GTX 280 folds three times faster than Radeon HD 3870

[Peter.Cort]

last i heard they were developing a nvidia gpu folding client, but to my knowledge, and i've been creeping around the internets all morning, it hasn't been released at all.

 

[Apokalipse]

Also, I think the ATI GPU2 clients (R600/RV670) aren't optimised yet, and only use about 40-60% of the GPU power
and I think they use more CPU power than they should, which does bottleneck the cards. Or at least that's what I read.

It's not that I think more folding power is a bad thing... but the data I think is questionable....

 

[alexsabree]

Also, I think the ATI GPU2 clients (R600/RV670) aren't optimised yet, and only use about 40-60% of the GPU power
and I think they use more CPU power than they should, which does bottleneck the cards. Or at least that's what I read.

It's not that I think more folding power is a bad thing... but the data I think is questionable....

Rumors are almost always questionable.. but this one.. :freak:

 

[Trotter]

...announced... finally coming... will be...

Announcements don't mean squat. Anyone can whip up some media coverage with an announcement. until the client is released it is just vaporware.

I hope Nvidia finally does get into Folding, and not just with their newest cards. It was stupid of them to ignore it for so long. And, honestly, I don't care if it folds 3 times, five times, or ten times faster, as long as it Folds... because that is what should really matter.

 

[veg1992]

Wait if you disabled SLI or Crossfire for GPU Client Folding and run two instances of GPU Folding could you do like get double the WU's in a certain time or would you be able to get the same results with Crossfire/SLI mode on

 

[Trotter]

Good question. I doubt you could run it in SLI/Crossfire. I think the ATI client can run on multiple GPUs, though.

 

[veg1992]

If only Crossfire and SLI had better scaling...

if only.. if only..

 

[Kharn]

vaporware is the scourge of the internet.

 

[Peter.Cort]

the inquirer is the knight and shining armor of the internet.