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Thanks mate, I have absolutely no idea how that has happened though! I feel a bit like a MotoGP rider or F1 driver who has just popped in the perfect lap but has no idea how they did it. :)
 
I'd like to thank my computers and graphic cards, great job boys and I would also like to thank my mother for giving birth to me and my father for putting enough in and a big thank you to the kebab shop for providing sustenance and a special shout out to the off licence for selling me all the beer I could drink... etc, etc. :lol:
 
cant say i have but im NVIDIA these day [thanks to you guys.you may [or may not of noticed] i have slowed down.my electric bill came in and WOW,i am only folding 8 hours a day instead of 24/7. christmas and all.still every point helps i guess.
 


Same for me, a simple reboot fixed it (I could probably have just restarted F@H but whatever, Windows Update was nagging).
 
I heard someone else mention their AMD not getting work. There should be plenty of projects for MD I think so it is probably a glitch but it will probably be a few hours until someone is awake to look into it. Is that card just set to normal full fah (no extra flags)?

Edit: Good find Sakkura
 
I will give them a kick when I get home this evening then, I just thought it was a bit odd that it was only the AMD cards that had gone idle because the 380 rig is also folding on the CPU and that had just got a fresh WU when I checked.
 
I finally replaced my vid card from an R7 265 to a GTX 970. But do I need to configure something for it? I'm only showing work being by CPU cores, none for the GPU.
 


Open the Advanced Control Panel. Not the Web interface.
Right click the Taskbar Icon at the lower right of your screen. Click "Advanced Control".
Click on "Configure"
Click on "Slots" tab.
If you have a GPU slot configured,you need to click on it and click the Remove button.
This would be the 265 card.
Click on the "ADD" button.
Click on the little round circle in the GPU section.
Click "OK" at the bottom.
You are set to go.


 
OK! Thank you very much. I had seen that and wasn't sure whether or not I should remove the GPU slot. It makes sense though. Need a facepalm emoticon.
 
I just started folding again after quite a few years away from doing it. Back then I was just running it on my CPU but now I am running it on two 970s. I had a couple questions but I couldn't find any recent, relevant answers. I figured people here would know as well as anyone anywhere so here goes....

First, the reason I built this PC was primarily for gaming purposes, not folding. I am only folding on my GPUs and not the CPU. Are there any particular settings I should have enabled to prevent performance problems while gaming?

Second, how much does this effect the lifespan of my hardware? I can't imagine that running my 970s at 91% usage and around 70 degrees 24/7 is good for them.

Lastly, roughly how much would running a folding machine like this effect my electricity bill? I'm very conscious of my energy use, both for environmental reasons and to keep my utility bills under control. Running a power hungry machine like this 24/7 goes against all my instincts when it comes to energy usage.

I would like to contribute to this cause as much as possible but the energy efficiency and hardware lifespan concerns have me questioning whether that is a good idea. The gaming performance is a secondary concern since I can always turn it off if it is a problem.

Right now I'm leaning towards leaving my power profile set to put the computer to sleep after a half hour of inactivity like I always did before instead of letting it run 24/7. Folding would only happen while I'm using my PC for other things. Unfortunately my folding output won't be very high doing it this way.

Edit: I found out the answer to my first question on my own. Fallout 4 was unplayable with the default folding settings. Changing to "idle only" got things back to normal.
 
A steady temperature on a computer is better than daily heating/ cooling cycles. So temperatures are not a problem.
Most people will upgrade their hardware before it Wears out ,as long as it is cooled properly and not heavily overvolted.

My CPU has been folding for 4 years solid 24/7/365
I have a 2p socket 771 system that is still folding 24/7/365.
I have a GTX 460 that is still folding, and a 650ti boost that has bee folding for 2 years solid 24/7/365
My power is very cheap and is about 80% Hydroelectric, little fossil fuels used.
Your only concern would be the cost of electricity. And how it is produced.

Well maybe a fan or 2 going out after a few years running.

When I game which is rare now a days, I just hit the pause button on the top of the Advanced Control Panel. Folding stops completely>
Then hit the Fold button when I am done.
 
thanks for the answers. That is very helpful. I game on my system just about every night though so pausing and remembering to resume every time I play would be a bit of a hassle.

On the web viewer I see that there are low, medium, and full power settings. I read on another forum that low does the same thing as selecting "idle only" if you are only using GPU folding like I am.

Is there a setting that would allow my machine to keep folding when I'm not using the GPU but I'm not quite idle either? Basically I would like folding to pause on its own when I am playing a game but continue working if I'm just web browsing or streaming music.

Maybe I will test out the medium power setting later since I was using the full power setting when I experienced the terrible stuttering in Fallout 4.
 
For gaming the GPU folding has to be stopped. GPUs don't have process management and priority like CPUs, so when you run two compute intensive things on them (Game and Folding) you get a train wreck.

I would really just recommend using advanced control to pause folding while you game and turn it back on afterward. If you leave advanced control running on your desktop it should just be a single click off and a single click back on.

The power load over idle will be significant. 970's are some of the most efficient GPUs out there for folding, so while you would be using a good bit of power you would be getting a lot of work done.

As for cost of the power, what it the rate per kWh in your area? Each of those GPUs at full load is over 100W (150W?), so total system is 400W perhaps (best way is to measure with a power meter like a kill-a-watt). With that you can figure out your cost per month that running the GPU adds.
 



I'm not sure what my cost per kWh is but I will double check on my next bill. Thanks for your help.

Edit: I found a thread on another forum where people are claiming that folding added anywhere from $30 to $70 to their monthly electric bills. I realize that we all pay different rates and have PCs with different power demands but that seems like a lot to me.

I live alone and like I said before I am very environmentally conscious for both my monthly bill and the actual environment. Because of this my utility bills are very low compared to the norm. I pay a smoothed rate (where I pay the same average price every month) instead of monthly fluctuations. My natural gas and electric together is only $83 per month. Even at a $30 increase folding would be cause a 36% increase in my monthly bill.

Looks like 24/7 folding is out of the question for me. I will just allow it to fold a few hours a day during the time I would normally have my PC active anyways.
 
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