TPU's F@H Team

[NastyHabits]

Right, I started folding for the first time today I look forward to seeing my name at the bottom of the table once it updates!

Welcome to the team. You'll move up the ranks pretty quickly at the start.

 

[imperialreign]

Thought I'd post an update - after a few years of folding, with a long stint of down-time in between activity, I've finally broke 100k points . . . finally earned my badge!

Also, my work rig is now up and running 24/7 - two SMP clients through a Q6600, and one GPU client through a 4870. That rig will stay up and running constantly, while my home rig will keep churning as it can. Either way, the WUs are cranking heavily now.

I still have enough hardware laying around for a couple more rigs - I just need somewhere I can set them up for 24/7 use . . . must do some planning . . .

 

[mstenholm]

Thought I'd post an update - after a few years of folding, with a long stint of down-time in between activity, I've finally broke 100k points . . . finally earned my badge!

Also, my work rig is now up and running 24/7 - two SMP clients through a Q6600, and one GPU client through a 4870. That rig will stay up and running constantly, while my home rig will keep churning as it can. Either way, the WUs are cranking heavily now.

I still have enough hardware laying around for a couple more rigs - I just need somewhere I can set them up for 24/7 use . . . must do some planning . . .

Try this one for your Q6600. http://folding.stanford.edu/English/WinSMPGuideMPICH

People says it is faster. Run 32 or 64. Don't get creative, follow the instructions to the letter and it works. It did for me.

 

[ERazer]

well just stop by say hi, my gso folding quite fine still waiting on second gso

 

[theonedub]

Here comes -3k PPD while I wait for a 8800GTS to arrive- replacing my 9600GSO. 128 shaders > 96 shaders

 

[[Ion]]

I've ordered a HD 5670, which I plan on folding on as soon as it arrives (current ETA is Wednesday)...I'm new to ATI so I'll need some advice...but I'll see what PPD it'll give

 

[El Fiendo]

I probably shouldn't post this as one of you jerks will snatch it up before I can, but:

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Xeon-5482-x-2-16GB-RAM-Intel-D5400XS-motherboard-h-s_W0QQitemZ110488856603QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCPUs?hash=item19b9a6281b

Time to ponder. Could probably make a fair chunk of that back selling off half of the FBDIMM RAM.

 

[mstenholm]

Ohh nice...but don't worry I woundn't bid it up. Wrong side of the pond.

 

[El Fiendo]

I'm not too worried, 1 grand USD is a little hard to scrounge up in 30 minutes. If I called all the computer related debts I have owed to me I could do it easy. Anyone wanna come help me break the knee caps of friends of mine?

 

[msgclb]

I probably shouldn't post this as one of you jerks will snatch it up before I can, but:

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Xeon-5482-x-2-16GB-RAM-Intel-D5400XS-motherboard-h-s_W0QQitemZ110488856603QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCPUs?hash=item19b9a6281b

Time to ponder. Could probably make a fair chunk of that back selling off half of the FBDIMM RAM.

Well this jerk doesn't have the $1,000 plus to buy that gem so you're safe here. It does look like he would ship worldwide.

 

[El Fiendo]

Those two CPUs are essentially qx9775s, but Xeons. It'd only be about 50 dollars shipped to my door. Augh damnit why'd I have to see this.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

I'm not too worried, 1 grand USD is a little hard to scrounge up in 30 minutes. If I called all the computer related debts I have owed to me I could do it easy. Anyone wanna come help me break the knee caps of friends of mine?

I will help for 10%

 

[NastyHabits]

Disappointed!

Guys, I thought I was going to do a great thing for the team. A Dual Xeon workstation fell into my lap the other day. I was all excited. Ooooh boy I thought, 8 cores of SMP goodness. It didn't have enough memory to run -bigadv, but at least I can add to the team's output.

I followed mstenholm's advice in the quote below. Got it running, started the task manager and .... Crap! Crap, yes triple-crap! Cheapo dual-core xeons. I should have known better. Cheapo company.

At any rate, I'll leave it running. Can't hurt.

Try this one for your Q6600. http://folding.stanford.edu/English/WinSMPGuideMPICH

People says it is faster. Run 32 or 64. Don't get creative, follow the instructions to the letter and it works. It did for me.

 

[theonedub]

Here is a dumb question (probably couldve searched for an answer).. Can I run multiple Nvidia cards and an ATI card in the same rig? Like a 5770 for gaming and two GTX 275s for folding? I would be putting them all in my WCG0 rig in specs.

 

[mstenholm]

On the other side of the pond we have this temptation:

http://cgi.ebay.de/Lenovo-ThinkStat...ripheriegeräte_PC_Systeme?hash=item19b9a76183

16 MB + 2x5550 but price is getting a bit steap.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Here is a dumb question (probably couldve searched for an answer).. Can I run multiple Nvidia cards and an ATI card in the same rig? Like a 5770 for gaming and two GTX 275s for folding? I would be putting them all in my WCG0 rig in specs.

yes you can. It can be a PITA to set up but completely possible

 

[El Fiendo]

I will help for 10%

You'd be looking at a payout of about $160 CAD, so probably about $140 USD. Lodging is free.

