Folding on GTX 295

[RRSniper]

I have been trying to get the GTX 295 in one of my systems to fold, but have not been able to find info on how to configure the client to use it. It simply says no GPU found. All drivers are installed. I am running version 7.51 on Windows 7 Pro. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[xAcid9]

Can you actually use pre-Fermi card for Folding? 

[Spotty]

The GTX 295 isn't be supported by Folding@home. You can view a list of compatible GPUs on the folding@home website. https://foldingathome.org/support/faq/installation-guides/linux/requirements/

 

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NVIDIA

• (GPU3 – OpenCL – fahcore_17)
  • OpenCL compatible GPU, 4xx series and above (Fermi, Kepler, Maxwell, and newer*)

 

2 minutes ago, xAcid9 said:

Can you actually use pre-Fermi card for Folding? 

Nope.

[FloRolf]

You are better of selling this relict to a collector for 50€ and get a GTX750Ti for that money. Even if the 295 could fold, it would still suck and be nowhere near modern cards. A GTX1050Ti is at about 180k ppd with just 75watts and for $100 investment. 

[RRSniper]

21 hours ago, Spotty said:

The GTX 295 isn't be supported by Folding@home. You can view a list of compatible GPUs on the folding@home website. https://foldingathome.org/support/faq/installation-guides/linux/requirements/

 

 

Nope.

Hmm, the page seems to have changed since last night as it said that I could use fahcore15 to fold on 8000 series and up with special client setup. Oh well. I may look into getting a newer gpu to put in the system.

[RRSniper]

21 hours ago, FloRolf said:

You are better of selling this relict to a collector for 50€ and get a GTX750Ti for that money. Even if the 295 could fold, it would still suck and be nowhere near modern cards. A GTX1050Ti is at about 180k ppd with just 75watts and for $100 investment. 

Probably won't sell the card as I find it very interesting, but yeah, might get a new gpu for the system. Might not get a super expensive one, perhaps fermi or kepler since I won't really be using this system for anything but folding 24/7. I've got my main pc for the main uses. My main PC is the main ppd contributor anyways.

[FloRolf]

2 hours ago, RRSniper said:

Probably won't sell the card as I find it very interesting, but yeah, might get a new gpu for the system. Might not get a super expensive one, perhaps fermi or kepler since I won't really be using this system for anything but folding 24/7. I've got my main pc for the main uses. My main PC is the main ppd contributor anyways.

Especially if it's folding 24/7 you should look into newer cards!. As I said, the 1050ti makes around 180k. That's more than a GTX780 does. 

Generally saying, the higher end the card, the better the ppd/Watt. Same obviously goes for the newer the card. 

 

I made a little chart once about ppd/Watt on some new cards. First number is ppd, second power consumption, third ppd/w, fourth initial price of the card in Euro (might be old) and last is ppd/w/initial price. 

 

GT1030
80k - 35w - 2,3k/w - 60€ - 26

 

GTX1050Ti
180k - 75w - 2,4k/w - 130€ - 54

 

GTX1060 6G
380k - 135w - 2,8k/w - 200€ - 71

 

GTX1070 
650k - 160w - 4,0k/w - 370€ - 93

 

GTX1080 
750k - 185w - 4,0k/w - 500€ - 125

 

GTX1080Ti
1300k - 280w - 4,6k/w - 700€ - 152

 

RTX2080
1400k - 245w - 5,7k/w - 800€ - 140

 

RTX2080Ti
2400k - 280w - 8,5k/w - 1300€ - 153

 

 

You can see, the better the card, for example GT1030 vs RTX2080 Ti, the better the ppd/w by a very significant amount! 

Numbers are taken from card reviews (power consumption) and gpu ppd folding database by oc3d forums I think.