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Go nvidia and fold on it when you're not gaming

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I've only ever done it with a chicken so far, but if required I wouldn't have any problems doing it with other animals at all.
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Go nvidia and fold on it when you're not gaming


Since when can you not fold on an ATI card?

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Go nvidia and fold on it when you're not gaming


Since when can you not fold on an ATI card?

You can but the points are rubbish. 2k per day for a 4870 or 7k per day for a GTX260

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jonlumb wrote:
I've only ever done it with a chicken so far, but if required I wouldn't have any problems doing it with other animals at all.
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Go nvidia and fold on it when you're not gaming


Since when can you not fold on an ATI card?

You can but the points are rubbish. 2k per day for a 4870 or 7k per day for a GTX260


Why's that then? :?

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You can but the points are rubbish. 2k per day for a 4870 or 7k per day for a GTX260

Why's that then? :?

ATi GPU's suck at folding...not a clue why, they just blow at it..

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Why's that then? :?


CUDA is more effective & the nvidia client is a lot newer so points are weighted towards it to get people to fold.

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I've only ever done it with a chicken so far, but if required I wouldn't have any problems doing it with other animals at all.
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Why's that then? :?


CUDA is more effective & the nvidia client is a lot newer so points are weighted towards it to get people to fold.


Bah, screw that. I'd rather save the monies and buy ATI, especially when you consider the cards are just as good, if not better in some cases at gaming. My 'leccy bill will be all the better for it too.

I prefer World Community Grid anyway, I'll leave the Folding to the PS3.

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I just ordered from Novatech a Geforce GTX 285 1024MB

I collect it on Friday night

Thanks for everyones help

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4890's are pretty much the same price as the 275's. The 275 seems to have the edge on the 4890 performance wise, plus it has the advantages of folding and physx (even if its not utilized that much.)

As for choosing ATI because of power usage the 275 draws less power than the 4890 plus it runs cooler and quieter.

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4890's are pretty much the same price as the 275's. The 275 seems to have the edge on the 4890 performance wise, plus it has the advantages of folding and physx (even if its not utilized that much.)

As for choosing ATI because of power usage the 275 draws less power than the 4890 plus it runs cooler and quieter.


Hm, I'm going in search of benchmarks. Given that the 4870 gave the 285 a run for its money, I'm checking the above before accepting it.

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http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphi ... gtx-275/18

As for the 4870 giving the 285 a run for its money, please provide benches for that one.

4870 gave the 260 216 a run for its money and was 60/40 split better than it.

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they suck at folding becuase the drivers suck :ugeek:
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they suck at folding becuase the drivers suck :ugeek:


Kindof. :)

The ATI architecture makes folding less efficient, from what I remember.

Anyway, I have a 9600 Pro, X1650 Pro, 9600GSO + 4870x2. Didn't have to pay for the x2 though, it has been loaned to me by the nice people at AMD. :)
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+ 4870x2. Didn't have to pay for the x2 though, it has been loaned to me by the nice people at AMD. :)


How exactly did you manage that? :roll:

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+ 4870x2. Didn't have to pay for the x2 though, it has been loaned to me by the nice people at AMD. :)


How exactly did you manage that? :roll:


http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=29429

I got picked because I keep telling everyone else to bench. :)
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