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[jws2346]

Terrific ramp up FLECOM (you know me, always late for the party)
With the threat of Mistimonsta and the crew over at OCAU we're definitely in a battle for the #1 spot, which of course we're gonna' win, but just not as easily We (team 33) need all the help we can get and I know I'm not the only one, but thanks to the max to all our "heavy duty folders, of which you are the unrivaled champion

Once again THANKS and what an impressive ramp up

FOLD ON!

 

[HighYield]

I just got to check in here again and say WOW FLECOM. You're pulling in some major production now. Close to 100k per day is amazing and now you're going for more. Your new title is very fitting indeed!
Congratulations on a spectacular ramp! Keep it coming.

 

[lelliott731]

FLECOM, will that be permanent production? Or is it only for a time while you get the boxen set up? Because if that is going to be permanent, then that will definitely help us make sure OCAU stays behind us!

 

[Dan-515]

I'm just picturing a machine with this set up:
a quad core like Q6600 @ 3.6+- Ghz
Two 9800 GX2's

So 4 GPU clients running each with their own cpu core.

Then maybe an extra instance of a CPU client (maybe just the single core 5.03) in there just to make sure any unused cycles are used.

I'm thinking that could crank out 16k+ PPD by itself?

Did you just say the 9800 GX2 can run two GPU2 clients

Why did I not realise this before? *facepalm*

I see you need around 14k PPD to get on the top 20 and that's my next goal, this GX2 revelation is obviously very interesting for me. Say 5,000 PPD per core for the GX2 plus my current 4,000 PPD...

 

[Tigerbiten]

I'm just picturing a machine with this set up:
a quad core like Q6600 @ 3.6+- Ghz
Two 9800 GX2's

So 4 GPU clients running each with their own cpu core.

Then maybe an extra instance of a CPU client (maybe just the single core 5.03) in there just to make sure any unused cycles are used.

I'm thinking that could crank out 16k+ PPD by itself?

Thats thinking slow/small.
Think BIG. The ultimate GPU folding boxen.
Running the nVidia client under Vista you dont need 1 CPU core = 1 GPU core, so the 4x CPU cores should run the 8x GPU cores.
Run a SMP client or two on any spare CPU cycles.
If you can get close to 5k per GPU client without overheating the vid cards, your looking at ~40,000 PpD from one box if Stanfords servers are up.
It would probably pull close to 900-1,000 watts out of the wall.

I'm very very tempted to build one just for the shear hell of it ............
It would only cost me just over £1,000 to build it.

Luck .........

 

[chrisf6969]

I believe its possible. I read some various threads about the Nvidia GPU client, etc..
like these: http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=3707

http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=3401&p=32367&hilit=gx2#p32367

Wow, that's amazing!

Maybe just the beginning.... a twin GX2 SLI setup could get very popular quickly if we can use all 4 cores for ~18k ppd .

My interpretation was that you need to turn off SLI and hook up a monitor to each videocard/GPU and extended the desktop to all of them so Windows sees them, and the GPU clients can use them.

Another thread was talking about using a $5000 workstation (made for X-ray analysis) with 4 GX2's to fold on.

Though I could be wrong.

 

[HighYield]

Thats thinking slow/small.
Think BIG. The ultimate GPU folding boxen.
Running the nVidia client under Vista you dont need 1 CPU core = 1 GPU core, so the 4x CPU cores should run the 8x GPU cores.
Run a SMP client or two on any spare CPU cycles.
If you can get close to 5k per GPU client without overheating the vid cards, your looking at ~40,000 PpD from one box if Stanfords servers are up.
It would probably pull close to 900-1,000 watts out of the wall.

I'm very very tempted to build one just for the shear hell of it ............
It would only cost me just over £1,000 to build it.

Luck .........

4 dual gpu video cards in one boxen! They would be packed in like sardines. It would be awesome production though. You'd need a very good power supply to pull that off! How big would it have to be to run stable 24/7?

