TPU's F@H Team

[p_o_s_pc]

sounds good, but:
what about a new board?
another 8800 gt? youre sure?
you even got one more of them than me, if you doesnt want to sli them, i would have got me something DX11

CP is sending me a Asrock 790GX

I was thinking another 8800GT for folding... I would have them like this
I would like something DX11 but don't have the money and sucks for folding. Unless i was to get a 5770 and put the CPU off for longer
P4 rig: 2 8800GT(SLI'ed)
cruncher: 8800GTS
main 2 8800GT (SLI'ed)

 

[thebluebumblebee]

El got another one!

 

[Velvet Wafer]

CP is sending me a Asrock 790GX

I was thinking another 8800GT for folding... I would have them like this
I would like something DX11 but don't have the money and sucks for folding. Unless i was to get a 5770 and put the CPU off for longer
P4 rig: 2 8800GT(SLI'ed)
cruncher: 8800GTS
main 2 8800GT (SLI'ed)

as long its only for folding, it should be quite nice

i could also use another 8800 gt... to exchage the 9500gt in my q9550 cruncher
do you game much pos? what do you game?

 

[p_o_s_pc]

as long its only for folding, it should be quite nice

i could also use another 8800 gt... to exchage the 9500gt in my q9550 cruncher
do you game much pos? what do you game?

I dont game much at all anymore.When i do its nfs(all of them) TDU, Crysis,FEAR,prototype killing floor,RCT3.. Just stuff like that. The SLI'ed 8800GTs can max them all out fine at 1280x1024(what i game at) I went from gaming everyday to gaming about 1-3times a month unless a game holds me to it till i beat it

maybe grab a PSU and a 5770 and let it fold. May not be as good as another GT but should give better FPS and will let me run DX11 games/benches and be easier on the PSU

 

[Velvet Wafer]

I dont game much at all anymore.When i do its nfs(all of them) TDU, Crysis,FEAR,prototype killing floor,RCT3.. Just stuff like that. The SLI'ed 8800GTs can max them all out fine at 1280x1024(what i game at) I went from gaming everyday to gaming about 1-3times a month unless a game holds me to it till i beat it

maybe grab a PSU and a 5770 and let it fold. May not be as good as another GT but should give better FPS and will let me run DX11 games/benches and be easier on the PSU

its up to you... both have their use.
until now, i believe i will get me one of the newer 5xxx, when they come out. or one of the older, because they will drop in price severly

 

[BUCK NASTY]

Excellent day folding for the team(947k ppd)! El Fiendo and Bogmali are really coming thru with the -bigadv WU on their i7's. If anyone has a Core i7 and wants to put some big numbers on the board for themselves and TPU, try the -bigadv work units. Remember, it for a great cause!

 

[p_o_s_pc]

its up to you... both have their use.
until now, i believe i will get me one of the newer 5xxx, when they come out. or one of the older, because they will drop in price severly

I am going to let my finger do the deciding. When i get my money in my hand i will get whatever i click on i can spend months trying to pick what i want to buy but then when it comes time to buy i always change my mind. never once have i bought what i said i was going to...

 

[bogmali]

From what I am seeing on the -bigadv WUs is that the 7-core SMPs are getting more PPDs compared to the 8-core ones. This is confirmed by El's 50K+ PPD as oppose to my measly 25K+ Will do some research to see what's up and will switch to the 7 core one if this is the case

 

[hertz9753]

Excellent day folding for the team(947k ppd)! El Fiendo and Bogmali are really coming thru with the -bigadv WU on their i7's. If anyone has a Core i7 and wants to put some big numbers on the board for themselves and TPU, try the -bigadv work units. Remember, it for a great cause!

Congrats team. I saw quite a few of us pulling numbers higher than average.

 

[hertz9753]

CarolinaKSU, thank's for posting up 10k for the team today.

 

[El Fiendo]

From what I am seeing on the -bigadv WUs is that the 7-core SMPs are getting more PPDs compared to the 8-core ones. This is confirmed by El's 50K+ PPD as oppose to my measly 25K+ Will do some research to see what's up and will switch to the 7 core one if this is the case

Its possible, but it doesn't sound plausible. Are you sure you completed 10 regular A2 cores without error under your folding passkey? Without that requirement you won't be earning the bonus.

 

[bogmali]

Its possible, but it doesn't sound plausible. Are you sure you completed 10 regular A2 cores without error under your folding passkey? Without that requirement you won't be earning the bonus.

I think that may have something to do with it. I remember I started folding with the 7 core and then switched to the 8 core without completing the 10 1920 WUs. But I've completed 20 of them so far but I don't know if I got credit with my passkey.

 

[Velvet Wafer]

I am going to let my finger do the deciding. When i get my money in my hand i will get whatever i click on i can spend months trying to pick what i want to buy but then when it comes time to buy i always change my mind. never once have i bought what i said i was going to...

maximum bang, for just a few bucks
i also always search for this

 

[CarolinaKSU]

CarolinaKSU, thank's for posting up 10k for the team today.

