The Original 'Ode To Joy' thread

[petrw1]

:woot:

[LaurV]

Well done man! Congrats and kutgw!

[kladner]

Got word yesterday that my GTX 570 is on the way back from RMA.

w00t!

[kracker]

Originally Posted by kladner

Got word yesterday that my GTX 570 is on the way back from RMA.

w00t!

Good!


(Aww, not gtx 580? :p)

[kladner]

Originally Posted by kracker

(Aww, not gtx 580? :p)

One could wish, but as your Corrupt a Wish response indicated, with the 570 and 460 running together, I am at the reasonable limits of my PSU, and of my cooling ability. Not only that, but I could not handle higher electric consumption, either.

[petrw1]

[kladner]

WooHOO!

Now I can go back to paying inflated electric bills! (and warming under the desk, when I'm there to appreciate it. )

[kracker]

Originally Posted by kladner

WooHOO!

Now I can go back to paying inflated electric bills! (and warming under the desk, when I'm there to appreciate it. )

Stick your foot under for a foot warmer?

[kladner]

Originally Posted by kracker

Stick your foot under for a foot warmer?

It is noticeable right now, and not just for the feet. It wells up under the desk and comes out on a broad front which rolls up my front. In colder weather, I think that this effect is driven by a cold draft rolling down the wall behind the machine and sending computer exhaust my way.

EDIT: It is noticeable right now, and this is before the 570 is back in residence. (Of course, the outdoor ambient is nowhere near as cold as it could get.) The whole box is now drawing ~375 W with 3x P-1 workers, and 3x mfaktc workers on the GTX 460. It draws about 666 W with the 570 running. This includes greatly increased fan activity to exhaust that (now)-welcome heat into my immediate vicinity.

[kladner]

Originally Posted by kladner

It is noticeable right now, and not just for the feet. It wells up under the desk and comes out on a broad front which rolls up my front. In colder weather, I think that this effect is driven by a cold draft rolling down the wall behind the machine and sending computer exhaust my way.

EDIT: It is noticeable right now, and this is before the 570 is back in residence. (Of course, the outdoor ambient is nowhere near as cold as it could get.) The whole box is now drawing ~375 W with 3x P-1 workers, and 3x mfaktc workers on the GTX 460. It draws about 666 W with the 570 running. This includes greatly increased fan activity to exhaust that (now)-welcome heat into my immediate vicinity.

Well, the 570 is back and working. Testing shows that this series does not meet the advertized standard for VRAM speed. CUDALucas -r still fails with VRAM set for (nVidia stock) 1900 MHz. I am running it at 1700 MHz doing CuLu DCs, though it passed the -r test at 1800 MHz.

I am running a different distribution of tasks than before. Before, I was running 4x mfaktc on the 570, 2x P-1 on the 1090T, and CuLu on the GTX 460. Currently, I have 3x mfaktc on the 460, 3x P-1 on the CPU, and CuLu on the 570. I find it interesting that the whole box is drawing ~630 W in the present state, versus 665 W in the previous setup.

[petrw1]

Originally Posted by petrw1

She's Alive!!!!!!!!!