Folding@Home: THGC Needs You -Team 40051

[tigsounds]

For those who is running the GPU client on ATI card, you may want to check out the ATI part of this article:

http://en.fah-addict.net/articles/articles-1-3+gpu-environment-variables.php

You will have to play around with the environment variables' values, but it may help reduce the CPU usage. I know it "works" for the HD3870, not sure about the newer ATI cards.

Hey now, This Works!
(and there are settings for Nvidia cards there also)

I plugged in the suggested values for Environment Variables:

FLUSH_INTERVAL = 128
BROOK_YIELD = 2
CAL_PRE_FLUSH = 1
CAL_NO_FLUSH = 0

Now my GPU (folding operations) is more than triple, and my CPU usage is 2% for the FahCore_11.exe.
System Idle Process went to 88%

Now I can add 2 CPU folders to use all that idle time.

Thanks for the great info.

 

[warmon6]

V7 WILL HAVE ATI SUPPORT?

Last i checked, it is.


http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=16375

This is the last info i got from about V7. You'll need to read both pages of the thread to get the full idea of whats going on with v7 although the first comment that VijayPande (the project top guy and the starter of F@H) in the #5 point, he mentions this,

VijayPande

5) ATI deprecated their GPU language, Brook, in favor of OpenCL. So, we were forced to completely rewrite our GPU core for ATI in openCL. This takes time, especially to write highly optimized code. We have been internally testing this and expect to start beta testing it shortly (days to weeks). It will require client changes that are now built into the v7 client.

Although there "days to weeks" = ours actual "weeks to months".

 

[warmon6]

Hi everybody...

I just started this "folding" operation last night and now I have a couple questions.

I'm running the V6 GPU2 in this machine (which does not have impressive specs these days). [:tigsounds:3]
It's an AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ and the vid is a Radeon 3870, the system RAM is 8GB.
The 3870 has always been a great over-clocker, runs at max CCC can go and has never given the slightest problem as a result, so I leave it there at 885Mhz with a mem speed of 1300. It's been this way for about 4 years.

I can run either 32 bit XP or X64 (dual boot). I normally use the 32 bit.

I see my GPU load is 99% and the CPU load is 47%.
Is it worthwhile to install another instance of this folding program to run on the CPU?

I have no idea if the speed I'm processing is good or bad on the GPU, or how it would be different if running the CPU version instead (dual core), or both? Can Somebody here with experience with this thing advise the highest throughput, for the good of Tom's?? Thanks.

Here is a picture of what's happening now...

http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/yy336/tigsounds/speed-ind.jpg

Welcome to the team!

 

[warmon6]

awww nuts..... Well got some bad news and good news:

Bad news, We just finally lost a rank to MSI HQ red rockets

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=40051

Good news is, we finally reached over 200k PPD barrier.

 

[beanoslim]

They passed us last week and we passed them back within a day, we'll get em again.

 

[warmon6]

They passed us last week and we passed them back within a day, we'll get em again.

Nice way of looking at things. Although how long can we keep this up?

Anyways, I got some interesting news. No v7 client yet but it has to do with intel's sandybridge intergrated gpu.

http://en.fah-addict.net/news/news-0-317+is-the-sandy-bridge-gpu-compatible-with-opencl.php


Certainly a possibility of folding. (with F@H reworking the codes for Open CL), we could have a new way of folding things. Although dont expect big PPD with this (well on the gpu side of the cpu's )

 

[beanoslim]

We back ahead of them, and we catching quite a few others.

Our true force is yet to be unleashed..........Superwarmon

MasterW, Back in the game. He's coming for you Aznshinobi..

 

[aznshinobi]

Lol nawww

 

[beanoslim]

A fan can make so much difference in the temps of the components, it's amazing.
I would like to know how much the temps dropped while folding if you would be so kind to tell me, sir.

Well lookee what just arrived.

For starters I can tell you that I just switched my Yate Loon D12SM-12 for my wonderfull more powerfull Enermax TB Silence and the cpu temp went up by 8C.

I ask, how can this be when the Enermax is supposed to have more airflow??

At least the new GTX works....so far..

 

[warmon6]

A fan can make so much difference in the temps of the components, it's amazing.
I would like to know how much the temps dropped while folding if you would be so kind to tell me, sir.

Well lookee what just arrived.

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1659/1002980m.jpg

For starters I can tell you that I just switched my Yate Loon D12SM-12 for my wonderfull more powerfull Enermax TB Silence and the cpu temp went up by 8C.

I ask, how can this be when the Enermax is supposed to have more airflow??

At least the new GTX works....so far..

How can i be super warmon if you keep buying parts at a faster rate than I? :lol: Although eventually i will have more powerful hardware, but no where near the performance that you have for now anyways.


