The Folding Monster

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The Folding Monster

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So the other day I was messing around waiting for some tests to finish up on the XFX 8800 GTX XXX and decided to see just how much folding power I could get into one machine.

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Intel Bad Axe 2
Intel QX6700
2x 1950 XTX
1x 1900 XTX
Silver Stone 850w ST85F PSU

I got the machine to boot and had the power to run it all but had the FSB too high on the Bad Axe 2 and Kentsfield so I was getting EUE's on the GPU's. I've got the CPU and mobo speeds sorted out now but have torn it all down before I could fold a single GPU WU. :( I did however have the QX6700 folding two SMP Linux clients (VMware) for a day and it did quite well at 3.5GHz.

From what I can figure it would have been minumum 3100 actual points per day. :finga: Maybe if I get some free time between articles I'll see if I can get it up and running for a day.

By the way, this thing was sucking down 400w during boot up!!!
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Post by dicecca112 »

I HATE YOU!

All that folding power laying around.

I got my x1950xtx waiting at home with my Corsair 520W PSU, D5 Pump, and MCW60 waterblock. Its all waiting.
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dicecca112 wrote:I HATE YOU!

All that folding power laying around.

I got my x1950xtx waiting at home with my Corsair 520W PSU, D5 Pump, and MCW60 waterblock. Its all waiting.
That's a sexy gaming rig and very healthy folding machine there!

I've got an idea for an even crazier folder that I don't think anyone has done yet. This weekend is going to be really busy with personal life stuff so we'll have to see how it goes.
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Post by KnightRid »

WOW!!!

I have a total of 8 machines running full time on this, with neighbors and friends, and I cant even seem to get to 1000 a day anymore :( Damn single processor computers :p

might get ot 1000 if i can ever find a linux that will install on this dual core, or I just run another instance in windows.

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Post by pcrobot »

Maybe you should spread some of the points around... *hint hint*

Definitely get that baby folding for at least a day! :mrgreen:
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It LIVES! It LIVES!!!
Sorry about the low picture quality. :oops:
Ok, so it's only on a E6700 now but I finally got around to it and all three of these monsters are folding! Expect to see a rash of 330 pointers at 12 hour intervals for wickedld9 over the weekend. :drinkers:
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Post by DMB2000uk »

Wow, our folding team is really going places recently :P

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