Folding Forum

I recently updated my 3 folding rigs to 334.89 WHQL. My PPD has dropped SHARPLY - but it's too early blame this version of the driver. It could be a rash of poorly designed WUs that got into the AS hopper (some of which take over 24~72 hours to complete on a GTX-770 or GTX-690)! Nvidia pays a lot mo...

Managing GPU temps are a little tricky, since some WUs will run noticeably hotter than others. But when your GPUs start to consistently approach 90c , you had better dial-it-back a little. The good news is that newer GPUs tend to have a better TDP (thermal design parameters) - they will run faster &...

The Semiaccurate article on the Phi is very interesting and indicates that it thinks gpgpu is a dead duck. It also indicates that the launch of the Phi is a killer blow to Nvidias gpgpu dominance. ... My take on the Intel MIC is that it is squarely aimed at FP64 applications. The Semiaccurate artic...

By rigging the system to effectively penalize contributors with older hardware, they must realize that many dedicated folders are already frustrated and feeling that F@H is becoming an exclusive club for the techno-elite. I agree with many of your statements .... and I'm CERTAINLY not suggesting th...

On the assumption that there are only so many points to go around (and if you just issue more to everyone it deflates their value, just like money), then which group would you want to provide the incentive to? I don't think you need to be a PhD at Stanford to figure out the right answer. Maybe you ...

No, speed is not everything. Science is everything. Speed is only one component. As you noted, the addition of the QRB was a suppliment to the existing points system at the time. In the past, science = points, and it was linear. But the quickness of the return also increased the scientific value, a...

... I am also hopeful that this will mean a huge leap in productivity and participation. Adding a GPU is one of the easiest upgrades to existing systems and although the electricity usage has been high going the GPU route rather than multi cpus, I see the potential if this works out for encouraging...