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ChainGuy · May 30th, 2009

Little update from my side.

I came across an old 8800GT gathering dust at my little brothers place. It had no cooler mounted on it. I asked him, if he still needed it and he said, he didn't got it to work and was thinking of throwing it into the bin.

So I took the old cooler of my 9800GTX and mounted it on the 8800GT, it fits perfectly. Now came the interesting part. My mainboard only got one PCIe 16x Slot, but three additional PCIe 1x slots. Theoretically, a 16x card is backwards compatible, and runs in a 1x slot, when folding without much performance impact.
So how do you get a 16x card into a 1x slot without cutting on one of them? Easy way: Take a 1x riser cable and cut open the end of it's slot.

Guess what? It truly works. Cost me some serious efforts and three days to get all of it crammed into my case and another two days of fiiddling around with drivers and so on, but now they're both singing along now in harmony.

Only problem is some serious performance hit on the 8800GT when running both of them simultaneous. When the 9800GTX is idle, the 8800GT puts out it's normal 4.5kPPD, when run together, it drops down to about 2,8kPPD.
(No PSU-issue, both are perfectly stable, always reaching 100% on every job.)

Read about it on the folding forums now, that running cards with different shader-counts gives sub-par performance. (128 on GTX vs. 112 on GT)

Hey, but maybe I'll get that sorted out, too in near future.
I think of switching my 9800GTX for a second 8800GT or 9800GT or flashing my 9800GTX with a modified BIOS, putting 16 of it's shaders to sleep. Time will show.

Last edited by ChainGuy; May 31st, 2009 at 05:56..

Samor · June 20th, 2009

had some pc issues to work out recently, but its been doing fine again lately, so I'm back folding on a more frequent basis;
98 more positions to go to reach the top 1000; come on people!

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Phil · June 20th, 2009

oh dang id better start folding again XD

Samor · June 21st, 2009

indeed, because we're still at "98 more to go", seems we're stalling. :/

*edit* seems it took a while to update, we're at 1069 now.

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Phil · June 22nd, 2009

Started folding again

Samor · June 22nd, 2009

that must've caused it

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skoreanime · June 22nd, 2009

I've been slacking off on this...mainly because summer is usually the time for me to get caught up on other things

Not to mention is gets ridiculously hot if I start folding...my chair last night was a big pile of sweat by the time I went to bed

Phil · June 22nd, 2009

Never knew folding was so physical dude

Samor · June 23rd, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by skoreanime

I've been slacking off on this...mainly because summer is usually the time for me to get caught up on other things

Not to mention is gets ridiculously hot if I start folding...my chair last night was a big pile of sweat by the time I went to bed

I noticed when I catched up on your score a tiny bit as of late, but, it would take another few months for me to reach that (and only if you'd completely stop running it, which is hopefully not the case

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skoreanime · June 24th, 2009

I have completely stopped running for the last month

And when you're sitting in a room with a dinky little window as your only source of ventilation with a computer that pumps out more heat then your furnace... Plus, I'm only wearing my boxers while in my room during the summer, so sweat just goes off onto the chair

Samor · June 24th, 2009

can't blame you for not having it on

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**Cid Highwind** · June 24th, 2009

Three weeks left guys, and my 4870 will join the team again. Time to take over BlueAmethyst first

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Dax · June 28th, 2009

I started folding last night to put my GTX 285 through its paces. It's running at a surprisingly cool 59C with 65% fan speed under full load, at stock speeds. I completed about 3 Big WUs overnight. Let's see how far this gets us/me.

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Squall-Leonhart · June 28th, 2009

2 clients on the gpu?

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Dax · June 28th, 2009

Nope.

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Phil · June 29th, 2009

Who's the most 1337 folder?

masta.g.86 · June 29th, 2009

Keep it running Phil! We're about to break into the top 1000!

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Samor · June 29th, 2009

and we're below 1000!

congrats everyone

currently ranking at 996

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LoneWolf · June 29th, 2009

awesome.

Dax · June 29th, 2009

7,000PPD ftw.

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May 30th, 2009	#441 (permalink)
ChainGuy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 17	Little update from my side. I came across an old 8800GT gathering dust at my little brothers place. It had no cooler mounted on it. I asked him, if he still needed it and he said, he didn't got it to work and was thinking of throwing it into the bin. So I took the old cooler of my 9800GTX and mounted it on the 8800GT, it fits perfectly. Now came the interesting part. My mainboard only got one PCIe 16x Slot, but three additional PCIe 1x slots. Theoretically, a 16x card is backwards compatible, and runs in a 1x slot, when folding without much performance impact. So how do you get a 16x card into a 1x slot without cutting on one of them? Easy way: Take a 1x riser cable and cut open the end of it's slot. Guess what? It truly works. Cost me some serious efforts and three days to get all of it crammed into my case and another two days of fiiddling around with drivers and so on, but now they're both singing along now in harmony. Only problem is some serious performance hit on the 8800GT when running both of them simultaneous. When the 9800GTX is idle, the 8800GT puts out it's normal 4.5kPPD, when run together, it drops down to about 2,8kPPD. (No PSU-issue, both are perfectly stable, always reaching 100% on every job.) Read about it on the folding forums now, that running cards with different shader-counts gives sub-par performance. (128 on GTX vs. 112 on GT) Hey, but maybe I'll get that sorted out, too in near future. I think of switching my 9800GTX for a second 8800GT or 9800GT or flashing my 9800GTX with a modified BIOS, putting 16 of it's shaders to sleep. Time will show. Last edited by ChainGuy; May 31st, 2009 at 05:56..