Eventully though, i'll invest in hardware that could make 1/2 to 2/3 of what the team is making now. Only a matter of money and time

 

[beanoslim]

I feel sure that day will come and then we shall all bow to SW. [:graywolf]

I have figured out my fan issues.

The Yate airflow was in CFM and the Enermax was in m3/h so the Enermax has less airflow than the Yate.

What a doughnut.

So if the Enermax is rated 70m3/h and the Yate 70cfm whos gonna do the math.....warmon??

 

[mindless728]

70 cu_m/h * 35.314667 cu_f / 1 cu_m * 1 h / 60 min = 41.2 cu_f/m aka cfm

 

[beanoslim]

And thats the reason why, 70cfm vs 41.2cfm.

Thanks. [:bohleyk:1]

 

[warmon6]

We back ahead of them, and we catching quite a few others.

Our true force is yet to be unleashed..........Superwarmon

MasterW, Back in the game. He's coming for you Aznshinobi..

:lol:

not only are we ahead of them, were now (practically) matched in PPD's

Toms: 217,821
MSI: 217,238

Although issue now is, both teams see the same threats of other teams.

"Clube do Hardware - Brasil" 1 threat to both teams, (no way we are stopping that train. even if both teams combind :lol "1.4 months"

That will bump us down to 81st and 82nd place but then both teams will past

ADSLgr - Greek aDSL Users & ADSLgr - Greek aDSL Users will pass up in 1.9 months, Making us 79th and 80th rank.


*thats if i we keep this pattern up.*

Anyways, good news, I wasn't using my laptop for as long as i thought i was going to be. So..... It's back to the folding. (although nothing will show up till this Saturday that I'm folding again. ) So i'll assist in what i can to keep MSI behind us.

 

[aznshinobi]

^ Welll we'd beat them if they had ATI support, retarded GPU3 support... We were talking about ATI support since the 58xx and the 68xx are out and still nada...

 

[mindless728]

I'm rocking out my Phenom II X4 810 @ 3.12GHz now as well whenever it doesn't need to be used

might think about getting my HTPC into this as well with the standard client (not SMP) since it rocks out only an Athlon II X2

 

[beanoslim]

I've filled up the Antec 300 with fans.

2x Enermax Everest 120mm front
1x Enermax TB on the cpu
120mm and 140mm Antecs rear and top exhaust that came with it.

Theres room for a 120mm side fan that blows directly onto the card but thats not in.

Compared to running with the side off, the OC'd 460 is Folding at 50C, it was 58C so a worthwhile decrease.

Noise is ok, more fans but with the side on it dulls the noise a bit, gonna set it up with the 2x460's next.

Does the cpu speed or memory have any effect on the Folding speed of the graphics cards? Trying to run everything low vault and low speed, just let the cards do the work, the cpu usage is around the 20% mark while folding.

 

[aznshinobi]

Try a fan controller?

 

[beanoslim]

Already ordered, got it cheap off eBay.

It'll go with my blue fans, you'll know when I pass you now as well, look for the blue streak. :lol:

 

[doubled]

:lol:

not only are we ahead of them, were now (practically) matched in PPD's

Toms: 217,821
MSI: 217,238

UPS brought goods last night, new mobo for hex core and 2 470GTXs. We'll be walking away from them shortly

 

[warmon6]

Already ordered, got it cheap off eBay.

http://www.zalman.co.kr/DataFile/product/ZM-MFC1_04_m(0).jpg

It'll go with my blue fans, you'll know when I pass you now as well, look for the blue streak. :lol:

*sees blue streaks* ooooooooo




Now i wonder what F@H is up to. They been very quiet for the week. Only mentioning about a few new single core WU's on Monday. Certainly not normal as im used to seeing 2 to 4 updates a week. Wonder if something big going on behind the closed doors of Standford. (maybe the client v7 getting all hands on desk for a final push?)

Idk, It just not normal for them to be quiet.

 

[warmon6]

UPS brought goods last night, new mobo for hex core and 2 470GTXs. We'll be walking away from them shortly

Uh oh. The gloves are comming off now. Ak419, you better watch out.

Just remember, if your running linux, use "wine" (if possible) to run bigadv.

 

[doubled]

Bah...can't find my Zalman 9700. Bought the conversion bracket and now the cooler is awol........

 

[doubled]

Uh oh. The gloves are comming off now. Ak419, you better watch out.

Just remember, if your running linux, use "wine" (if possible) to run bigadv.

I'll be running Server 2008R2 on that box.

 

[beanoslim]

Hooked the 2x460's up in the old rig, course that has warmed things up a bit with 2. They were Folding at temps - Top 60C / Bot 54C with all case fans on.

Then I installed the side fan that blows directly onto the cards and they now chug along at Top 54C / Bot 50C which I like a lot, they both say about 11kppd so I'll give them a good run this weekend and see.

For a mid to low price case the Antec 300 does supply some serious cooling power.

**UNDER CONSTRUCTION** Tie wrap anyone??