Folding@Home - Join The Fight!

[yoyo69]

No, the two GTX275's are in my sig set up & the 9800gt/8800gt on an old socket 939 DFI Lanparty ut cfx3200, AMD 3500+ (single core), 256 DDR, 400 watt psu, 80gig 4500rpm 2.5 SATA HD.
It is just sat on the desk at the moment I hope to fit it in to one of the draws of a stacker storage unit (will post pic's in Guru rig's gallery when I get round to doing it).
I also need to get another Akasa vortexx neo cooler like on the 8800gt for the 9800gt as the temps are a little high (81c compared to 52c on 8800gt).

That still leaves me with one more AM2+ mobo and 5000+ BE to play with in the future.

[happy]

i see, for a second i thought you had 4 gpu running on the MSI bored, i was gonna say if you were you would greatly be reducing PPD

you should set a folding farm up, i just got my power bill through, its only gone up ~£8 more with me running 2 machines running day and night folding, so providing i can raise some funds i may invest in 3 more GT's and get them running, but thats funds providing!!

[yoyo69]

The plan is for a farm, but it will not be any time soon, I'm in the same boat as yourself (short of funds) I only need two more gpu's every thing else I have already.

Fahmon is showing 22030ppd (2 x 1888, 1 x 511, 1 x 472 wu's).

[happy]

yeah money sucks

i wouldn't rely on anything but 511 wu for average ppd read, especially 1888 the time frames vary so much it makes it very inaccurate but from my knowledge, i reckon you will average ~20k mark, which means im gonna up my game if i wanna catch you

any chance you can get me a few pics of your set up

[yoyo69]

well you are only 102 place behind me..

[happy]

only 102.....guess my only advantage over you is the fact you dont fold 24/7, i might start overclocking my 260 see if i can squeeze somemore from it

[yoyo69]

I would not go mad with overclocking, you don't want to have another GPU die..
(It's not a compertition. lol)

[happy]

Originally Posted by yoyo69

I would not go mad with overclocking, you don't want to have another GPU die..
(It's not a compertition. lol)

true although life time warranty does have its up sides , friendly competition never hurt anyone, makes it more fun

[yoyo69]

Well I am not in compertition with this guy http://folding.extremeoverclocking.c...hp?s=&u=460688

[happy]

thats pande labs, they are testing some new wu which are worth upto 50k points!! they will reset there points i should think, otherwise its unfair!!!

[yoyo69]

i wouldn't rely on anything but 511 wu for average ppd read, especially 1888 the time frames vary so much it makes it very inaccurate but from my knowledge, i reckon you will average ~20k mark, which means im gonna up my game if i wanna catch you


4 x 511 wu's running and showing 18520ppd still a little short of 20000 but close.

[happy]

not bad, excellent!!

hopefully if everything goes to plan next week, i should have another 260 to play with

[Vinn3H]

Hello,

Ive decided to join in and use my 2 x GTX 280's for more than just gaming. i will start playing around with the GPU clients tonight and no doubt you will hear from me in the help section

I have read through the "how to" guides ETC so i just want to make sure that if i am just running the GPU clients, that they will stil contribute towards the guru3D overall score?

cheers

[yoyo69]

The answer to your questions is yes if you just run GPU clients you will contribute to the Guru score (as long as you set the correct team id).
I only run GPU clients myself.

What OS are you running?

Welcome to the Fold Vinn3H

[Vinn3H]

Thanks yoyo69

Im running vista ultimate 64bit at the moment, it has been stable and performing nicely for me so im going to stick with it for now.

Im looking at running the gpu sys tray client (from what i have read the console version can have trouble with vista) should i disable SLI and setup a monitor on the second card before i kick off the install?

or

Install the sys tray, then change the SLi settigns ETC and setup the second GPU. (i will be using the instructions off the stanford site for seting up dual GPU's) THIS > http://folding.stanford.edu/English/WinGPUGuide

cheers!

[happy]

Originally Posted by Vinn3H

Thanks yoyo69

Im running vista ultimate 64bit at the moment, it has been stable and performing nicely for me so im going to stick with it for now.

