TPU's F@H Team

[thebluebumblebee]

Looks like I'm going to have to dig out my watercooling kit and fire up the chiller. Had 3 failed wu on my GTX 1060 in the last 48 hours, with the GPU only at 76C and not overclocked. Just fired up Afterburner to set the fan at 100%, which has dropped the temp to 69. Hopefully I can find a GPU waterblock for the 1060 before the next heatwave, keep temps below 40.

Damn, another one failed. Looks like my GPU might be failing

Or, there might be a bad batch of WU's. Has happened before. Anyone else having failures?

 

[1freedude]

Or, there might be a bad batch of WU's. Has happened before. Anyone else having failures?

Would a failure still get uploaded, but not credited?

 

[thebluebumblebee]

You should also check the forum to see if others are having problems with that .... I see you've already posted over there.

 

[NastyHabits]

Would a failure still get uploaded, but not credited?

@1freedude I recently restarted F@H after the heatwave. I've been cranking out the WU's. The log show no problems uploading, but they not showing up on EOC and when they do they are very late. This often happens on weekends.

 

[debs3759]

Rather strangely, I fixed the problem of wu crashing by changing my CPU settings in the BIOS. Changed from a fixed 41 multiplier to auto, which gives a 42 multiplier. So increasing the CPU speed stopped the GPU wu from crashing Doesn't make sense, but I'll take it

Still plan to watercool the system as soon as I get the GPU block from FrozenCPU though.

 

[debs3759]

Does anyone know how to get an idea of what sort of contribution different GPUs can give? I'll be setting up a few PCs from socket 1156 and later and socket AM2 and later soon, and need to buy low end or mainstream GPUs for them. For AMD platforms, I'm thinking of something like HD 77x0 cards or slower (and cheaper - to set up several systems, GPU price is initially a major factor), and for Intel platforms I'm considering GT 720/730, maybe slightly higher. Anything that is too slow for folding will be used for wcg.

I'll also be setting up other, older systems for testing purposes, but most will be no good for folding or wcg.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Does anyone know how to get an idea of what sort of contribution different GPUs can give? I'll be setting up a few PCs from socket 1156 and later and socket AM2 and later soon, and need to buy low end or mainstream GPUs for them. For AMD platforms, I'm thinking of something like HD 77x0 cards or slower (and cheaper - to set up several systems, GPU price is initially a major factor), and for Intel platforms I'm considering GT 720/730, maybe slightly higher. Anything that is too slow for folding will be used for wcg.

I'll also be setting up other, older systems for testing purposes, but most will be no good for folding or wcg.

Ten Years in, AMD to End Support for Radeon HD 7000, R200, R300 and Fury GCN Graphics Cards

AMD is ending support for the Radeon HD 7000 series, R200 series, R300 series, and R9 Fury series graphics cards, based on the oldest versions of the Graphics CoreNext architecture. The HD 7000 series debuted in 2011, R9 200 series in 2013, with the R9 300 series essentially being rebadged. The...

www.techpowerup.com

 

[debs3759]

Ten Years in, AMD to End Support for Radeon HD 7000, R200, R300 and Fury GCN Graphics Cards

AMD is ending support for the Radeon HD 7000 series, R200 series, R300 series, and R9 Fury series graphics cards, based on the oldest versions of the Graphics CoreNext architecture. The HD 7000 series debuted in 2011, R9 200 series in 2013, with the R9 300 series essentially being rebadged. The...

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I'm not looking at what cards are still supported by manufacturers. I'm first and foremost a collector, and am about to start setting up a few older systems, which I plan to fold or crunch on when not using them to test other items in my collection. I want to know what cards are useful, not what AMD or NVidia still support. Drivers are always available, even if not updated.

 

[Deleted member 202104]

Does anyone know how to get an idea of what sort of contribution different GPUs can give? I'll be setting up a few PCs from socket 1156 and later and socket AM2 and later soon, and need to buy low end or mainstream GPUs for them. For AMD platforms, I'm thinking of something like HD 77x0 cards or slower (and cheaper - to set up several systems, GPU price is initially a major factor), and for Intel platforms I'm considering GT 720/730, maybe slightly higher. Anything that is too slow for folding will be used for wcg.

I'll also be setting up other, older systems for testing purposes, but most will be no good for folding or wcg.

You can check to see if the cards you're interested in using are on this list:

GPU Folding@Home PPD Overall Ranks Database

folding.lar.systems

 

[debs3759]

You can check to see if the cards you're interested in using are on this list:

GPU Folding@Home PPD Overall Ranks Database

folding.lar.systems

Thanks, that'll help me decide what to look for. I'll consider cards that can generate 100K ppd worth folding on, others will be given to wcg. Only looking at cheap cards for now

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Does anyone know how to get an idea of what sort of contribution different GPUs can give? I'll be setting up a few PCs from socket 1156 and later and socket AM2 and later soon, and need to buy low end or mainstream GPUs for them. For AMD platforms, I'm thinking of something like HD 77x0 cards or slower (and cheaper - to set up several systems, GPU price is initially a major factor), and for Intel platforms I'm considering GT 720/730, maybe slightly higher. Anything that is too slow for folding will be used for wcg.

I'll also be setting up other, older systems for testing purposes, but most will be no good for folding or wcg.

