Gearing up for the HWC Battle !!!

[Easy Rhino]

I'm alittle confused myself. But looking at it if i sell it now i can get more from it and i want the space back... Also i think i am switching to ATI

well i can't blame you for doing so. the nice thing is there is a whole bunch of great hardware deals now!!

 

[NastyHabits]

I'm sorry guys but i'm not going to be much of a help soon. I feel its time to downsize and cut back on electric so i am going to be putting ALL(but HDDs) of my hardware up for sale(yes that includes the GTX260 and 8800GT's and the mobos,CPUs,ram,etc)

Ack! My folding and crunching buddy is quitting? One of my personal heroes on this these threads. The guy who does the most with the least? This cannot be! I will not let this come to pass. We need to setup a P_O_S_PC scholarship fund for your e-bill. Or buy you a wind-turbine, solar panel, SOMETHING!

I'm going to off in a corner and sulk for a while.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Ack! My folding and crunching buddy is quitting? One of my personal heroes on this these threads. The guy who does the most with the least? This cannot be! I will not let this come to pass. We need to setup a P_O_S_PC scholarship fund for your e-bill. Or buy you a wind-turbine, solar panel, SOMETHING!

I'm going to off in a corner and sulk for a while.

thanks for the kind words i didn't know that i meant so much I will still be crunching so don't worry(will be crunching 8threads of i7 goodness) i will also fold only hope is the GPU3 client does good for the ATI cards

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

if anyone feels like folding with 5k series i have to say avoid it at this point even with my load temps under 60'c on the gpus they will still throw errors at least once a day meaning u have to babysit the gpus as they fold which as u can guess isnt ideal. eitherway im still folding after about a 4 hr set back

it should also be noted that on a Phenom II system 2 5850s folding will require 60-70% of your CPU and that with me oced to 3.4ghz at 3ghz it uses 65-75% on average meaning my cpu folding has TANKED horribly

 

[NastyHabits]

if anyone feels like folding with 5k series i have to say avoid it at this point even with my load temps under 60'c on the gpus they will still throw errors at least once a day meaning u have to babysit the gpus as they fold which as u can guess isnt ideal. eitherway im still folding after about a 4 hr set back

it should also be noted that on a Phenom II system 2 5850s folding will require 60-70% of your CPU and that with me oced to 3.4ghz at 3ghz it uses 65-75% on average meaning my cpu folding has TANKED horribly

Try lower in your CPU clock if you have it overclocked. I had problems with my 4850 until I lowered it just 0.1 GHz.

Also, set the following environment variables for more stable ATI output:

BROOK_YIELD 2
CAL_NO_FLUSH 1
CAL_PRE_FLUSH 1
FLUSH_INTERVAL 128

Here's a little explanation of what they do. Environment variables.

Since I did the things I recommended above, I have no problems with stability. I can even crunch with my CPU (with a small hit on folding output), and I can surf the net, answer e-mails, and do other lightweight tasks with no problems whatsoever. I should also mention that my ATI (Rig 2 in my sig) is liquid cooled so I have no temp problems.

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

well my cpu is still on stock volts and is linX stable 40 runs and has been folding at its current speed for about 2-3 months and the 5850s i had buck set up with team viewer all things considered its stable it threw an error when both gpus had turned in there work units succesfully so i still got my points eitherway ive baby sitted them all day and so far no issues im just hoping that gpu3 client arrives soon because im using about 620 watts at the wall right now add in 2 montiors and the 7.2 speaker systems and the entire rig is consuming about 900watts total and it will add up pretty quick and for all that power used im only getting 6-10k ppd


on a brighter note i hit 71k

 

[SoulTribunal]

Come on guys, you have an awesome team. Bring the Heat. Lets cure this crap together.

ST

 

[bogmali]

Come on guys, you have an awesome team. Bring the Heat. Lets cure this crap together.

ST

See comments like this will make me change my mind about the Asus ENGTX260 Matrix

Just kidding bro, you know we will pay you guys back

 

[msgclb]

I feel like yelling, "I've fallen and I can't get up!". Yesterday, Tuesday, I tore down my prospective bigadv rig and soon was confronted with the fact that I'm getting old. Just tearing it down wore me out.

Today I had a doctors appointment that seemingly took all day. I swear I gave up a gallon of blood! When I got home I wasn't able to get back to building my new rig. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get some energy back.

 

[NastyHabits]

I feel like yelling, "I've fallen and I can't get up!". Yesterday, Tuesday, I tore down my prospective bigadv rig and soon was confronted with the fact that I'm getting old. Just tearing it down wore me out.

Today I had a doctors appointment that seemingly took all day. I swear I gave up a gallon of blood! When I got home I wasn't able to get back to building my new rig. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get some energy back.

