V7 Client, think i should of retried it ages ago

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SOA_RRU

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Right so i thought i'd retry V7 (wasnt to impressed with earlier builds) on my x6 1055t which has been folding nothing else except P7200's giving me just under 10k ppd...now unleash the power thats the latest V7 (7.1.52?) and wooosh over 18k
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Now thats a better PPD / Wattage offset me thinks
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Hi, yes thats just on the cpu & yes its stock, granted that 18k was on a 7005wu & recently ive only been pulling around 11k on various other wu's but it's still an increase to what the old v6 client was giving me as that was only giving me 7200wu's 98% of the time.
 
The way in which the average points are calculated seems very confusing. I know it's partly random depending on what kind of work units you get but it does still seem to vary wildly even when being compared to similar hardware. I have an 1100T at stock speeds and a GTX 460 1GB OC to 830Mhz and use both on the same client. My estimated PPD ranges from about 18K to 30K depending on the work units.

T_P do you think that I would be better off just CPU folding? My 460 has whine whilst it's folding which does get a bit annoying. Though from what I can see it's the GPU that's presently giving me more points. Is this because the CPU is having to contribute partly to the GPU WUs though?
 
Now I am not the Protocol, but I will still anwser your question
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PPD wise no. You will definitely be better off folding on both the 460 and the CPU. the 460 uses the FahCore_11 or 15 ( IIRC) which are pretty well optimized, and thus takes little time from the CPU. So there is no need reserve cores for it.

It probably is less efficient when calculating PPD/Watt. But that is because the CPU/SMP clients currently enjoy have a Quick Return Bonus.

If its worth it with a whining GPU? thats only a question you can anwser.
 
Syphadeus said:
Is this because the CPU is having to contribute partly to the GPU WUs though?
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Yes, unless you have a 560Ti 448/ 570 or above (Nvidia card, not 680) then GPU folding is rarely worth it (unless you chuck 430s/ 440s/ 520s/ 210s/ 8800s/ 220s in a rig with a CPU that folds poorly but has plenty of PCI-e lanes). I've been getting nearly 39k estimates at some points but never gotten below 21.5k estimates, and it's staying at the higher estimates longer than the lower ones, leaving me with a 25-26k estimate overall usually. Install Lubuntu too, it's loads better than Windows for folding. GPU folding is largely pointless now QRB has been introduced - making the points gained by a GPU WU largely just a counterweight to those lost due to slowing down the SMP - all the while using over 100w more than CPU alone.
 
I have found that the V7 client for me tends to give better work units (PPD wise) than V6 for my intels. So If I can I try to use V7.
 
The_Protocol said:
Yes, unless you have a 560Ti 448/ 570 or above (Nvidia card, not 680) then GPU folding is rarely worth it (unless you chuck 430s/ 440s/ 520s/ 210s/ 8800s/ 220s in a rig with a CPU that folds poorly but has plenty of PCI-e lanes). I've been getting nearly 39k estimates at some points but never gotten below 21.5k estimates, and it's staying at the higher estimates longer than the lower ones, leaving me with a 25-26k estimate overall usually. Install Lubuntu too, it's loads better than Windows for folding. GPU folding is largely pointless now QRB has been introduced - making the points gained by a GPU WU largely just a counterweight to those lost due to slowing down the SMP - all the while using over 100w more than CPU alone.
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Thanks for responses. I will try CPU folding only and see what comes of it. The GPU whine is only an issue when I'm using the PC but then I do tend to fold whilst using it for non-demanding stuff and web browsing.
 
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