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Welcome back, sorry to read about your bad news.

Agree - great discussion and plenty of data packed for me to unravel. Linux Manjaro B550 AsRock motherboard, Ryzen 5950X with RTX 4070 Super and 4070 producing a combined 18-20,000 ppd. Checking the plain jane NVidia X-Server Settings shows each card running PCIe Gen4 at 98% GPU utilization and 2% ...

DocJonz wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2024 9:00 pm Certainly sad news for family and friends.

Thanks for sharing though, as it is always interesting to learn more about the lives of fellow Folders;
that goes for Gordon Smitheman, 7im (Timothy Braun) and PS3EdOlkkola (Edward Olkkola).

Totally agree, I hadn't read the link when I commented before.

Yesterday I had issues with a normally reliable system that a reboot didn't fix but a update and reboot did, I wonder which thing you changed was the solution.

Am very sorry to read this news.

Thank you for your reply. I was hoping that it could run @ 90 degrees like AM5. I'll get an 240 AIO. Oh I'm sure it can run hot and function, just would you want it to? This will depended on what else is sharing the case, in my situation a hot CPU plus a hot GPU heated each other even more. I know ...

Do Ryzen 5000 have the same issue [high temps when folding] as the AM5. I'm using an AMD provided CPU cooler. :?: I use a Ryzen 3700 8core/16 thread with a stock cooler and was not happy with the temps when I was folding with it. I have not cpu folded with it for a while as it also has a 'hot' GPU ...

Thanks, always good to get real life experience.

I am considering getting an RTX 4070ti for my folding rig to replace a RTX 2080ti and am wondering about peoples experience with this. When the 4090 and 4080 came out there were concerns about the latest power connector system and some very negative stories but this seems to be no longer in the news...

Although that site useful enough for a general comparison/guide there are so many variables in GPU setup and response of particular GPUs to specific projects that people should not expect X card to do X ppd consistently as per any of these charts.

In a positive comment for this much maligned WU my geriatric GTX 980ti which folded full time for many years and now does a couple of days a week as it now lives in a young teen's bedroom computer likes these just fine, averaging 1.3 Mppd when its general range is 1-1.5 Mppd.

You are not alone, I am afraid this one suits very few people, just how it goes with variation this is an outlier on the lower end of the scale. Finish it and hopefully draw a different one next time is my philosophy.

Sometimes creative routing options to help the GPU get more air can be done as well. what options ? With passively cooled GPUs I have seen people cable tie case fans on or close to the heatsink either in a push or pull configuration depending on what more effective with the airflow directions. I wo...

JEK81 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 4:24 pm Is there a stop on finish option for a slot?

Yes, on the advanced control panel; select the slot and choose "finish" this will complete the unit and not request another one, on restart it should show as snoozing icon and the slot read as paused.

Generally any driver with issues for folding is reported fairly quickly here on the forums or on discord. NVIDIA hasn't had any major driver issues for folding uses in a while. Even those issues were usually very minor. For the most part it's not a concern with this brand of GPU. I agree, once I fi...