Best value card - Page 2

Mescalamba · 11-02-2009, 03:45 PM

Old sig.. now I have HD 4650 (temporary) and HD 4770 on the way.. (that will be temporary too, until I see some resonable prices and amounts of HD 5850 for sale at e-shops).

F@H works on HD 3870, but only that I think..

moiraesfate · 11-03-2009, 09:47 AM

I have a 260 core 216 45 nm and I'd definitely recommend it.

Don't bother getting anything that says its 512 mb. The good ones are all at least a gig. Anything else is becoming swiftly obsolete despite the fact that some people continue to insist that they MUST have 8800's.

Computurd · 11-03-2009, 02:46 PM

Hey tbh there isnt much a g92 (8800) cant do. It can still get you around on most games out there. I have some 9800 in SLI (they are same basically as 8800) and they do well. However, i also have 260 216core's in tri and that rocks arse, but dont underestimate the 8800!

vaio · 11-07-2009, 01:12 PM

Update......

Asus GTS 250 installed and crunching

shadowwind · 11-07-2009, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vaio

Update......

Asus GTS 250 installed and crunching

thanks and welcome to the team.

vaio · 11-07-2009, 01:29 PM

*COUGH* Me not in your team *COUGH*

Runs for cover

Otis11 · 11-07-2009, 03:01 PM

Well, get that pie team up and running - We're going to need some competition soon!

(We're going to need a challenge in ~120 days... better get a move on!

)

Edit: you've only got 3 members on GPUGrid and 7 on WCG... You're already days old! recruit man recruit!

BTW - good luck with it!

vaio · 11-07-2009, 05:03 PM

I don't have a hardware forum to recruit from

.........but I do have a half decent track record for team building

Can never be as big as your lot but pound for pound we'll be with ya

vaio · 11-08-2009, 02:00 PM

What would be better for crunching output?

A 260 or whatever or a pair of gts 250's?

INFRNL · 11-08-2009, 04:19 PM

Damn, I thought i was somewhere else. I do not know what a gts 250 produces on the grid. I wouldn't mind knowing though as I can get one for fairly cheap. I missed out on a couple deals for 260's too.

If its anything like F@H 2 250's should produce a little more than 1 gtx 275. I was going to run all 250's because you get a little more for the money; however you would need a lot of rigs for mass production. This is why I went the 275 route. overall more production for a set # of cards.

I think in theory. 2 250's is a little more than a 275, and 2 260's should be a little more than a 285. However I heard from a member that a 285 does not really produce more than a 275. Sounds a bit off to me.

I would say get the best cards you can afford and set a limit. ie, I am only willing to spend $220 per gpu at most and this is only if I am in dire need. I think on avg I have only paid approx $175 for ea of my gtx 275's, I would have to calculate. I do not mind spending $230 and gettting no-wait rebates. Bottom line, set a max $ and get the best cards you can in that range for folding. This is my opinion and is working well for me.

vaio · 11-09-2009, 12:53 PM

Apparently I created my GPUGRID account 70 hours ago and so far my total is just under 27k.

So roughly 9k per day.

shadowwind · 11-09-2009, 01:47 PM

you can mixs your cards if you add a gtx 260 that would bring you up to about 23 k a day. then slowly add cards as you save up for new pc builds that's how most of us do it i got 5 computers but only 3 on the gpugrid. im trying to break away from a family folding@home team.

it aint easy.