TPU's F@H Team

[[Ion]]

Apparently the single 120mm fan is enough to keep things cool, so far it's been ~24 hours and CPU temps are under ~53c and it hasn't crashed/locked up yet. It's still dead silent, so hopefully I'll be able to leave it on more for F@H/WCG

 

[Velvet Wafer]

I don't understand what you mean

Murphys Law
everything that can happen, and can go wrong, will go wrong

 

[dank1983man420]

i would take that offer, but i dont know, how much a letter to germany will cost, or if its worth the hassle for you

Probably a lot more than its worth. Its about 10 cents worth of goods. There has to be a somewhat local e-shop that can ship some of these for dirt cheap?

 

[Velvet Wafer]

Probably a lot more than its worth. Its about 10 cents worth of goods. There has to be a somewhat local e-shop that can ship some of these for dirt cheap?

yes, 10 cent the parts, and 10 euro shipment
i believe, i have to search on my work... maybe i can find a few in our electronic trash

 

[thebluebumblebee]

I was having EUE with SLI enabled at first i thought it was the clocks(but they been running the same for months) so i set it back to stock and still the same. Disabled SLI and its been fine.. Only happens on the 1888pt WUs it folded 353pt 457pt 511pt and not a problem.but now that SLI is disabled it is folding away on a 1888pt. Just a warning for those of you that run SLI you may want to watch that

Sounds like you just confirmed the problem I was having.

 

[Velvet Wafer]

Sounds like you just confirmed the problem I was having.

i can run SLI with no problem, i just had to alter the shader clocks to 2000/1750, to let the second card not produce EUE´s.... if you start it again, it will crash the other client, no matter which setting. you have to close it first, and then to restart them both, of one failed.

 

[Jstn7477]

Hey guys,

I have just added a new card to my folding arsenal:

It is replacing the miniscule GeForce 210 and complementing my old 9800 GT. I will begin tuning this new card in a couple minutes.

This is a 66w 9800 GT, so it should sip the power.

 

[Jstn7477]

Great, looks like my priority is getting the POS cooling system to work better.

EDIT: removed the THIN layer of stock thermal paste and put on a decent amount of some Zalman ZM-STG2 grease that came with my CNPS10X Extreme:

 

[DanishDevil]

Glad to see that you took matters into your own hands

I hate when people (even more so manufacturers) can't properly apply TIM. What brand was it?

 

[hat]

Check his GPU-Z screenshot. The subvendor is BFG

 

[DanishDevil]

Doy. I should have been able to figure that one out

That's surprising. I guess they're really not paying too much attention to the lower-end cards nowadays, huh.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

My OC have never failed (non SLI) on other then the 1888pt. Despite they seems to put less stress on the GPU they uses up a lot more RAM which could be the reason for the EUE´s.

Something eles p_o_s_pc I noticed a p_o_s_p_c has start folding for the team. Is that you as well?

I think that would be velvet folding for me.. If thats the case i need to PM him to fix it

 

[mstenholm]

Well it improves my changes of staying in top 20 when "your" GPUs are spread a bit Dont tell him or I have to buy another 260 SOC to fill the empty slot.

 

[Jstn7477]

Updates on my new 9800 GT Eco:

Stock clocks were 550/1375/900.

I overclocked it with GPUTool and tested it with OCCT GPU at the highest shader level and artifact checking on. I got up to 600 core, 1475 shader and 950 memory (I use 25MHz increments for stability headroom). I then dumped the BIOS with GPU-Z and poked around in it, and was surprised to see the capability to raise the voltage from 1.0v stock to 1.05v. This voltage tweak netted me +50MHz core and +50MHz shader, to new frequencies of 650/1525. I then flashed the new voltage and frequencies to the card. Note that the overvolt + overclocking raised the load temperature from 79*C to 85*C, in about a 30*C room and case side panel open. Card has a single slot aluminum cooler.

Here is how it compares to my roughly a year old PNY 9800 GT 1GB. The PNY can do 1.1v, but it burns up the PCB so I have it at stock 1.05v with the BFG. The PNY also has a Zalman VF1000 copper aftermarket cooler, fan at 100%.

BFG left column, PNY right column. The 1yo PNY has a 55nm G92-280-B1 (2 phase GPU, 1 phase mem VRM, 1 PCIe connector) and the new BFG Eco has a 55nm G92-286-B1 (2 phase GPU, 1 phase mem VRM, NO PCIe power connector). Both at 1.05 vcore. Both working on 787pt WUs for >10 min.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Is there somthing up with BFG? Just try finding a BFG GTS250/1GB.

 

[mstenholm]

There is a dedicated folder - OC to the PCB starts to melt...

I stop when I reach 70 C at 70 % fan load (the last 30% does only provide noise and max 2 C cooling)

 

[Jstn7477]

There is a dedicated folder - OC to the PCB starts to melt...

Yep, the GPU VRM area on the old PNY has turned slightly brown when the volts were at 1.1 in BIOS. Hopefully the BFG card will last because I am pulling the power of a regular 9800 GT all out of the PCIe slot, after raising its voltage from 1v to 1.05v.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

jstn7477, why don't you try backing off on the core clocks? You might not see any difference (PPD) with Folding, but the temp may go down. Who knows, maybe you can get more on the shaders that way! My GSO's are running 1728 on the shaders and I could probably go higher but I'm chicken.

