Dicehunter
Resident Newb
Earned 55k points for OC3D over the last day, I feel so leet...... XD
Where Did All the Folders Go?
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trawetSluaP
Member
Haha! I know the points don't really matter in the grand scheme of things, it's just to hit those kinda milestones.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
I'd like to hit my first million in the next month, Nothing compared to others but it's still a milestone
Make sure you get a passkey for those bonus points!
http://folding.stanford.edu/support/faq/points/passkey/
http://folding.stanford.edu/support/faq/points/passkey/
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
Got mine about 2 years ago ^_^
AlienALX
Well-known member
Yup that's exactly it. People have gone from giving to taking.
Ahhh *sniffs deeply, then looks like he has smelled dog poo* humanity.
I mean you can't exactly criticize people for not wanting to degrade their hardware for no personal benefit. Personally, I like folding but I wouldn't blame someone for wanting to use their rig for mining instead.
mihapiha
New member
I'm back folding for a bit again...
Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on one's view, it's getting really cold here again, and F@H nicely heats up my room.
I wonder if anybody is folding these days using their CPU... A single GTX 1080 is like 600k - 800k PPD as far as I can tell, which is more than my Quad-socket with four 12-CPU-core CPUs back in the day...
Are there people still getting nice PPD with CPUs?
Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on one's view, it's getting really cold here again, and F@H nicely heats up my room.
I wonder if anybody is folding these days using their CPU... A single GTX 1080 is like 600k - 800k PPD as far as I can tell, which is more than my Quad-socket with four 12-CPU-core CPUs back in the day...
Are there people still getting nice PPD with CPUs?
riotcity76
New member
CPU folding is not really worth the heat output and electricity cost anymore. Maybe if you get free electric or something. GPU folding is just several times more efficient in terms of ppd per watt than CPU folding.
Welcome back, btw
mihapiha
New member
Thanks for the information. I can confirm what you guys said.
I have a Threadripper 1920x @ 4.05 GHz these days, so I really thought it may be worth it. I did fold a couple of WUs to see where I'm at, but it does produce a ton of heat and it made the PPD on the two 1080 GTXs fall a bit, even though I left them 2 threads and folded on the CPU with the remaining 22 threads. In the end the CPU managed about 100k PPD; or at least that was projected in the F@H client, while making the PPD on the cards drop a bit.
Because each of the 1080s can manage ideally 800k PPD, it appears that the 100k PPD of the CPU are really not worth it, because a dip with the two 1080s can be more than 100k PPD... I guess ideally maybe I'd do 1.7 M PPD if everything went well, but even a million sounds like a lot to me at least.
With all the hardware loaded up so much, I however found that my two 480 radiators couldn't properly cool that system maxed out anymore. It wasn't really too hot or anything, but a little much for 24/7 folding, especially with the GPUs overclocked as well. Maybe I'd need a cooler room temperature because the water temperature rose to 37°C which is like 16°C over room temp. That meant the 1920x was sitting in the high 60s with some spikes to 70°C and the GPUs were at 50°C...
The problem with the temperatures was really the CPU. The Threadripper CPU is supposed to peak at 68°C as far as I read, and since I pushed it to 4050 MHz and gave it a healthy voltage of 1.417V, it is pretty much at it's absolute peak. If I render or use the CPU normally without having that much load on the GPUs the water temperature wouldn't be that high either, and the CPU temp would remain at high 50s to low 60s, but the added load with the GPUs just push the water temperature up so much that it's really at it's peak.
For those who may not know, usually 40°C water temperature means you need too add more radiators, 35-40°C means your system is pretty much at its peak, and lower than 35°C means you have reserves and can add hardware to cool. Lower than 30°C water temperature at load is kinda overkill...
I have a Threadripper 1920x @ 4.05 GHz these days, so I really thought it may be worth it. I did fold a couple of WUs to see where I'm at, but it does produce a ton of heat and it made the PPD on the two 1080 GTXs fall a bit, even though I left them 2 threads and folded on the CPU with the remaining 22 threads. In the end the CPU managed about 100k PPD; or at least that was projected in the F@H client, while making the PPD on the cards drop a bit.
Because each of the 1080s can manage ideally 800k PPD, it appears that the 100k PPD of the CPU are really not worth it, because a dip with the two 1080s can be more than 100k PPD... I guess ideally maybe I'd do 1.7 M PPD if everything went well, but even a million sounds like a lot to me at least.
With all the hardware loaded up so much, I however found that my two 480 radiators couldn't properly cool that system maxed out anymore. It wasn't really too hot or anything, but a little much for 24/7 folding, especially with the GPUs overclocked as well. Maybe I'd need a cooler room temperature because the water temperature rose to 37°C which is like 16°C over room temp. That meant the 1920x was sitting in the high 60s with some spikes to 70°C and the GPUs were at 50°C...
The problem with the temperatures was really the CPU. The Threadripper CPU is supposed to peak at 68°C as far as I read, and since I pushed it to 4050 MHz and gave it a healthy voltage of 1.417V, it is pretty much at it's absolute peak. If I render or use the CPU normally without having that much load on the GPUs the water temperature wouldn't be that high either, and the CPU temp would remain at high 50s to low 60s, but the added load with the GPUs just push the water temperature up so much that it's really at it's peak.
For those who may not know, usually 40°C water temperature means you need too add more radiators, 35-40°C means your system is pretty much at its peak, and lower than 35°C means you have reserves and can add hardware to cool. Lower than 30°C water temperature at load is kinda overkill...
Kei
Member
I was getting approximately 150K on my 1920x which at the time was running stock at 3.6GHz. That did vary depending on the WU, could fall to around 80K. Still a far cry from the 1m PPD my vega 56 was managing.
I stopped as electricity bills are a tad on the steep side and I have to save the pennies where I can.
I stopped as electricity bills are a tad on the steep side and I have to save the pennies where I can.
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mihapiha
New member
Wow. I must check on how my system was setup then. With both WUs on the CPU the projected PPD was at around 100k
I also didn't realise that things changed again and AMD cards are better to fold on again. My 1080 GTX @ 2075 MHz core and with a decent OC on the memory actually is never under 100% load... It's in the high 80s... Maybe it depends on the WU
riotcity76
New member
It's been awhile, so how is everyone?
Still going strong. I see you are right on my tail...maybe I should game less and try to get away from you
I feel so bad for disappearing. Things just went from bad to worse to tragic.
I have got a multi cpu running one work unit through the night and a gpu doing the same (just a single lowly 980). What better way to bed in a new (to me) graphics card. Second hand off the ol' ebay.
I miss you guys. I miss being part of the team. Maybe one day I can be back 24/7 again.
Hope everyone is well. Fold on!
I have got a multi cpu running one work unit through the night and a gpu doing the same (just a single lowly 980). What better way to bed in a new (to me) graphics card. Second hand off the ol' ebay.
I miss you guys. I miss being part of the team. Maybe one day I can be back 24/7 again.
Hope everyone is well. Fold on!
