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by Calendyr
Fri Jul 13, 2012 2:58 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Performance issue on Core2Quad+260GTX
Replies: 8
Views: 1504

Re: Performance issue on Core2Quad+260GTX

So it's actually less productive than simply having my CPU fold without a GPU. I find that strange, people keep saying GPUs are much more powerful than CPUs for folding. I guess that is not the case with the 260 GTX. I'll give it a day before putting my 4850 back in the machine and re-selling the 26...
by Calendyr
Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:40 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Performance issue on Core2Quad+260GTX
Replies: 8
Views: 1504

Re: Performance issue on Core2Quad+260GTX

Just got to work. The estimated PPD is now showing 16 !!!

Something is definatelly wrong with this.
by Calendyr
Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:40 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Performance issue on Core2Quad+260GTX
Replies: 8
Views: 1504

Re: Performance issue on Core2Quad+260GTX

Hello Bruce, I am not sure if you are looking at the right account or not. I use a seperate username for each machine I have so I can track individual machine's performance. On the other hand I use the same passkey for all my computers... so I don't know how that will show up on the charts. The mach...
by Calendyr
Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:42 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: How to become a world class folder?
Replies: 50
Views: 8547

Re: How to become a world class folder?

I am using 2 Playstation 3 and 5 computers to generate WU for F@H. In a month my team climbed to the top 3% of team rankings. So it is possible to climb quickly to the top of the charts. Many of the people who used to fold had computers a lot weaker than what you have. Just think that every 2 years ...
by Calendyr
Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:29 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Performance issue on Core2Quad+260GTX
Replies: 8
Views: 1504

Performance issue on Core2Quad+260GTX

Hello everyone, I just installed the GForce 260 GTX I purchased off Ebay to replace my Radeon HD4850 that wasn't supported by F@H. Prior to the installation my Core2Quad (Q6600) was producing in between 10,000 and 13,000 Points per day using CPU folding only. With my GForce activelly folding, estima...
by Calendyr
Tue Jul 10, 2012 2:14 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: NVidia 8600 GTS performance
Replies: 2
Views: 727

Re: NVidia 8600 GTS performance

Thanks. I might just do that ;)
by Calendyr
Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:57 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: NVidia 8600 GTS performance
Replies: 2
Views: 727

NVidia 8600 GTS performance

Hello, one of the machines I have asssigned to folding uses a Celeron E1200 and a 8600 GTS. I noticed yesterday the GTS wasn't doing anything and I remembered that this machine's power supply did not have a plug for the extra power needed by the VideoCard for the GPU. So my question is: Would it be ...
by Calendyr
Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:50 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: What will Folding@Home be like 20 years from now??
Replies: 14
Views: 4082

Re: What will Folding@Home be like 20 years ago?

My first modem was a 300 bauds acoustic coupler on a Tandy CoCo 1 ;) How has times changed with my 30 MegaBit Cable connection LOL! It's a bit scary to think how powerful computers will be in 20 years if Moore's law can hold true. We are getting to a point were shrinking CPU sizes is getting harder ...
by Calendyr
Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:47 pm
Forum: The Science of FAH -- questions/answers
Topic: A plea for more cancer projects
Replies: 36
Views: 12154

Re: A plea for more cancer projects

I totally agree with the original poster. My main reason for joining F@H is cancer research.
by Calendyr
Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:56 pm
Forum: Problems with AMD/ATI drivers
Topic: Radeon HD 4850: Failed to get assignment from 'assign-GPU.st
Replies: 16
Views: 7998

Re: Radeon HD 4850: Failed to get assignment from 'assign-GP

... Is there any guidelines on how often GPU support is dropped? So for instance if I decide to get a Radeon 5870, do I have to worry about support getting dropped soon? ... You'll have to ask AMD that question. ATI/AMD has phased out support for the Brook code that FAH has been using in favor of O...
by Calendyr
Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:24 pm
Forum: Problems with AMD/ATI drivers
Topic: Radeon HD 4850: Failed to get assignment from 'assign-GPU.st
Replies: 16
Views: 7998

Re: Radeon HD 4850: Failed to get assignment from 'assign-GP

Ok, excellent. I am running Windows 7 on all my computers except my two oldest one. Will see what I can find that will be cheap and supported, Ebay should have plenty to choose from :)
by Calendyr
Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:05 pm
Forum: Problems with AMD/ATI drivers
Topic: Radeon HD 4850: Failed to get assignment from 'assign-GPU.st
Replies: 16
Views: 7998

Re: Radeon HD 4850: Failed to get assignment from 'assign-GP

Ok, interesting. I will do the SMP limitation to 6 threads right away. Any suggestions for an old Celeron E1200 machine using a GForce 8600 GTS GPU? Is there an optimization guide somewhere that can be read? I did not realize the guy has a dual 570, that makes more sense then. I am still eager to se...
by Calendyr
Fri Jun 29, 2012 9:09 pm
Forum: Problems with AMD/ATI drivers
Topic: Radeon HD 4850: Failed to get assignment from 'assign-GPU.st
Replies: 16
Views: 7998

Re: Radeon HD 4850: Failed to get assignment from 'assign-GP

I just created one and will assign it to all my client (well, maybe not on the PS3 systems, would be a pain to copy that by hand... will see).

Don't think the key will boost rating from say 7.7K that I have right now to 40K... will it?
by Calendyr
Fri Jun 29, 2012 5:57 pm
Forum: Issues with a specific server
Topic: Stats have not been registering for about a week
Replies: 3
Views: 1018

Re: Stats have not been registering for about a week

Ahhhh crap, keep getting my posts rejected because of URLs... I tried to remove the h t t p and w w w tags in front of links but no matter what I do the message keeps getting rejected.... very annoying! I use the link that is generated by clicking on the team number in the client... would post the l...
by Calendyr
Fri Jun 29, 2012 5:36 pm
Forum: Problems with AMD/ATI drivers
Topic: Radeon HD 4850: Failed to get assignment from 'assign-GPU.st
Replies: 16
Views: 7998

Re: Radeon HD 4850: Failed to get assignment from 'assign-GP

No, no passkey... but why would that improve performance? I was under the impression passkeys only made certain that results did not get mixed with other people using the same username...? Here is my log... *********************** Log Started 2012-06-29T17:32:13Z *********************** 17:32:13:***...