 

[Jstn7477]

jstn7477, why don't you try backing off on the core clocks? You might not see any difference (PPD) with Folding, but the temp may go down. Who knows, maybe you can get more on the shaders that way! My GSO's are running 1728 on the shaders and I could probably go higher but I'm chicken.

When I OC'd the Eco today, I left the core @ stock and just went for shaders. At 1v I could only do 1475 and at 1.05v I could only do 1525 without artifacts. My GeForce 210 could easily do 1725 on the shaders, no problem there. I think the issue with my cards is that they have 112SPs enabled. Your GSOs probably use the same core, but with more shaders disabled, which probably means less power draw and the worst shader clusters might be disabled.

 

[Jstn7477]

When I OC'd the Eco today, I left the core @ stock and just went for shaders. At 1v I could only do 1475 and at 1.05v I could only do 1525 without artifacts. My GeForce 210 could easily do 1725 on the shaders, no problem there. I think the issue with my cards is that they have 112SPs enabled. Your GSOs probably use the same core, but with more shaders disabled, which probably means less power draw and the worst shader clusters might be disabled.

F@HMon is currently estimating 8875.43 PPD on 787s.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Updates on my new 9800 GT Eco:

Stock clocks were 550/1375/900.

I overclocked it with GPUTool and tested it with OCCT GPU at the highest shader level and artifact checking on. I got up to 600 core, 1475 shader and 950 memory (I use 25MHz increments for stability headroom). I then dumped the BIOS with GPU-Z and poked around in it, and was surprised to see the capability to raise the voltage from 1.0v stock to 1.05v. This voltage tweak netted me +50MHz core and +50MHz shader, to new frequencies of 650/1525. I then flashed the new voltage and frequencies to the card. Note that the overvolt + overclocking raised the load temperature from 79*C to 85*C, in about a 30*C room and case side panel open. Card has a single slot aluminum cooler.

Here is how it compares to my roughly a year old PNY 9800 GT 1GB. The PNY can do 1.1v, but it burns up the PCB so I have it at stock 1.05v with the BFG. The PNY also has a Zalman VF1000 copper aftermarket cooler, fan at 100%.

BFG left column, PNY right column. The 1yo PNY has a 55nm G92-280-B1 (2 phase GPU, 1 phase mem VRM, 1 PCIe connector) and the new BFG Eco has a 55nm G92-286-B1 (2 phase GPU, 1 phase mem VRM, NO PCIe power connector). Both at 1.05 vcore. Both working on 787pt WUs for >10 min.

http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/09/11/30/82x.png http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/09/11/30/d87.png

http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/09/11/30/fag.png http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/09/11/30/anu.png

here is my 2 8800GT's@1.1v folding 353pt WUs been folding for a few days without a break your temps aren't all that bad IMHO
This one has a Xiggy battle Axe this is stock cooler

BTW ups should be delivering my other 8800GT tomorrow. i am going to test it and see how temps are and make any adjustments needed to keep it somewhat cool and then get stated on tweaking it for 24/7 folding What is the hottest i should let one of the 8800GT's run?

 

[Velvet Wafer]

here is my 2 8800GT's@1.1v folding 353pt WUs been folding for a few days without a break your temps aren't all that bad IMHO
This one has a Xiggy battle Axe this is stock cooler
http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/09/11/30/5p3.pnghttp://gpuz.techpowerup.com/09/11/30/42c.png[/url]
[url]http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/09/11/30/5zk.png[/url][url]http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/09/11/30/hem.png[/url]

BTW ups should be delivering my other 8800GT tomorrow. i am going to test it and see how temps are and make any adjustments needed to keep it somewhat cool and then get stated on tweaking it for 24/7 folding :) What is the hottest i should let one of the 8800GT's run?[/QUOTE]

i need the manual for the 8800 bios voltmod... is it possible in them? or do i HAVE to hardmod?

 

[p_o_s_pc]

i need the manual for the 8800 bios voltmod... is it possible in them? or do i HAVE to hardmod?

the bios that i sent you has the bios running at 1.1v (the highest a bios mod can do) I'm not sure i understand your question

 

[[Ion]]

F@HMon is currently estimating 8875.43 PPD on 787s.

This seems impossible for a 9800GT. My 8800GT @ 1724 shaders gets 4800ppd on 787pt WUs, the best ones, 353s, only get 5700 PPD

here is my 2 8800GT's@1.1v folding 353pt WUs been folding for a few days without a break your temps aren't all that bad IMHO
This one has a Xiggy battle Axe this is stock cooler
http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/09/11/30/5p3.pnghttp://gpuz.techpowerup.com/09/11/30/42c.png[/url]
[url]http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/09/11/30/5zk.png[/url][url]http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/09/11/30/hem.png[/url]

BTW ups should be delivering my other 8800GT tomorrow. i am going to test it and see how temps are and make any adjustments needed to keep it somewhat cool and then get stated on tweaking it for 24/7 folding :) [B]What is the hottest i should let one of the 8800GT's run?[/B][/QUOTE]
Nvidia says 105c maximum, I run my 8800GT at about 80C, so I would say not much higher than that

 

[p_o_s_pc]

This seems impossible for a 9800GT. My 8800GT @ 1724 shaders gets 4800ppd on 787pt WUs, the best ones, 353s, only get 5700 PPD

Nvidia says 105c maximum, I run my 8800GT at about 80C, so I would say not much higher than that

so mine is fine then I think i will put some new TIM on it when i get some MX-2 that should help alittle

BTW look at how cool the battle axe runs compared to the stock