GPU QRB is in Advanced!!!!

I really hope they don't make these main stream anytime soon as i'll be dumping them faster than it downloads them! I've found you need at least a high end Fermi to get any decent PPD on these, if you have anything like a 460 / 560 then just don't waste your time. Personally i think a 660 is bare min for these ppd / power wise.
 
I take it that this marks a signigicant shift in the folding landscape. I haven't been around the folding scene long enough to know how much it will change things.

Would one of you gurus like to educate me.... tia.
 
This takes cards that were at 40-50K PPD and puts them at 100-120K+ PPD with QRB.

4X 7970s oc'ed will produce about 500K PPD, whick is on par with the highest producing 4P bigadvantage systems.

This also doesn't bode well for mid range 4 and 5 series nvidia cards.

This is all based on the current 8900 WU's others may be different......
 
hmmblah said:
/me wants 7970s!!
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I'd like that sort of PPD but from a Nvidia card instead but something that costs around £150 :p i can't ever see myself buying an AMD card solely for folding.

The 7970 is the best part of £300 in the UK which like most high end Nvidia cards is wayyy to much for me.

Spending £160 on a 660 was bad enough :lol: and that only does 45k ppd on the 8900's.
 
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SOA_RRU said:
I'd like that sort of PPD but from a Nvidia card instead but something that costs around £150 :p i can't ever see myself buying an AMD card solely for folding.

The 7970 is the best part of £300 in the UK which like most high end Nvidia cards is wayyy to much for me.

Spending £160 on a 660 was bad enough :lol: and that only does 45k ppd on the 8900's.
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Is there that much difference between a 660 and 660TI? OE'ed 660ti's are doing about 66K PPD.

45K on a lower middle 6 series card seems pretty good. What does it get on a 8054? My 560TI 448 only does 30K+ on 8900.

Got my second "open box" 7970 on the way from Newegg for under $300^_^
 
Steve - just spotted a typo. In your description it says "99860 #1 Folder". Shouldn't that be 98860.
 
stevehat1 said:
What does it get on a 8054? My 560TI 448 only does 30K+ on 8900.
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Some numbers for you Steve....

Project ID: 7626
Core: OPENMMGPU
Credit: 14093
Frames: 100


Name: V7 SMP Slot 01
Path: 127.0.0.1-36330
Number of Frames Observed: 1

Min. Time / Frame : 00:08:05 - 25,105.9 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:08:05 - 25,105.9 PPD


Project ID: 7660
Core: OPENMMGPU
Credit: 4431
Frames: 100


Name: V7 SMP Slot 01
Path: 127.0.0.1-36330
Number of Frames Observed: 1

Min. Time / Frame : 00:03:20 - 19,141.9 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:03:20 - 19,141.9 PPD


Project ID: 8054
Core: OPENMMGPU
Credit: 3874
Frames: 100


Name: V7 SMP Slot 01
Path: 127.0.0.1-36330
Number of Frames Observed: 1

Min. Time / Frame : 00:03:06 - 17,995.4 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:03:06 - 17,995.4 PPD


Project ID: 8900
Core: ZETA
Credit: 6000
Frames: 100


Name: V7 SMP Slot 01
Path: 127.0.0.1-36330
Number of Frames Observed: 5

Min. Time / Frame : 00:07:08 - 44,210.8 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:07:25 - 41,701.7 PPD
Cur. Time / Frame : 00:07:00 - 45,480.0 PPD
 
SOA_RRU said:
Some numbers for you Steve....

Project ID: 7626
Core: OPENMMGPU
Credit: 14093
Frames: 100


Name: V7 SMP Slot 01
Path: 127.0.0.1-36330
Number of Frames Observed: 1

Min. Time / Frame : 00:08:05 - 25,105.9 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:08:05 - 25,105.9 PPD


Project ID: 7660
Core: OPENMMGPU
Credit: 4431
Frames: 100


Name: V7 SMP Slot 01
Path: 127.0.0.1-36330
Number of Frames Observed: 1

Min. Time / Frame : 00:03:20 - 19,141.9 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:03:20 - 19,141.9 PPD


Project ID: 8054
Core: OPENMMGPU
Credit: 3874
Frames: 100


Name: V7 SMP Slot 01
Path: 127.0.0.1-36330
Number of Frames Observed: 1

Min. Time / Frame : 00:03:06 - 17,995.4 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:03:06 - 17,995.4 PPD


Project ID: 8900
Core: ZETA
Credit: 6000
Frames: 100


Name: V7 SMP Slot 01
Path: 127.0.0.1-36330
Number of Frames Observed: 5

Min. Time / Frame : 00:07:08 - 44,210.8 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:07:25 - 41,701.7 PPD
Cur. Time / Frame : 00:07:00 - 45,480.0 PPD
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Thanks for numbers!:)

So it looks like the 8900 gains you about a 68% increase over 7626 that is pretty nice!:cool:

Your OpenMM core 15 PPD is about the same as a good OC GTX460.

So looks like the 6 series cards are the way to go for affordable Nvidia options
 
Cool, how are your 7970's Steve? Looks like you're getting a nice PPD boost... I've read that the 8900 WU doesn't seem to play nice with some of the overclocked 7970's?

What brand/model did you go for? Do you think that you'll be looking to replace any of your older more inefficent components in favour of more 7970's?
 
hmmblah said:
I sent Josh a PM. He took care of it.
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Thanks blah and Josh!!:)
sheroo said:
Cool, how are your 7970's Steve? Looks like you're getting a nice PPD boost... I've read that the 8900 WU doesn't seem to play nice with some of the overclocked 7970's?

What brand/model did you go for? Do you think that you'll be looking to replace any of your older more inefficent components in favour of more 7970's?
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Currently have a Sapphire 7950 @1150 doing 100K PPD and a Power Color 7970 @1130 doing 110K PPD, been trying to get another cheap 7970 from Newegg but their new low price carrier seems to keep missing my house... :( 2 mis-deliveries in 4 tries.

These new cards are soooo much better than 4 and 5 series Nvidia, they churn out points and run cool with far fewer watts...

Yes I will be replacing old with new, but atm that will only be GPU
 
So in terms of PPD/Watt and costing, does the 7950 seem like a better bet than the 7970? Do you think the QRB will change for these cards in the future or is that it - these cards are set to get those point for the foreseeable future.

EDIT: I was also wondering whether the each core 17 process requires a whole CPU core allocated? What processor do you think would be a good fit for say 2 of these cards in a rig - GPU folding only?
 
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sheroo said:
So in terms of PPD/Watt and costing, does the 7950 seem like a better bet than the 7970? Do you think the QRB will change for these cards in the future or is that it - these cards are set to get those point for the foreseeable future.

EDIT: I was also wondering whether the each core 17 process requires a whole CPU core allocated? What processor do you think would be a good fit for say 2 of these cards in a rig - GPU folding only?
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The 7970 is good for another 10-15K PPD, and it seems prices on the top cards are lowering.

As far as going forward that is strictly a crap shoot as Stanford does as it pleases....:lol:

As far as the Core 17 requiring a full core to support it, Nvidia absolutely and AMD seems to run better with a free core per card to support Zeta.
 
Most interesting bit to me:

One optimization in particular that we are waiting for is CUDA JIT, a just-in-time compiler that Nvidia may be introducing into its drivers in the coming future. Not only will this technology allow us to offer support for the CUDA platform with FahCore 17, but the JIT compiler is likely to deliver a massive speedup.
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More speedups and a massive one at that.
 
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