Folding on a new Quad and GeForce

Darkstar · Post by **Darkstar** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:12 am

Well built a 6600 Quad yesterday with an evga 9600 GT card and downloaded the SMP client and started folding on it. I was running out of time but downloaded the GPU client and managed to get it going right before i left. this morning my SMP is at about 55% and i opened the log for the GPU and find 5 units completed

havent checked the stats yet, but i was a bit suprised by that.

Post by **dicecca112** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:23 am

sounds great Darkstar, love to see us back in the 1k pdd. trying to catch up to Dmb are you?

Darkstar · Post by **Darkstar** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:39 am

dicecca112 wrote:sounds great Darkstar, love to see us back in the 1k pdd. trying to catch up to Dmb are you?

the Usurper

martini161 · Post by **martini161** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:52 am

Darkstar wrote:
dicecca112 wrote:sounds great Darkstar, love to see us back in the 1k pdd. trying to catch up to Dmb are you?
the Usurper

your not the only one. its hard to keep up with an octo core with only one rig

Post by **dicecca112** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:10 am

No kidding, I'll have 8 cores if my damn work machine every shows up. But I have a feeling DMB will still be out performing me. Martini, even if me and you combined forces we'd still be down. I think I need to write something up for the folding war this weekend. I'll ask Nate if we can advertise it on the front page. Give people a week to sign up

smack323 · Post by **smack323** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:10 pm

its seemed like awhile back when LR had that Folding contest for a GPU it really got things buzzing for folding. Anything laying around for prizes?

Post by **dicecca112** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:21 pm

too many issues, like the user winning, and then running away

I'm planning on ponying up this from my private stash

http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hvr950.html

For the contest.

It''ll only go to someone who is of the team for a extended period or they have to fold X amount of points before leaving if they choose so.

Darkstar · Post by **Darkstar** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:32 pm

Sweet!

Post by **dicecca112** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:35 pm

I won it in a raffle, and I don't have HD and I can't get any channels over the air with it. So its just been sitting in my closet.

smack323 · Post by **smack323** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:51 pm

Ive always had concerns with folding on all my computers just because I am afraid what its going to do to my electric bill. I currently have at home a e6600 w/ 8800gts 512mb, e6750 w/8800gs 320mb and PS3- and leaving one this equipment 24/7 seems like it might cause some issues down the road(repairs/breaks) I just set up to start folding on my work computer but they got me chugging along on a p4 2.4ghz so its not doing to much folding to say the least.. I will give it a run for a month at home and see if it puts me in the poor house.

Also, I belive with the 8800 cards i have i can fold with the GPU client correct? Can i also run a client the runs off of the CPU at the same time? I have been looking on the Stanford foldin site and i am not exactly sure what client to use for GPU folding if it is possible. Can someone help me out with that?

Alathald · Post by **Alathald** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:07 pm

It's actually not very much maybe $5-$10 a month per computer (TV Announcer: that's LESS THAN $.50 PER DAY!!). Just remember that even at full load your computer won't be pulling the PSU rating so you'll either have to estimate or use something that measures the watts being pulled at the wall. Anybody have a good number for average watts being pulled at the wall while folding?
http://www.handymath.com/cgi-bin/electr ... bmit=Entry

Post by **dicecca112** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:09 pm

smack323 wrote:Ive always had concerns with folding on all my computers just because I am afraid what its going to do to my electric bill. I currently have at home a e6600 w/ 8800gts 512mb, e6750 w/8800gs 320mb and PS3- and leaving one this equipment 24/7 seems like it might cause some issues down the road(repairs/breaks) I just set up to start folding on my work computer but they got me chugging along on a p4 2.4ghz so its not doing to much folding to say the least.. I will give it a run for a month at home and see if it puts me in the poor house.

Also, I belive with the 8800 cards i have i can fold with the GPU client correct? Can i also run a client the runs off of the CPU at the same time? I have been looking on the Stanford foldin site and i am not exactly sure what client to use for GPU folding if it is possible. Can someone help me out with that?

Post a new thread, I know martini has done it and can help you with it

DaIceMan · Post by **DaIceMan** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:09 pm

Folding war? *perk*

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:07 am

Hey, I nearly missed all this bitching about me

I'm borrowing a 8800GTX for a about a month next week, you best hope I don't decide to play with that at home and set it to fold

Dan

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