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Ragnar Dan wrote:Well, I figured out that I was doing something wrong and my priority changing task wasn't operating properly on FahCore_14.exe cores, and once I fixed that, my 9600GSO's PPD tripled. Whoops.
It sure would have been helpful if I'd have noticed that a month or so ago.
Ragnar Dan wrote:Yes, but it especially would have been better before I assured everyone that it couldn't be anything I was doing wrong.
Ragnar Dan wrote:Now I'm starting to wonder if there really are problems with my 8800GT. It seems to be performing more slowly than the 9600GSO in comparable WU's, now that the latter has been sped back up.
The temps it's showing in GPU-Z aren't that high, but I do wonder if there's a problem of the new eco-stupid solder. I need to find some sort of way to test it. And I'd also like to find whatever it is other nVidia GPU owners have found to tell them how to make the fan run at 100% in Rivatuner. I suppose I'd have to read documentation that came with that utility, but sheesh, that's a lot of work.
Gerbil Jedidiah wrote:The fan settings for rivatuner are in the same place as where you OC. It's just a different tab.
Gerbil Jedidiah wrote:When my GTX280 failed one of the first things that went wrong with it was that rivatuner couldn't detect it(the pop up that appears when you first enable driver level overclocking). Maybe if you are having rivatuner issues it's a sign your card is also failing.
jeffry55 wrote:Hi Ragnar,
Start RivaTuner.
Go to the "Main" tab. On the top portion of the "Main" tab there is a section named "Target Adapter". Your video card/monitor combo should show up there. If you have more than one video card on your motherboard, then use the dropdown window to select your 8800GT.
"Click" on the customize icon on the lower right of the "Target Adapter" section. Then "click" on the first image which is the really old looking video card. The pop-up screen you get will allow you to manually control your GPU fan. "Check" the box to enable low level fan control and then set your desired level of fannage (0-100%). "Check" the box that says, "enable fan settings on windows startup" to ensure you get the fan speed you wanted every time you restart your computer.
You may get a pop-up box that asks to "Detect" your adapter or restart your computer. I always choose to detect the adapter.
Hope this helps!
lou15214 wrote:Ragnar, I have 2 EVGA 8800GT's that I tune using EVGA Precision 1.6.1 from the EVGA site. It's similar to RIVA and you can also get it from GURU3D site. I was using 1.5 version and they just came out with 1.6.1 recently that has ability to tune several cards at the same time or all at once(up to 4 nvidia cards) I let it go for a while on automatic under load and the fan(set initially at 30%)starts to ramp up after the temp reaches ~70C then goes up to ~85C with the fan at 60-65% where it levels off. I usually fold with the fan set at 100% and the temps usually don't go over 70C.
Ragnar Dan wrote:lou15214 wrote:Ragnar, I have 2 EVGA 8800GT's that I tune using EVGA Precision 1.6.1 from the EVGA site. It's similar to RIVA and you can also get it from GURU3D site. I was using 1.5 version and they just came out with 1.6.1 recently that has ability to tune several cards at the same time or all at once(up to 4 nvidia cards) I let it go for a while on automatic under load and the fan(set initially at 30%)starts to ramp up after the temp reaches ~70C then goes up to ~85C with the fan at 60-65% where it levels off. I usually fold with the fan set at 100% and the temps usually don't go over 70C.
I've got an EVGA card in someone else's machine, so maybe I'll try that utility. Thanks for pointing it out. I'm generally against that sort of thing since they usually work worse than generalized utilities, sort of like the motherboard monitoring and overclocking utilities included with mobos, but I'll see what EVGA's looks like since I've got nothing better, so far.
farmpuma wrote:I've seen points per day gradually decrease on ALL my windowz clients as XP leaks memory and remembers to much.
Ragnar Dan wrote:Is it just me and a few others over on the foldingforum.org site, or are other GPU folders not getting work units?
Maybe you haven't noticed. Yet another reason there should be fewer involved in that silly collectivistic UGN thing. Speaking of SCT's...
Stanford: as reliable and responsible as (most) government bureaucrats.
Gerbil Jedidiah wrote:Ragnar Dan wrote:Is it just me and a few others over on the foldingforum.org site, or are other GPU folders not getting work units?
[wisdom removed for the feelings of the sensitive]
To each his own, mini-folder.
Ragnar Dan wrote:Gerbil Jedidiah wrote:Ragnar Dan wrote:Is it just me and a few others over on the foldingforum.org site, or are other GPU folders not getting work units?
[wisdom removed for the feelings of the sensitive]
To each his own, mini-folder.
Why not answer the pertinent question?
Ragnar Dan wrote:Is it just me and a few others over on the foldingforum.org site, or are other GPU folders not getting work units?
Maybe you haven't noticed. Yet another reason there should be fewer involved in that silly collectivistic UGN thing. Speaking of SCT's...
Stanford: as reliable and responsible as (most) government bureaucrats.
Gerbil Jedidiah wrote:Ragnar Dan wrote:Gerbil Jedidiah wrote:[In this response I edited my original post in my reply's quotation to remove the evidently irksome portion]
To each his own, mini-folder.
Why not answer the pertinent question?
I was merely responding in kind.
Gerbil Jedidiah wrote:On the WU front, I noticed a dip in my PPD yesterday, but I did not look to make sure my cards were folding. I was out of town.
Ragnar Dan wrote:Gerbil Jedidiah wrote:On the WU front, I noticed a dip in my PPD yesterday, but I did not look to make sure my cards were folding. I was out of town.
Are you saying you can read your PPD from remote machines, with some sort of setup like just brew it! has, perhaps?
Ragnar Dan wrote:I am aware of FAHmon... blah blah blah... least once in the last 2-3 years.