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

[TeXBill]

Gtx480

Got the 480 today and it's up and running, starting it out slow on OC for a couple of days...

 

[TeXBill]

SMP folding isn't getting any work, has anybody else had this problem???
Edit: after several restarts I got a 6702 finally...

 

[TeXBill]

Finally got it set the way I want it for now, fan you barely hear it and the OC is good for now...

 

[p_o_s_pc]

IDK I also wonder if my on board 4200 would F@H.....

you can but the ppd is very low(~400-500ppd) and you have to overclock it to make the deadlines. So it isn't worth it IMO.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

SMP folding isn't getting any work, has anybody else had this problem???
Edit: after several restarts I got a 6702 finally...

All SMP and -bigadv client are taking a while to upload and receive new work, Pande group is aware of the problem.

Texbill.....BTW, Nice ppd on the GTX480!

 

[TeXBill]

Texbill.....BTW, Nice ppd on the GTX480!

Thanks, Will see in the next few days how my games play.
Compare them to the 470

 

[TeXBill]

I noticed the 480 OC to 750MHZ runs cooler 57C with less fan speed 80% than the 470 OC to 775MHZ with fan speed @100% 65C. Fan is really noisy on the 480 @ 100% compared to the 470 @ 100%.. Be glad when the waterblock gets here so I can put it under water...
That seems to be a good thing so far...

 

[TeXBill]

SMP is acting crazy it just cut mine off @ 25% and said the file was corrupt and quit working restarted it and DL a new 6025 assigment next time seems to be doing ok now....Also noticed my date and time on my computer had backed up to January of 1995 for some reason...weird crap...
Going to run a virus scan on this computer and see if I've got a virus or not....

 

[theonedub]

Quick questions for those who OC their Folding cards (that shouldn't have excluded anyone )-

Are your clocks gaming stable as well as Folding stable? My last GTX 275 was Furmark and Folding stable @ 1584 shaders, but if I loaded up a game it would artifact

I decided with my new card to just leave the shaders at less aggressive clock of 1476, but since I am not playing, nor do I plan to play, and PC games for a long time I am considering sending it back to 1585 as long as it is Furmark stable (20-30mins stress). So if it passes Furmark and Folds without EUEs, but crashes in games, is it still fine to Fold at those clocks?

This is what the cards are doing now, which I think is about 2k under their potential total:

 

[erocker]

Hello folders!

Need some help!

So I have a GTX 460 in my rig currently setup as a PhysX card. I would love to use this card to fold with. I just need a little rundown on what I need to do. I don't need to use the card for PhysX, but I would like to use it to fold while I use the rest of my system (CPU, 5850, etc.) for gaming and whatever if possible. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[theonedub]

My instructions may not be complete, mainly because I am unsure if there is a flag you have to set for a mixed AMD/Nvidia setup, but here goes:

First download GPU3 Client: http://www.stanford.edu/~friedrim/.Folding@home-systray-632.msi

Next unzip to a folder, ex C:\F@H

Now create a shortcut to the Folding@Home executable (and for convenience pin to taskbar )

Within the properties of the shortcut change the target field to:

"C:\F@H\Folding@home-Win32-GPU.exe" -gpu 1

(change the directory if you unzipped elsewhere, the main thing here to to add the gpu1 flag since I imagine GPU0 is the AMD card. The executable name may be different- Im still on GPU2)

Now just launch the shortcut and fire up Precision or Afterburner to verify that the Nvidia card is folding and not the AMD. From there DL either FahMon or HFM.net to monitor the folding stats.

OR

Download and install Teamviewer and let BUCK have at it. Most people have gone this route lately

 

[erocker]

My instructions may not be complete, mainly because I am unsure if there is a flag you have to set for a mixed AMD/Nvidia setup, but here goes:

First download GPU3 Client: http://www.stanford.edu/~friedrim/.Folding@home-systray-632.msi

Next unzip to a folder, ex C:\F@H

Now create a shortcut to the Folding@Home executable (and for convenience pin to taskbar )

Within the properties of the shortcut change the target field to:

"C:\F@H\Folding@home-Win32-GPU.exe" -gpu 1

(change the directory if you unzipped elsewhere, the main thing here to to add the gpu1 flag since I imagine GPU0 is the AMD card. The executable name may be different- Im still on GPU2)

Now just launch the shortcut and fire up Precision or Afterburner to verify that the Nvidia card is folding and not the AMD. From there DL either FahMon or HFM.net to monitor the folding stats.

OR

Download and install Teamviewer and let BUCK have at it. Most people have gone this route lately

I have no option to unzip that file. I don't even have an option on where to install it. It just seems to install on it's own... Hmm...

 

[theonedub]

Ahh, it does look as though they have moved over to an installer instead of a zip- guess I should've looked at the link closer.

Well chances are it will install into the Program Files directory, so if you can find where it installed the rest of the directions should be okay.

(My somewhat foggy instructions makes the Teamviewer option look more tempting, no?)

 

[BUCK NASTY]

I have no option to unzip that file. I don't even have an option on where to install it. It just seems to install on it's own... Hmm...

Delete the install you started. I need to know what slot and how many gpu's you have on your mobo.

 

[erocker]

Delete the install you started. I need to know what slot and how many gpu's you have on your mobo.

Everything is now deleted.

I have a HD 5850 in PCI E x16_1 slot

GTX 460 768mb in PCI E x16_3 slot

No other slots are being used.

One thing I notice is CUDA isn't showing up in GPU-Z so I don't know if that will be a problem.

I just did a reinstall of the latest Nvidia drivers.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

Everything is now deleted.

I have a HD 5850 in PCI E x16_1 slot

GTX 460 768mb in PCI E x16_3 slot

No other slots are being used.

One thing I notice is CUDA isn't showing up in GPU-Z so I don't know if that will be a problem.

I just did a reinstall of the latest Nvidia drivers.

Now install Teamviewer 5 "free personal use" version and pm me with the session id and password. This is the easiest/most foolproof way to do this.

 

[erocker]

Now install Teamviewer 5 "free personal use" version and pm me with the session id and password. This is the easiest/most foolproof way to do this.

Will I need to have remote registry and other options enabled? I turn all of that stuff off when I reinstall my O/S. I'll get started on it.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

Will I need to have remote registry and other options enabled? I turn all of that stuff off when I reinstall my O/S. I'll get started on it.

I do not think so. Let's try it.

 

[erocker]

PM sent.

 

[hat]

Quick questions for those who OC their Folding cards (that shouldn't have excluded anyone )-

When I overclock my graphics card, I check for stability with the OCCT GPU test. I do the 1 hour test and if it comes back with no errors, I run with it. Stable for both folding and games.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

Erocker now has GPU3 screaming on his GTX460. Last I saw he was @ 12k ppd and pushing the shaders north.

 

[erocker]

Doing 14K overclocked. Thanks much for the help Buck!

 

[theonedub]

When I overclock my graphics card, I check for stability with the OCCT GPU test. I do the 1 hour test and if it comes back with no errors, I run with it. Stable for both folding and games.

You know I never thought to use OCCT's GPU testing tool I'll give it a shot this weekend and see what happens. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Doing 14K overclocked. Thanks much for the help Buck!

Anyone have any questions about which card is the best F@H bang for the buck?

 

[BUCK NASTY]

Anyone have any questions about which card is the best F@H bang for the buck?

Saw it with my own eyes.