I had a problem with a GX2 giving me artifacts. I took it apart, cleaned it properly, baked it, replaced the TIM, put it together (without the shroud this time) and presto, working GX2. Granted the kitchen stunk like hot electronics for a little while, but overall it was worth it on an out of...
I am happy to be just a casual and quiet folder. I'll pump as many ppd as I can from my current configuration until I hit 10M. After that I might take up the hobby of tweaking my rigs to get the most out of them.
I actually caught myself looking at new hardware on Newegg today to make use of my idle video cards. WTF have you guys done to me?! Not sure what it is, but I think I like it. :D
I am not running any GPU folding on my SR-2 rigs. I had tried it with the GPU2 folding but stopped when the GX2s were creating issues. I had used my 8800 with my E5530 rig but I think that the ppd from the GPU wasn't worth the drop on the SR-2.
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Just did another test, added ~11...
I have a pair of SR-2s one running a pair of E5530s and one running a pair of L5640s. I finally broke down and got into the Fermi folding game, bought a pair of GTX 460 (768 MB) on Friday. Until then I was running a pair of 9800 GX2s and a 8800 GTS (512 MB). My unstable OC on the L5640s...
I guess now would be a good time for me to work on pushing my twins a bit harder then they are now. I have a feeling that they are not living up to their potential.