would this combo fold ....

[Affende]

wondering how this combo might fair...


https://www.newegg.com/Product/Combo...=Combo.3262621

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At this point I think your best bet to build a dedicated rig would be to get the cheapest CPU/Mobo combo you can and slap the biggest GPU you can find in it. That machine wouldn't do much on its own, but put a nice GPU in there and you can do some work... I'd just be a little iffy on the PSU

[Affende]

Why is it that the client and computing is geared more toward the GPU now?

My goal is to get Adopt-A-Frog #7 back online this year.

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Why is it that the client and computing is geared more toward the GPU now?

My goal is to get Adopt-A-Frog #7 back online this year.

GPU's are really really big and really wide. If you've got the right workload for it (i.e. massively parallel), a GPU can absolutely destroy a CPU for sheer throughput and do so very efficiently. F@H is such a workload and the GPU client has been much more productive than the CPU client for many years now. The last time CPU folding was king was ~2010-2012-ish during the heyday of the -bigadv WU's.

FWIW a GTX 1080 will put out something like 600-800k PPD @ ~180W TDP

[Affende]

GPU's are really really big and really wide. If you've got the right workload for it (i.e. massively parallel), a GPU can absolutely destroy a CPU for sheer throughput and do so very efficiently. F@H is such a workload and the GPU client has been much more productive than the CPU client for many years now. The last time CPU folding was king was ~2010-2012-ish during the heyday of the -bigadv WU's.

FWIW a GTX 1080 will put out something like 600-800k PPD @ ~180W TDP

wow. i didnt know they would put out that many points. but your explanation makes sense.

is there a database of estimated and reported PPD by hardware?

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wow. i didnt know they would put out that many points. but your explanation makes sense.

is there a database of estimated and reported PPD by hardware?

There used to be some resources available online, but all the spreadsheets I can find are quite outdated. I'll keep looking and see if theres something better out there

[mmettin]

Not entirely up to date but should give you an idea

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...ub?output=html

[Affende]

Not entirely up to date but should give you an idea

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...ub?output=html

You're a good man, and thorough.

bonus points if you get that movie reference.

Honestly, thank you. I do appreciate the reference.

According to the date presented, I need 30-40 Titan X to hit my goal.

It seems like the architecture of the GPU plays the most important role with the second being clock speed.

i will keep that in mind.

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You're a good man, and thorough.

bonus points if you get that movie reference.

Honestly, thank you. I do appreciate the reference.

According to the date presented, I need 30-40 Titan X to hit my goal.

It seems like the architecture of the GPU plays the most important role with the second being clock speed.

i will keep that in mind.

ah he must have posted while I was searching. Thats a good list of modern GPU's.

I would be careful about saying that architecture and speed are the "most important" as it really is a combination of factors, with die size/shader count being another important one. More shaders = more "cores" and at some level more slower cores will still be faster than fewer faster ones. It probably tracks best with FP32 throughput since thats a direct measurement of the chip's compute ability.

[Affende]

ah he must have posted while I was searching. Thats a good list of modern GPU's.

I would be careful about saying that architecture and speed are the "most important" as it really is a combination of factors, with die size/shader count being another important one. More shaders = more "cores" and at some level more slower cores will still be faster than fewer faster ones. It probably tracks best with FP32 throughput since thats a direct measurement of the chip's compute ability.

good to know! thanks for the info ...

i shall start collecting parts.