*** F@H Tech Assistance Thread ***

[DanishDevil]

Trying to get my GTX 460 set up to see if it can handle folding while OC'ed. Is there anything special to do with these cards?

It finally got to 1%. Is this basically downloading all the stuff I need to start folding? It sure is taking a while longer than I remember it taking in the past.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Trying to get my GTX 460 set up to see if it can handle folding while OC'ed. Is there anything special to do with these cards?

http://img.techpowerup.org/100802/Capture007989.jpg

It finally got to 1%. Is this basically downloading all the stuff I need to start folding? It sure is taking a while longer than I remember it taking in the past.

Don't remember seen the client ever say something like that, mine usually just downloaded work and then said starting GUI and bam, folding it goes.

 

[DanishDevil]

That's what I remember. Still going. Really slow.

 

[Chicken Patty]

hmm, unless it's that particular WU that causes the client to display that text, I've never seen mine display that

 

[NastyHabits]

Trying to get my GTX 460 set up to see if it can handle folding while OC'ed. Is there anything special to do with these cards?

http://img.techpowerup.org/100802/Capture007989.jpg

It finally got to 1%. Is this basically downloading all the stuff I need to start folding? It sure is taking a while longer than I remember it taking in the past.

I may be wrong, and others will correct me if I am, but it looks like the SMP (CPU) client you have running, not the GPU client. You'll also need the new GPU3 client for the new Nvidia cards. See this thread for instructions.

 

[Chicken Patty]

I may be wrong, and others will correct me if I am, but it looks like the SMP (CPU) client you have running, not the GPU client. You'll also need the new GPU3 client for the new Nvidia cards. See this thread for instructions.

If so, good eye. I've never ran the CPU client so I wouldn't know

 

[DanishDevil]

Got the GPU3 client running now. I really have no idea what I was running before. I tried to follow Buck's stickied guide, but I guess it's a bit out of date.

 

[DanishDevil]

Got it. Stock:

Overclocked:

Pulling almost as much as my GTX 285s did back in the day. Not bad!

Edit: Better PPD now that it's been OC'ed for a little bit and FahMon caught up:

 

[NastyHabits]

10K PPD. Very nice indeed. I'm impressed.

 

[DanishDevil]

Me too. I didn't expect that from a $200 retail card. And that's practically on a stock i5 650.

 

[msgclb]

I just pulled my EVGA GTX 460 from an AMD rig and will be installing it in an Q6600 rig starting tonight. Using EVGA Precision readings this was my OC...

Core: 814 MHz
Shader: 1628 MHz
Memory: 1600 MHz

As I install this card I'll post info about the build.

 

[bogmali]

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=1978555&postcount=8868

 

[thebluebumblebee]

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=1978555&postcount=8868

yea, yea, we know

 

[bogmali]

yea, yea, we know

Do I detect a hint of something somewhere in there

 

[msgclb]

While trying to set up my Q6600 GTX 460 rig it kept crashing with the blue screen of death. Not believing that this was an OS or driver conflict I finally checked the memory only to see a sea of red! It seems that I unintentionally OC the memory when I configured the BIOS. I've now straighten that out but it's too late to continue this tonight or this morning.

 

[hertz9753]

While trying to set up my Q6600 GTX 460 rig it kept crashing with the blue screen of death. Not believing that this was an OS or driver conflict I finally checked the memory only to see a sea of red! It seems that I unintentionally OC the memory when I configured the BIOS. I've now straighten that out but it's too late to continue this tonight or this morning.

At least you're not folding for the chimp.

 

[msgclb]

The first thing I do when configuring my GPU3 clients is make sure that I have the latest NVIDIA Driver for my GTX 400 cards. In my case it's 258.96.

After verifying the card is stable I need to set up the GPU3 client. They can be found here. I'd use the appropriate v6.31 console client for your OS.

After I've unzipped the file I rename the client fah6. Then create a short-cut, add the -configonly flag, run the short-cut and configure the client using the following options.

Here's my GPU3 client running.

You'll notice that I use HFM.NET to monitor the progress of my GPU3 client.

When this WU completes I'll start OCing my GTX 460.

 

[bogmali]

When this WU completes I'll start OCing my GTX 460.

It that why you have that -oneunit flag on there?

 

[msgclb]

It that why you have that -oneunit flag on there?

Yes

 

[thebluebumblebee]

I asked before what the difference is between -pause and -oneunit and I don't recall getting an answer. Does the client exit after the WU is done with -oneunit?

 

[msgclb]

I asked before what the difference is between -pause and -oneunit and I don't recall getting an answer. Does the client exit after the WU is done with -oneunit?

I don't know what -pause does but the client will exit after the WU is done with -oneunit.

It was hard to find but check here.

-oneunit
Instruct the client to quit following the completion of one work unit.

-pause
Pause after finishing and trying to send current unit. Allows a user to shut down after finishing a unit, by pressing Ctrl-C, without then getting new work to process. This is recommended if you are planning on shutting down your machine for a long time (e.g. for a vacation), or are planning to un/re-install F@H after finishing the currently processing work unit.

 

[msgclb]

This is my initial OC of my GTX 460.

Does OCing the memory help the PPD?

 

[mstenholm]

Does OCing the memory help the PPD?

No, or so little that it is not worth it. Go for 850/1700 so we can compair. I do 00:49 TPF (10.776) with that setting.

 

[bogmali]

Does OCing the memory help the PPD?

It's all about the shaders but OCing the memory as well adds to the stability of the OC

 

[msgclb]

No, or so little that it is not worth it. Go for 850/1700 so we can compair. I do 00:49 TPF (10.776) with that setting.

What is this that I'm to compare against?

It's all about the shaders but OCing the memory as well adds to the stability of the OC

Say what?

I've got my GTX 460 at 850/1700/1900 running a stability test. Default is 675/1350/1800. I'll be gone for awhile but when I return if this doesn't crash I'll start the folding client.