Im looking at running the gpu sys tray client (from what i have read the console version can have trouble with vista) should i disable SLI and setup a monitor on the second card before i kick off the install?

or

Install the sys tray, then change the SLi settigns ETC and setup the second GPU. (i will be using the instructions off the stanford site for seting up dual GPU's) THIS > http://folding.stanford.edu/English/WinGPUGuide

cheers!

i'd recommend running the console client, im running windows 7 on 3 of my folding machines and console client are fine all systems are stable, with the 190.38 beta drivers you dont have to disable SLI to fold (read this on another forum) so it may not require you to physically plug your second gpu in

that guide is fine to follow, once your setup, take a look at HFM.net this piece of software will allow you to monitor your progress and show you valuable information you cant see otherwise

other than that, welcome to the fold

[Vinn3H]

Hi Happy,

I ran up the console version after upgrading to the latest nvidia beta drivers.

from what i can see my PC is now folding.


--- Opening Log file [July 21 08:32:05 UTC]


# Windows GPU Console Edition #################################################
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Folding@Home Client Version 6.23

http://folding.stanford.edu

################################################## #############################
################################################## #############################

Launch directory: C:\FAH
Executable: fah6.exe


[08:32:05] - Ask before connecting: No
[08:32:05] - User name: Vinn3H (Team 69411)
[08:32:05] - User ID: 7FBD49EB4F9E08B8
[08:32:05] - Machine ID: 2
[08:32:05]
[08:32:05] Work directory not found. Creating...
[08:32:05] Could not open work queue, generating new queue...
[08:32:05] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[08:32:05] + Attempting to get work packet
[08:32:05] - Connecting to assignment server
[08:32:06] - Successful: assigned to (171.64.65.20).
[08:32:06] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[08:32:06] Loaded queue successfully.
[08:32:08] + Closed connections
[08:32:08]
[08:32:08] + Processing work unit
[08:32:08] Core required: FahCore_14.exe
[08:32:08] Core not found.
[08:32:08] - Core is not present or corrupted.
[08:32:08] - Attempting to download new core...
[08:32:08] + Downloading new core: FahCore_14.exe
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[08:32:14] Verifying core Core_14.fah...
[08:32:14] Signature is VALID
[08:32:14]
[08:32:14] Trying to unzip core FahCore_14.exe
[08:32:14] Decompressed FahCore_14.exe (1298432 bytes) successfully
[08:32:19] + Core successfully engaged
[08:32:24]
[08:32:24] + Processing work unit
[08:32:24] Core required: FahCore_14.exe
[08:32:24] Core found.
[08:32:24] Working on queue slot 01 [July 21 08:32:24 UTC]
[08:32:24] + Working ...
[08:32:24]
[08:32:24] *------------------------------*
[08:32:24] Folding@Home GPU Core - Beta
[08:32:24] Version 1.25 (Mon Mar 2 19:49:32 PST 2009)
[08:32:24]
[08:32:24] Compiler : Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 14
.00.50727.762 for 80x86
[08:32:24] Build host: vspm46
[08:32:24] Board Type: Nvidia
[08:32:24] Core :
[08:32:24] Preparing to commence simulation
[08:32:24] - Looking at optimizations...
[08:32:24] - Created dyn
[08:32:24] - Files status OK
[08:32:24] - Expanded 68574 -> 357580 (decompressed 521.4 percent)
[08:32:24] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=68574 data_size=3575
80, decompressed_data_size=357580 diff=0
[08:32:24] - Digital signature verified
[08:32:24]
[08:32:24] Project: 5912 (Run 1, Clone 69, Gen 3)
[08:32:24]
[08:32:24] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[08:32:24] Entering M.D.
[08:32:30] Tpr hash work/wudata_01.tpr: 2988575675 3155999809 3758298579 133902
6024 892428380
[08:32:31] Working on Protein
[08:32:31] Client config found, loading data.
[08:32:31] Starting GUI Server
[08:35:57] Completed 1%
[08:39:55] Completed 2%
[08:43:31] Completed 3%

[Vinn3H]

slight problem, nvidia driver took a dump. windows recovered. but it doesnt look too good.

[08:32:31] Working on Protein
[08:32:31] Client config found, loading data.
[08:32:31] Starting GUI Server
[08:35:57] Completed 1%
[08:39:55] Completed 2%
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[09:01:41] Completed 8%
[09:05:30] SEH code: 3221225477
[09:05:30] Run: exception thrown during GuardedRun
[09:05:30] Run: exception thrown in GuardedRun -- Gromacs cannot continue furthe
r.
[09:05:30] Going to send back what have done -- stepsTotalG=8000000
[09:05:30] Work fraction=0.0899 steps=8000000.
[09:05:34] logfile size=37333 infoLength=37333 edr=0 trr=23
[09:05:34] - Writing 37869 bytes of core data to disk...
[09:05:34] Done: 37357 -> 4579 (compressed to 12.2 percent)
[09:05:34] ... Done.
[09:05:34]
[09:05:34] Folding@home Core Shutdown: UNSTABLE_MACHINE
[09:05:38] CoreStatus = 7A (122)
[09:05:38] Sending work to server
[09:05:38] Project: 5912 (Run 1, Clone 69, Gen 3)
[09:05:38] - Read packet limit of 540015616... Set to 524286976.


