Folding using the Nvidia Client? Heres some Tips

[Dashock]

lol id offer my services but i am not godly in your skills of reviewing!

[LCB001]

Originally Posted by SKYMTL

Yup...I really think it is the xxx.84 drivers and later with CUDA support

Pre xxx.84 drivers worked only on the 98xx and newer cards unless you modded the .inf file IIRC, it was explained in one the threads around somewhere. xxx.84 was when they enabled CUDA for the older cards. My 9800GTX still runs fine on the 177.35 drivers and is very stable...

[SKYMTL]

Well, I have an 8800 GTS 512MB folding in my old AMD 3800+ s939 system. Taking 50% CPU usage but that is to be expected I guess. Overclocked to 2000Mhz on the shaders brings me to around 5700PPD this early in the game.

[3.0charlie]

The 177.79 drivers were the first official CUDA drivers with folding support.

Originally Posted by SKYMTL

Well, I have an 8800 GTS 512MB folding in my old AMD 3800+ s939 system. Taking 50% CPU usage but that is to be expected I guess. Overclocked to 2000Mhz on the shaders brings me to around 5700PPD this early in the game.

Looks pretty good, you just may hit 6000ppd. Are you using the 177.92 + CUDA drivers?

[SKYMTL]

177.92 have the CUDA driver paths within them already so there isn't need to install them seperately.

Since I have an SLI board (SLI DR Expert) on that system, I suppose I could pop on another card (like I don't already have enough hanging around...) but that would probably max out my CPU. Considering it is overclocked to 2.6Ghz already, I don't think I am willing to push it to 100% for any extended period of time.

Edit: Looks like 6050 PPD right now.

[LCB001]

Originally Posted by 3.0charlie

The 177.79 drivers were the first official CUDA drivers with folding support.


Looks pretty good, you just may hit 6000ppd. Are you using the 177.92 + CUDA drivers?

Thank you for correcting that, I hate posting faulty info. With my memory, I Knew I should have triple checked...

[3.0charlie]

Originally Posted by LCB001

Thank you for correcting that, I hate posting faulty info. With my memory, I Knew I should have triple checked...

No problem.

Originally Posted by SKYMTL

177.92 have the CUDA driver paths within them already so there isn't need to install them seperately.

I know that, but I found after some troubleshooting that installing the whole package did not work - I had to d/l and install the CUDA package on it's own.

[SKYMTL]

Looks like it is working fine for me.

If I choose to run two GPUs in the one system, will I need to run two instances of the GPU2 client or will it allow me to speed up a single WU?

[3.0charlie]

2 cards won't speed up a single WU. For dual cards folding, follow this guide: Folding@home - WinGPUGuide.

[SKYMTL]

Easy enough. Heck, i don't even need to install the SLI bridge, just extend the desktop.

Let's just hope my mobo doesn't bork the Windows install again. Haha.