June 20th, 2009	#442 (permalink)
Samor racing gamer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 6,051	had some pc issues to work out recently, but its been doing fine again lately, so I'm back folding on a more frequent basis; 98 more positions to go to reach the top 1000; come on people! __________________ YouTube Channel Current consoles: Xbox360, Playstation2, Dreamcast Geometry Wars: 447850

June 20th, 2009	#443 (permalink)
Phil Regular User ;) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Naples Florida Posts: 9,971	oh dang id better start folding again XD

June 21st, 2009	#444 (permalink)
Samor racing gamer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 6,051	indeed, because we're still at "98 more to go", seems we're stalling. :/ edit seems it took a while to update, we're at 1069 now. __________________ YouTube Channel Current consoles: Xbox360, Playstation2, Dreamcast Geometry Wars: 447850 Last edited by Samor; June 22nd, 2009 at 00:54..

June 22nd, 2009	#445 (permalink)
Phil Regular User ;) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Naples Florida Posts: 9,971	Started folding again

June 22nd, 2009	#446 (permalink)
Samor racing gamer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 6,051	that must've caused it __________________ YouTube Channel Current consoles: Xbox360, Playstation2, Dreamcast Geometry Wars: 447850

June 22nd, 2009	#447 (permalink)
skoreanime Your resident reaper... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 6,031	I've been slacking off on this...mainly because summer is usually the time for me to get caught up on other things Not to mention is gets ridiculously hot if I start folding...my chair last night was a big pile of sweat by the time I went to bed

June 22nd, 2009	#448 (permalink)
Phil Regular User ;) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Naples Florida Posts: 9,971	Never knew folding was so physical dude

June 24th, 2009	#450 (permalink)
skoreanime Your resident reaper... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 6,031	I have completely stopped running for the last month And when you're sitting in a room with a dinky little window as your only source of ventilation with a computer that pumps out more heat then your furnace... Plus, I'm only wearing my boxers while in my room during the summer, so sweat just goes off onto the chair

June 24th, 2009	#451 (permalink)
Samor racing gamer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 6,051	can't blame you for not having it on __________________ YouTube Channel Current consoles: Xbox360, Playstation2, Dreamcast Geometry Wars: 447850

June 29th, 2009	#459 (permalink)
LoneWolf she's my cherry pie Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Why do you want to know ? Posts: 1,255	awesome.

June 24th, 2009	#452 (permalink)
Cid Highwind Human Metal Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Holland / Hungary Posts: 13,541	Three weeks left guys, and my 4870 will join the team again. Time to take over BlueAmethyst first __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel Q8200 @ 2.8GHz GPU: Sapphire ATi HD4870 / 1024MB / Core: 801 / Mem: 1000 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 (rev 2.1) SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music RAM: 2GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066 @ 4-4-4-12 ~ 800MHz HDD: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint, 32MB PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W Monitor: Iiyama B2403WS / 19201200 Geometry Wars: 198.400 Lumines: 999.999 Join the NGEmu Folding @ Home community NOW!*

June 28th, 2009	#453 (permalink)
Dax ライチュウ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA Posts: 3,289	I started folding last night to put my GTX 285 through its paces. It's running at a surprisingly cool 59C with 65% fan speed under full load, at stock speeds. I completed about 3 Big WUs overnight. Let's see how far this gets us/me. __________________ My PC Specs\|My Consoles\|Emu SVNs\|Project OSX\|How to ask a Question

June 28th, 2009	#454 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,898	2 clients on the gpu? __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

June 28th, 2009	#455 (permalink)
Dax ライチュウ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA Posts: 3,289	Nope. __________________ My PC Specs\|My Consoles\|Emu SVNs\|Project OSX\|How to ask a Question

June 29th, 2009	#456 (permalink)
Phil Regular User ;) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Naples Florida Posts: 9,971	Who's the most 1337 folder?

June 29th, 2009	#458 (permalink)
Samor racing gamer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 6,051	and we're below 1000! congrats everyone currently ranking at 996 __________________ YouTube Channel Current consoles: Xbox360, Playstation2, Dreamcast Geometry Wars: 447850

June 29th, 2009	#460 (permalink)
Dax ライチュウ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA Posts: 3,289	7,000PPD ftw. __________________ My PC Specs\|My Consoles\|Emu SVNs\|Project OSX\|How to ask a Question