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Old 08-07-08   #1 (permalink)
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Hey guys, which cards pulls the most PPD for folding? I previously had a 2900XT which was pants, stepped up to a 3870 which was meh, now I have the 8800GT which is awesome. It pulls around5K - 5.5K a day.

But if there is a better one I want in I can't currently afford a GTX series GPU so they are out of the question. So which GPU's can outscore mine on a PPD basis?

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oh and go with an nVidia card because right now there seems to be some sort of a problem folding on ATI cards...they get much lower PPD
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I know you said you cant afford the gtx, but it is giving the most ppd im getting 7500+ at stock clock speeds, your 8800 is pulling pretty good ppd unless you grab a gtx 280 i doubt you will be able to get more.
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From what I've seen it seems the very best bet now for folding/$/W would be the 9800GTX+. Thanks to the 55nm process tech it can reach even higher shader clocks, and shader clocks are the most important ones for folding.
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Thanks for the linkys and info guys. Judging by that list Bowman I am thinking that I might step up to a 8800GTS (G92) which will pull about 6K. Then after that it would be the 9800GTX+ for about 6.5K

And yea, I realized ATI were not doing so good in the folding department Even the 4870 struggles to pull more than a 3870 on average

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Damn... I didn't know the 4870 was so bad folding wise. I was considering crossfiring some of them...
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