CPU or GPU? Also how to enable SMP now?

[kup]

At the moment I'm running the 7.4.4 Client on my i7 970 rig. It's just running as an Client Client for the time being. Is it worth switching to GPU on the SLI GTX 580 cards in there?

Both CPU and GPU or just one or the other?

 

[kilobravo]

At the moment I'm running the 7.4.4 Client on my i7 970 rig. It's just running as an Client Client for the time being. Is it worth switching to GPU on the SLI GTX 580 cards in there?

Both CPU and GPU or just one or the other?

You should be able to get something like 50-60k ppd on each gtx580.
The i7 970 i a Little on low side,i can get 38-45k ppd on 11 threads at 4.2hghz.

 

[stevehat1]

If you run both cards set SMP to 10, each GPU slot needs a full core to operate correctly.

I'd run both cards and SMP for max points, but then again I am the points whore :lol:

 

[kup]

Cheers Steve. You'll have to forgive my ignorance, but how can I see the Core/Thread limit in the v7 Client?

EDIT: Scratch that, I guess I use this?

 

[stevehat1]

Cheers Steve. You'll have to forgive my ignorance, but how can I see the Core/Thread limit in the v7 Client?

EDIT: Scratch that, I guess I use this?

That's the right screen, click on CPU the scroll the number to 10 if running 2 cards, then click on add at the bottom and another screen will come up. In the top line type next-unit-percentage on the second line type 100. this tells the client to download new work after the existing WU is complete. This helps PPD a little. Then click OK.

If running cards each needs to be setup as a folding slot, add the same slot option as above for each card and also add another slot option and type client-type in the top line and beta in the second line for each card slot. This will get you the new .0.0.55 beta core that works with the newer Nvidia drivers.

Cheers
Steve

 

[kup]

Cheers Steve, I'll get on it now.

 

[kup]

I can't seem to get it to download the newest Beta core, it's always reverts back to .52..?

Any tips?

 

[stevehat1]

You do have the beta option enabled?

If so go to C:\ProgramData\FAHClient\cores\web.stanford.edu\~pande\Win32\x86\NVIDIA\Fermi and see if there is a beta folder at this location. If so copy the Core 17 folder from the Beta folder and then delete the Core 17 folder in the Fermi folder, then paste the Core 17 folder from the beta folder in the Fermi folder.

You now should have 0.0.55 core in both locations, and non beta WU's should be running the 0.0.55