Folding Forum

Personally, I'd avoid Kepler's till they fix the driver issues. Currently the only WU's that work are beta and even then you have to have the right driver version. Nvidia seems to be releasing new drivers weekly and some work while others are a big fail. Thanks. Didn't realize that it was limited t...

My current choice seems to be coming down to GTX 560ti versus GTX 680. Currently the 680 is about twice the cost, about the same PPD, and significantly better PPD/watt (I'll try to get some power numbers together). The 680 would presumably have more longevity as a folder (no guarantees) and certainl...

Looks like a damn good mobo, but adding a second card with it would not be a good idea. Splitting the bandwidth is unlikely to effect gaming in any way that really matters but may lead to limited results with F@H: A lot of people have had problems with GPU folding recently on projects with high ato...

In order to run games at 1920x1080 with a reasonable amount of anti-aliasing your going to need a GTX560Ti or above. . . the 460s just don't cut it on directX 11 and the 480s generate a lot of heat. Thanks Eagle, and others pointing in that direction. The GTX560Ti is looking increasingly likely. Lo...

I've never seen that bit-tech article. I like it. It is very useful. I gave you info from my experience and from that I'd say I was wrong. /salute Here are two power-usage references for the i7 3770 (entire system power rather than just the chip): Legitreviews and Anandtech . I don't have any good ...

Thanks all of you for useful replies! iceman1992's bit-tech article makes me think of going high-end. If NVidia is right that their 680 and 690 are super power efficient, then surely they would dominate that PPD/watt chart. HaloJone's recommendation of a 560Ti has appeal for the combination of PPD/w...

Buy a card with as long of a warranty as you can. I know that it isn't politically correct here but preferably lifetime because GPU folding wears out video cards. I entirely agree that a long warranty is very desirable... I gather you're pretty sure that folding and modest overclocking do not void ...

BTW, I'm also open to dual GPUs with an SLI connection but I strongly suspect that's not the best choice for me, with the following logic: Given that I'm concerned with PPD/watt I suspect I'm better off going with a top-end GTX 690 over the equivalent computational power from a dual SLI configuratio...

Thanks, bruce, for a fast reply.

The new machine will have either no GPU (unlikely) or whatever new GPU Nvidia I decide to get after this thread has run its course.

I will not be using my ATI Radeon HD4870 or any other ATI GPU in the new computer (see above).

With very useful input from FoldingForum I'm about to build a new 24/7 multipurpose Windows 7 PC around an i7-3770k and a Sabertooth z77 with modest overclocking, air-cooled with a Noctura NH-C14 (in my basement, one mile south of Canada). My only remaining question is what, if any, GPU to buy. The ...

I'll remove the GPU slot and keep folding. If the USB problem happens again I'll post with more details. I certainly see no reason why Folding would have caused such a problem, but this computer has very little software and hardware and the problem started and stopped with FAHClient. Certainly not p...

I have changed to High Performance. "USB selective suspend setting" was "Enabled" and is now Disabled. I doubt that had anything to do with it, but who knows. I just realized that my computer was set to do both SMP and GPU folding. I don't know which (if either) was causing the U...

Hi, I'm experimenting with having my computer in the basement while I control it on the 2nd floor via 10 meter cables. The problem is an interaction between FAH and this USB 3.0 extension cable: USB 3.0 Active Repeater Cable – 10M http://www.siig.com/usb-3-0-active-repe ... e-10m.html Everything was...