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November Boards Foldathon

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    #62
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    Can't believe I'm upset about coming second! :eek: But I was hoping for fifth, if I'm second it means we're missing several top Folders! :(

    At least it means I can knock off the testbed and fit its DVD (now the adaptor is here) and put my old PC back together again! :D Alas the scratch build is now getting more and more behind schedule, I thought I'd be measuring the mobo for standoffs by now :eek::(


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    #63
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Blimey, I'm doing shockingly poor lately.


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    #64
    BabyEater
    Registered Users Posts: 691 ✭✭✭BabyEater


    My first foldathon wasn't too bad for me.

    I did try to add an AthlonX2 4400 but it got a 6701 and it is going to take 4 days to complete, so will be finished sometime tomorrow.

    Otherwise not too bad.


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    #65
    zodac
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭zodac


    Plenty of room for improvement for December then. I should be back with all clients then. :)


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    #66
    zodac
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭zodac


    So... when should we hold the December one then? The week of the 13th?


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    #67
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    Sounds good :) Might throw the HD4830 on for a laugh :D

    On a related note: Any clue when the new SMP and GPU clients come out? I'd love to have the HD6850 running for the next Foldathon but there's still no client that supports HD6000 GPUs :( And whatever happened to that P67**-enhanced SMP client update? :o


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    #68
    zodac
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭zodac


    Not long now; from what I hear, it's close to a release. It won't include the revised client for ATi though... that'll probably come out around Feb (Q1 2011 is what's being thrown about).

    And the 6000 series can Fold... though I'm not sure what combination. Try:
    GPU2 & GPU3
    -forcegpu ati_r700 & -forcegpu ati_r800

    One of those should work.

    As for the client update, seems not to have come... people were raving about an improvement, but that's gone now...


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    #69
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    Is folding on a HD5/6000 really as bad as I've heard? Opinion is that with the forcing the current clients to run on my card I'd be lucky to get 3k PPD for the card and I'd lose 1-2k PPD due to huge CPU usage issues :eek: Is it anywhere near this bad for a HD4000??!?


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    #70
    zodac
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭zodac


    Pretty much... I'd only really Fold on an ATi GPU if it's in a rig with a single core CPU...


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    #71
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    That bad?! :eek: Will the new client help resolve the issue and/or increase PPD without increasing pain on the CPU when it finally comes out?


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    #72
    zodac
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭zodac


    That's what we're expecting; more PPD, and less CPU usage, bringing them in line with nVidia GPUs.


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    #73
    zodac
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭zodac


    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=69449873

    ;)


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