Any news on a new GPU client

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Any news on a new GPU client

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Any news on a new GPU client? I want to purchase a GPU to fold as well but, can't determine what to get, I hear there is a new client on the way, is that the case? if so, will it be weeks or months or longer? I am currently running a 2core AMD, a core duo, a pentium m and two PS3's and now I'd like to put a GPU in play. Any advice?
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The only thing we knows is that there is a new GPU client under developpement ... we don't have information on a possible release date :(

If you want to fold immediately, buy a x19xx board.

If you want to bet on the next supported boards, HD 2900 (R600) and HD 3870 (RV670) have good chances of being the next supported boards/chips ... HD3870/HD3850 are sold at an interesting price, compared to what you get (decent performances and reasonable power consumption) ;)

If you want to play games with the best performances for that, and finally don't care about Folding, nVidia boards will be the best.
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Post by Ivoshiee »

Latest hint about the new GPU client:
http://folding.typepad.com/news/2007/11 ... o-new.html
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thanks toTOW

Post by etchells »

thanks toTOW, I am running Nvidia in SLI currently (2x7900GT overclocked) but, best I can tell folding doesn't support these cards, so I am running folding in my dual core CPU, I'd like to add a GPU that will fold to the mix as I understand the performance of GPU's with regard to folding is excellent. I do thing the new ATI cards 3870, are outstanding value so I could get one but, want to be sure about the client support, no sense in buying something if it won't fold. I'm new to this folding, I have a familty member with a condition folding is researching so for me it's personal and I want to do what I can to help.
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ah- there you go

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thanks ivoshiee- so it's ATI- that's ok- I am on Nvidia now but, if they won't do the right thing and support folding then I've got some good cards available for a good price. I don't study the ATI cards- is the new 3870 the best they have now? are they planning any higher end cards in the near future? any advice appreciated.
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will the new gpu client support crossfire

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ok you guru's- given the new gpu client will be an ATI thing- will it support Crossfire? or just one gpu at a time?
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Re: will the new gpu client support crossfire

Post by 7im »

etchells wrote:ok you guru's- given the new gpu client will be an ATI thing- will it support Crossfire? or just one gpu at a time?
No crossfire support is the guess, as crossfire does not improve FAH client performance. Crossfire can't handle the inter-card data sharing requirements. And that's why they developed a GPU client that can run on multiple GPUs.

This threas is locked, as there is already an open thread to discuss the coming GPU clients. Please continue the discussion there: http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?t=152

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