1070 Runing at Base Core Clock While Folding

[Zoravar]

I just started folding with a new 1070 that I upgraded to a couple days ago (running driver v.373.xx).  Things have been going well and I'm getting some nice PPD, especially compared to my old card.  

 

However, the card is running at the stock core clock while folding (1506MHz) and will not boost to the ~1800MHz it will during games.  Setting a core clock offset in Afterburner won't raise the core clock while folding either (despite applying a +200MHz offset, it remains at 1506MHz). 

 

The "Tips, Tricks and FAQ" sticky mentions that for Maxwell cards, they will have a tendency to stay in the P2 power state when folding instead of switching to the P3 state.  I know that post is for Maxwell cards and the1070 is Pascal, but I wasn't sure if the two were still similar in regards to the power state problem.  Nor do I know if the recommendation for the Maxwell cards would also work/apply to the Pascal cards.

 

Is anyone else folding with a 1070 (or other 10-series card) and have the same issue with core clock?  I'm very happy with the improvement I'm already getting with the base clock alone and wouldn't be disappointed leaving it at the base clock.  However, I can't help but feel I'm leaving some performance on the table and would still like to improve it if possible.  Any help or insight would be appreciated.  Thanks!  

[Teddy07]

It´s a bug because folding ist exactly a high priority on nvidias list. I have the same problem too with my 1070.

 

[TheRandomness]

Just curious, what PPD are you getting? I wanna see if it's near a 970

[Teddy07]

5 hours ago, TheRandomness said:

Just curious, what PPD are you getting? I wanna see if it's near a 970

~700.000

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, Teddy07 said:

~700.000

Oh alright. Do you think a 970 at 1550 MHz could produce those numbers?

 

[Litargirio]

14 hours ago, TheRandomness said:

Oh alright. Do you think a 970 at 1550 MHz could produce those numbers?

 

A 970 will produce 361000 PPD on average. Any kind of overclocking will make this number smaller, because it will cause the card to fail work units.

[sazrocks]

I have a 1060 and i have this problem sometimes. Just open up the protein viewer then minimize it.

[Zoravar]

On 12/3/2016 at 3:55 AM, Teddy07 said:

It´s a bug because folding ist exactly a high priority on nvidias list. I have the same problem too with my 1070.

 

 

It's nice to hear it's not just me, but also unfortunate at the same time. 

 

On 12/3/2016 at 5:55 AM, TheRandomness said:

Just curious, what PPD are you getting? I wanna see if it's near a 970

It varies based on the specific work unit but I've seen PPD in the 600k's and 700k's.  

 

2 hours ago, sazrocks said:

I have a 1060 and i have this problem sometimes. Just open up the protein viewer then minimize it.

That's a neat idea.  I'll have to try that and see if it helps. 

 

Thanks everyone!

[Zoravar]

5 minutes ago, Zoravar said:

2 hours ago, sazrocks said:

I have a 1060 and i have this problem sometimes. Just open up the protein viewer then minimize it.

That's a neat idea.  I'll have to try that and see if it helps. 

 

 

Just a follow-up:  That trick did work and the card is boosting on its own. 

[sazrocks]

9 minutes ago, Zoravar said:

Just a follow-up:  That trick did work and the card is boosting on its own. 

Yeah as far as I can tell, with certain WU's the "no load limit" is being triggered (despite the card being pinned at 100%...), and giving it a "real" load of the protein viewer, it deactivates the no load limit and pushes the card into a higher p-state. Most WU's don't seem to require doing this, but every few days I'll get one that does.

[Zoravar]

3 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

Most WU's don't seem to require doing this, but every few days I'll get one that does.

It interesting that it seems to be by work unit.  I'm more of a "set it and forget it" guy when it comes to folding so I haven't paid attention to "deep hardware monitoring" on every work unit that comes through.  I just noticed that the first one I tried on the new card didn't seem to be boosting.  I'll have to keep an eye on the next few work units just to see what's happening on the back end. 

[SuperShermanTanker]

I have a RX 480 and it turbos to it's boost clock just fine I wonder does the 900 series of cards go to their turbo boos when folding because the only Nvidia cards I have are a GTX 650ti and a GTX 950 and I havn't folded with the GTX 950 yet