Atlas Folder - GPU Folding Farm HOWTO - PART 1

[bamahacker01]

You got 1$ every time space core said space :)

but srsly, how much did this cost, and was it worth it?

[02watsot]

Folding @ Home is a project to study protein folding. when it goes wrong protein folding is implicated in many ailments like altzheimers, and many cancers. People build these uber-powerful number crunchers and donate their runtime to the F@H system that is the world most powerful computing system. Basically it's how nerds do charity :)

[DSRvmv111]

what is folding points ?

[BloodyRory]

@DSRvmv111 It's a thing called Folding@home where powerful computers (or low computers, doesn't matter, just a bunch of guys with high hardware do it a lot), fold proteins for stanford medical research and guys like me love gaining points.

[BloodyRory]

@DSRvmv111 It's a thing called Folding@home where powerful computers (or low computers, doesn't matter, just a bunch of guys with high hardware do it a lot), fold proteins for stanford medical research and guys like me love gaining points.

[mobbin71795]

Where did you get the money for all of this? what is your occupation?

[GarrettBMXes]

Your board summary is that the board is flatter and that the PCI ports are better?

[45shfifty]

can i ask for a full part list and prices you paid for all this? i don't pay for my energy bill and have rougly a 27meg connection to utilize and all i can run right now is my 9800GT and my P4 at 3.3ghz for folding...

[tpaper12]

can you handle those PSU's any rougher? -.-

this doesn't look like the way to handle new hardware, even if it's just PSU's.

[shuffle953]

@tpaper12 he must handle alot of computer stuff like me im that rough cause i no im not going to do any harm :D

[FSXHD92]

whre can i get those motherboard trays ?

[turewarrior0]

what's a folder for?

[rambow70]

what motherboard is that? can someone give me a link to that i really want it!

[markopc22]

@rambow70 Its MSI K9A2 :( Sad user (R.I.P) But try to find motherboard with 7 PCIE slots :)

[rambow70]

@markopc22 meh thats an over kill for me, so you didnt like it?

[markopc22]

@rambow70 Yea, its not best motherboard. And normal people doesnt need this monster

[rambow70]

i looked it up and its not the msi k9a2, i just want an am3 board with 2 x16 slots that run x16 with crossfire, know any?

[markopc22]

@rambow70 Asus M4A78T-E - AMD 790GX

[1337ASM]

@markopc22  EVGA W555?

[markopc22]

@1337ASM or something like Asus P6T6 WS Revolution or Asus P6T7 WS SuperCo​mputer​- Intel X58 :)

[darksidr]

Im sorry but Folding@home is not about u getting MORE points its about completing workunits so the science can progress . So any equipment u have whether it be ps3 cpu or gpu is needed cause all 3 of those systems have their strengths and weakness. I personally fold on my gpu and i also use the smp client on the same box .

Keep up the good work AtlasFolder, Your family is in my Prayers.

[akabeats]

Actually, 2 x 295's would be octa-SLI due to the bridging on the chip.

You can't SLI a video card without bridging the chips, and in any DUAL gpu video card solution this leads to double bridging.

If you know anything, you'd know that.

But you obviously don't because you are on youtube arguing about some dumb shit.

Now that I think of it, it's actually probably more in line with 112xSLI instead of Octa.

DUH

[revorocks123]

@akabeats " 295's is quad SLI, not octa-SLI.

The 295 is 2GPU's in SLI. 2x2 = 4 = quad.

Just because the GPU's are bridged lanewise, doesn't mean they are running in SLI.

[zezimasslave7801]

excuse me? 2 gpu's per card x 2 cards = 4 gpu's retard...

[zezimasslave7801]

yes it would, dumbass

[Zillerz3]

HOLY SHT MSI GTX 295 I WUN THAT dual sli on my msi k9n2 sli platinum motherboard =D

[zezimasslave7801]

2 gpu's per card means 2 295's ould be quad sli

[hi234yes]

stick sum teslas in one of those

super folding power!

[electrocro]

cool, i really appreciate you're time and work put in for Folding, and I see that you have so much video cards. Could you send me one??? :D

[niceboy60]

would be interisting to know if folding at home actualy supports SLI

[arvutihull]

It doesn't, you have to disable SLi if you want to run it on dual GPUs.

[hitachi088]

no , sli dont make your video card cruch faster

[firestormcomputers]

You don't use SLI for folding, you use the graphics cards individually to run multiple clients.

[lightfox831]

i have that mobo

[l0lum4d]

how do you get two power supplies to turn on when the computer is turned on?

[alilcupcakethatpwnsu]

there is a cable which converts 2 24pin connectors, into one, which then plugs into the single 24 pin slot on the motherboard.

[skylinerspeeder]

Alternatively, you could make your own little botched setup.

