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A GTX970 for folding bang-for-buck

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ihrsetrdr

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Janus67 said:
ihrsetrdr said:
What's the best GPU "bang-for-the-buck" and points nowadays? I'd like to crank some serious points again.
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I believe 970s
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Cobrabill93 said:
The GTX970 does 260,000 ppd or better for what 150 watts or so and 300$
The GTX960 does 160,000 for around the same wattage and 200$
I think the GTX980 do over 300,000- 350,000 but costs what 500$ or more?
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GTX970, how 'bout this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487088

I don't know a lot about modern GPUs, but I want some decent folding power, as I'm back working full time now. ;)
 
I would own it. EVGA has great cust. service.
But. There have been some problems with coil whine on GTX970 cards. Not every card not always.
I guess all manufacturers are having some problems.
Mine does not have it. I have the EVGA xxxx74 model. Sometimes after a burn in it goes away if it does have it.
Worse comes to worst, send it back.
 
Go for it, that's a solid model with a good factory overclock.

And EVGA rebates come back quick in my experience.
 
One consideration using a 970 for folding is whether to go with Ubuntu. I am using Ubuntu and getting about 325,000 PPD on my 970.
With Windows 7 I was getting lots of core 15 WUs which dropped my daily PPD to about 100,000 on average for doing some core 17s and some core 15s.

For me I get, triple the PPD using Ubuntu (no core 15 WUs) rather than Windows 7.
 
The thread here, might interest you. EVGA all the way. Personally I like the FTW cards, but that is just me. Posted Kill-A-Watt numbers on various units around here in another thread. If you need more, let me know. :thup:
 
I use the evga 970 FTW, over 300,000 ppd using linux, zorin9, ubuntus unity sucks and crashes all day.
the ftw is flawless in every way.
I set it with a +60 oc, it's not a good clocker, and the fans locked to around 50% gives me temps in the low to mid 50's.
 
caddi daddi said:
I use the evga 970 FTW, over 300,000 ppd using linux, zorin9, ubuntus unity sucks and crashes all day.
the ftw is flawless in every way.
I set it with a +60 oc, it's not a good clocker, and the fans locked to around 50% gives me temps in the low to mid 50's.
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You can overclock GPUs in Linux? How are you doing ti?
 
I'm running an EVGA GTX 970 FTW (04G-P4-2978-KR) with Ubuntu.

To overclock your GTX 970 in Ubuntu, you can use NVIDIA X Server Setting utility that is installed with the driver.

Open it by a single left click.
Open the Power Mizer. I have Adaptive selected and +80 in the Graphics Offset window. This setting puts the gpu at 1484 MHz.
Then go to Thermal Setting to set your fan speed if you want. I set my fan to 50%. 50% keeps the gpu at 60 degree Celsius.
 
Thanks to all for the expert guidance and relevant links, it's been a long time coming for me getting into some folding hardware upgrades. Linux is my preferred OS, so I'm happy to hear that it's also the current recommended, production-wise.

Oh, PCI 3.0...I better check specs on my available rigs.

Edit: O.K., we're good, my ASRock X79 Extreme4 has PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot. <whew>

Clicking Secure Checkout right now! ;)
 
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Well, my GTX 970 arrived yesterday, and is installed in my x79 machine running Ubuntu 14.04 with the MATE desktop environment.

I installed the latest FAH V7 control and the client. However, all the features are "grayed out"(see spoiler below) meaning I have no means to enter user name, team or passkey. I know I'm missing something simple, but that's usually when troubles occur. :shrug:

Anyone recognize this situation?

A screenshot:

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Maybe you need to go into the terminal and start the client.

"sudo FAHClient" hit enter; then enter your password if needed.

Then see if the FAHControl is active.

You did not mention whether you have the Nvidia driver installed.
 
Farwalker2u said:
Maybe you need to go into the terminal and start the client.

"sudo FAHClient" hit enter; then enter your password if needed.

Then see if the FAHControl is active.

You did not mention whether you have the Nvidia driver installed.
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I intended to use the 340.xx driver, but apparently it was not installed correctly. My GUI is broken right now, have to fix that later as I have to go down the hill for a BBQ.

...be back later. ;)
 
Audioaficionado said:
:popcorn:
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I got the v7 client config'd and running, but the FAHcontrol wouldn't accept my adding a slot for the GPU.

then,

I got tired of the frequent system problem / crash pop-ups (must be the Unity DE) so I installed MATE.

then,

I got tired and took a nap. Now it's time for dinner...be back later. ;)
 
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