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jctappel67

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    jctappel67 got a reaction from rkv_2401 in Folding Community Board   
    You're just lucky that I'm saving up to buy a house in September. Otherwise, I'd have already caught up. Well, that and the GPU shortage we're finally getting out of.
     
    Just remember, I don't get tired, and I can't be reasoned with.

     
     
    P.S.: I have officially moved to Shreveport (Ratchet City), Louisiana. This is as close as I ever plan to work and live to an inner city. Also, it's a bummer since I was hoping to buy @cbigfoota beer now that the pandemic is over (as far as I care), but c'est la vie. 600 miles is a long ways.
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    jctappel67 got a reaction from dogwitch in Folding Community Board   
    You're just lucky that I'm saving up to buy a house in September. Otherwise, I'd have already caught up. Well, that and the GPU shortage we're finally getting out of.
     
    Just remember, I don't get tired, and I can't be reasoned with.

     
     
    P.S.: I have officially moved to Shreveport (Ratchet City), Louisiana. This is as close as I ever plan to work and live to an inner city. Also, it's a bummer since I was hoping to buy @cbigfoota beer now that the pandemic is over (as far as I care), but c'est la vie. 600 miles is a long ways.
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    jctappel67 reacted to Terukio in Backpack Power   
    I remember seeing a backpack on the channel before that had a plug coming out of it to keep all the devices inside the backpack charged.
     
    Does the LTT backpack have this functionality? (Or some sort of passthrough to put in my own power/usb strip) Would be nice to be able to charge all my devices by 'plugging in my backpack' when I get home.
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    jctappel67 got a reaction from rkv_2401 in Folding Community Board   
    That's so cool! Something I've wanted for a hot minute now, but never made the time to learn how. Thanks for making such an easy-to-use tool!
     

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    jctappel67 got a reaction from LAR_Systems in Folding Community Board   
    That's so cool! Something I've wanted for a hot minute now, but never made the time to learn how. Thanks for making such an easy-to-use tool!
     

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    jctappel67 reacted to LAR_Systems in Folding Community Board   
    You set the hours you want to fold between, then it switches to finishing and stop at the end of that folding time window to wrap up work units so you don’t loose return bonuses paused.
     
    so in your case you would want folding to start at 18:00 and stop at 15:00 which would be the next day.  Then I would recommend based on the time your gear takes to complete a work unit set it a bit earlier like 13-14:00 to give your system time to finish work units.
     
    Last, the timer only works if the extension window is open and running, you close the browser window or tab the script can’t run, so that’s important.
     
     
     
  7. Funny
    jctappel67 reacted to Kilrah in Folding Community Board   
    A whopping ~35 minutes of running a 3080 😄
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    jctappel67 reacted to LAR_Systems in Folding Community Board   
    Version 2.0 of Folding at Home in the Dark has hit the Chrome Extension Store and is PUBLIC!

    Someone needs to let Linus / the LTT writers know that it's ready for the next sleeper PC with the new "Monitor" selector in addition to the LTT RGB Lambo theme.


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    jctappel67 got a reaction from GOTSpectrum in Folding Community Board   
    I only did it during the initial few months of craziness. Was using some cloud folding rigs, and forgot to input the team name. Those 150,000 points still haunt me to this day. Think of what might have been...

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    jctappel67 got a reaction from Alex Atkin UK in Which cables to use for RTX3070ti   
    Welcome to the Forum!
     
    I won't comment on the connections since that's not my area of expertise. Ideally, you should run 2 separate cables to the GPU, but it's also not always required, depending on how much juice you'll be pumping through the card. Generally, an 8-pin PCIe connector can support up to 150 watts, and the PCIex16 slot provides 75 watts, which combined is enough to power a 3070 Ti, if it's not balls to the wall. My understanding (not authoritative) is that you can fudge it a bit using the daisy chained connectors, but again, having two discrete connectors is generally the best practice.
     
    Edit: See this article for more info on the cables issue:
    https://www.pcworld.com/article/395059/one-cable-or-two-for-powering-a-graphics-card-heres-the-answer.html
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    jctappel67 got a reaction from TVwazhere in Folding Community Board   
    Tested this while running WU 18201. Cut cards power limit to 65% (~200W). It's running about 8 C cooler with a loss of only 300k ppd. I'll take it if the darned thing doesn't make my room into an oven anymore.
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    jctappel67 got a reaction from Captainmarino in Folding Community Board   
    Tested this while running WU 18201. Cut cards power limit to 65% (~200W). It's running about 8 C cooler with a loss of only 300k ppd. I'll take it if the darned thing doesn't make my room into an oven anymore.
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    jctappel67 got a reaction from MrFinn741 in Folding Community Board   
    I know I've been posting a lot lately, but I just had a (good) holy shit moment. I was playing some Far Cry 5 at 1440p Ultra, and I was wondering why my frames were so low, but I capped the framerate at 60 and went on with the session. When I quit playing, I realized that I had left the card folding the whole time I was playing. This thing's an absolute monster, maintained a steady 60 fps, and continued folding at about 2.25 Million PPD, that's insane. My mind is blown. Have a good day.
     