Bassically, on the 24pin connector, simply have the green wire connected to any of the black wires and it will keep it running.

You could setup a little switch with a relay to switch it.

[slifergold]

what is the purpose of buiding gpu folding farm??

[Pupukissa]

You answered your own question; to fold via Folding@home.

[ki11joy92]

once i move out of my house and into my aprtment, im going to build a ps3 farm of pure folding. its alot cheaper than computers. but im also gonna have some older computers too

[mauleriscool]

but 1 Nvidia 9800gt can fold better then like 5 ps3s.

[ki11joy92]

lol wat? no

[youssef0eddoumali]

@mauleriscool yes but you should consider Flops/watt perfromance and then you will realise that Cell broadband engine is a powerful beast, plus you can also add to that that this cpu is based on the 90nm process unlike your GPU

[Loosertroete]

If I were you, I would wait 'til Sony makes the CPU and GPU into 45 nm. The PS3's are cheaper BUT they give you less points per Watt and somehow they suck.

[ki11joy92]

lol i heard that is has like 2 teraflops of power, but m not sure tho.

but the electricty dont matter to me tho cuz imma move with my frnd and were gonna split the bills

[mauleriscool]

Well ps3's make around 1,000-1,200 folding points a day.

A 9800gt graphics card make around 4,000-5,000 points a day.

[408Theta]

@mauleriscool Yes well a single GTX 480 can turn out 19k Points per day. I realize your comment was old, just saying :)

[mauleriscool]

@408Theta my reply was to somebody that was going to build a ps3 folding farm lol

[krqkan]

@408Theta

Its not about the points!

[tronulu]

isn't the CPU supposed to be doing all the work??

what does the GPU have to do with anything??

I don't get it : (

[danthemanzizzle]

@tronulu gpu cards have much higher throughput in terms of gigaflops because they have up to 500 cores, the power of a cpu is in its ability to run individual threads at very high speed.

[tronulu]

@danthemanzizzle so, the program I've downloaded from Stanford uses my GPU and my CPU?

or do I need a special client to take advantage of my gpu as well?

[danthemanzizzle]

@tronulu stanford has clients for both gpu and cpu which are downloaded separately.

[dawidow987654321]

@danthemanzizzle My has only 64 cores @ 1,5 GHz :(

[danthemanzizzle]

@dawidow987654321 what the heck.

[Lahmy88]

45nm true.. very true.. PS3 somehow suck? untrue

[Jammowns]

Suck for folding.

GPU's cost a lot less and do a lot more PPD.

[Lahmy88]

mate.. they ohh so easy to run.. they do not suck.. and like i mention below.. different clients benefit in different ways.. so its ALL good!

[Jammowns]

They do less PPD and less PPDPW compared to GPU's.

However, help is still nice.

[Lahmy88]

I strongly agree that PPDPW is very important.. but when the PS3 is standard, you're stuck with a constant figure

[Jammowns]

True.

But instead of buying a PS3, 3 9800 GT's and get much better PPD/PPDPW :D

[slothfish]

Although they produce less PPD, they are actually doing more work. PPD is just something Stanford made up to give f@h users a way to compare the efficiency of hardware ON THE SAME CLIENT. Because the PS3 is running a completely different client, you cannot compare it's PPD to that of a system running GPU2. In reality, the PS3 is actually capable of doing far more work for f@h than something like a 9800gt is.

[Lahmy88]

GPU gets better PPD & better PPDPW (points per day per watt) than PS3s, so yes if ya after purely points, then GPU is better.. science wise.. maybe .. coz each client does different things.. GPU less flexible but super fast - PS3 middle ground - CPU very flexible, slower though.

[guganotubo]

oh and by the way, awesome setup

[guganotubo]

I cannot understand the motherboard model =S

[guganotubo]

oh... forget that... foxconn destroyer...

[RickArter]

Great video series you got here keep it up! 5/5

[Tmoney65413]

Why did you spend the extra money to get the black ones over the red ones?

[CRAKIZGOOD]

u know what sucks after 2 year there would be a gpu thats 4 times faster than a 295

[Lahmy88]

yeh.. oh well.. doesn't matter.. then he'll be the one who gets a GPU thats 4 times faster than the one your talking about. Ya gotta buy a system sometime.. ppl get caught out just waiting and waiting when to upgrade.. then two years later, still don't have a new computer

[CRAKIZGOOD]

well im just waiting for the 3xx series gpu

then gona wait another 2 years

[RE4L72]

the gtx 380 should be able to crank out 17,000 PPD+, if it really does have 512 SP's

[CRAKIZGOOD]

when do u think they will be released end of 2009 ?

[RE4L72]

i would guess around october

[Jammowns]

I'm guessing July/August

[ALEXSD301977]

GIVE ME ONE