

For Folding @ Home, yes. F@H is very shader dependent. The 512mb version is better in games due to the increased mem bandwith.

MoonPig · Jun 6, 2009

I wonder if anyone would be willing to buy one of these and post it to me? Card only, you can keep the box etc.

And i'll pay obviously.

This would be for folding. And i may want two... or three!

Can someone PM me with a total price, for two and for three, across the pond ?

bogmali · Jun 6, 2009

MoonPig said:
Card only, you can keep the box etc.

So I get to keep the UPC for rebate purposes?

MoonPig said:
And i'll pay obviously.

Dude-did you really have to say that? Off course you're paying :banghead:

PM me your address and I will see what the post charges will be

thebluebumblebee · Jun 9, 2009

Buck, do you know for sure that these are the 96SP versions??? I just ordered two when I went back and look at a review posted today that says "NOT AN 8800gs. This has the same memory interface but only half the stream processors. 48 on the gso compared to 96 on the gs." (sounds like a Folder, huh?) Asus's website does not state the shader count. Should I cancel the order?

Edit: And why do we tolerate Nvidia's shadow games with shader counts and manufacturing processes?

Edit 2: Info from Asus:
ASUStech-Chris> Hello, how may I help you?
thebluebumblebee> need to know the shader count for EN9600GSO/HTDP/384M
ASUStech-Chris> The 9600GSO has 96 - whereas the newer G94 based 9600GSOs only have 48.
thebluebumblebee> how do I know the difference?
ASUStech-Chris> You'll have to look at the specs - the 9600GSO are all close to out of production, but if it has a 192 bit memory bus, it's going to have the higher shader count. If a card has the 256bit memory bus, it'll have the lower shader count.

Hope that's clear as mud for everyone!

BUCK NASTY · Jun 9, 2009

thebluebumblebee said:
Buck, do you know for sure that these are the 96SP versions??? I just ordered two when I went back and look at a review posted today that says "NOT AN 8800gs. This has the same memory interface but only half the stream processors. 48 on the gso compared to 96 on the gs." (sounds like a Folder, huh?) Asus's website does not state the shader count. Should I cancel the order?

Edit: And why do we tolerate Nvidia's shadow games with shader counts and manufacturing processes?

Edit 2: Info from Asus:
ASUStech-Chris> Hello, how may I help you?
thebluebumblebee> need to know the shader count for EN9600GSO/HTDP/384M
ASUStech-Chris> The 9600GSO has 96 - whereas the newer G94 based 9600GSOs only have 48.
thebluebumblebee> how do I know the difference?
ASUStech-Chris> You'll have to look at the specs - the 9600GSO are all close to out of production, but if it has a 192 bit memory bus, it's going to have the higher shader count. If a card has the 256bit memory bus, it'll have the lower shader count.

Hope that's clear as mud for everyone!

You are correct Bluebumblebee, 192 bit mem interfaces only show up on 96sp cards. The memory will always be 384mb or 768mb. Avoid the DDR2 versions, as the have lower ppd output.

thebluebumblebee · Jun 10, 2009

did not know until today that the 9600GSO was G92 based. I thought it was G80 based.

PaulieG · Jun 15, 2009

OK, I'm getting back to folding, and I need the BEST deal on a folding card for my 3rd rig. Looking at spending less than $100.

thebluebumblebee · Jun 15, 2009

each of us has our own definition of "best". Please refine your request.

BUCK NASTY · Jun 15, 2009

Paulieg said:
OK, I'm getting back to folding, and I need the BEST deal on a folding card for my 3rd rig. Looking at spending less than $100.

This is the best $$$ for PPD deal going right now:

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?p=1395079#post1395079

If your ceiling is $100.00, that's pretty much it.

PaulieG · Jun 15, 2009

BUCK NASTY said:
This is the best $$$ for PPD deal going right now:

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?p=1395079#post1395079

If your ceiling is $100.00, that's pretty much it.

Yeah, that's the ceiling, since I'm just getting another cruncher set up. Damn, I'm spending more money on hardware now than I did when I spent all of my time benching.

bogmali · Jun 16, 2009

So I was browsing through my local CL pages and I came across this listing for a 98XX series card for $89 used. It had the link in there for what the card actually looks like new

So I got curious and called the add-lister to verify the "validity" and "sanity" of her listing (I'll get to it in a minute). She said yeah that is the exact card that I am selling for $89 :eek:

I doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that for $89 this is the best deal (for a folding HW) I have ever come across

Here she is running and folding :rockout:

phanbuey · Jun 16, 2009

bogmali said:
So I was browsing through my local CL pages and I came across this listing for a 98XX series card for $89 used. It had the link in there for what the card actually looks like new So I got curious and called the add-lister to verify the "validity" and "sanity" of her listing (I'll get to it in a minute). She said yeah that is the exact card that I am selling for $89 I doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that for $89 this is the best deal (for a folding HW) I have ever come across Here she is running and folding

http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26657&stc=1&d=1245129831

http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26658&stc=1&d=1245129842

wow... must be her ex-boyfriend's rig.

bogmali · Jun 16, 2009

phanbuey said:
wow... must be her ex-boyfriend's rig.

Supposedly someone from that household bought it but could not get it to work with their PC. I'm thinking the PSU criteria got the better of them

boomstik360 · Jun 16, 2009

Check out his 9800gtx for 80 bucks shipped :

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=95370

and this guys 9800gt for 82 shipped. :

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=96015

bogmali · Jun 16, 2009

boomstik360 said:
Check out his 9800gtx for 80 bucks shipped :

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=95370

Nice.

boomstik360 · Jun 16, 2009

Your welcome bogmali

boomstik360 · Jun 16, 2009

This guy has 2 8800gt 256mb's 60 each or 2 for 100, and like he said same ppd as the 512's.

http://www.overclock.net/sale/516185-us48-8800gts-flip-video-camera-evga.html

El Fiendo · Jun 16, 2009

Bogi. I hate you. That is all.

boomstik360 · Jun 16, 2009

El Fiendo said:
Bogi. I hate you. That is all.

Now now now theres no need for hatin'

bogmali · Jun 16, 2009

boomstik360 said:
Now now now theres no need for hatin'

He's actually jealous

Oh wait a minute, that is actually synonymous with hating :laugh:

thebluebumblebee · Jun 16, 2009

boomstik360 said:
This guy has 2 8800gt 256mb's 60 each or 2 for 100, and like he said same ppd as the 512's.

http://www.overclock.net/sale/516185-us48-8800gts-flip-video-camera-evga.html

For whatever reason, the 256MB versions of the 8800GT are known to have the best PPD/watt, although some of the newer cards are not on the list.

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Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 660 Ti/MSI HD7770
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Power Supply	SeaSonic SS-660XP2/Seasonic SS-760XP2
Software	Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit

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Display(s)	Asus 24' LED/Samsung SyncMaster B1940
Case	P100/Antec P280 It's huge!
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	SeaSonic SS-660XP2/Seasonic SS-760XP2
Software	Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit

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Power Supply	EVGA SUPERNOVA 1000
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