Pair of GT 430s soon

[SmoulderingCircuits]

Am I right in thinking these will bring in 8-16k combined? Getting 430s as they are hardly different from 440s and can OC past 440 speeds, with same number of cores (96).

Any comments or suggestions?

 

[mrDMxtreme]

i would say closer to the 8k

 

[VoraciousGorak]

I ran a friend's GT430 in my setup for a while, and stock (128-bit memory bus version) it was pulling 2700-2900PPD. Not spectacular. A GTX460 is I think still the best PPD/watt/$$ GPU you can get, mine's getting 12K or so, up to almost 15K with those 8000-series Betas.

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

I ran a friend's GT430 in my setup for a while, and stock (128-bit memory bus version) it was pulling 2700-2900PPD. Not spectacular. A GTX460 is I think still the best PPD/watt/$ GPU you can get, mine's getting 12K or so, up to almost 15K with those 8000-series Betas.

2700/ 700 x 800 = 3085 x 2 = 6171 PPD @800Mhz OC

... minimum

 

[Pickster]

I ran a friend's GT430 in my setup for a while, and stock (128-bit memory bus version) it was pulling 2700-2900PPD. Not spectacular. A GTX460 is I think still the best PPD/watt/$$ GPU you can get, mine's getting 12K or so, up to almost 15K with those 8000-series Betas.

The 560 Ti is probably better unless you can get a cheap 460 (768mb version). But the 560 Ti should still have a better Points to Watt ratio.

 

[VoraciousGorak]

That was a combination of all three, should have made that more clear. PPD/watt the 560 Ti wins, but it would have to be a real cheap card to compete with a 768MB GTX460. I picked mine up for $100 when the GTX 5xx series was brand new.

 

[Pickster]

That was a combination of all three, should have made that more clear. PPD/watt the 560 Ti wins, but it would have to be a real cheap card to compete with a 768MB GTX460. I picked mine up for $100 when the GTX 5xx series was brand new.

I did the same, I got my 460 768 for £80 after I already had my first 560 Ti.

It all depends on how cheap each can be found for because the 460 still commands a fairly high price unless you find a special offer, b grade or 'refurb' stock.

 

[SnW]

Indeed I can hardly find a GTX460 here in Holland

just when I need one

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

Can't use paticularly big cards as one is going in my ITX rig in a single 8x lane and the other in an Athlon 64 x2 rig

 

[SnW]

I wanted to buy a new GTS450 just a minute ago (was very cheap new) but i am not sure if this 3x GPU downclock issue happens again

might still just go for a GTX260/GTX285 or something for the time beeing

 

[stevehat1]

I wanted to buy a new GTS450 just a minute ago (was very cheap new) but i am not sure if this 3x GPU downclock issue happens again

might still just go for a GTX260/GTX285 or something for the time beeing

Had a thought on this issue, do you think it could be driver related as the GTX 560TI 384 is only 2X SLI capable , but the GTX 560TI 448 is 3X SLI capable..... Could the drivers limit this?

 

[SnW]

Hmmm that isn't a weird thought there ,

al tho i had 2x GTX560Ti and one non Ti in my EVGA rig , not sure if this makes a difference at all ?!

all i can do is try and its not bad if i have a spare GPU as a third rig is on its way

EDIT NVM for now i just bought a GTX260 a white one

getting it after some food Muhahahahahaha .........

 

[VoraciousGorak]

Can't use paticularly big cards as one is going in my ITX rig in a single 8x lane and the other in an Athlon 64 x2 rig

Neither of them can take dual slot cards? The GPUs will still Fold at full speed in a 4x slot, so space and power draw should be the only concerns.

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

Neither of them can take dual slot cards? The GPUs will still Fold at full speed in a 4x slot, so space and power draw should be the only concerns.

Space not so much but power draw yes. Only got a 250w PSU in the ITX rig (E-350 system uses 45w max, so can easily fit a 430 in there). Other system is a 300w or something and only has a 7900GS at the minute, which obviously can't fold.

 

[VoraciousGorak]

Space not so much but power draw yes. Only got a 250w PSU in the ITX rig (E-350 system uses 45w max, so can easily fit a 430 in there). Other system is a 300w or something and only has a 7900GS at the minute, which obviously can't fold.

Yeah, that's pretty low end for a GTX460 (though they're rated for 160W TDP max, so they'll use less than that and probably be runnable on those power supplies, it depends on the quality of the PSU and the amperage on the 12V rail.) GTS450s should be fine though, they're rated for ~100W TDP with 192 shaders. I'd think about bumping up the power supplies a bit and getting GTX460s though, much higher PPD/watt than the aforementioned cards.

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

Yeah, that's pretty low end for a GTX460 (though they're rated for 160W TDP max, so they'll use less than that and probably be runnable on those power supplies, it depends on the quality of the PSU and the amperage on the 12V rail.) GTS450s should be fine though, they're rated for ~100W TDP with 192 shaders. I'd think about bumping up the power supplies a bit and getting GTX460s though, much higher PPD/watt than the aforementioned cards.

Update:

Ordered two Gigabyte 430 OC editions. They look dual slot but are actually tight single slot.

If I can get my E350 rig to fold 24/7 (currently leant to Dad who wants it off at night and doesn't turn it back on in the morning) with it's onboard graphics too then I should get 2 - 5k PPD off the SMP and 1k PPD off the 6310, then on top of my current ~20k PPD and another 3-5k off each OC'd 430 should be looking at 27~40k depending how old the PPD people are reporting on Google searches is. We'll see. Due to arrive by Friday.

 

[VoraciousGorak]

The CPU overhead for the 6310's Folding will probably make that not worthwhile. Might be better to just CPU Fold based on the overhead for Folding with a faster AMD card (6950)... experiment with it, see what you get.

*CPU and GT430s, that is.

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

The CPU overhead for the 6310's Folding will probably make that not worthwhile. Might be better to just CPU Fold based on the overhead for Folding with a faster AMD card (6950)... experiment with it, see what you get.

*CPU and GT430s, that is.

ITX board only has a single 8x lane, the other card is going with a Athlon 64 X2 6000+ to replace a 7900GS.

How do you disable slots in the new V7?

 

[Pickster]

ITX board only has a single 8x lane, the other card is going with a Athlon 64 X2 6000+ to replace a 7900GS.

How do you disable slots in the new V7?

There is probably a better way, but I just deleted them as it seems pretty easy to add in a new one.

 

[stevehat1]

There is probably a better way, but I just deleted them as it seems pretty easy to add in a new one.

I think that is about all you can do is delete the slot, if you pause or finish the slot will start with V7 the next time it starts.