[09:05:38] + Attempting to send results [July 21 09:05:38 UTC]
[09:05:41] + Results successfully sent
[09:05:41] Thank you for your contribution to Folding@Home.
[09:05:45] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[09:05:45] + Attempting to get work packet
[09:05:45] - Connecting to assignment server
[09:05:46] - Successful: assigned to (171.64.65.20).
[09:05:46] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[09:05:46] Loaded queue successfully.
[09:05:48] + Closed connections
[09:05:53]
[09:05:53] + Processing work unit
[09:05:53] Core required: FahCore_14.exe
[09:05:53] Core found.
[09:05:53] Working on queue slot 02 [July 21 09:05:53 UTC]
[09:05:53] + Working ...
[09:05:54]
[09:05:54] *------------------------------*
[09:05:54] Folding@Home GPU Core - Beta
[09:05:54] Version 1.25 (Mon Mar 2 19:49:32 PST 2009)
[09:05:54]
[09:05:54] Compiler : Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 14
.00.50727.762 for 80x86
[09:05:54] Build host: vspm46
[09:05:54] Board Type: Nvidia
[09:05:54] Core :
[09:05:54] Preparing to commence simulation
[09:05:54] - Looking at optimizations...
[09:05:54] - Created dyn
[09:05:54] - Files status OK
[09:05:54] - Expanded 68553 -> 357580 (decompressed 521.6 percent)
[09:05:54] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=68553 data_size=3575
80, decompressed_data_size=357580 diff=0
[09:05:54] - Digital signature verified
[09:05:54]
[09:05:54] Project: 5911 (Run 13, Clone 441, Gen 11)
[09:05:54]
[09:05:54] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[09:05:54] Entering M.D.
[09:06:00] Tpr hash work/wudata_02.tpr: 3525344552 2827237776 1148103218 356473
3291 877332880
[09:06:00] Working on Protein
[09:06:01] Client config found, loading data.
[09:06:01] Starting GUI Server

[happy]

right, it is indeed folding, there are some work units which show that error, best bet, go insude the f@h directory delete the work folder and queue file, and the core, let it redownload everything again and work

if you card if overclocked, decrease clock speeds, folding will "stress" your shader processors more than any application out there

also monitor your tempertures have been known to cause problems

[Vinn3H]

I rebooted the PC and started fah6.exe again (.exe in the F@H folder) it has started a new job now.(using HFM to monitor) Progress 5%, PPD 7880.3, PPD/MHZ 11.258, CREDIT 1888, ETA 5:27:45.

It seems to be using one GPU in the SLi setup (GPU 1) wich is second in the SLi chain. it seems to have skipped over GPU 0.

INFO from Rivatuner
GPU1 = 702mhz SHADER = 1404 MEM = 1102 TEMP = 67 AMB TEMP = 62

[happy]

ppd seems spot on, just a few more than my 260

did you define the gpu0 and gpu1 flags? you need 2 seperate "f@h" directories

[Vinn3H]

I setup a seperate F@H directory and its using the gpu 0 flag
the other has no flag but automaticaly selects gpu 1 (with the gpu 1 flag it would say there were driver issues)

Right now ive got both GPU's going (using HFM to monitor)

GPU 0: - PPD: 6354, PPD/MHZ: 9.484
GPU 1: - PPD: 6941, PPD/MHZ: 9.888

Thanks for your help happy!

[happy]

excellent glad to see you up and running

no worries always here to help, if you need anyhting else just mention and we'll help out

Happy Folding

[Squall Leonhart]

theres no need to have multiple F@H folders, all you need is seperate shortcuts each with a different start in folder set.

[Vinn3H]

Righto, after a bit more playing around i figured out the setup was just using the one GPU core. i had to disable SLi and Physx, then setup a second monitor on the second card. unfortunately it looks like even with the newer drivers SLi will still need to be disabled, but knowing my luck i have probably done something different. either way i now have both GPU's being utilised. going to be fun having to change the settings every time i want to play a game tho