TPU's F@H Team

[BUCK NASTY]

Linux is about 8 to 10% better in folding. We had contest with 3 GTX 980's folding at 1505 on the core and I was running Win 7, @msgclb was using Win 10 and the other guy was folding with Linux.

I still fold with Win 7 because Linux is a pain to learn and set up and I'm lazy.

@mstenholm and I have noticed that CPU core speeds can have an effect on PPD as well.

Update on the 980ti: It's in the hands of Fed-Ex coming from NJ to Fla. Hope to have it early next week.

 

[hertz9753]

@mstenholm and I have noticed that CPU core speeds can have an effect on PPD as well.

Update on the 980ti: It's in the hands of Fed-Ex coming from NJ to Fla. Hope to have it early next week.

NJ tells me that you bought it from newegg.

CPU overclock and speeds do matter even if you are only folding with GPUs. PCI-E 2.0 and 3.0 not much when you step up.

 

[DarthBaggins]

Guess that could be why w/ the OC's I have for my cpu's since I'm feeling the want to bump up the 5930k back to 4.5 also noticed memory clock speeds to have an effect as well

 

[PP Mguire]

I unfortunately can't OC the Xeons at work nor can I really bump up the Quadros but the Titan X's have fans maxed out so they boost pretty high on their own.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

Watercooling is where it's at, and it's addictive

Seem like all the cool kids are doing it. Just keeping up with the "Jones's".

 

[mstenholm]

@mstenholm and I have noticed that CPU core speeds can have an effect on PPD as well.
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Even core_21 uses close to a thread so yes a fast CPU should yield better.

I guess that I have to bring some hard facts to the table. I'm away but tomorrow is day off and I have some data somewhere. Tonight is night before day off

About Linux vs Win I don't doubt that Linux will give higher PPD numbers on a similar WU. These days there are all sorts of WU and some are not feed to both. I see anything from 224K to 360K PPD depending of WU so the luck of draw plays in.

I will list a few of my extremes from what should be my slow system and from my faster system, of course same WU "series". There is not much else to do in the rural Turkey, sorry if I offend some.

 

[PP Mguire]

Seem like all the cool kids are doing it. Just keeping up with the "Jones's".

I made another loop because I missed having one but I don't have my GPUs under water and it doesn't particularly look that good right now lol.

 

[mstenholm]

I made another loop because I missed having one but I don't have my GPUs under water and it doesn't particularly look that good right now lol.

Picture or it didn't happen

 

[PP Mguire]

TPU uploaded doesn't like large pics

 

[mstenholm]

So I had a look at the data I have to"prove" that a fast CPU has big influence on PPD. Sadly with the somehow limited data material I have sitting with only my laptop and some notes I can't. What I did find out is there big individual variance on most series and that does that my 1488 MHz GTX 970 sometimes beat my 1513 GHz ditto in the same rig for the past three WUs. HFM.net shows the values for the last 300 frames (I think) and these are the data I have.

My 1466 GHz i7 at 3.9 GHz is for some WUs as fast as the above mentioned GPU in a 4.4 GHz 4970 and that have PCIe 3.0, the i7 only have 2.0. For the ole 9201 the picture is according to my beliefe 285K, 277K and 256K with the fastest GPU in the faster rig with the high number and so forth. It seems to be down to luck. A string of 920X's at 230-250K or the more agreeable 915X's at 310-350K...

 

[DarthBaggins]

Also the majority of my folding experience is with CPU folding competitively

 

[mstenholm]

Also the majority of my folding experience is with CPU folding competitively

^ It was a discussion started by me long time ago. I noticed that a similar clocked GTX 970 pulled less PPD in my 4 GHz 2.0 PCIe than in my 4.4 GHz 3.0 PCIe. Back then it was all about 9201 and 9430 as I remember and that observation is still true but with the newer (core_21) WUs with less CPU dependency it is more down to individual variance between WUs in the same serie.

 

[DarthBaggins]

Now I thought they were going to implement a CPU dependency with the 21's like they did with the 17's? Think it was to lessen the stress on a gpu only load, which would be why if you have a nicely oc'd CPU paired with a gpu you get better numbers in the end result.

 

[mstenholm]

I made a Hertz/Buck when I joined OCN forum.

 

[mstenholm]

Guy's, don't forget to switch over this weekend to team #37726 if you are joining the Hounds for the Retirement Party/Folding War. It's only a week and we'll be back up to speed before you know it.

When we return, I will have taken @thebluebumblebee 's advice by adding 2816 Water Cooled Cuda Cores to the farm.

I noticed that you joined the AMDs or am I mistaken? Joined the same because there at least I could find a passkey.

Edit: a Buck/Hertz and a double post.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

I noticed that you joined the AMDs or am I mistaken? Joined the same because there at least I could find a passkey.

Edit: a Buck/Hertz and a double post.

I joined AMD in error. Axipher is switching me over to the Hounds as we speak. Passkey??? All I did was change my team number in Fahcontrol. Did you create a new account?

 

[DarthBaggins]

I have sent a message to Axipher about it, I got one just in case, but I never used one other than my own last year

 

[hertz9753]

Axi is playing MechWarrior on Steam right now...

 

[mstenholm]

I joined AMD in error. Axipher is switching me over to the Hounds as we speak. Passkey??? All I did was change my team number in Fahcontrol. Did you create a new account?

No I made the mistake to use the AMD pass key and my folding name....maybe that is a new account.

 

[hertz9753]

No I made the mistake to use the AMD pass key and my folding name....maybe that is a new account.

Both of you joined AMD? I was on that team in 2011 and 2012.

Use your own passkey and I have to find axipher. That guy is like Dora the explorer.

 

[Ithanul]

Yeah, first time I have seen this passkey stuff for teams. Always used my own passkey during FFW.

 

[hertz9753]

Yeah, first time I have seen this passkey stuff for teams. Always used my own passkey during FFW.

It's primed passkey for people that don't fold. It goes back to the CC when everybody folded with one username and the same key for their team.

 

[Ithanul]

It's primed passkey for people that don't fold. It goes back to the CC when everybody folded with one username and the same key for their team.

Ah, its been a long time since the CC. Kind of forgot about one passkey for that event.

 

[DarthBaggins]

Both of you joined AMD? I was on that team in 2011 and 2012.

Use your own passkey and I have to find axipher. That guy is like Dora the explorer.

More like Waldo

 

[mstenholm]

OK I made a mistake by using the pass key flashing in my face. The 50711 is now 37726. It seems like I'm still part of the AMD team but I don't care, I'm not in it to win prices.. The rig in question is my 2 x GTX 970.

Edit: Is it just me making another mistake or is the score page not up and running yet? Rhetorical question, it's not.