Folding@Home, Team 239902

[Bastiaan_NL]

Well, I still have enough units to keep both the dedicated folder and the main rig running full power.

Are you guys using any flags?

[Andrew]

I don't even know what they are lol. I've only been folding for a little over a month now. I did try back in 2010/11 but gave up because it was complicated to set up.

[Bastiaan_NL]

Ah okay, I didn't know that!

 

I'd give this a try if I were you, lets see if it works!

 

Go to FAHControl (the advanced client control) - Configure - Expert - and under Extra client options click on the +Add.

In the "Name" box type "client-type" and in the value box "advanced".

Press "Ok" and "Save".

Now you have it set to accept late stage beta units.

I prefer them over the early stage ones, less likely to cause any problems.

But afaik it will give you a wider selection of units to receive, so more chance to fold on all the hardware.

 

There are a few more Flags you can add, which can be found here: https://foldingathome.org/support/fa...uration-guide/

 

 

On an other note:

 

Fixed clock for virtually any application gives you a better result, Folding will be the same, so if you can adjust the speed/voltage curve so it remains at a fixed speed and voltage, then you are good. Just watch those temps.

I fixed this, by shutting down MSI afterburner, using the AMD Radeon app and setting the clock speed in a 100mhz window.

Besides that, I undervolted the top GPU by 0.15v and clocked it down 150mhz. That dropped about 12c on both the core and junction temps.

The bottom card is undervolted 0.1v and downclocked it 100mhz. Still stable, no noticeable ppd drop and a good temperature drop!

Edited April 24, 2020 by Bastiaan_NL

[Andrew]

Just got a new WU after doing that, and I'm not sure if this is a coincidence or not but this is a good 400K PPD more than I get on average with WUs and about 150K PPD more than the highest I've had so far.

 

[Bastiaan_NL]

Nice! Let's see if you keep getting work, if so then I guess it works ?

[NavJack27]

I gotta say that I'm extremely impressed by the output this 2070 Super 15.5GHz memory edition has. Only brings my system up to like 250w from the wall or something like that with just the GPU folding. I'd get a bunch of these if I had the money to do so just to do folding. Seems efficient and cost effective.

 

[ENTERPRISE]

I gotta say that I'm extremely impressed by the output this 2070 Super 15.5GHz memory edition has. Only brings my system up to like 250w from the wall or something like that with just the GPU folding. I'd get a bunch of these if I had the money to do so just to do folding. Seems efficient and cost effective.

 

You trying to say I need 6x 2070 Super cards for the CFP lol.

[Andrew]

Might as well go all out and buy 6x 2080Tis ?

[ENTERPRISE]

Might as well go all out and buy 6x 2080Tis ?

 

Awesome, just give me your card details and we will be away

[Andrew]

Top 800 now.

 

[axipher]

Top 800 now.

 

 

w00t w00t

[Bastiaan_NL]

Top 800 now.

 

 

Whohoo :wheee:

 

In 2 or 3 updates we'll be sub 700 ?

[NavJack27]

Won't be long until we beat LTT

[ENTERPRISE]

We must beat LTT ! Seriously though we are making great progress !

[axipher]

We must beat LTT ! Seriously though we are making great progress !

 

That's an ambitious goal, maybe I should start a GoFundMe to build a ThreadRipper build to dedicate half of its resources to Folding@Home

[Bastiaan_NL]

Time to fire up the supercomputer in my basement if we want to beat LTT ?

[ENTERPRISE]

 

That's an ambitious goal, maybe I should start a GoFundMe to build a ThreadRipper build to dedicate half of its resources to Folding@Home

 

Ambitious yes....but nothing wrong with shooting for the stars

[NavJack27]

Honestly? LTT, I'll assume, just has a bunch of hardware posers. Minimal actual high throughput optimized rigs. We can beat most of the teams even though we have less members if we just help each other out.

 

I might do a thing and post it in the discord or maybe gather a voice chat to brainstorm stuff. If we can get the people with the top hardware that want to use their rigs for half day or full day folding to also do a couple other tweaks... I got a good feeling.

[ENTERPRISE]

Honestly? LTT, I'll assume, just has a bunch of hardware posers. Minimal actual high throughput optimized rigs. We can beat most of the teams even though we have less members if we just help each other out.

 

I might do a thing and post it in the discord or maybe gather a voice chat to brainstorm stuff. If we can get the people with the top hardware that want to use their rigs for half day or full day folding to also do a couple other tweaks... I got a good feeling.

 

I agree, A concentrated group effort goes much further than a larger rag tag group of people. Let's face it, when the Covid hype dies down, lotso teams output will drop when the wannabe folders get bored and drop off the scene. I dont think LTT will keep their spot much after the world goes back to "Normal"

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[Bastiaan_NL]

699 :wheee:

[Andrew]

Ah okay, I didn't know that!

 

I'd give this a try if I were you, lets see if it works!

 

Go to FAHControl (the advanced client control) - Configure - Expert - and under Extra client options click on the +Add.

In the "Name" box type "client-type" and in the value box "advanced".

Press "Ok" and "Save".

Now you have it set to accept late stage beta units.

I prefer them over the early stage ones, less likely to cause any problems.

But afaik it will give you a wider selection of units to receive, so more chance to fold on all the hardware.

 

There are a few more Flags you can add, which can be found here: https://foldingathome.org/support/fa...uration-guide/

 

 

On an other note:

 

I fixed this, by shutting down MSI afterburner, using the AMD Radeon app and setting the clock speed in a 100mhz window.

Besides that, I undervolted the top GPU by 0.15v and clocked it down 150mhz. That dropped about 12c on both the core and junction temps.

The bottom card is undervolted 0.1v and downclocked it 100mhz. Still stable, no noticeable ppd drop and a good temperature drop!

 

My actual PPD has gone up by like 200K points since doing this. Not only am I getting more points per WU, I'm also getting/sending WUs a lot more frequently. I do only have it running 12-15 hours a day though. My estimated PPD has gone up from ~1.25M to ~1.7M.

[NavJack27]

I've been running with these config flags. I'd like to know if other people notice a difference running these.

CPU:

GPU:

 

 

Oh, and also don't forget to set that checkpoint to 30min instead of the default 15.

[ENTERPRISE]

I really need to test these types of Flags as my client is still folding in vanilla. I will apply some and see what difference it makes.

 

@NavJack27

 

What is your theory with those flags and CPU, increased PPD ?

[NavJack27]

Beta cuz beta. Gimmie the beta. I'll be your testing monkey!

Next unit at 100% so nothing sits in a queue losing time and points.

The packet size thing I noticed in the past would get me quicker, less point heavy CPU work units if set to small. I just do the opposite for the GPU, big, cuz reasons.

[Bastiaan_NL]

 

My actual PPD has gone up by like 200K points since doing this. Not only am I getting more points per WU, I'm also getting/sending WUs a lot more frequently. I do only have it running 12-15 hours a day though. My estimated PPD has gone up from ~1.25M to ~1.7M.

Nice, that's a lot of free points!

Good units also make a huge difference, almost 50% ppd less with 3 cards doing low ppd units.

 

@NavJack27 I'll give the small packet size a try.

I'm only running 50% on my cpu, the rest of the cores is for chrome and to keep the gpu happy.