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Intel Core i7 920
Pappa:
--- Quote from: TouchuvGrey on 17 Jan 2010, 01:47:05 pm ---i can get a Sparkle GeForce GTS 250 Video Card - 512MB DDR3, PCI Express 2.0,
(2) Dual Link DVI, SLI Ready for $129.95 now
--- End quote ---
My BFG OC 250GTS has finally crossed 6000 RAC using a test hybrid GPU app in Seti Beta. How I got it was Frys.com had it listed for $xxx.xx Bestbuy.com had it listed for $xxx.xx with a price match. I carried in the print screen for the price match and the 250GTS 1 gig cost me $125 and pennies plus tax. The other day I stopped at Frys for a MB and could not help myself went back and found an open box EVGA 250GTS for 123.00 the only caveate is that you should have a "Good" 475 watt power supply for the G92 chips
So other than cores, the 250 has better timings than the 260 or 275
I would be curious to see what the 220 would do. But that would take a month of doing Seti Cuda only on the GPU.
So as mentioned RAC is a fickle thing, the best is seeing how much credit it can produce in a month and then divided by 30 days.
http://boincstats.com/stats/host_graph.php?pr=sah_beta&id=16588
and pendings for the machine is over 70000
To make matter worse it is running Aqua on the CPUS which is fairly intenisve but give up time to the GPU fairly nicely. However I am losing about two minutes per Cuda WU (0.40 AR) which adds up.
That is objective as I can be. The machine is producing over 12000 cobblestones/day
Regards
TouchuvGrey:
hmmm, BFG GeForce GTS 250 Video Card - 1024MB GDDR3, PCI Express
2.0, (2) Dual Link DVI, SLI Ready $129.95 at Circuit City. Perhaps put that
in main machine and put GT220 in one of my other machines, if any can use it.
Pappa:
--- Quote from: TouchuvGrey on 17 Jan 2010, 09:17:11 pm ---hmmm, BFG GeForce GTS 250 Video Card - 1024MB GDDR3, PCI Express
2.0, (2) Dual Link DVI, SLI Ready $129.95 at Circuit City. Perhaps put that
in main machine and put GT220 in one of my other machines, if any can use it.
--- End quote ---
There are options, you just have to find them.
TouchuvGrey:
i just got my GTS 250 video card ( 1024 MB GDDR3 ). i will be installing it on my
ASUS P6TD Deluxe motherboard using the cc_confic.xml file claggy
suggested. Is there any preference as to which slot the 220 and
250 should go in and is there any additional configuration needed ?
Pappa:
--- Quote from: TouchuvGrey on 04 Feb 2010, 06:59:01 pm ---i just got my GTS 250 video card ( 1024 MB GDDR3 ). i will be installing it on my
ASUS P6TD Deluxe motherboard using the cc_confic.xml file claggy
suggested. Is there any preference as to which slot the 220 and
250 should go in and is there any additional configuration needed ?
--- End quote ---
I would put the 250 into the slot closest the CPU. There it will be most effective. As it is installed, reinstall the nvidia drivers as some features/functions will not take effect until that happens.
If you have a machine that will support one of the other video cards that would be better.
Regards
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