ended Folding@Home 20th Anniversary Folding Competition - Lots of prizes up for grabs !

[Bastiaan_NL]

43 minutes ago, Avacado said:

Well thats good to hear. I'll be in the dungeon trying to get the 8 M40's rolling tonight. I also have the BETA flag disabled. 

I am on beta again, cause without the flag I get those weird units that give me 4 mil ppd. The 2080's are on advanced for now, works fine that way.

 

40 minutes ago, Avacado said:

On a side note the image below CAN'T be right, can it????

 

That is not right. I have a few bugs like that reported in HFM.net too, best unit was giving 30mil ppd. I had the same thing on the 2080ti and almost every other card, just a single unit that is not working like it should.

The same goes for the worst ppd, I've never seen them below 3.8 mil or something, and that's only the 17800 unit. On the 1080ti that unit gives the normal 2.5 mil ppd, but for some reason the 3090 does not like it.

In December I received 8 14911 units, with 17 seconds TPF and worth 280k. That was a little over 14 million points per day.
I also received 30 14911 units worth 180k with 17 seconds TPF for 9 mil ppd, that might have something to do with changing the basepoints.
There are a few more units that did really good, more than 10 mil ppd. That is the bonus of running beta, sometimes you get lucky and have a few points extra from new units. 

[franz]

4 hours ago, J7SC_Orion said:

...I ran a few quick 3DM PCIe 3.0x16 vs 4.0x16 tests, per pic below...results are obviously more theoretical at this point. Still, with folks looking to connect multiple cards via riser cables for folding, the next question becomes PCIe. 4.0 '''potentially capable''' riser cables.  HardwareCanucks did a recent comparison (with results table) per YT vid >> here...

 

 

I compared x16 vs x4 on my 1070s recently.  CPU 1700x, Mobo B350 PCIe 3.0 slots

I used the same 75 Projects, but PPD still varies between WUs in the same project so....

 

x16 GPU Average 1,280,295 PPD

x4 GPU Average 1,258,435 PPD

 

2% difference on GTX 1070s

Edited February 24, 2021 by franz

[BWG]

1 hour ago, Avacado said:

On a side note the image below CAN'T be right, can it????

 

 

That has to be some sort of nvlink 8x sli disguised as 1 gpu lol

[Avacado]

3 minutes ago, franz said:

I compared x16 vs x4 on my 1070s recently.  CPU 1700x, Mobo B350 PCIe 3.0 slots

I used the same 75 Projects, but PPD still varies between WUs in the same project so....

 

x16 GPU Average 1,280,295 PPD

x4 GPU Average 1,258,435 PPD

 

2% difference on GTX 1070s

That is a good test. Now do 1x!

[tictoc]

2 minutes ago, Avacado said:

That is a good test. Now do 1x!

 

I tested 1x on a 1070 about a year ago, and the average was about -25-30%.  With QRB it scales a little funny.  The higher ppd WUs actually take a bigger hit because of how QRB works with more bonus points the faster the work is completed. 

[J7SC_Orion]

5 minutes ago, franz said:

I compared x16 vs x4 on my 1070s recently.  CPU 1700x, Mobo B350 PCIe 3.0 slots

I used the same 75 Projects, but PPD still varies between WUs in the same project so....

 

x16 GPU Average 1,280,295 PPD

x4 GPU Average 1,258,435 PPD

 

2% difference on GTX 1070s

 

2 minutes ago, Avacado said:

That is a good test. Now do 1x!

  

...and 2x, please.

 

980 CL w/ 2x affliction currently doing 4K/60Hz TV duty  : 

Spoiler

 

 

[franz]

5 minutes ago, Avacado said:

That is a good test. Now do 1x!

 

I need a riser cable for that but if I add my 3rd 1070 to that rig I will test it then

1 minute ago, tictoc said:

 

I tested 1x on a 1070 about a year ago, and the average was about -25-30%.  With QRB it scales a little funny.  The higher ppd WUs actually take a bigger hit because of how QRB works with more bonus points the faster the work is completed. 

Ouch, good to know

[Bastiaan_NL]

From 24 mil all the way down to 17 mil because of a wave of 17800 units...

I hope we'll get better units soon, this ain't fun

[damric]

If you want a good laugh, go look at my redneck project video

 

 

[InverseTundra]

Walked into my apartment after work and was hit with a wave of heat like no other. 85 degrees in my apartment with all windows wide open and about 70 outside. At least it isnt full on summer here yet. Also lost the 9100f/780 system at some point again today. This MSI board REFUSES to stay stable at full stock. It randomly just dies, gives multiple cpu and ram errors and wont post and then on like the 5th restart it boots like nothing is wrong. MSI plz make better boards...

[BWG]

58 minutes ago, InverseTundra said:

Walked into my apartment after work and was hit with a wave of heat like no other. 85 degrees in my apartment with all windows wide open and about 70 outside. At least it isnt full on summer here yet. Also lost the 9100f/780 system at some point again today. This MSI board REFUSES to stay stable at full stock. It randomly just dies, gives multiple cpu and ram errors and wont post and then on like the 5th restart it boots like nothing is wrong. MSI plz make better boards...

 

Man, probably should just play a game and throw in the towel until the temps go down on Saturday...

 

+117 on the cores and 400 on the memory and increasing 5800x clocks while you do all that and I pass you. Kind of neat how it holds the clock at 70%.