7750s don't generate what you'd think based on their specs. I wouldn't bother with anything less than a 7770.

 

[Space Lynx]

It's not much but I just started folding with my gtx 1070 laptop, Covid took two family members and almost got my mom and me too, so I just loaded up FAH tonight and picked Covid-19 (edit: I changed it to High Priority instead of Covid, been awhile since I folded, didn't realize that was an option... seems smart we focus on those). Will let it run at Full when my laptop is on idle. Caenlen25 is my folding name, and I made sure to use my passkey and the TPU team number as well.


edit: I'm estimated to get 691k ppd with my gtx 1070 mobile... not even breaking 65 celsius... amazing. was not expecting that high of PPD. a lot of optimization must have been done since i last folded, nice.

I'm, using latest nvidia drivers released today with an oc.

just checked on it, now it says estimated is 1.3 million ppd per day!!!! HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE ON A GTX 1070 LAPTOP... im so confused with how FAH works these days haha

 

[NastyHabits]

I went out of town for two days. I shutdown my PC's like I always do. When I got home today, I fired them up and I can't get a F@H WU. Here's the error I get below. Anyone else having problems?

19:50:38:WARNING:WU00:FS01:Failed to get assignment from 'assign4.foldingathome.org:80': No WUs available for this configuration
19:50:38:ERROR:WU00:FS01:Exception: Could not get an assignment

 

[Space Lynx]

I went out of town for two days. I shutdown my PC's like I always do. When I got home today, I fired them up and I can't get a F@H WU. Here's the error I get below. Anyone else having problems?

19:50:38:WARNING:WU00:FS01:Failed to get assignment from 'assign4.foldingathome.org:80': No WUs available for this configuration
19:50:38:ERROR:WU00:FS01:Exception: Could not get an assignment

I didn't have that error, but for about 12 hours my gtx 1070 was not mining anything, I checked the logs, and my logs said nothing like that, but its working fine now so I don't know. Was weird.

 

[NastyHabits]

I'm back folding again. After the 3rd restart of the F@H client. Whew!

 

[mstenholm]

I didn't have that error, but for about 12 hours my gtx 1070 was not mining anything, I checked the logs, and my logs said nothing like that, but its working fine now so I don't know. Was weird.

I havn’t been on the F@H support page for some time but it happens from time to time that the assigment server(s) are down.

 

[phill]

Has anyone noticed a drop in points they receive for the work units they return at all?

 

[NastyHabits]

Has anyone noticed a drop in points they receive for the work units they return at all?

@phill Funny you should ask, a while ago I lowered my settings below standard to help with my electricity bill. Prior that at the end of each WU my PPD was LOWER than when the WU started. After I lowered my settings, I'm still getting the same PPD as before, but the estimated PPD remains flat. Weird.

 

[phill]

I just notice the points coming from one of the sites I check for the stats @NastyHabits and the points just seem way down to what they where unless (feel free to call me stupid) people aren't folding as much due to the heat etc. which wouldn't be a surprise, I just didn't know!

I was hoping to start up FAH again, but I need to get it installed on a few rigs first....

 

[NastyHabits]

@phill People always run FAH less in the summer. I've noticed that I get as high as 5th place on EOC during the summer, and struggle to stay in the top 10 during the winter. I only shut my PC's down when I leave town or when it's really hot. Here in the SF Bay Area older apartments like mine have no A/C because typical summer temps rarely even get out of the 60's (F). Right now it's 2:40 PM. It's a gorgeous, sunny day, not a cloud in the sky and the temp on my balcony is 67 (F).

 

[phill]

I might be over thinking it I guess @NastyHabits but when you click here.... you'll see what I mean... I wonder if the site is reading the results right... Sometimes things aren't quite what they seem to be and results and such get messed up... Any one else's experiences and such, please drop a line here Love to hear opinions about the points and results kicking about

It'll have been lovely to have such a nice warm temp to be outside with, The UK sucks for weather and temps

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

@phill People always run FAH less in the summer. I've noticed that I get as high as 5th place on EOC during the summer, and struggle to stay in the top 10 during the winter. I only shut my PC's down when I leave town or when it's really hot. Here in the SF Bay Area older apartments like mine have no A/C because typical summer temps rarely even get out of the 60's (F). Right now it's 2:40 PM. It's a gorgeous, sunny day, not a cloud in the sky and the temp on my balcony is 67 (F).

Too hot for me at the moment, my pc needs some time too, I'll be back, so one example here

 

[debs3759]

7750s don't generate what you'd think based on their specs. I wouldn't bother with anything less than a 7770.

I bought a 7790 in the end. Can't pat until Wednesday night (checked with the seller before I set my snipe, in case they needed payment quicker than that). Will pair it with a Crosshair IV and FX 8150 (although am trying to buy an FX 8300 - same turbo frequency but lower power).

 

[NastyHabits]

I found out why I had trouble getting WU's the other day. Evidently they were running low on jobs on FAH. Here's a copy of a tweet from Folding at Home.

"There should be plenty of jobs for everyone now! More are on the way, so invite your friends to join in the fun and contribute their computing power to #foldingathome"

 

[phill]

Has anyone been having any issues with getting work units again today at all?? Tried to download a few on a couple PCs but nothing downloaded at all... Must be needing a recharge or something I guess??