Thx for the warm welcome from you and Buck Nasty! I had been meaning to getting around to joining up with you guys for a while now after I got my server built. Anyway, after the first day of everything going well, I have run into issues and have no clue whats wrong. I keep getting the error: Folding@home Core Shutdown: UNSTABLE_MACHINE

I did some research into it and everything I could find pointed to an overclock being too high, but I am running both of my 8800 GTS's completely stock

Any help would be hugely appreciated!

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Thx for the warm welcome from you and Buck Nasty! I had been meaning to getting around to joining up with you guys for a while now after I got my server built. Anyway, after the first day of everything going well, I have run into issues and have no clue whats wrong. I keep getting the error: Folding@home Core Shutdown: UNSTABLE_MACHINE

I did some research into it and everything I could find pointed to an overclock being too high, but I am running both of my 8800 GTS's completely stock

Any help would be hugely appreciated!

are you running them both in the same rig? Are they in SLI? what OS? Also are you using the console client? sorry for all the questions but i want to get some more info to try and help you i too have had that problem hopefully yours is a simple fix like mine

 

[CarolinaKSU]

are you running them both in the same rig? Are they in SLI? what OS? Also are you using the console client? sorry for all the questions but i want to get some more info to try and help you i too have had that problem hopefully yours is a simple fix like mine

Yes I am running them in the same rig, non SLI, XP Pro 32bit, and using the system tray client.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Yes I am running them in the same rig, non SLI, XP Pro 32bit, and using the system tray client.

i recommend you use the console client to start with as it gives better PPD and doesn't cause as many problems... I assume you have the flags set(-gpu 0 -gpu 1). If you haven't already you need to extend the desktop to the 2nd card. Now if you don't have 2 monitors you will have to use a dummy plug. That is the only way i got my cards to fold under XP. If you can SLI them that is another way you can fold without a 2nd monitor or dummy plug... If that doesn't help post back and i will try to help some more... Thanks for folding for TPU and welcome to the team

 

[thebluebumblebee]

What I had to do on XP was to use the console client, -gpu 0/1 -forcegpu nvidia_g80. I also disabled SLI, but I don't know if that was necessary.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

What I had to do on XP was to use the console client, -gpu 0/1 -forcegpu nvidia_g80. I also disabled SLI, but I don't know if that was necessary.

I too did that. But i had to enable SLI to get them to work without 2 monitors

 

[[Ion]]

I too did that. But i had to enable SLI to get them to work without 2 monitors

That's weird, when I had a pair of GSOs + the 8600GTS on XP Pro x32 I ran with 1 monitor on the first GSO and nothing on either the second GSO or the GTS. SLI was disabled, and I folded on all 3 GPUs.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

That's weird, when I had a pair of GSOs + the 8600GTS on XP Pro x32 I ran with 1 monitor on the first GSO and nothing on either the second GSO or the GTS. SLI was disabled, and I folded on all 3 GPUs.

I agree it is weird but i seem to have alot of weird problems

 

[Velvet Wafer]

i recommend you use the console client to start with as it gives better PPD and doesn't cause as many problems... I assume you have the flags set(-gpu 0 -gpu 1). If you haven't already you need to extend the desktop to the 2nd card. Now if you don't have 2 monitors you will have to use a dummy plug. That is the only way i got my cards to fold under XP. If you can SLI them that is another way you can fold without a 2nd monitor or dummy plug... If that doesn't help post back and i will try to help some more... Thanks for folding for TPU and welcome to the team

i try to make the second card usable without a second screen... i had to give it back to its owner (was only borrowed). any tips, or flags, that might bring it to run,without it?

 

[p_o_s_pc]

i try to make the second card usable without a second screen... i had to give it back to its owner (was only borrowed). any tips, or flags, that might bring it to run,without it?

so one of the GTs wasn't yours? The way i got mine to work was set the flags

for the GPU in the 2nd slot i set

-gpu 1 -forcegpu nvidia_g80 -local

for the GPU in the 1st slot i set

-gpu 0 -local

and then ENABLED SLI and it gave me no problems after that

 

[Velvet Wafer]

so one of the GTs wasn't yours? The way i got mine to work was set the flags

for the GPU in the 2nd slot i set

-gpu 1 -forcegpu nvidia_g80 -local

for the GPU in the 1st slot i set

-gpu 0 -local

and then ENABLED SLI and it gave me no problems after that

it works! both fold away, with the forcegpu and local commands
but....
on 353 point WU´s
i only get
5545 ppd
and
3860 ppd???
is this normal?
the clients seem to react a little better, if i stop crunching?

 

[p_o_s_pc]

it works! both fold away, with the forcegpu and local commands
but....
on 353 point WU´s
i only get
5545 ppd
and
3860 ppd???
is this normal?
the clients seem to react a little better, if i stop crunching?

if your using the rig the first card will have lower points... And stopping crunching frees the CPU clocks for it to feed alittle more info to the GPUs