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    jctappel67 got a reaction from Gorgon in Folding Community Board   
    Tested this while running WU 18201. Cut cards power limit to 65% (~200W). It's running about 8 C cooler with a loss of only 300k ppd. I'll take it if the darned thing doesn't make my room into an oven anymore.
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    jctappel67 reacted to Prometheus935 in why is my gpu fans not turning on   
    Is this at idle or under load? They won't turn on until it gets to a certain temperature.
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    jctappel67 got a reaction from Captainmarino in Folding Community Board   
    I know I've been posting a lot lately, but I just had a (good) holy shit moment. I was playing some Far Cry 5 at 1440p Ultra, and I was wondering why my frames were so low, but I capped the framerate at 60 and went on with the session. When I quit playing, I realized that I had left the card folding the whole time I was playing. This thing's an absolute monster, maintained a steady 60 fps, and continued folding at about 2.25 Million PPD, that's insane. My mind is blown. Have a good day.
     

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    jctappel67 got a reaction from Captainmarino in Folding Community Board   
    There lies the the rub. I have an SFX power supply in this computer, with only the 2 PCIe outlets. I could make use of the daisy chain connectors, but that's just too janky for my blood. Not even sure if the other would fit without choking out the chonky new GPU anyway (2.7 slots according to MSI).
     
    This is why I kept the old case & PSU around anyways, so it's all good.
     
    Also, I have housemates that I assume would (probably) not appreciate having a power hungry heat box sitting in the corner of a common area, cause it's certainly not staying in my room. My main rig makes my room hot enough as it is. Hopefully I'll have my own house this time next year to alleviate that issue.
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    jctappel67 got a reaction from rkv_2401 in Folding Community Board   
    I know I've been posting a lot lately, but I just had a (good) holy shit moment. I was playing some Far Cry 5 at 1440p Ultra, and I was wondering why my frames were so low, but I capped the framerate at 60 and went on with the session. When I quit playing, I realized that I had left the card folding the whole time I was playing. This thing's an absolute monster, maintained a steady 60 fps, and continued folding at about 2.25 Million PPD, that's insane. My mind is blown. Have a good day.
     

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    jctappel67 reacted to LAR_Systems in Folding Community Board   
    Team feelings on the LTT skin I might call RGB Lambo?
    Team info, stats, badge level shown when you mouse over the logo when live, hidden while not interacting, showing neon LTT logo.


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    jctappel67 got a reaction from Gorgon in Folding Community Board   
    I know I've been posting a lot lately, but I just had a (good) holy shit moment. I was playing some Far Cry 5 at 1440p Ultra, and I was wondering why my frames were so low, but I capped the framerate at 60 and went on with the session. When I quit playing, I realized that I had left the card folding the whole time I was playing. This thing's an absolute monster, maintained a steady 60 fps, and continued folding at about 2.25 Million PPD, that's insane. My mind is blown. Have a good day.
     

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    jctappel67 got a reaction from LAR_Systems in Folding Community Board   
    I know I've been posting a lot lately, but I just had a (good) holy shit moment. I was playing some Far Cry 5 at 1440p Ultra, and I was wondering why my frames were so low, but I capped the framerate at 60 and went on with the session. When I quit playing, I realized that I had left the card folding the whole time I was playing. This thing's an absolute monster, maintained a steady 60 fps, and continued folding at about 2.25 Million PPD, that's insane. My mind is blown. Have a good day.
     

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    jctappel67 reacted to Gorgon in Folding Community Board   
    Doubling up on the power cables would work when power limiting the cards.
     
    Not fitting is an issue. You'd likely have to run the 3070ti in a lower slot which is not ideal nor possible on many 7-slot chassis and would cook the. 2070s. I was trying to find 2-slot 3070s but EVGA's run of the XC (Non Ultra) was extremely limited which in retrospect makes sense. If people will buy anything then best to make only the expensive SKUs. The issue is that for JUST power-efficient folding the extra boost isn't needed so there's no point buying something with a higher base clock & beefier cooling solution.
     
    And it's always nice to build a new system and if your dedicating it to just F@H you can get away with a Pentium or Ryzen 3/5 and a modest amount of RAM to keep the cost down. Or you might be able to find a deal on a used SLI capable (i.e. x8/x8) motherboard & CPU.
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    jctappel67 got a reaction from Gorgon in Folding Community Board   
    There lies the the rub. I have an SFX power supply in this computer, with only the 2 PCIe outlets. I could make use of the daisy chain connectors, but that's just too janky for my blood. Not even sure if the other would fit without choking out the chonky new GPU anyway (2.7 slots according to MSI).
     
    This is why I kept the old case & PSU around anyways, so it's all good.
     
    Also, I have housemates that I assume would (probably) not appreciate having a power hungry heat box sitting in the corner of a common area, cause it's certainly not staying in my room. My main rig makes my room hot enough as it is. Hopefully I'll have my own house this time next year to alleviate that issue.
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    jctappel67 reacted to Gorgon in Folding Community Board   
    650w would be fine as long as you power-limit both cards while folding. I run my 2070 Supers at 170W with little to no degradation of points and it should be the same for the 3070ti. Now having enough PCIe power connectors might be an issue.
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    jctappel67 got a reaction from Captainmarino in Folding Community Board   
    My new GPU came in today. Added 3400 points (35 percent) to my TimeSpy score after light overclock. Now I know it's somewhat stable, so I can get it folding!
     

     
    P.S. Unfortunately, my PSU (650W) does not have the cojones to run both a 2070S and a 3070 Ti at the same time, so my PPD won't be going up as much as it could until I can justify purchasing a new mobo, cpu, and ssd to put in my old case with my old PSU (750W) and run it as a dedicated folding rig. First world problems (le sigh).
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