New GPU-Client with NV support: 6.12 beta

Yay.

I wonder if WUs can run on either ATI or NVidia or if each WU is created specifically for the type of GPU? I presume they'll run on either.

Jawed

 

Can't wait to see what GT200 can pull off here. Same goes for RV770. Might put me back in contention for relevancy in the folding world once again, assuming my roomie goes with dual 4850s and I go single gtx 280 or 4870 x2/3/4

Then again, I'm nearing the 3 million point barrier after < 4 years of folding, so I think I've done a fair share of work, although I feel irrelevant in the days of quad core machines pulling down 5k ppd, out-pacing my entire farm, which include(d) a PS3 folding 24x7, e8400 pulling down 2-3k ppd, and 30 or so odd machines out in the wild still crunching away. I'll get that PS3 up and running again now that I has intarwebs (just moved) but the PC will have to wait until I can get a different mobo (gremlins).

 

Hey, this is pretty dope. I have a 8800 GTX with the 175.16 WHQL drivers for WinXP32. Works like a charm.

What is good performance in the client? I get 2000-3000 iterations/sec with 2100 being the most common one.

Edit: It's using quite a lot of CPU though, and my system is feeling unresponsive.

Edit2: I would have thought Geo would be all over this thread like a yuppie on coke.

 

Wheee. I may have to change my sig in about 15 mins. . .

Wish me luck.

 

Bugger. No joy (yet).

I put the CUDA 174.55 on my Vista x64 machine with 8800GTX, but the FAH log file is telling me the thing keeps dying with:

[19:34:44] Folding@home Core Shutdown: UNSTABLE_MACHINE
[19:34:47] CoreStatus = 7A (122)

 

64-bit Vista doesn't seem to work, check the FAQ.

Jawed

 

Arrrrgh.

 

As an aside, I suppose this explains the dramatically higher PPD of NVidia GPUs:

http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?p=30141#p30141

NVidia G92 GPUs appear to be generating 2-3x more PPD, around 5200 for a stock 8800GTS-512 it seems, versus 2000-2500 for RV670s.

Jawed

 

Someone's worked out a driver hack to make GT200 drivers backwards compatible. Seems to work fine for me for folding anyway. No guarantee how'd it do in gaming.

http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=3224

So. . . . drumroll please. . . .

Sig edited.

 

Whee. GPU core running at 86C in a well ventilated case.

 

I'm seeing 50% cpu utilization (1 of 2 cores) and if I scale it back using the control applet, I lose 70-90% of iter/sec

 

On an ATI card? There's been references to ATI requiring a lot more CPU for some reason at this stage.

I'm running about 4% cpu on my G80 client.

 

No, 8800 GTX. WinXP32 SP3 FW 175.16.

 

It updated the core at first run, but that process went smoothly.

 

Anyone know if Quadros are going to be supported? I've got a Quadro FX 570 in my lappy I might like to give this a try on (Also Vista x64).

 

Everything "CUDA" runs just fine.