Building a new AMD rig...

[ShawnD1]

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
Interestingly, Techreport shows PhII PhII does pretty well with F@H.

Why do people keep talking about CPU folding? That's like debating which skateboard will get you to work faster. We're now at a point where a video card can fold literally 100x as fast as a CPU, so this isn't even worth looking at.

Look at benchmarks that relate to what the computer actually does, like games or video encoding or something.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Originally posted by: Dadofamunky

Originally posted by: Grunt76
Yeah it's old... I upgraded other things, got an expensive Xerox solid-ink printer, my radeon HD4870 1Gb and WAITED for the new generations of CPU to come out, since AM3 seems to future-proof my stuff pretty well. Remember I'm running a socket 939 and changing everything to AM2 and DDR2 only to see everything move to AM3 and DDR3 a couple months later really made NO SENSE AT ALL, especially given the beautiful longevity of the s939 platform. I do believe AM3 has a long and bright future ahead. Any idea when the better Phenoms will be showing up?

I :heart: S939. No, I think you're wise to wait for AM3. The unfortunate thing is that the first AM3 mobos will probably have teething problems.

I had my s939 x2 4200+ up until january. It was a really good platform.

I started out with a 3500+, 1GB PC2700, and a radeon x1550 256mb 32-bit DDR2. Yep, 32-bit GPU memory. Over the years i upgraded my CPU, 1.5GB of pc2700, 2GB of PC3200, 4GB of pc3200, radeon x1650 512mb, a Geforce 8800GTS ($79.99 when they were still one of theb est single cards around; Thanks AT:Hot Deals!) and a radeon 3850 512mb.

That system still plays most games well enough.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Originally posted by: ShawnD1

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
Interestingly, Techreport shows PhII PhII does pretty well with F@H.

Why do people keep talking about CPU folding? That's like debating which skateboard will get you to work faster. We're now at a point where a video card can fold literally 100x as fast as a CPU, so this isn't even worth looking at.

Look at benchmarks that relate to what the computer actually does, like games or video encoding or something.

That is exactly why i don't bother talking about folding with a CPU. It doesn't make much sense anymore. GPU's are much, much faster.

 

[soccerballtux]

Originally posted by: Idontcare

Originally posted by: Grunt76
I have nothing against making money. Brainwashing people into drones and burning out 10% of your workforce every year, I have something against.

Intel has nothing on Samsung's employee practices. How does 13 days on and 1 day off sound to you? (2 days off per month, every other sunday)

And its 12hrs minimum on-site per day when on, not this mamby-pampy 10hr on-site per day Intel's engineers get away with. (everyone's on-call 24hrs/day at any IDM of course)

I'd take working at Intel and at least having a shot at retiring early over working at Samsung where early retirement is an award earned only for those who get out on medical/health issues.

Any other employers to avoid? I like my 40 hour work week. Need the time to recharge. Can do 50 if live close to work.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Originally posted by: Scholzpdx

Originally posted by: ShawnD1

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
Interestingly, Techreport shows PhII PhII does pretty well with F@H.

Why do people keep talking about CPU folding? That's like debating which skateboard will get you to work faster. We're now at a point where a video card can fold literally 100x as fast as a CPU, so this isn't even worth looking at.

Look at benchmarks that relate to what the computer actually does, like games or video encoding or something.

That is exactly why i don't bother talking about folding with a CPU. It doesn't make much sense anymore. GPU's are much, much faster.

This is being done (at least by me) tongue-in-cheek. Certain individuals put a lot of weight on CPU folding performance, and express their viewpoints on CPU's accordingly.

The only thing I fold is my laundry.