The announcements at Stanford (or any other site FAH related) thread...

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sometimes little things change , as example the new 9xxP WU´s need the -advmethods flag again i quote Steve,

stevehat1 said:
Saw this posted in the announcements at Stanford.....

GPU3/Fermi P10927-10978, 11214-11265 back on adv

by yslin » Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:49 pm

Hi,

Vsp05b has been upgraded and we are testing the new work server code. GPU3 projects 10927-10978 and 11214-11265 (restricted to Fermi boards) will soon be back on adv.

yslin

Points and deadlines:

P10927-10978: 925 points, preferred deadline 14 days, final deadline 20 days

P11214-11265: 912 points, preferred deadline 14 days, final deadline 20 days

So it looks like they are back and are in -advmethods again
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So if there is a Update on anything new from Stanford or any other site is fine, be free to post it in here
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Happy Folding....
 
great idea mate, deffo keep an eye on this, wonder if im gettin 9xx's again or still on the 611's as ive always kept the -advmethods flag in mines
 
thestepster said:
ive been at my other halfs for the past 2 nights got that flag and still no 9xx's
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See how weird this randowm WU thing is
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I had them right away, after i deleted the work folder and not seen a 611P since...

/knocks on wood again...

Yet with the SMP clients.. i just can't get anything else then a 67xx WU !?
 
i deleted the word folders 4 times b4 i left but never got any set up that gpu tracker 9xx's strait away
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but i think they should be keepin it like this, 611's with no flag 9xx's with flag that way ppl running smp and 460's get the best of both worlds by not running that flag
 
Pinched from [H]...
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New GPU3 v6 clients (systray/console) are available at CONSOLE / SYSTRAY.

You will need to remove '_console' and '_systray' from the file names. You can then either update your shortcuts to use these new file names or simply rename the new executable to the existing name (having deleted, moved, or renamed the original first of course). Both methods work fine for me. I've been running this new client on my GPUs for almost two weeks now. Installing this mid-unit has also not caused any problems. Just stop the client first.
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http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=16471
 
Seems to be a new GPU3 core (WU's)
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and also seems to be a tad more PPD
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one of my GTX460 does almost 17k! now...

FahSpy needs to update their WU database...

maybe someone already mentioned this, but hey ...
 
Enjoy it while it lasts. I'm reading the [H] forums and one of the beta testers (Tobit) has hinted that ppd numbers on the 460 and 450 might take a pretty significant performance hit when the new WUs come out. You guys might want to hold off a bit on those 460s until we know for sure what we're dealing with.

Tobit is in the know and he is repeatedly stating that GTS 450 and even GTX 460 won't have such a large folding advantage in the near future. It sounds like he already has the new core/client/wu's now so I'd expect something before Christmas. I'm now sure exactly what that Anand benchmark shows but if it shows max theoretical folding performance then 8kppd GTS 450's and 20kppd GTX 580's seems to be what is on the way.
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It's true. Hopefully I can share more details soon. I've already probably leaked more info than I should have but feel it is important given the number of 450/460 cards our team currently has along with all the people who were/are thinking of buying them.

However, it is still very early and some changes might happen to mitigate the performance hit on 450 and 460 GPUs. I'll keep you guys posted the best I can.
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This is the thread.
 
Didn't read the entire thread, but the new GPU client is supposed be here fairly soon and I'm sure that will shake things up quite a bit. Any of the old folders have been through the evolution of equipment and changes/needs in the past.

I personally think the 460's will survive on a cost basis versus the new cards. I would also expect them to fall back to the 10632/611 point WU performance level at a minimum. The current batch of high point WU's on the 460's are probably an aberration due to the atom count, 336 shaders do not out perform 448, 480, or 512.(ref 10632/611 WU's PPD 460 vs. 480) We have seen this previously in GPU2 when 9800 GTX's were out performing GTX280's for a similar reason.

I will be receiving 2x 460's tomorrow and don't think I'll be sending them back as they were about $145 each and will do just fine short term. Now 6 months from now that may be another story
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i think its a pretty bad move, cause if they keep the 450's and 460's performing so great ppl will keep buyin more and more of them cause they are so cheap so in theory its a win for stanford as they will get more wu's done

and i think they should just up the performance of the higher cards to offset the difference
 
SnW said:
Hmmm yet its easy for them to put down the PPD on older GPU's
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out of the blue you have less PPD , so i figure it can't be that hard to put it up
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Sorry i am bit in my rant state
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There has been some discussion about the differences in GF100 and GF104 architecture. The effect on PPD of some of the new features on GF104 core haven't been determined as yet. It will be interesting to see what the GF110 brings to the table feature and PPD wise.....
 
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