Overclocker Builds Folding@Home Farm with 51 GPUs!
Posted 08/13/08 at 11:44:20 AM | by Paul Lilly
Overclock.net forum member nitteo claims to have built a Folding@Home farm with no less than 51 GPUs, and he has the pics to prove it. In them are a mixture of 8800GT and 8800GS videocards spread out across a variety of MSI and Gigabyte motherboards. Final numbers are still be tallied, but nitteo estimates he'll pull in over 250,000 points per day on his new setup, and things only look to get better with the CUDA-based folding client.
That's all well and good for Overclock.net (and the Folding community in general), but that also means Team Maximum PC has to keep it kicked up into high gear. Maximum PC currently holds the 4th spot in team rankings and could use your help. If you want to Fold for your favorite magazine, add team 11108 to your client's profile, and drop by the forum for tips on how to optimize your production.
Image Credit: nitteo (Overclockers.net)
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Submitted by GWEEDOspeedo on Wed, 2008-08-13 21:11
If you leave your computer on 24/7/365 anyway, it may only add $10 a year in extra power cost. We've run down the numbers numerous times and for the slightest increase in cost you're adding significant science to stanford. It's not about winning a "point per day" contest... it's about finding cures.
Paths
Submitted by brainwins on Wed, 2008-08-13 15:45
This kind of thing always makes me wonder what I should choose: To save the energy it takes to have my computer on 24/7 or helping with folding @ home. Global warming vs helping find a cure for cancer.
Turn your computer off.
Submitted by horzo on Wed, 2008-08-13 15:54
Turn your computer off.
Submitted by brainwins on Wed, 2008-08-13 16:03
Yeah, that's why I stopped folding. I put energy saving on top of folding on my priority list. I just didn't like choosing between the two.
Submitted by horzo on Wed, 2008-08-13 16:10
Look at it this way...
There are 6 BILLION ppl on the planet and counting up rapidly. People need to die from something.
Agree
Submitted by n0t_a_n000b on Tue, 2008-08-19 15:38
Only so many people can live on this earth. I think it is probably 5-7 billion, depending on scientific breakthroughs. Any more and were dead cause global warming.
N0t a n00b
Submitted by brainwins on Wed, 2008-08-13 16:33
It also helps fight the Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's...
If only I could run my computer from some kinda huge solar panel. Now that'd be a win-win situation.
That'd an awesome Maximum PC project.
Submitted by horzo on Wed, 2008-08-13 16:41
You can. Actually, more like several relatively small solar panels.
Sadly, the installation cost doesn't really make solar worthwhile quite yet. Give it a few years.
GPU2 > *
Submitted by Jeremy7600 on Wed, 2008-08-13 15:09
The GPU2 Client on Nvidia 8 series card is better than any other client. There's a whole cost and energy analysis on the different cards here:
http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=4709&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
--Jeremy7600
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=366654
Hands down, that one goes to the videocard.
Submitted by Ilander on Wed, 2008-08-13 11:48
Videocards sooooo outperform the ps3...at least, those videocards do.
Also, anyone interested in contributing to the folding effort for MPC should head on over to our forums, where a whole section is devoted entirely to the cause.
Well, for specifics, the
Submitted by nebbuchanezzar on Wed, 2008-08-13 15:53
Well, for specifics, the average PS3 will get about 1,000 PPD...for about $400...however, an entire dual-core dedicated folding machine with 2 8800GS'es could be had for about the same price, at max about $500, and that will be bale to produce about 12,000 PPD...that math is quite clear...
[img]http//folding.extremeoverclocking.com/sigs/sigimage.php?u=150233[/img]
Submitted by sdcat on Wed, 2008-08-13 14:25
I don't know because the cost between one of the videocard and a ps3 isn't very much apart. We know that ps3 came with 7 to 9 cores cpu, sorry exact number of cores couldn't remember clearly. For doing folding@home, which one's better for the task? Could MPC care to solve the equation as a little side project, in terms of cost and performance factor in mind?
Submitted by sdcat on Wed, 2008-08-13 11:25
mmmm I wonder, to get the video card to do it or to get PS3 to do it, in terms of better $ spend and performance?
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