Old age ain't no place for sissies. ~Bette Davis

Don't worry msgclb, you'll be ok. Once you're over the hill, you pick up speed.

 

[SoulTribunal]

See comments like this will make me change my mind about the Asus ENGTX260 Matrix

Just kidding bro, you know we will pay you guys back

But...but... My comment was a positive one?! I was cheering your Team on!!!

ST

 

[BUCK NASTY]

I've been selling off my lower PPD cards/rigs as well as streamlining my current hardware. I will have a -bigadv rig up and running middle of next week. I just have to get a 2nd mortgage to cover the 8gb of ram that I'll need.

 

[oily_17]

I've been selling off my lower PPD cards/rigs as well as streamlining my current hardware. I will have a -bigadv rig up and running middle of next week. I just have to get a 2nd mortgage to cover the 8gb of ram that I'll need.

Yeah got my eye on some i7 parts as well.Just need a couple of water cooling parts first.

If anyone has a WC pump or 1366 block then post in my WTB thread here -

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=112848

 

[msgclb]

My upgrade to run my P6T Deluxe as a -bigadv rig is not working out. After getting past a couple of water leaks I now can't get it to run. When I turn power on the fans turn for a second or two then stop. I've swapped out the gpu and memory. The connectors are hooked up. I've cleared the CMOS. I've pulled the battery and will leave it out overnight. If that doesn't help then I'm lost!

A little update:
I asked myself, self, what has changed since the last POST? The answer was case and memory. Since I already tried the memory I wondered if the motherboard was grounding out on the mounting posts that came with my new case. As hard as I knew it would be to swap them out with the water cooling still installed I did it.

As that robot once said, "I'm alive, I'm alive!". Now to get the BIOS squared away!

 

[msgclb]

I just started my first -bigadv rig. So far it looks like everything is running ok. I'm sitting here with my fingers crossed hoping this rig doesn't crash.

For my first oc I've set my Core i7 965 @ 3600MHz.

I got my RMA for the memory that I planned on using so when I get them back I'll revisit my oc.

Edit: I just wanted to add that the pass key is about as long as the human DNA!

 

[BUCK NASTY]

I just started my first -bigadv rig. So far it looks like everything is running ok. I'm sitting here with my fingers crossed hoping this rig doesn't crash.

For my first oc I've set my Core i7 965 @ 3600MHz.

I got my RMA for the memory that I planned on using so when I get them back I'll revisit my oc.

Edit: I just wanted to add that the pass key is about as long as the human DNA!

I just got my core i7 rig running tonight. Gotta work on the O/C and get it stable. Also gonna install a ramdisk to take advantage of the 8gb of ram I have(should speed up the workunits). It will be a few days before we see any -bigadv results out of this machine. Wish me luck!

 

[Easy Rhino]

i like how we are regrouping. we sort of lost site of the big picture while fighting of HWC and were as a group all focusing on churning out as much ppd as possible with our current setups.

now that they are passed we feel less pressure and are upgrading our rigs, giving them much needed love and maintainence and reevaluating our goals.

so this is definitely the time to be trying things like bigadv work units and exploring some more extreme overclocks! let's get our systems upgraded and stable and launch our fury!

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

well i got the router today PS3 is not online so soon ill have the PS3 and with gpu client 3 ill have 2 5850s F@H and with the PS3 making up for my CPU ill have my cpu contribute to WCG when im able to look for me to have steady certain amount of points per month

 

[[Ion]]

My output is probably going to be lower this weekend, I'm going to be switching my Q9400 system for an X4 955, which is inevitably going to involve downtime.

 

[bogmali]

Once my 2 920 D0's show up I will be swapping those with my C0/C1 steppers that can easily do 3.5Ghz w/out a hiccup (YMMV) and I will be putting them up for sale for $180 shipped. P_O_S_PC already has dibs on one. PM me if you're interested.

 

[Easy Rhino]

i thought POS_PC was out of the game???

 

[p_o_s_pc]

i thought POS_PC was out of the game???

nope just making the switch to i7

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

POS realized that 1 i7 with some gpus can produce on par with his entire farm and do so with less power so hes making the smart choice

 

[Easy Rhino]

that is indeed a good idea. i would love to consolidate but with school and work i wont be able to manage selling everything off right now. hopefully in the summer i can go i7 and put together a triple sli fermi build

 

[msgclb]

I've completed my first -bigadv wu.

How do I start FAHMon? Can I start it with the fah client running? I don't want to do anything that would cause the fah client to crash. I tried //FAH/fah but no such file.

Another question has to do with the Folding@Home Client passkey. Do I use the same passkey I got for this bigadv rig with other rigs?

Where do I find the TPF (min:sec) for the bonus point calculator?