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by dreiter
Wed Jul 05, 2017 7:49 pm
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: Cheapest 40 lane CPU for 4x 1080tis
Replies: 15
Views: 8290

Re: Cheapest 40 lane CPU for 4x 1080tis

Hughesy26 wrote:The plan for the new rig is to get 4 EVGA hybrid cards and run it in my office.
Smart, let your company pay the power bill. :lol:
by dreiter
Wed Mar 15, 2017 10:28 pm
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: New GTX 1080 Ti folds as misdetected GTX 980 Ti
Replies: 41
Views: 28445

Re: New GTX 1080 Ti folds as misdetected GTX 980 Ti

My GTX 1080 Ti now wears a Aquacomputer Kryographics. Result: cool, quit and very efficiently, great OC. Tom's Hardware just ran an article doing the exact same thing! http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-1080-ti-water-cooling,4975.html They were able to run at 2.1 Ghz and super low temp...
by dreiter
Thu Mar 09, 2017 6:17 pm
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: Open Air Dedicated Folder and Guide
Replies: 36
Views: 18688

Re: Open Air Dedicated Folder and Guide

It was off topic to the hardware discussion, and there are several other threads where you could post or read that talk about conserving power, or ... He was not upset ... Probably CA power prices Right, right, and right. Oh I just saw that you live in So Cal too. Prices here are rough, but I suppo...
by dreiter
Thu Mar 09, 2017 6:15 pm
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: Open Air Dedicated Folder and Guide
Replies: 36
Views: 18688

Re: Open Air Dedicated Folder and Guide

It was off topic to the hardware discussion, and there are several other threads where you could post or read that talk about conserving power, or offsetting power usage (replacing old conventional light bulbs with LEDs enough to match the increase used by folding). He was not upset, just suggestin...
by dreiter
Mon Mar 06, 2017 4:49 pm
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: Open Air Dedicated Folder and Guide
Replies: 36
Views: 18688

Re: Open Air Dedicated Folder and Guide

Here in CA it gets up to $0.30/kWh in the summer and ... We could get into a long off-topic discussion about that :evil: but let's not. It won't help anybody. Well I'm not interested in arguing at all if that's your concern, but I would be interested to hear your thoughts. Are you upset at my comme...
by dreiter
Mon Mar 06, 2017 4:31 pm
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: Comparison of current GPUs PPD/watt and PPD/price
Replies: 30
Views: 18563

Re: Comparison of current GPUs PPD/watt and PPD/price

Hi foldy, Just for an update, the 1080 is down to $499 MSRP now. This should bump it's PPD/price up to 1.7, which is tied for the highest PPD/price. It's definitely looking like a much better 'value' proposition for folding now. That's assuming a 1080 averages 860,000 PPD. I just bought a couple of...
by dreiter
Mon Mar 06, 2017 4:28 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Are the 'default' F@H settings optimal for CPU+GPU?
Replies: 3
Views: 1162

Re: Are the 'default' F@H settings optimal for CPU+GPU?

The default settings for the client use the Medium setting for desktops and Light for laptops. The Medium setting reserves one core for your own computer usage, you can move the slider to Full if you want to have it be used for folding. That depends. There are a multitude of different system config...
by dreiter
Mon Mar 06, 2017 2:45 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Are the 'default' F@H settings optimal for CPU+GPU?
Replies: 3
Views: 1162

Are the 'default' F@H settings optimal for CPU+GPU?

While I'm not technically new to the folding world, I have been out of the game for a while. I have recently downloaded the newest Windows client. My question is if the client automatically selects the best number of CPU threads or if I should set a custom value. I have a 6600K (4 cores, 4 threads) ...
by dreiter
Mon Mar 06, 2017 1:34 am
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: Open Air Dedicated Folder and Guide
Replies: 36
Views: 18688

Re: Open Air Dedicated Folder and Guide

I'm late to this thread but I have to ask, is power super cheap where you live? Or perhaps you are in a cold climate? Here in CA it gets up to $0.30/kWh in the summer and pulling 900 W from the wall plus the extra AC load due to the generated heat, well, I don't think it would be very possible here.
by dreiter
Mon Mar 06, 2017 1:05 am
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: Comparison of current GPUs PPD/watt and PPD/price
Replies: 30
Views: 18563

Re: Comparison of current GPUs PPD/watt and PPD/price

Hi foldy,

Just for an update, the 1080 is down to $499 MSRP now. This should bump it's PPD/price up to 1.7, which is tied for the highest PPD/price. It's definitely looking like a much better 'value' proposition for folding now.
by dreiter
Fri Jan 18, 2013 4:01 am
Forum: Problems with AMD/ATI drivers
Topic: Catalyst 13.1 drivers are out
Replies: 48
Views: 21338

Re: Catalyst 13.1 drivers are out

Holy crap, 20K PPD on a 7950? I have a 7850 and I get 7K PPD per day. I do have the last driver in the '12' series. Maybe that's it?
by dreiter
Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:09 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Folding on Opteron 4284 "Valencia"
Replies: 7
Views: 2027

Re: Folding on Opteron 4284 "Valencia"

You are getting away with -bigadv and you only have 8 cores at 3GHz?
by dreiter
Mon Feb 27, 2012 2:48 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Folding Farm Help
Replies: 5
Views: 2807

Re: Folding Farm Help

Origami should satisfy your needs (I think) :)

http://origami.zelut.org/documentation.php
by dreiter
Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:04 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: folding eletricity
Replies: 40
Views: 7308

Re: folding eletricity

I think a good idea would be to 'retire' old folding machines, AKA ones that have a low GFLOPS/watt ratio. I had a 1.9 GHz Athlon XP running folding, but I gave it up because the points weren't worth the power draw....