WOW! 30x speed up of FAH on X1900 GPUs!!

XJ. · 10-01-2006, 11:17 PM

Check this out!!

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34783

Skip building a few boxen for server farms. Get a decent SLI board and blow everyone else to pieces spitting out WUs like like they are on fire!!

Uber coolness

Protoplasm72 · 10-02-2006, 12:14 AM

Sweet

*Kage* · 10-02-2006, 12:28 AM

hehehe [AB]Team ATiPower

Ford Freak · 10-02-2006, 01:15 AM

I plan on starting FAH once I get back to the US. I'll have 4 systems running once I get my Core 2 system built.

1. P3 1.26 @ 1425
2. A64 3700+ @ 2.7
3. Opty 180 @ 2.7
4. Whatever I get for a Core 2 plus whatever DX10 card I get from ATI.

*Kage* · 10-02-2006, 02:52 AM

Those new graphics cards from ATi use a lot of power and create a lot of heat though... I bet it would cost an arm and a leg to run a few of them at 100% utilization for most of the day, everyday...

SupDawg · 10-02-2006, 04:30 AM

That's what I was thinking. Also, I would think the cards aren't supposed to be used 24/7 like a CPU. We all know FAH puts a strain on a CPU. They are much better engineered. I wouldn't trust my new 20-300$ card at 100% utilization 24/7. I guess we will see when ATI and NVIDIA have a field day with RMAs for this stuff.

Acid8000 · 10-02-2006, 05:28 AM

Are the ATI and nVidia professional chips better engineered in any way, or are they the exact same chips that go on gamer cards? Maybe they'd be better suited if that's the case.

XJ. · 10-02-2006, 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kage

Those new graphics cards from ATi use a lot of power and create a lot of heat though... I bet it would cost an arm and a leg to run a few of them at 100% utilization for most of the day, everyday...

No doubt that better aftermarket coolers would help here as well as good case cooling. The cost to run ,while high, would be much less than running 20-40 cpus. If this all works out (I think the ATI console/cores are still in beta/development), I think it will be huge. The folks at Rage3D may well crush everyone else

h20-ski · 10-02-2006, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acid8000

Are the ATI and nVidia professional chips better engineered in any way, or are they the exact same chips that go on gamer cards? Maybe they'd be better suited if that's the case.

For the most part they are the same chips. I do remember a while back there was a hack that would turn your $300 X800 into a $600 FireGL card. There are some differences, but for the most part they are the same.

Jorrell · 10-02-2006, 09:30 PM

The GPU client for ATI cards (Windows only) is downloadable now if anyone wants to try it:

http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html

As for heat, perhaps you can set this to use only x% GPU utilization like you can for the CPU version.
Another solution would be to write a script to run it for 30min wait 10, and repeat.

XJ. · 10-02-2006, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jorrell

The GPU client for ATI cards (Windows only) is downloadable now if anyone wants to try it:

http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html

Cool!! I wish I had an 19xx series card, or two!
Hmm, I think the MacPro can run 4 1900s

I wonder how fast the PS3 version is?

XJ. · 10-03-2006, 12:36 AM

Hmm, apparently the GPU client can only be run on one GPU at present - so no gain (for FAH) w/SLI.

XJ. · 10-11-2006, 11:07 PM

And it uses a fair amount of cpu power, so you if you have a single cpu system and decided to run the GPU client don't run one on your cpu as well - you will just slow both down. If you have a dual core cpu - fold on one and leave the other free to service the GPU client.

**k0NG0** · 10-12-2006, 08:12 AM

As for power use, you'd still have a much higher performance/power ratio. 30x increase in speed and with a 120W GPU you'd have possibly 2-3x the amount of power use of a Core 2 or Athlon CPU. Which translates to, worst-case, an 8-10x better ratio. So run the GPU version 1/3rd the time of the CPU version and you'd save the GPU longevity and still have much better performance than CPU alone.

XJ. · 10-19-2006, 04:54 PM

Holy smokes! I just read over at Rage3D that those with the GPU client are getting around 660 PPD

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SupDawg Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,078	That's what I was thinking. Also, I would think the cards aren't supposed to be used 24/7 like a CPU. We all know FAH puts a strain on a CPU. They are much better engineered. I wouldn't trust my new 20-300$ card at 100% utilization 24/7. I guess we will see when ATI and NVIDIA have a field day with RMAs for this stuff. __________________ The views expressed in this electronic dialogue are mine alone. "All physics are belong to me. " Kongo
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Jorrell baka neko Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 714	The GPU client for ATI cards (Windows only) is downloadable now if anyone wants to try it: http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html As for heat, perhaps you can set this to use only x% GPU utilization like you can for the CPU version. Another solution would be to write a script to run it for 30min wait 10, and repeat. __________________
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