LTT Official Folding Month 2020!!!

[Zberg]

17 hours ago, cbigfoot said:

 @Nocturnal4LifeAsking you to slow down PLEASE i really want 30th lol

 go @Zberg you can make it to 200

Ill try and speed up my scuttling!!

 

If these mf'n scalpers werent the worst, I would have a nice 3080/3090 in its new folding home in place of that 1660ti.  

 

I did find a decent 3080 for like 999 from a scalper (cheapest I saw), but I really just cant do it out of principle.  Nothing would make me happier than for a large supply of 3080's to come in and ruin the price gouge for the scalpers.  Damn them.

 

Also totally unrelated but some dude on ebay from the netherlands was selling aorus 2080supers for like 460.  Open box, unused.  It was one of the best deals I saw.  If I had multiple spots for GPU's I would have strongly considered picking up all 4 (thats how many he had).  But ill just wait for the 3080 (again, I only have one spot for a GPU in my work rig).

[Favebook]

1 hour ago, Collin_S said:

I have noticed when I run the OC Scanner in MSI Afterburner that it says that the GPU is power limited (even though I have the power limit set to max at 120%). The RTX 2070 (or at least the one I have) only has one 8 pin power connector. Is there anything I can do to overcome that power limit? And could this be also part of why increasing the GPU fan speed sometimes SEEMS to slow down folding, even though temp has gone down and clock speed went up a bit?

Also, is it possible that higher GPU clock can actually start creating lower PPD? 

1. No. Unless you plan on meddling with your card physically and/or with it's BIOS.

 

2. Both I and @LAR_Systems have already explained you in previous posts what affects your PPD in your case and you shouldn't expect any good results out of the test you are doing that way.

 

ELI5: Fans use power, fans need electricity = the faster fans spin the more power they need = More power they use, less power for GPU die = less PPD.

 

3. No. Unless you are hitting thermal throttle but at that point clocks would drop.

 

EDIT: Bolded part is most important part of your post.

[cbigfoot]

57 minutes ago, Zberg said:

Ill try and speed up my scuttling!!

 

If these mf'n scalpers werent the worst, I would have a nice 3080/3090 in its new folding home in place of that 1660ti.  

 

I did find a decent 3080 for like 999 from a scalper (cheapest I saw), but I really just cant do it out of principle.  Nothing would make me happier than for a large supply of 3080's to come in and ruin the price gouge for the scalpers.  Damn them.

 

Also totally unrelated but some dude on ebay from the netherlands was selling aorus 2080supers for like 460.  Open box, unused.  It was one of the best deals I saw.  If I had multiple spots for GPU's I would have strongly considered picking up all 4 (thats how many he had).  But ill just wait for the 3080 (again, I only have one spot for a GPU in my work rig).

i have made multiple offers @50-100 over Retail none have accepted...

[Arrogath]

10 minutes ago, cbigfoot said:

i have made multiple offers @50-100 over Retail none have accepted...

honestly I'd be willing to pay their exorbitant price if it came with the guarantee that I get to punch the prick out at point of purchase

[chaozbandit]

8 minutes ago, Arrogath said:

honestly I'd be willing to pay their exorbitant price if it came with the guarantee that I get to punch the prick out at point of purchase

 

Imagine being the person to whistleblow on the CC manager that was scalping ampere/zen3 LOL in a university city no less

[cbigfoot]

9 minutes ago, Arrogath said:

honestly I'd be willing to pay their exorbitant price if it came with the guarantee that I get to punch the prick out at point of purchase

yep i would too lol but they would regret it...they would need that money for plastic surgery as i would go for the nose...

[Collin_S]

46 minutes ago, Favebook said:

1. No. Unless you plan on meddling with your card physically and/or with it's BIOS.

 

2. Both I and @LAR_Systems have already explained you in previous posts what affects your PPD in your case and you shouldn't expect any good results out of the test you are doing that way.

 

ELI5: Fans use power, fans need electricity = the faster fans spin the more power they need = More power they use, less power for GPU die = less PPD.

 

3. No. Unless you are hitting thermal throttle but at that point clocks would drop.

 

EDIT: Bolded part is most important part of your post.

Thanks. So I am guessing increasing the voltage a bit won't fix the issue? I don't know exactly how its all measured in this case, but I know in general Power is Voltage * Amperage. Could better cables from the PSU help? I currently just have the relatively thin cable that came with the PSU.

