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by Sophocles
Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:49 pm
Forum: Issues with a specific WU
Topic: Are The 511 Point Units All That's Left
Replies: 6
Views: 873

Re: Are The 511 Point Units All That's Left

Still you should be able to fold on them without having to worry about wear and tear Wear and tear is a fact of life but added heat running 24/7 will speed up electromigration considerably. I don't use AMD cards for folding although they are my HTPC and gaming preference, and as you know Nvidia has...
by Sophocles
Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:14 pm
Forum: Issues with a specific WU
Topic: Are The 511 Point Units All That's Left
Replies: 6
Views: 873

Re: Are The 511 Point Units All That's Left

Next, is the wear and tear issue: A specific WU is not going to change the amount of wear and tear that occurs. A WU will always try to use all the resources it can, so a 511 will do the same wear and tear as a 384 point WU over a given time interval. That is simply not true, and it's a point that ...
by Sophocles
Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:09 pm
Forum: Issues with a specific WU
Topic: Are The 511 Point Units All That's Left
Replies: 6
Views: 873

Are The 511 Point Units All That's Left

Is their a reason why I'm getting 511 point WU's almost exclusively on all of my rigs when other members of my team are receiving 480 and 384 point units? Is this happening to anyone else? I don't mind the loss of points but the wear and tear that these units exact on a system running 24/7 is a litt...
by Sophocles
Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:35 am
Forum: Issues with a specific WU
Topic: Project: 5750 (Run 13, Clone 133, Gen 15)
Replies: 10
Views: 1451

Re: Project: 5750 (Run 13, Clone 133, Gen 15)

Two other donors have now completed this WU and returned it for full credit. It isn't a bad WU. I've successfully ran 511 point series on both XP and Vista with overclocked GPUs and successfully returned them all many times over, but that doesn't mean that there isn't an issue with these WUs.They u...