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Posted: **Sun Jun 01, 2014 7:59 pm**

So I've started folding again with dual Evga GTX 760 ACX SC, and I've just had loads of problems.
I've got SLI disabled, tried with no overclock and between +0-143 MHz with no change.
It started with one of the GPUs idling and taking a very long time to progress (10 days per WU), and after reinstalling, playing with GPU IDs and other fiddling I'm getting an amazing PPD of ~4000.
With SLI enabled at the beginning of the day I was getting around 80,000.
Both GPUs are clocked up now, and around 50-60 degrees but the progress and PPD is still very low.
Log is below, please help! I gave up on FAH before because of issues like this, I don't want to again!
Thanks.

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19:52:11:Trying to access database...
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Posted: **Sun Jun 01, 2014 8:48 pm**

First time I've seen a machine with embedded Windows. What video driver version is installed? Check your Windows event logs for video driver errors, which is a common cause of very poor PPD. Is a screen savers active? A better solutionthan a screen saver is to use Windows power settings to power down your display?

You probably should manually limit the CPU slot to two threads. For Nvidia, each GPU slot will use a CPU core and you have a four core CPU

Your log only shows aprox. 1 minute so I can't see any progression of the WU's or errors. I really need to see more log.

As a side note, SLI is irrelevant. PPD estimates tend to be inaccurate till at least 2-3% have been completed.

Posted: **Sun Jun 01, 2014 9:21 pm**

Welcome to the F@H Forum Jamolas,

Regarding the PPD, the initial estimate isn't correct since it doesn't have any data to work with. You would have to wait until the WU finishes 3% to 5% for the estimate to be correct. It is recommended that you let the system fold overnight (or at least few hours) to get a more accurate PPD estimate.

Moreover, do note that since you are using a Non GK-110 GPU, the best driver for folding is 327.23 WHQL. Anything newer, and foding performance will drop significantly. A fix is currently in Beta Testing (viewtopic.php?f=66&t=26190).

Posted: **Sun Jun 01, 2014 9:44 pm**

Thanks for the quick replies,
The PPD has crept up to 60K, and I'll let it run overnight and post again if I get anymore issues.
I'll roll back the drivers now.
I've set the CPU to 2 cores, but I think the automatic selection already had that done.
I had no idea about screensavers, I've set that up now though.
Industry embedded is free through Dreamsparks (A student thing from Microsoft), and as I could neither see any differences or afford an OS I thought I would try it instead of pirating! It works great, by the way.

Thanks again for the welcome and help!

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