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Is my ppd low?

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munkle

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I got the gpu 2 client going on my 4850 and the smp unit going on my x4 955 (stock, any overclock even 100mhz and folding (only folding) will crash my pc). Is this too low?
 
It seems a bit low. I am not certain without knowing precisely what a 4850 is capable of producing currently. Two things that should be mentioned is the ATI client consumes a whole core just to run and will take away a large percentage of the available CPU performance from the SMP client. The second thing is that you require 10 completed WUs with your passkey before you start receiving the bonus points for the SMP client. It's very possible you are under the 10 minimum and that can explain the apparently low PPD.
 
APOLLO said:
The second thing is that you require 10 completed WUs before you start receiving the bonus points for the SMP client. It's very possible you are under the 10 minimum.
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This is probably why, I didn't know that, I'm not sure how many I have done maybe 7? How long are they supposed to take because it usually takes a day or day and a half to finish one of them.
 
munkle said:
This is probably why, I didn't know that, I'm not sure how many I have done maybe 7?
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Give it a couple of more days and your PPD should make a big jump. Regarding the 4850, I think I recall around an average of 2500 PPD for the card alone, but don't quote me on this because I'm not sure. Maybe someone who has experience with systems similar to yours can help you optimize it.
 
I folded on an ATI 4850 with the core clocked @ 650mhz if I remember correctly...If you look at my stats prior to April, that is all I was folding on and i believe i was getting around ~1800 PPD based on my total work turned in.

If you want some help trying to figure out the oc problems, monkey and I are always in IRC...
 
munkle said:
I can't find the .dll files, are they in some other folding directory besides the one in program files?
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If you are using the system tray client, they will be in C:\Users\*your user name*\Appdata\Roaming\folding@home-gpu.
 
I see mine has dropped from 38% usage to 11%. BIG drop. PPD has already risen 300 PPD. Thanks guys!
 
KWH said:
I see mine has dropped from 38% usage to 11%. BIG drop. PPD has already risen 300 PPD. Thanks guys!
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Now the smp unit is doing about 1% every 7 min alot faster than what it was doing before.
 
munkle said:
Now the smp unit is doing about 1% every 7 min alot faster than what it was doing before.
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When I put the 460 in here, I won't have these issues will I?
I should be able to run both clients?
 
KWH said:
When I put the 460 in here, I won't have these issues will I?
I should be able to run both clients?
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Yes, you will be able to run both clients. The nVidia GPU client does require a little bit of CPU power, but the effect on CPU PPD isn't significant until you start running two or more GPUs in the same system.
 
Zero82z said:
Yes, you will be able to run both clients. The nVidia GPU client does require a little bit of CPU power, but the effect on CPU PPD isn't significant until you start running two or more GPUs in the same system.
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Thanks for instructions for the ati client, I'm not even joking the smp client is like 4 times as fast now.
 
If it makes you feel any better I recently got a new AC adapter for my old laptop with a 7600 GO (Which can't fold) and a T5500 (Which is saying it's getting 130 PPD, it's also one of the only 2 C2D's that doesn't support VT). I just don't have a single piece of hardware well suited to folding. Everything is either old, or ATI :p
 
Shamb1es said:
If it makes you feel any better I recently got a new AC adapter for my old laptop with a 7600 GO (Which can't fold) and a T5500 (Which is saying it's getting 130 PPD, it's also one of the only 2 C2D's that doesn't support VT). I just don't have a single piece of hardware well suited to folding. Everything is either old, or ATI :p
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The recent ATI stuff isn't bad. It's just not as good as the Nvidia stuff.
 
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