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Are the GPU clients updated to optimize the 48XX series cards? My 4850 (750/1120) is only at 70% right now, where my 3870 was at 100%.
 
Okay guys,

So I have a I have a server with dual P3 processors both running at 1Ghz and 1Gb of RAM.

Do you think it would be worth folding on?

Thanks!
 
Personally I have no idea if the fah clients are made for dual cpu's.
Download the SMP client and give it a try I suppose.
If it can use both cpu's then it might do alright...
 
I was thinking cos it might manage to use both cpu's better then the other clients. but anyway i guess it still wouldnt be fast enough haha :)
 
Kesava said:
I was thinking cos it might manage to use both cpu's better then the other clients. but anyway i guess it still wouldnt be fast enough haha :)
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Really, the best chips for SMP are the Core 2 chips. I'm thinking two instances of the tray client would work for this setup, if he's using a compatible OS.
 
There... have the computer downstairs (the parents computer/family) running at 40% folding... and now my PS3 is folding. Once I get some better cooling when I upgrade my computer upstairs, I'll be folding on this, too. :)
 
Emperor_nero said:
Currently I don't have an OS on there, I'm going to run Linux or W2K Server most likely.

Thanks.
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Take a look here. That's the legacy client download page. Next to each download link, there's a help button that will give you various information on the specific client.

Hyper_Kagome said:
There... have the computer downstairs (the parents computer/family) running at 40% folding... and now my PS3 is folding. Once I get some better cooling when I upgrade my computer upstairs, I'll be folding on this, too. :)
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Awesome. In the past couple months, our team has climbed about 30 ranks. We're looking great, atm! :D
 
Naw, that's overkill. A GTX 280 would smoke those chips. Nowadays, the GPU client is the way to go. If you want to build a killer F@H box, get a quad core, GTX 280 and a good mobo built to overclock.
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Although it should be noted that the while having a fast CPU to feed the GPU is nice, it is by FAR a second player for 90%+ of setups, i.e. my laptops can keep up with my secondary machines which have far faster chips, as for the number of cores, you dont need to buy a quad, if you're planning on doing GPU only folding (of course, there are other reasons to buy a quad, but dont let that be the primary).
 
Praetor said:
Although it should be noted that the while having a fast CPU to feed the GPU is nice, it is by FAR a second player for 90%+ of setups, i.e. my laptops can keep up with my secondary machines which have far faster chips, as for the number of cores, you dont need to buy a quad, if you're planning on doing GPU only folding (of course, there are other reasons to buy a quad, but dont let that be the primary).
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Right. If you want to run only a GPU client, a stock clocked dual core would be sufficient. However, if you wanted to run SMP, or even SMP along with a GPU client (which I finally setup yesterday), an OC'd quad would be ideal.
 
Right. If you want to run only a GPU client, a stock clocked dual core would be sufficient. However, if you wanted to run SMP, or even SMP along with a GPU client (which I finally setup yesterday), an OC'd quad would be ideal.
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I dont even see why dualcore is necessary if you're running the GPU client. A clean single core rig is more than sufficient -- dont drink too much of the koolaid ;) The difference only "matters" once yiou get to the higher end.
 
Well it depends on what card you're powering it with, I know the 260 and the 280 blow the PS3 to smithereens. In my opinion, unless you're really out there to save the world from <insert random condition here>, the GPU client is really all you need to run. The CPU client is miles behind and if you look at things from a points/day versus heat, theres no reason to run the CPU client.

My experience with the GPU client only extends down to the 8800GT, so I dunno, been way too long since I ran with the 19XX cards to compare.
 
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