Folding question

[sourfacedcyclop]

Not sure if this is the right place... I put the FAH GPU Tracker client on my computer and decided to give folding a try. I have an Athlon II X3 435 at stock that's been running for well over 24hours continuously and still is at only 79% complete, is this normal? I know my processor isn't the fastest but even my 5750 has gone through three or four projects in that time.

 

[musky]

This is the right place, and that does sound right. GPU units do not take as long as CPU units, plus you may have gotten a slower unit for your processor. As long as it is moving and all three cores are loaded on your processor, it is working fine. There may be some tweaking you can do to help your ATI card play better with your CPU, and I am sure someone will post that knows more about that part.

Welcome to the team!

 

[W.Feather]

it also makes a difference as to what work unit you were given. Sounds like you were given a 6701 or 6702(Stanford has given out alot of those lately), and they are generally the slower work units. Just give it a bit of time.

Also, the 5750 will be taking a chunk out of performance, since at this time the ATI cards perform horribly due to horrid coding that favors nVidia cards.

Anyhow, welcome aboard mate, and make sure that team is set to 33 [It defaults to 111056 IIRC]

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Well, my i3 330M takes about 20 hours to go through a single, small SMP WU. I don't think it finishes on deadline for 6702s and 6701s. So yeah, that sounds about right.

 

[sourfacedcyclop]

Okay, cool, it's a 6068 project if it matters. Yeah I set it to team 33, can't be folding for EVGA

Anyway, if I have any extra financial aid money I was thinking of upgrading to a 1055T. The only things I would do that would stress all six cores would be folding though, so I don't know if the $200 would be worth it.

 

[W.Feather]

i was tenative when i got my 1090T that i wouldnt use it....and in som things it paid off tremendously over my x2 550 BE>.....Gaming is one thing (i play BC2 alot and well thats very multithreaded ) , but then i cam eto foldign and well that took front seat to it lol.



btw, you sound like me, financial aid/scholarship for PC parts lol

 

[amdgamer]

Okay, cool, it's a 6068 project if it matters. Yeah I set it to team 33, can't be folding for EVGA

Anyway, if I have any extra financial aid money I was thinking of upgrading to a 1055T. The only things I would do that would stress all six cores would be folding though, so I don't know if the $200 would be worth it.

Given how overclockable ANY Thuban is turning out to be, it doesn't seem like a bad investment at all. We have quite a few folders on our team with a Thuban and we have two with a 1055T who I believe are past the 4ghz barrier. So long as your motherboard is up to it(it is a decent motherboard), it will have you folding some very good numbers.

The other thing is that your ATI card may not be worthwhile to run right now since Stanford's GPU client is horribly optimized for ATI cards. What makes it worse is that they take away a lot of cpu cycles, and can even take up an entire core to itself. Someone more knowledgable may have to help you, but there is a modification or something that can be used to reduce the cpu load of that client.

 

[W.Feather]

amdgamer, weve got a 1090T at the 4.0 as well pulls 11-15k ppd regularly even with a lower clocked NB

 

[ccityinstaller]

Okay, cool, it's a 6068 project if it matters. Yeah I set it to team 33, can't be folding for EVGA

Anyway, if I have any extra financial aid money I was thinking of upgrading to a 1055T. The only things I would do that would stress all six cores would be folding though, so I don't know if the $200 would be worth it.

If you don't overclock, try to find a good deal on an 1075T. They were selling for $199 from either Fry's or Micro Center last week. The X6's do very well on regular SMP units, but I would suggest dumping the gpu client if you do get one. The 5750 would give you maybe 2500-3000 PPD alone, but would cost the SMP client more then that if you didnt run it...

For example, my X6 @ 4.1Ghz gets roughly 13500 PPD on a 6701...If I run my 260, the SMP client drops to 9K with my GPU2 getting 7800..So for me, its worth the loss..However, you 5750 simply eats too many cycles..

 

[Toconator]

EvilAlchemist posted an ATI guide here in this forum back in May 2009. It lowered CPU usage on my HD4850 signifigantly. Do a search for GUIDE:ATI client and it should come right up. Latest Catalysts work fine, need Win Vista or Win 7 to use this tweak.