my 970 is not folding properly

[Syntaxvgm]

I've been away a lot and busy, but I thought I'd stop by and ask what the hell is up with my first 970 on my folding rig? (reference, no OC)

I just don't have the time to solve it myself. 

I install F@H, it does 1 or 2 god damn core 17 WUs, and only gets about 50k PPD while doing it. Then it switches to core 18 and gets less than 25k PPD at best, sometimes it get less than 1k. I have to re-install to even get core 17 to work again. 

Something aint right, I can run games while folding at full power. Shouldn't it be using like absolutely 100% of the GPU? IDK I have it set to be at full power. 

And don't give me that it'll even itself out crap, I folded for 3 days and got 9k points once. This aint right and I have no time or patience for that crap. 

[LarsReviews]

I've been away a lot and busy, but I thought I'd stop by and ask what the hell is up with my first 970 on my folding rig? (reference, no OC)

I just don't have the time to solve it myself. 

I install F@H, it does 1 or 2 god damn core 17 WUs, and only gets about 50k PPD while doing it. Then it switches to core 18 and gets less than 25k PPD at best, sometimes it get less than 1k. I have to re-install to even get core 17 to work again. 

Something aint right, I can run games while folding at full power. Shouldn't it be using like absolutely 100% of the GPU? IDK I have it set to be at full power. 

And don't give me that it'll even itself out crap, I folded for 3 days and got 9k points once. This aint right and I have no time or patience for that crap. 

 

mine uses 90%, but it is acting weird too. I am only getting 170k PPD and a 780 gets over 200k. Is this the core thing?: 0x18

[Syntaxvgm]

mine uses 90%, but it is acting weird too. I am only getting 170k PPD and a 780 gets over 200k. Is this the core thing?: 0x18

I think partly. But even on core 17 I get 50k max. So only half of my issue. I do n't want to buy more 970s until I get this sorted out. 

[LarsReviews]

I think partly. But even on core 17 I get 50k max. So only half of my issue. I do n't want to buy more 970s until I get this sorted out. 

 

does your screen look like this? http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/280476-setup-new-gpu-in-fh-did-i-do-it-correct/

[Syntaxvgm]

idk my CPU is not folding, and I was getting like 400 ppd on core 18 towards the end...I just shut it off for now. Ridiculous. 

[Syntaxvgm]

@LarsReviews

did you end up solving your issue? 

[tobben]

what's your TPF on the core 17 wu's? and what is your gpu utilization like?

it should be 90%+ and somewhat stable, i will assume that you have remembered

to enter a correct and valid passkey so you are not just receiving the base credit. 

You should see that in your client under estimated credit, whether it assumes you

will get QRB or just the base credit. 

 

And are you sure you are actually finishing the wu's and not failing ? considering i

can't see any wu's recently uploaded by you.

 

You are the only one that can solve this, all we can do is help troubleshooting. Don't 

run games while folding, that is just asking for trouble.. i am surprised you haven't 

crashed, which again leads me back to the question of gpu utilization from folding. 

[Syntaxvgm]

what's your TPF on the core 17 wu's? and what is your gpu utilization like?

it should be 90%+ and somewhat stable, i will assume that you have remembered

to enter a correct and valid passkey so you are not just receiving the base credit. 

You should see that in your client under estimated credit, whether it assumes you

will get QRB or just the base credit. 

 

And are you sure you are actually finishing the wu's and not failing ? considering i

can't see any wu's recently uploaded by you.

 

You are the only one that can solve this, all we can do is help troubleshooting. Don't 

run games while folding, that is just asking for trouble.. i am surprised you haven't 

crashed, which again leads me back to the question of gpu utilization from folding. 

Well the games thing was just abnormal, and an accident I forgot to stop folding. It was only using about half the gpu power and not taking priority despite being set to do so, even in windows. The utilization was 90+ like normal, but the computer was usable, not right really. 

Now it's usable but wont even play videos, so I have progress in the right direction for usage. My numbers are much better on core 17.

 

I now have a random core 17 WU, and with some driver work it is now at like 2 mins 14 secs tpf, and the PPD seems to more reflect my GPU on startup, above 200k (but I expect it to be better over time)

Core 18 still blows when I get them, a driver issue on NVIDIAs part that as far as I'm aware has not been fix yet.

 

On OCN they suggested to run linux to get only core 17 if that's what I wanted, as core 18 and 15 apparently don't work on linux. 

 

Not all of my folding is done under Syntaxvgm btw, but I am starting it now. 

I don't expect any failed WUs, but I'll keep an eye on my log. I have no overclocks.