The Duke

Good find

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bowman

You're saying your shader clock is 1188, or 2000?

2000 is a lot for the 90nm cards.. I tried boosting the shaders to see if there was any difference, running at 650/1620 now. A notch above that and FurMark artifacts, so I won't push it any further.. Doesn't seem to be much faster than 1566 though.

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MasterKromm

Well considering the GPU client loves it some shaders(both # and frequency) I'd say the best bang for the buck folding gpu would be either the 8800gs, 9600gso or 8800gt 256mb card...

9600gso(Asus TOP $84.00 after $30MIR @ ZZF)

core : 600mhz
SPs : 96
Shader : 1700mhz
Memory : 1800mhz

8800gs(EVGA $89.99 after MIR + F/S @ newegg):

Core : 550mhz
SPs : 96
Shader : 1375mhz
Memory: 1600mhz

8800gt 256mb (Nitteo's find XFX $109.99 after MIR + S/H @ TD):

Core : 650mhz
SPs : 112
Shader : 1600mhz
Memory : 1600mhz

For the money, I really like XFX 8800gt and Asus 9600gso top.

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bowman

Remember that in the future, when they increase WU size beyond these miniscule ones, 256MB might turn out to be a limiting factor.

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The Duke

I wonder why our points have jumped up over 100,000 or 25% a day

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.c...php?s=&t=37726



Not to mention our next overtake has been almost cut in half

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deskjockey

does the amount of stream processors matter that much?

>< this close to buying a new gfx card

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MasterKromm

I'd definitely say it helps...

CPU: QX9650
CARD: EVGA GTX280
GPU DRIVER: 177.35
WU: 5002
FahmonPPD: 6513
OS: Vista64

CPU: Q6600 @ 3.33ghz 1.248V
CARD: EVGA 8800 GTS 512 @ 810/2052/1056 100% fan speed <45°C
GPU DRIVER: 177.35
WU: 5002/5001
FahmonPPD: 6513
OS: XP SP2 x86

Same PPD but GTX280 240SP @ 1296mhz(stock?) vs 8800gts 128SP @ 2052mhz...

And 8800gts 320mb(96SP) vs 9600gt(64SP)

CPU: Intel E4400 @ 2.66Ghz
CARD: Zotac 8800 GTS 320mb @ 513/1707/792
GPU DRIVER: 177.35
WU: 5002/5001
FahmonPPD: 4704PPD
OS: Windows XP 32-bit SP2

CPU: Q6600@3.2
CARD 9600GT 512MB stock
GPU DRIVER: 175.12
WU: 5001/5002
FahMonPPD: 4240.12
OS: XP Pro sp3 86x

Would be nice to see someone with an 8800gs or 9600gso drop by and provide some figures.

-EDIT- Is XP better in terms of PPD than Vista? I might try the other driver versions to see if that has any significant impact on PPD.

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deskjockey

so then saying that the 8800gt would be better than the others listed by you (example above)


just noticed your puter's name master....that wouldnt be calculon from futurama would it?

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MasterKromm

It would seem that way, but I'm not really a folding guru so it might not be be a good idea take my speculation/theorizing as fact.

Yup, Calculon from Futurama... I miss that cartoon.

-EDIT-

I'll probaby fold @ the OC that achieved 6K ppd for a couple hours/day through this next Utilities billing period... If my bill doesn't go stratospheric on me I'll continue folding for the cause.

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deskjockey

futurama is still on cable

as soon as I get my new card I will fold with it and see if it actually does suck alot of power.

I am assuming that gpu folding isnt anymore expensive as cpu folding

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