Thanks loft, so what's a good graphics card to look at for folding? I am pretty much stuck with the AMD processor I have in this rig, but I can return the graphics card and upgrade it.
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NVIDIA GTX series. For folding, I would recommend the GTX580; for gaming and folding - GTX670. I get roughly 40-50k PPD on the GPU alone when I fold 24/7... but I'm having an issue with my CPU cooler so folding is gonna be sporadic.
My Video card fan has got really noisy. I may just change it out and get one of your recommendations, Loft. What do these run for?! Mucho dinero?!!
If you're going to be folding with NVIDIA I highly recommend using a NON REFERENCE card simply because reference coolers SUCK. No simpler way to put it. Here are some links (you may find better prices elsewhere):
560 - Newegg.ca - MSI N560GTX-Ti-M2D1GD5/OC GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
570 - Newegg.ca - MSI N570GTX Twin Frozr II GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
580 - Newegg.ca - Galaxy 58NLH5DI5TXX MDT X4 GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Multi-Display Video Card
670 - Newegg.ca - MSI N670 PE 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 670 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card (This is the one I have)
Personally I would stick with either MSI/ASUS/Gigabyte. One thing I want to stress is that presently the F@H client/cores are optimized for the Fermi GPU (GTX5xx series) but you will still see a tremendous PPD increase over any ATI card.
Also Dusty, if your video card meets the specs of the ones I've listed you could also use an aftermarket cooler. What do you presently have?
If you disable the 3d viewer you'll actually increase your PPD slightly
Ok it's really only like a 5% increase but it's free performance. lol
Honestly I would go with cheapest then. The 560ti will net you around 16k-21k PPD.
3BTech has those for 199 for the MSI Refurbs. I have bought parts from them multiple times. Quick shipping as they are located in Indiana
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Yeah - the links were just for reference. I'm sure there are cheaper places to get them.
Loft, on my GPU is shows a base credit of 1835.00 for this WU and an Estimated credit of 1835.00 as well. On smp, the estimated credit always includes bonus points, is there no bonus on GPU?
Correct - there are no bonuses on GPU work units. Well, that's actually what I'm testing. I will report back on the reliability of this as it seems it is something that was recently rolled out. I don't know of the compatibility with ATI cards as the only thing I've seen is for NVIDIA.
aaaaah ok. Well I must have a really slow graphics card as it is taking 1.25 days to run this WU for only 1835 points. If I can get this APU to work that will help a bit, but it doesn't seem like this rig is going to do anywhere near my i7 pointwise, but at least I won't damage my processor as I was fearing when folding with my laptop. Thanks again for your help Loft !
It's not that the gfx card is slow - ATI is just not optimized for folding. Sadly that assessment is correct - this rig is not going to output the same amount of PPD as the i7 would. Either way, every little bit helps so don't get discouraged.
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