Gpu..

[Solari]

I'm sure I read about folding/SETI etc using a GPU before... I haven't been running the folding app lately but was going to give it another go. Would a 4890 crunch pretty quickly? I'd quite like to give it a go and compare to some benchmarks.

[Jonny2Bad]

Ati cards are terrible folders at the moment unfortunately. Nvidia cards fold sooooo much better :(

[Callidus]

As Jonny said above the Ati seems dismal in comparison,technically speaking in a folding fight my 8800GTS would pwn your 4890

[cje]

And my dual 9800GTX+ would pwn you all. ;)

But I've been having a lot of dodgy wu's lately. Folding down to nil points :mad:

YAY! got one in just now! But the server's aren't taking my wu's in and are not giving me more. Connection failed messages now.

[Solari]

Ati cards are terrible folders at the moment unfortunately. Nvidia cards fold sooooo much better :(

Hrm, I wonder why this is - has anyone found out a fundamental reason behind it?

[Jonny2Bad]

Yeah probably the cuda in the nvidia drivers. It commonly known how much better the nvidia drivers are, such a shame as if the ati drivers could come close I feel they would push the cards into orbit lol, but alas not to be as yet.

[Baggpuss]

indeed, my major gripe about my 4870 is that its a **** folder

[cje]

There's a discussion about this very issues on the Folding@home forums right now.

The latest is that the ATI guys are "making progress". Once they solve it though, I can see the the ATI cards cranking out big points.

[Jonny2Bad]

Yeah I really feel there is more in these cards not just in the folding, but in all performance, with better drivers they could have the edge over the competition.