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by Hughesy26
Tue Sep 26, 2017 10:21 am
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Low PPD from 4x 1080tis (~400k each) - help please!
Replies: 16
Views: 7675

Re: Low PPD from 4x 1080tis (~400k each) - help please!

I think it might have been a problem with the drivers, but anyway I have got Mint up and running now and it's doing great - between 4.5-4.7m PPD

I've now upgraded another rig from Windows to Mint and that has got a nice PPD boost too. Fully recommend it to anyone :)
by Hughesy26
Mon Sep 11, 2017 6:46 pm
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Low PPD from 4x 1080tis (~400k each) - help please!
Replies: 16
Views: 7675

Re: Low PPD from 4x 1080tis (~400k each) - help please!

Thanks everyone for your help. I finally got to the bottom of it - needed to update bios to F22. Now getting between 3.8-4m PPD :D I tried getting linux running but hit a snag - FAH didnt detect my GPUs and on a reboot it got some kind of error that prevented linux from booting. I will look into ins...
by Hughesy26
Tue Sep 05, 2017 6:09 pm
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Low PPD from 4x 1080tis (~400k each) - help please!
Replies: 16
Views: 7675

Re: Low PPD from 4x 1080tis (~400k each) - help please!

It has been mentioned elsewhere in another topic about low GPU utilization, are yours set to "High Performance"? That will make a difference in GPU usage which has a direct effect on speed of processing and points. Do you mean 'Chose a power plan' in windows control panel? If so, that was...
by Hughesy26
Tue Sep 05, 2017 3:12 pm
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Low PPD from 4x 1080tis (~400k each) - help please!
Replies: 16
Views: 7675

Re: Low PPD from 4x 1080tis (~400k each) - help please!

Wow thanks for such rapid/detailed response foldy Yes, running bios F20 I don't think I did install the chipset drivers actually (I tried to originally but it failed for some reason). I've just followed the link you sent though, installed and restarted, but still no difference. Have 4 gpus currently...
by Hughesy26
Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:08 pm
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Low PPD from 4x 1080tis (~400k each) - help please!
Replies: 16
Views: 7675

Re: Low PPD from 4x 1080tis (~400k each) - help please!

Just checked and current GPU utilisations are 2 @ ~70%, 2 @ 80%. 2 of the GPUs were folding 9*** projects @ ~350/400k, the other 2 were doing 11*** projects @ 800/850k. Over the last few days I have seen each slot get 800k+ PPD, it just depends if it is allocated a 11*** project or not. Pausing all ...
by Hughesy26
Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:21 am
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Low PPD from 4x 1080tis (~400k each) - help please!
Replies: 16
Views: 7675

Low PPD from 4x 1080tis (~400k each) - help please!

Morning all, I was previously running a 4 1080ti pc that was pulling 3.8-4mil PPD successfully for a couple of months, using a Gigabyte X99-UD5 board. I needed to free this PC up for something else so I have setup a new rig and transfered the old 4 1080tis to the new rig but frustratingly am only pu...
by Hughesy26
Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:33 am
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: Cheapest 40 lane CPU for 4x 1080tis
Replies: 15
Views: 6842

Re: Cheapest 40 lane CPU for 4x 1080tis

I've already got a rig with 4 blower style 1080tis with that board. They fit fine and the temps aren't too bad as I run at 100% fan speed. As you'd imagine it's LOUD so I run it in my garage. I was planning to watercool it but I'm a bit nervous of the cost/complexity/maintenance, so it may just stay...
by Hughesy26
Wed Jun 28, 2017 10:47 am
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: Cheapest 40 lane CPU for 4x 1080tis
Replies: 15
Views: 6842

Re: Cheapest 40 lane CPU for 4x 1080tis

Thanks for all the replies - really helpful. I've not heard of infinite loops and cpu clock speed not effecting gpu performance but this is a bit of a game changer. I guess this means that as long as you leave 1 core free per GPU then your GPU folding performance should not be effected by whatever e...
by Hughesy26
Sat Jun 24, 2017 5:46 am
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: Cheapest 40 lane CPU for 4x 1080tis
Replies: 15
Views: 6842

Cheapest 40 lane CPU for 4x 1080tis

Hi all, Currently planning a new 4x 1080ti build and was hopping for some advice. The cheapest 40 lane cpu I can find in the UK is an E5-2603V3 at £215 https://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-x ... cpu-retail Couple of questions about this 1 - Will this cpu bottleneck 4 1080tis? I know you don't need ...
by Hughesy26
Fri Nov 06, 2015 9:12 am
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Low PPD with a 970
Replies: 36
Views: 13261

Re: Low PPD with a 970

Thanks Dutchforce and Bollix - that fixed it! Much appreciated!! :)
by Hughesy26
Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:29 pm
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Low PPD with a 970
Replies: 36
Views: 13261

Re: Low PPD with a 970

Thanks bollix - v interesting and insightful! I was quoting my PPD from the FAH client itself (although I was waiting until jobs were 10%+ done before paying any attention, I know how inaccurate the early stages can be) I've tried reinstalling FAH and drivers and no improvement sadly. I've also down...
by Hughesy26
Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:25 pm
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Low PPD with a 970
Replies: 36
Views: 13261

Re: Low PPD with a 970

Last project finished, new one started. New one runing at 114k PPD, GPU @ 49C 17:38:23:WU00:FS01:0x21:Completed 608000 out of 640000 steps (95%) 17:40:32:WU00:FS01:0x21:Completed 614400 out of 640000 steps (96%) 17:42:40:WU00:FS01:0x21:Completed 620800 out of 640000 steps (97%) 17:44:49:WU00:FS01:0x...
by Hughesy26
Thu Nov 05, 2015 5:23 pm
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Low PPD with a 970
Replies: 36
Views: 13261

Re: Low PPD with a 970

This is the current one - 110k PPD, but I have run lots of core 18 and core 21 with similar results 14:09:14:WU00:FS01:Started FahCore on PID 8040 14:09:15:WU00:FS01:Core PID:4704 14:09:15:WU00:FS01:FahCore 0x21 started 14:09:15:WU00:FS01:0x21:*********************** Log Started 2015-11-06T14:09:15Z...
by Hughesy26
Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:31 am
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Low PPD with a 970
Replies: 36
Views: 13261

Re: Low PPD with a 970

Yep, passcode in operation and only 3 of 4 cores folding; 19:55:17: <!-- User Information --> 19:55:17: <passkey v='********************************'/> 19:55:17: <team v='223518'/> 19:55:17: <user v='Hughesy26'/> 19:55:17: 19:55:17: <!-- Folding Slots --> 19:55:17: <slot id='0' type='CPU'/> 19:55:17...
by Hughesy26
Wed Nov 04, 2015 11:32 pm
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Low PPD with a 970
Replies: 36
Views: 13261

Low PPD with a 970

Hi All, I brought a 970 a few months ago, specifically for folding, and was getting around 250kPPD I recently had to move the card over to a new machine (same OS - win 7) but found PPD dropped to 125k PPD (consistently, on every WU over the last 4 days). I'm wondering if it's the driver I'm using. I...