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sunu:
--- Quote from: riofl on 04 Sep 2009, 08:51:23 pm ---yeah a 295 is an option. then it can dual crunch away and let the 285 'limp' along :P.. an idea to consider.. i suppose i could take the $ for that from my savings for my new project next year..
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Well if you want RAC right here, right now a GTX295 is probably your best choice with your current setup (as it was the case with mine). I was "forced" to upgrade because my GTX280 burned about 2 months ago.
You have a future project in mind so if I were you I would pursue that. End of 2009 beginning of 2010 we will have the update to Nehalem processors while NVIDIA is going to release its next generation of graphics cards (about Christmas time) with the next generation dual card probably in the 1st quarter of 2010.
--- Quote from: riofl on 05 Sep 2009, 07:07:09 am ---any preferences in brand on the 295? i was thinking of going with xfx only because my 285 is an xfx black edition.. also looked at asus and evga
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My GTX280 that burned was EVGA but I stayed with them. Both my GTX285 and GTX295 are EVGA. XFX should be good and ASUS even more. If you take the plunge and buy now prefer someone who gives you a step-up option as you might catch the new NVIDIA cards when they will be released, so EVGA, BFG or XFX (don't know if XFX has a step-up program).
riofl:
--- Quote from: sunu on 05 Sep 2009, 09:36:13 am ---
--- Quote from: riofl on 04 Sep 2009, 08:51:23 pm ---yeah a 295 is an option. then it can dual crunch away and let the 285 'limp' along :P.. an idea to consider.. i suppose i could take the $ for that from my savings for my new project next year..
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Well if you want RAC right here, right now a GTX295 is probably your best choice with your current setup (as it was the case with mine). I was "forced" to upgrade because my GTX280 burned about 2 months ago.
You have a future project in mind so if I were you I would pursue that. End of 2009 beginning of 2010 we will have the update to Nehalem processors while NVIDIA is going to release its next generation of graphics cards (about Christmas time) with the next generation dual card probably in the 1st quarter of 2010.
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the future project will take a while to get off the ground as well as gathering parts here and there as i can in addition to any bulk buys i can do. it wont happen in jan but will begin gathering parts and probably will begin assembly in march.
--- Quote from: riofl on 05 Sep 2009, 07:07:09 am ---any preferences in brand on the 295? i was thinking of going with xfx only because my 285 is an xfx black edition.. also looked at asus and evga
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--- Quote ---My GTX280 that burned was EVGA but I stayed with them. Both my GTX285 and GTX295 are EVGA. XFX should be good and ASUS even more. If you take the plunge and buy now prefer someone who gives you a step-up option as you might catch the new NVIDIA cards when they will be released, so EVGA, BFG or XFX (don't know if XFX has a step-up program).
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don't know either but i most likely would stick with whatever i get now for this machine and will take a good hard look at all the new stuff before i commit on the new project. that one is hopefully going to give any cray supercomputers a run for their money. :) heh my family looks at me like i am insane.. ,instead of saving for retirement since i'm the oldest of the 'kids', i'm spending on computers :)
sunu:
--- Quote from: riofl on 05 Sep 2009, 09:49:04 am ---that one is hopefully going to give any cray supercomputers a run for their money.
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I hope we'll have a linux machine in the #1 spot of the top hosts list.
riofl:
--- Quote from: sunu on 05 Sep 2009, 10:17:54 am ---
--- Quote from: riofl on 05 Sep 2009, 09:49:04 am ---that one is hopefully going to give any cray supercomputers a run for their money.
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I hope we'll have a linux machine in the #1 spot of the top hosts list.
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that would be great!
ok i ran my 1 hr test with no activity in the desktop. i only entered 1 desktop and that was to keep an eye on the cpu/gpu temps. 1 strip of gkrellm is all i ran. nothing else open.
the way i did it was to set to not fetch work, then hit update to get rid of current finished units. then shut boinc down. rebooted computer to clean up memory and then with just that mentioned above, started boinc and let it sit for an hour. the units has approx the same completion times..... maybe the average might have been 1 or 2 min faster but mostly they were approximately the same. then i uploaded them, and went to find them in the task listings and could not... newest were sept 4. ill check again later in case they are delayed in posting, or maybe they dont post until a workday. not sure.
riofl:
heh guess i will never comprehend boinc's logic :) it sets aside workunits due sept 21st in favor of completing workunits not due till oct 20th! there must be some urgent flag the project sets in these that we dont see. they are not processing in "high priority" mode. it seems to eventually get to the ones it sets aside, but it seems completely illogical to stop a wu that is 93% complete. makes no sense at all to me.
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