Xilikon
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As promised, here is some results of folding with a Q9450 at 3520 MHz (8x440) :
Project 2605, average of 2495 PPD per VM.
With a Q6600 at 3600 MHz (9x400), project 2605, average of 2390 PPD :
So far, there is a slight bump of 100 PPD running with a Q9450 but this can also be caused by the extra bandwidth of memory (it's running at 1056 MHz 5-5-5-12). I'm sorry I didn't test with 8x400 for both since in my haste, I swapped the processors too fast but this test result show very little improvement beside running much cooler.
With this in mind, if you want something new to play with, a Q9450 is a nice toy but for a pure folding box, nothing beat a Q6600 for 200$. This is why the rest of my farm will be Q6600 only.
Project 2605, average of 2495 PPD per VM.
Code:
[22:10:34] Writing local files
[22:10:34] Completed 95000 out of 500000 steps (19 percent)
[22:21:24] Writing local files
[22:21:24] Completed 100000 out of 500000 steps (20 percent)
[22:32:12] Writing local files
[22:32:12] Completed 105000 out of 500000 steps (21 percent)
[22:43:12] Writing local files
[22:43:12] Completed 110000 out of 500000 steps (22 percent)
[22:54:07] Writing local files
[22:54:07] Completed 115000 out of 500000 steps (23 percent)
[23:04:51] Writing local files
[23:04:51] Completed 120000 out of 500000 steps (24 percent)
[23:15:24] Writing local files
[23:15:24] Completed 125000 out of 500000 steps (25 percent)
[23:25:56] Writing local files
[23:25:56] Completed 130000 out of 500000 steps (26 percent)
With a Q6600 at 3600 MHz (9x400), project 2605, average of 2390 PPD :
Code:
[10:01:26] Completed 90000 out of 500000 steps (18 percent)
[10:12:08] Writing local files
[10:12:08] Completed 95000 out of 500000 steps (19 percent)
[10:22:52] Writing local files
[10:22:52] Completed 100000 out of 500000 steps (20 percent)
[10:33:36] Writing local files
[10:33:36] Completed 105000 out of 500000 steps (21 percent)
[10:44:20] Writing local files
[10:44:20] Completed 110000 out of 500000 steps (22 percent)
[10:55:05] Writing local files
[10:55:05] Completed 115000 out of 500000 steps (23 percent)
[11:05:47] Writing local files
[11:05:47] Completed 120000 out of 500000 steps (24 percent)
[11:16:28] Writing local files
[11:16:28] Completed 125000 out of 500000 steps (25 percent)
[11:27:11] Writing local files
[11:27:11] Completed 130000 out of 500000 steps (26 percent)
So far, there is a slight bump of 100 PPD running with a Q9450 but this can also be caused by the extra bandwidth of memory (it's running at 1056 MHz 5-5-5-12). I'm sorry I didn't test with 8x400 for both since in my haste, I swapped the processors too fast but this test result show very little improvement beside running much cooler.
With this in mind, if you want something new to play with, a Q9450 is a nice toy but for a pure folding box, nothing beat a Q6600 for 200$. This is why the rest of my farm will be Q6600 only.