ready for some Fermi numbers? GTX 480

[Snow Crash]

I am going to switch my XP/ 480 over to the new drivers now to try and get a baseline before they release the new app. After that I will have to switch hardware around so if you want to wait it might be a while. Of course the timing depends on the stability of the new app and/ or how long it takes to iron out any major bugs. In the past it seems to take about 3-4 weeks from release to stability mainly because GPUGrid does not have a large local stable of machines to spin through the different OS/ driver combinations. I think we may not see too much improvement this round because GDF usually tells how much they have see in the lab, hopefully after this first port to 3.1 they can start working on optimizations. IIRC NVidia is still working with MS as most of the slowdown on Win7/ Vista is the new driver model at the OS level.

[WhiteFireDragon]

can anyone that still have these older fermi cards try installing the new 258.96 drivers to see if there are any improvement in overclocks or time it finishes the WU?

[STEvil]

can anyone that still have these older fermi cards try installing the new 258.96 drivers to see if there are any improvement in overclocks or time it finishes the WU?

GTX480 750/1500/2000 runs through ACEMD2 WU's in just over 3:15 for me it seems. WinXP-64, no swan_whatever tweak, 8c/8t @ 3.44ghz (dual e5450), 4x2gb FB-DIMM.

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overnight (no pc useage, 800/1600/2000 clocks) went through ACEMD2's in 2:57:58-ish