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    Bringing FAH back...

    FAH is to much work for me to run on my cluster of systems but I do have two GPU heavy systems that can run 24/7. So far I have switched one over and if I don't have any issues I will switch the other one over. These two systems are hitting over 36K blocks a day in RC5-72. I also have an HD4870 ready to put into a system to add to the mix. Who else is with me for a FAH revival?
    I'm having fun!!! I'm just not sure if it's net fun or gross fun.

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    glad to see you back guru.

    i run a gtx 460 and a 1090t

    fah sure gives a lot more points than the old days.

    except for a couple breaks been running fah since 2002.

    10,000,000 coming up.

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    I'm running three GTX285 in each system. Both are running 1KW powersupplies but one seems to be a little weak. RC5 running on the GPU's pulls about 705W and is stable. FAH on all three GPU's pulls 730W and shuts down after a while but is stable on two GPU pulling 560W. I have a newer 1KW power supply that I will be swapping in later this week. After looking at how slow the ATI clients run on FAH I think I will put it on RC5 since it is about twice as fast as a GTX285.
    I'm having fun!!! I'm just not sure if it's net fun or gross fun.

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    Got two gtx-460's on it and very shortly will be 24/7 as the temps here in vegas are finally going down.
    Yeah, you certainly get a lot more points compared to the old days.

    i'm going to be running folding@home until the day i die as far as i'm concerned. hopefully we will make some kind of a difference.


    Fold moar!

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    I'm adding two more GTX285 and GTX580 part time. Got the new power supply in and it is working great, 900W of 12v power. Total of 8 GTX285 and one GTX580.
    I'm having fun!!! I'm just not sure if it's net fun or gross fun.

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    After playing some with the new SMP client it looks like it is a lot easier to run on many systems with more then one core. And so I am releasing it on my CPU minions.
    I'm having fun!!! I'm just not sure if it's net fun or gross fun.

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    I'm a little disappointed in the PPD of the GPU V2 on my GTX285 cards. My I7 2600 @ 4.8Ghz is getting ~17.9K PPD while two GTX 285 get ~17.6K PPD. My work I7 3Ghz running 8 cores (6 core 12 thread) is also hitting 17K PPD. Cost and power I would put the I7 2600 above any GPU. My GTX 580 is only hitting around 16K PPD.
    I'm having fun!!! I'm just not sure if it's net fun or gross fun.

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    " I7 2600 @ 4.8Ghz is getting ~17.9K PPD "

    that is on my wishlist. i think i read those are capable of over 40,000 ppd

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    It seems to be slower then my I7 930 @ 3.5Ghz. Both are running GRO-A3 cores but the 930 runs ~4-5 min per step while the 2600K runs ~6-7 min per step. My only guess is the triple channel memory is helping more with the large units then the CPU core speed. DDR 3 1333 triple vs DDR3 1600 double.
    I'm having fun!!! I'm just not sure if it's net fun or gross fun.

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    Bringing f@h back? Did I ever leave? Been chugging along with a GTX 260 for a long time now but recently upgraded to a GTX 460 with shaders @1660MHz. Trying to run as close to 24/7 as possible which gets around 11k PPD.

    guru, make sure you're running -bigadv on SMP machines which are capable. I think it requires 8 core minimum and a whole bunch of RAM, but don't quote me. It's worth a lot more points than standard SMP units but the deadlines are quite restrictive, IIRC.
    Last edited by alpha; 11-01-2011 at 11:23 AM.

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    Thanks Alpha. I do have my 8 and 16 core systems running -bigadv. Once I get the rest of my minions up and running we should be able to hit 1M PPD.
    I'm having fun!!! I'm just not sure if it's net fun or gross fun.

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    wow guru, you passing us like we're standing still.


    oh and, folding@home sure makes these video cards run toasty!

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    FYI, there are upcoming changes to -bigadv:

    http://folding.typepad.com/news/2011...y-16-2012.html

    In short, you're gonna need 16 cores minimum.

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    The problem is thread count alone does not dictate system performance. My 8 core systems were completing the large units in under a day. A 3.4Ghz 8 core can rip through a WU faster then a 2ghz 12 core.
    I'm having fun!!! I'm just not sure if it's net fun or gross fun.

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    Woot, we just broke the top 200 teams.
    I'm having fun!!! I'm just not sure if it's net fun or gross fun.

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