 

 

Edited February 25, 2021 by BWG

[J7SC_Orion]

9 minutes ago, BWG said:

 

Man, probably should just play a game and throw in the towel until the temps go down on Saturday...

 

+117 on the cores and 400 on the memory and increasing 5800x clocks while you do all that and I pass you. Kind of neat how it holds the clock at 70%.

 

 

   

...you should feel (the heat of...) the backplate for 12GB of 24GB of double-sided GDDR6X VRAM ...I should turn the GPU sideways instead of vertical so that I can grill that steak in the fridge  - must remember to turn off the backplate cooling fans off first, though...

[BWG]

4 minutes ago, J7SC_Orion said:

   

...you should feel (the heat of...) the backplate for 12GB of 24GB of double-sided GDDR6X VRAM ...I should turn the GPU sideways instead of vertical so that I can grill that steak in the fridge  - must remember to turn off the backplate cooling fans off first, though...

 

As long as mesquite is involved, sounds great! Go Team BBQ lol!!!!

 

 

Edited February 25, 2021 by BWG

[J7SC_Orion]

2 minutes ago, BWG said:

 

As long as mesquite is involved, sounds great! Go Team BBQ lol!!!!

 

 

 

...from what I can tell, you are all 'master barbequers' already...cheers !

[BWG]

Probably should have kept my mouth closed. PC restarted, bsod'd before windows logo, shut itself down, restarted, no post lmao.

Edited February 25, 2021 by BWG

[J7SC_Orion]

Just now, BWG said:

Probably should have kept my mouth *. PC restarted, bsod'd bfore windows logo, shut itself down, restarted, no post lmao.

  

...in that case  

...hope you get it going again

[InverseTundra]

1 minute ago, BWG said:

Probably should have kept my mouth closed. PC restarted, bsod'd before windows logo, shut itself down, restarted, no post lmao.

 

Welcome to my hell. Getcha fan out cause its a bit toasty here this week.

[BWG]

Looks like it was memory to me. It's back up. Added my ram fan back in it. B-die and 55C seems to be just enough to make it act weird. 

[Cerberus]

59 minutes ago, BWG said:

 

Man, probably should just play a game and throw in the towel until the temps go down on Saturday...

 

+117 on the cores and 400 on the memory and increasing 5800x clocks while you do all that and I pass you. Kind of neat how it holds the clock at 70%.

 

 

 

 

that memory could use a boost, Pascals are crazy.

 

 

 

Edited February 25, 2021 by Cerberus

[Minotaurtoo]

Silly question... Is the 12 units a day based on average or do we have to hit at least 12 each day... I ask because I want to change my system over to my son's username to help him reach the 12 per day average.... I realize I waited a little late to ask

Edited February 25, 2021 by Minotaurtoo

[BWG]

40 minutes ago, Cerberus said:

 

 

that memory could use a boost, Pascals are crazy.

 

 

 

 

I can run 775 or so, but I just stay half way. Got the samsungs too.

[InverseTundra]

Is 500 watts enough for a GTX 780 and a I3-9100f? Im getting desperate trying to figure out what keeps causing these dropouts. The system just wont stay up. It keeps black screening every 10min to an hour. Always random. Never a BSOD. No logs. Occasionally on restart i get a board error and no post. Another restart fixes it. Ive added fans to the back of the gpu and to the cpu vrm. No overclock, no xmp, no turbo boost. Im out of options. Any of yall have a clue?

[Avacado]

49 minutes ago, InverseTundra said:

Is 500 watts enough for a GTX 780 and a I3-9100f? Im getting desperate trying to figure out what keeps causing these dropouts. The system just wont stay up. It keeps black screening every 10min to an hour. Always random. Never a BSOD. No logs. Occasionally on restart i get a board error and no post. Another restart fixes it. Ive added fans to the back of the gpu and to the cpu vrm. No overclock, no xmp, no turbo boost. Im out of options. Any of yall have a clue?

Sounds like the issue I have with my old 970. Did the same thing, I never did figure that out. 

[pio]

I'm coming for them top spots guys...... with my arsenal of e-waste garbage, I'm coming!

Edited February 25, 2021 by pioneerisloud
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[Bastiaan_NL]

7 hours ago, BWG said:

 

I can run 775 or so, but I just stay half way. Got the samsungs too.

I would leave those memory clocks alone for folding, there is no gain afaik.
If you want to test it out I suggest you do it on one unit, fold like 10%, pause the unit and change the clock. After that fold another 10% and look at the Time Per Frame it takes, if you see no decrease in time it's not beneficial and will only increase the chance of a faulty unit.

 

6 hours ago, InverseTundra said:

Is 500 watts enough for a GTX 780 and a I3-9100f? Im getting desperate trying to figure out what keeps causing these dropouts. The system just wont stay up. It keeps black screening every 10min to an hour. Always random. Never a BSOD. No logs. Occasionally on restart i get a board error and no post. Another restart fixes it. Ive added fans to the back of the gpu and to the cpu vrm. No overclock, no xmp, no turbo boost. Im out of options. Any of yall have a clue?

500 watt shouldn't be a problem, the 780 is rated at something like 250 watt and the 9100f has a 65 watt TDP.

 

@Avacado are you messing with me? 3.2 million on the last update, that's no joke... 
The main 3090 was waiting for work when I woke up an hour ago, and the other was again working on a 17800 pos (project of science ).

So I'm not gaining anything on you, even with my laptop folding at 150k ppd