Guys, I thought I was going to do a great thing for the team. A Dual Xeon workstation fell into my lap the other day. I was all excited. Ooooh boy I thought, 8 cores of SMP goodness. It didn't have enough memory to run -bigadv, but at least I can add to the team's output.

I followed mstenholm's advice in the quote below. Got it running, started the task manager and .... Crap! Crap, yes triple-crap! Cheapo dual-core xeons. I should have known better. Cheapo company.

At any rate, I'll leave it running. Can't hurt.

Aww dang, how much money did you drop on the acquisition?

Here is a dumb question (probably couldve searched for an answer).. Can I run multiple Nvidia cards and an ATI card in the same rig? Like a 5770 for gaming and two GTX 275s for folding? I would be putting them all in my WCG0 rig in specs.

If I'm not mistaken, the newer cores (11&14) allow for that, though you have to enable a specific argument to keep your Nvidia card from folding ATI WUs and vice versa, as neither of them are capable of doing the other's WU correctly. I think its -localonly or something similar. It's been a couple of months but I remember someone saying it was feasible now.


As for my Xeon scenario, I must apply logic to save my bank account.

8 real cores @ 3.2GHz is still likely less than 4 real and 4 virtual at 4.01GHz. For about $700 I could get an i7 (similar level of components as in that ad) that'd do the same so it really wouldn't be cost effective to get this. Yea that sounds right. I hope I believe me.

On the other side of the pond we have this temptation:

http://cgi.ebay.de/Lenovo-ThinkStat...ripheriegeräte_PC_Systeme?hash=item19b9a76183

16 MB + 2x5550 but price is getting a bit steap.

Now that... I couldn't stop myself. It's got the 16 threads man! 16! 2 bigadv at once. Need to see PCI-e configuration but ...

 

[p_o_s_pc]

@EL I'll take it

 

[mstenholm]

Guys, I thought I was going to do a great thing for the team. A Dual Xeon workstation fell into my lap the other day. I was all excited. Ooooh boy I thought, 8 cores of SMP goodness. It didn't have enough memory to run -bigadv, but at least I can add to the team's output.

I followed mstenholm's advice in the quote below. Got it running, started the task manager and .... Crap! Crap, yes triple-crap! Cheapo dual-core xeons. I should have known better. Cheapo company.

At any rate, I'll leave it running. Can't hurt.

Don't shoot the messenger...

How fast are those duals running? Does it recognize all 8 cores. I asume that you use -smp 8. What are your TPF? I woke up to a FAHcore_a1 this morning. I had a TPF of 6 min instead of the normal 3:05. Makes some difference. It went out the drain despite it had completed 50 %.

 

[theonedub]

Thanks for the input POS and El. I would not fold on the ATI card, its purpose is to ensure the 275s stay 24/7 when I play Dirt2/torchlight and possibly ME2 I would put the 5770 in the primary PCIe, and the other 275s in the 8x and 4x(PhysX) slots. My Antec PSU should have more than enough amperage for all cards.

I would fold on the ATI as well in the downtime, but I do not like the resource hogging. WCG demands all CPU cycles! If GPU3 comes out and ATI card fold well- gaming will stop

 

[thebluebumblebee]

I believe that the switch is -local that you need to use in a mixed ATI/Nvidia environment. I would not fold on the ATI. (that's PERIOD)

 

[theonedub]

Yeah I do not want to Fold on it either for now Just wanted to make sure there would not be driver issues, or decreased performance on my Nvidia GPU Clients.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Thanks for the input POS and El. I would not fold on the ATI card, its purpose is to ensure the 275s stay 24/7 when I play Dirt2/torchlight and possibly ME2 I would put the 5770 in the primary PCIe, and the other 275s in the 8x and 4x(PhysX) slots. My Antec PSU should have more than enough amperage for all cards.

I would fold on the ATI as well in the downtime, but I do not like the resource hogging. WCG demands all CPU cycles! If GPU3 comes out and ATI card fold well- gaming will stop

You will need to set this flag
-local
to the Nvidia cards so they do there own WU.

I believe that the switch is -local that you need to use in a mixed ATI/Nvidia environment. I would not fold on the ATI. (that's PERIOD)

Why not fold on ATI? I fold on an ATI card. It gets ~3k PPD with a good OC and doesn't use much CPU cycles. It has spikes up to 4% CPU usage but most of the time sits at 0-1%

 

[johnspack]

Okay, I have to plead for a cheap gtx260. I can't stand gaming on my 9800gtx. I'd rather have it folding 24/7. I need cheap.... Not sure how much I can scrape together next week, but if anyone could take 2 payments for a used 260, gawd do I need one! First payment would be next week, and next in about a month. Either this or I have to consider a 5770...
Edit: I'm sorry, I did get a response from someone about a 260, if you still have it and can accept 2 payments over 1 month, I'd really like it! Help me fold again, I can't stand not folding....

 

[El Fiendo]

Man I've been searching for cheap GTX 260s, if I spot any I'll offer you the thread up first. Unfortunately they've all increased in priced about $40 since I last got mine. My last was purchased for 135 CAD shipped, and I frequently see people wanting 160 CAD + shipping. I'll let you know if I find something.