 

[Tigerbiten]

My interpretation was that you need to turn off SLI and hook up a monitor to each videocard/GPU and extended the desktop to all of them so Windows sees them, and the GPU clients can use them.

Another thread was talking about using a $5000 workstation (made for X-ray analysis) with 4 GX2's to fold on.

Though I could be wrong.

That the box I linked to.
And I'm tempted to build one .........

As for the output from the vidio card, you just need to fool Windoze that a monitor is connected to the card.
So a KVM switch or a Dummy VGA plug would do.

Luck ..........

 

[Tigerbiten]

4 dual gpu video cards in one boxen! They would be packed in like sardines. It would be awesome production though. You'd need a very good power supply to pull that off! How big would it have to be to run stable 24/7?

I've a 1.5 kW supply with all the connection, 4x 8 pin & 4x 6 pin PCI-e connectors, needed to run it already.

If you could build one and it could run flat out, I think you would get over 40 PpDperWatt.

Luck ..........

 

[Dan-515]

Am I right in thinking that you wouldn't be able to run more than 4 GPU cores on a quad core CPU in Windows XP? If I were looking at 2x 9800 GX2 + 1x 8800 GTS I would need Vista?

Also am I right in thinking XP will run multiple GPU2 clients without multiple monitors or dummy VGA connectors?

 

[Tigerbiten]

XP needs 1x cpu core to run 1x gpu core.
Because Vista has intergrated the vidio subsystem into the kernel, you only need ~10-15% of a core to run a gpu core.

XP will remember to vidio connection between boots, so you only need to hook the monitors/ dummy connections up once.
Thats how it worked when I ran multi GPU1 clients under XP.
Its my understanding that Vista forgets the setting, so they need to be hooked up at every boot.

Luck ...........

 

[Xilikon]

I'm just picturing a machine with this set up:
a quad core like Q6600 @ 3.6+- Ghz
Two 9800 GX2's

So 4 GPU clients running each with their own cpu core.

Then maybe an extra instance of a CPU client (maybe just the single core 5.03) in there just to make sure any unused cycles are used.

I'm thinking that could crank out 16k+ PPD by itself?

I'm currently considering that option lately (I saw a 9800GX2 for only 420$ one time at NCIX) so maybe a Q6600, P45 motherboard like a P5Q Pro, 2x 9800GX2 and a Corsair 1000HX PSU. Each side of a 9800GX2 is like a 8800GT overclocked so we can see about 9000 ppd per GX2, along with 4k ppd from the Quad for a total of over 20k PPD.

Congratulations FLECOM for the best title popping EVAR

 

[HighYield]

I'm currently considering that option lately (I saw a 9800GX2 for only 420$ one time at NCIX) so maybe a Q6600, P45 motherboard like a P5Q Pro, 2x 9800GX2 and a Corsair 1000HX PSU. Each side of a 9800GX2 is like a 8800GT overclocked so we can see about 9000 ppd per GX2, along with 4k ppd from the Quad for a total of over 20k PPD.

Congratulations FLECOM for the best title popping EVAR

Just think, when Stanford's severs go down you will be in for some serious gaming with that kind of POWER. This system might even run Crysis

 

[relic]

Just think, when Stanford's severs go down you will be in for some serious gaming with that kind of POWER. This system might even run Crysis

What lame-ass would waste folding cycles on a game?
Go read a book, we have lives to save.

 

[FLECOM]

argh, my points are going to suck this weekend... i checked on my FAHmon at work and all but the 8 SMP machines that were on UPS are off, which means we got a power glitch...

and due to a problem with notfreds PXE booting SMP client and my HP Procurve switches i need to go start them back up myself... which means cant be done till monday

 

[HighYield]

What lame-ass would waste folding cycles on a game?
Go read a book, we have lives to save.

Nobody was going to waste folding cycles gaming. I said when the Stanford's servers were down... like today.... when the GPUs in everyone's boxen were sitting idle.......
I guess you could turn the computer off then if you didn't want to waste the electricity and there were no work units to crunch, but then that would be a tree hugger thing to do.