[GOTSpectrum]

Anyone watching Crew-1 (USCV-1) tonight? 

 

BTW I'm not sure what I will be doing about the blog tonight, I may write a blog as normal with the final ranks or it may wait until the giveaways have been sorted. 

 

Side note, Amazon vouchers will have to wait until Mark is back as it will require him sending them from his amazon account and could not be purchased in advance 

[cbigfoot]

9 minutes ago, GOTSpectrum said:

Anyone watching Crew-1 (USCV-1) tonight? 

 

BTW I'm not sure what I will be doing about the blog tonight, I may write a blog as normal with the final ranks or it may wait until the giveaways have been sorted. 

 

Side note, Amazon vouchers will have to wait until Mark is back as it will require him sending them from his amazon account and could not be purchased in advance 

im watching crew 1 and starting to spin down laptops and desktops as they get done.

[shaz2sxy]

Checking my computers and my

3070 has 1 hour left of its current WU - so might give it a rest early and

2070S has 10mins left of its current WU - so might be able to squeeze one more before midnight

[shaz2sxy]

Looking through last years top 20 folding around the start of the event

now

 

what a difference a year makes....

[GOTSpectrum]

2 minutes ago, shaz2sxy said:

Looking through last years top 20 folding around the start of the event

now

 

what a difference a year makes....

 

Love seeing how many more people have over 1 billion points in total 

[shaz2sxy]

Looking at last years event I made it to 20...

20

shaz2sxy

107764919

surprised I was that high lol 

looks like i'll be finishing 35...might sneak to 34 with around 188M points 

 

so not too bad against the amount of beast mode Folders there is now

[LAR_Systems]

There will be a comfortable temperature and relative quiet in my office tomorrow.  

I'm not even going to know what to do with myself.

Some cards are set to run their last WUs.  Thanks for the folds remaining 10 series cards.

[NetoriusNick]

1 hour ago, GOTSpectrum said:

Anyone watching Crew-1 (USCV-1) tonight? 

 

BTW I'm not sure what I will be doing about the blog tonight, I may write a blog as normal with the final ranks or it may wait until the giveaways have been sorted. 

 

Side note, Amazon vouchers will have to wait until Mark is back as it will require him sending them from his amazon account and could not be purchased in advance 

aye I am watched all the SX

[cbigfoot]

it will be nice 5% remaining them will be able to use my XPS 2in1 again lol

[dogwitch]

well this was a fun event and did test some hardware.

have order new parts. lol.

also cant wait to get the newb folding event badge.

[cbigfoot]

time to switch computers see you in a bit @GOTSpectrum  

[shaz2sxy]

I'm half a sleep but I can't help staying up till midnight to finish the event lol

 

even tough my last WU wont be finished till after midnight

[SchnitzelDaemon]

Just now, shaz2sxy said:

I'm half a sleep but I can't help staying up till midnight to finish the event lol

 

even tough my last WU wont be finished till after midnight

I've just paused mine as my WU won't be finished either. GPU fan has just started to make a funny noise too!

[GOTSpectrum]

3 minutes ago, shaz2sxy said:

I'm half a sleep but I can't help staying up till midnight to finish the event lol

 

even tough my last WU wont be finished till after midnight

I read this with great pleasure, suffer with me, just for this one last time  

[Favebook]

2 hours ago, Collin_S said:

Thanks. So I am guessing increasing the voltage a bit won't fix the issue? I don't know exactly how its all measured in this case, but I know in general Power is Voltage * Amperage. Could better cables from the PSU help? I currently just have the relatively thin cable that came with the PSU.

1. It might, a bit, I've heard and seen that voltage slider is not placebo anymore on 3000 series, but do not hold me by my word on that one.

2. Yes, no, maybe? Who knows... Probably not. Cables are cables. If they are providing enough power, then there is nothing you can improve, maybe a better PSU could give you 0.1% more PPD or maybe not. But it is not worth testing either way.
If they came with PSU, better not to change them, because you do not know if new ones will be compatible.
 

[SchnitzelDaemon]

It's midnight! Time to shut my poor computer down

[GOTSpectrum]

1 minute ago, rosebrambles said:

It's midnight! Time to shut my poor computer down

Thank you for getting involved! 

 

And that's a wrap people! The third annual folding month has come to a close 

[shaz2sxy]

 

going to sleep now