Some minor updates that should boost PPD

I just upgraded my HTPC from a P4 with HT to a 3800+ X2. Also upgraded the video card from a 9800 AIW to a 9600 GT. I don't know what my PPD will go up to but a dual core CPU and CUDA GPU folding sure has to beat the single P4 2.8 that I had.

Go team 32!

The down side is that I had to sacrifice my SLI in my main rig. I'm looking to get a 260 or 5770. I'm very close to buying now as I type.

My main points are from two machines in my sig. The top one and the bottom one.

If you want something cheap to put your HTPC to fold on, take a gander at a GT240 DDR5 card... I was originally gonna pick one of those up for PhysX/folding, but I splurged a bit and got a 260

I did it the other way around. I took a card from my main rig and will upgrade the main rig to something that I can game on for a while. I was gaming with 2 x 9600 GT in SLI. I will put one in the HTPC to also fold and the other 9600 will be my physix.

I just got to figure which card to get. I'm leaning towards the 260 because I can do the physix without goofing about. Also the fact that Nvidia kicks butt over ATI in folding. At least now it does.

I was mulling the same choice when looking at buying a new card... ATIs offerings in my price range were very attractive to say the least. I went with Nvidia (as I have since the old GeForce days) BECAUSE of the current folding power... there is no such thing as future-proofing a purchase in my book (referring to performance with the GPU3 client). Its not here, and we wont know what does what better untill it does, in the mean time, I will still churn out nice number till it is released..