Folding on 2900 XT

[cockneysean]

Anyone know how far off we are from this?

[DevilDude]

No idea - I tohut you could already fold on a 2900XT

[Crossfire]

I don't know, but your Q6600 would fold better then that 2900XT.

[RossCorp]

I too am interested in Folding on my 2900. And correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the 2900 would be quite a bit more powerful than even a quadcore, no?

[Crossfire]

Edited, I was wrong.

[Kollunz]

Originally Posted by [G3D]CrossFire

Ok, look at it this way:

You have a 2900XT with a Core Clock of around ~650MHz -- You have a Q6600 with Four Cores @ 3.0GHz, which one do you think will work better?

you apparently dont understand how powerful a GPU can be.

[Crossfire]

Wait, I just remember something - I read once that this company used GPU power to crack passwords. They stated that a CPU will take a 500 page book and read it one page at a time, where a GPU will take the book, rip it into 1,000 pieces,and read all of them at the same time. So therefore, a GPU might be better at folding! I take back what I recently posted.

What would be cool tho, is F@H use GPU and CPU power to complete Work Units. But with that being said, the way they both work differently might mean that they couldn't work together.

[aircool]

Originally Posted by RossCorp

I too am interested in Folding on my 2900. And correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the 2900 would be quite a bit more powerful than even a quadcore, no?

Depends, ppd will be higher on the quad. But since you cant fold on the hd series of cards then theres no need to say it may be more powerful.