9800gx2 ppd?

[=[PULSAR]=]

Have a couple of these sitting around and wondering how much damage they are doing on todays WU's.

[Otis11]

I believe they'll do 5-6k ppd... But that's just iirc, I could be completely off.

Hopefully someone can chime in with something more concrete!

[MikeB12]

gx2 should do about 18-20k 24/7 with no errors. it's basically like running 2 9800gtx's or 2 gts250's... and my dual gts250 machine does about 20k a day when it's error free.

http://i45.tinypic.com/2wqss4k.jpg

just guessing though. a gx2 is 2 cores 128sp's each. a gts250/9800gtx is a single core 128sp card.

[=[PULSAR]=]

Just curious cause I have 3 right now and don't plan on folding till next winter. I was wondering if it would be better to sell these now and buy something newer next winter or hold on to them.

[Otis11]

Haha, my bad... read WAY to fast. Didn't see the x2... and still off after that. :rolleyes:
(don't the 8800's do 6k ppd...?)

Anyway... I think this depends on how fermi turns out. If it is a beast in points, it might be better to have one of them, but if that's not the case, these compare quite well to gtx 2 series in points.

And now that I think of it... You might be better to sell them and get new next year. Electric costs will make it cheaper to fold with the new stuff... Just my opinion. :cool:

Edit: ahh... forgot the recent 60% boost!

[=[PULSAR]=]

Yeah the whole reason I am waiting till winter is because folding hardware emits heat which interns cuts down the cost of heating a home. Unlike the summer where you make for electricity to power machines and then pay extra to AC your home. Found out a interesting fact yesterday though 1000W heats up 400sqft which is funny cause my old machine with 3x9800gx2's was a little bit over 1000 and used to heat my bedroom :)

[MikeB12]

plus those gx2's are some hot bastiges! I had one and had to keep the fan at near 100% to stay under 95c on both cores folding fah. I never ran it on gpugrid, but fortunately gpugrid doesn't run as hot as fah from my experience. i never ran the gx2 on the grid, so you'll have to try it and let us know. they should come close to my dual gts250 box though.. maybe a little lower depending on clocks and wu's etc...

[=[PULSAR]=]

Okay well since it is still winter here an about 30/40's here and still need to heat the house...someone give me a link to how to setup and run gpugrid with 3x9800gx2's:party:

EDIT: Trying to download the cuda drivers but I run win7 and all I see is xp/vista, any ideas?

[Molotox]

Just get the regular graphic card update from nvidia, it should work right after.

Edit: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index5.aspx?lang=en-us

[Otis11]

Yeah - if you update from NVIDIA it should work fine... And let us know how it goes!

[=[PULSAR]=]

BOINC is installed and pick gpugrid. I open up BOINC manager now what? :)

[NKrader]

i wants one of those cards.. :P read ur pms

[DAK1640]

Attach to GPUGRID...Go Advance into preferences and select "GPU while compy in use":up:

[lkiller123]

Remember to join our team :welcome:.

Have fun:)

[=[PULSAR]=]

Attach to GPUGRID...Go Advance into preferences and select "GPU while compy in use":up:

I did this already I still only have one task at this time. Aren't I suppose to have 6 if I'm running 3 cards or does it blend it?

[PoppaGeek]

Try this:

I had to edit the cc_config.xml file (or create it) in the c:/programdata/boinc folder and put in a few lines like this:


<cc_config>
<options>
<use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus>
</options>
</cc_config>


And go to Advanced -> Read Config file.


GPUGrid.net forums (http://www.gpugrid.net/forum_thread.php?id=1510&nowrap=true#13857)

[=[PULSAR]=]

I'm starting to remember why I quit F@H.

[PoppaGeek]

=;4255225']I'm starting to remember why I quit F@H.

The difference here is once it is working it usually just works. A bad WU ever once in awhile but this project is not nearly as cranky as F@H.

[mreuter80]

=;4255161']I did this already I still only have one task at this time. Aren't I suppose to have 6 if I'm running 3 cards or does it blend it?

I thought 4-way sli is the max one can do with the current drivers.
I'm maybe wrong, can anyone confirm?

[=[PULSAR]=]

4-way is the max, but if you run them independently the only limiting factor is pci slots. Well this OS is so scrambled time for a fresh install. See ya guys in a couple hours.

[=[PULSAR]=]

K fresh install done time to tinker!

[Molotox]

That was fast enough! 19 mins :up:

[=[PULSAR]=]

Well got too frustrated just I'm just doing F@H.

[NKrader]

=;4255429']Well got too frustrated just I'm just doing F@H.

hah if you change your mind and still want to sell one im here :P