GTX 1080 Ti Review (finally)

[Paragon]

I've been busy with other projects, but I finally got around to testing a 1080 Ti (I got a broken one on eBay for cheap and managed to fix it...else this review never would have happened since I'm not made of money haha).

https://greenfoldingathome.com/2020/03/ ... x-1080-ti/

In short, it's an awesome card, doing over 1 million PPD over a long term average in Windows 10 with a 3500 PPD/Watt system efficiency. A lot of the people on here know this already, but just thought I'd add my 2 cents...plus these are finally getting marginally affordable on eBay.

[Shirty]

It's a good card. I still believe the sweet spot is the 2070 Super, if you can find one under £400 then it's a card that will brush 2 million on the right core22 WUs.

[Paragon]

It's a good card. I still believe the sweet spot is the 2070 Super, if you can find one under £400 then it's a card that will brush 2 million on the right core22 WUs.

I agree based off what I've read. My issue is I may be pushing the limits of my benchmark machine (AM3 Gigabyte board with PCI-E 2.0). When I start getting into RTX upper-tier stuff, I'll probably need to get a whole new system so that I'm not bandwidth bottle-necked. Need to start saving up I guess

[QuintLeo]

Running LINUX, a 1080 ti takes less than a 5% hit on PPD due to bandwidth limitations on a 1 lane PCI-E 2.0 via a riser.
Running Windows is a MUCH bigger hit by report.

Perhaps put your new high-end RTX cards on the MB slots that are 4-lane or more and your older cards on the riser(s)?

[bowman]

Are you getting these results with the COVID-19 units?

I am certainly not getting anywhere near 1 million PPD estimates, the few times I get units at all the client estimates 100k PPD. Is something wrong with my setup?

[Paragon]

No, these tests were all done before covid-19. The current situation results in lower PPD for all machines because things aren't optimized and there is a shortage of work units.

[toTOW]

Are you getting these results with the COVID-19 units?

I am certainly not getting anywhere near 1 million PPD estimates, the few times I get units at all the client estimates 100k PPD. Is something wrong with my setup?

You probably didn't add a passkey : https://foldingathome.org/support/faq/points/passkey/

[bowman]

Are you getting these results with the COVID-19 units?

I am certainly not getting anywhere near 1 million PPD estimates, the few times I get units at all the client estimates 100k PPD. Is something wrong with my setup?

You probably didn't add a passkey : https://foldingathome.org/support/faq/points/passkey/

Thank you, that was the ticket!

The passkey really whipped my client into a frenzy. I didn't realize it made a difference in this way, so I had never added one in the past.