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i just got a new 7850...

SB,didn't u buy this recently as well?Well keep on eye on this one if u plan to xfire in the future 😀
 
Hopefully the op will get tired of gaming on his new 7850 at some point. 🙂

Ha! Indeed!

Quite the tease post there, OP :awe:

Ok, I have a question.

Folding @ Home PPD. If you have any questions about getting the v7 client setup to pull down OpenCL units, I'll be happy to assist. You only need let it run for a few hours to get an idea of how PPD will shape up, I think there is only one type of WU out there for AMD OpenCL.

Please and thank you 🙂
 
How does it handle anti-aliasing, explosions and smoke? I have some bad experiences with AMD/ATI cards when it comes to these features (my 8800GT did better than my HD4890, could even handle 16xQAA where my Radeon can't manage 4x).
 
How does it handle anti-aliasing, explosions and smoke? I have some bad experiences with AMD/ATI cards when it comes to these features (my 8800GT did better than my HD4890, could even handle 16xQAA where my Radeon can't manage 4x).

err, i don't know, as i am not involved in any close combat at home (thank god)
 
Ha! Indeed!

Quite the tease post there, OP :awe:

Ok, I have a question.

Folding @ Home PPD. If you have any questions about getting the v7 client setup to pull down OpenCL units, I'll be happy to assist. You only need let it run for a few hours to get an idea of how PPD will shape up, I think there is only one type of WU out there for AMD OpenCL.

Please and thank you 🙂

i have never used Folding @ Home. Care to explain?
 
How loud is it? Does it have 1 or 2 6-pin power connectors?

ok sorry for all the lame jokes rofl 😀

it's not loud, the 120mm fans in my case set on high, to give you an example, are much louder.

It only has 1 6pins connector (pci-e)

And the Card is freaking SMALL !!! smaller than my radeon 5850.
 
i have never used Folding @ Home. Care to explain?

Sure - happy to! It is a scientific application that does work on your GPU (and CPU, if so configured.)

There are two main steps.

http://folding.stanford.edu/ Download and install the app. I believe this will also have your create an account. Be sure to join team # "192" - that's TeAm Anandtech 🙂

It will create "slots" during the initial configuration, I would just have it create one GPU slot and forgo using your CPU (for now.) This will ensure the GPU gets the CPU assistance needed to work optimally.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...ore-16-taking-amd-gpu-folding-next-level.html <-- Tweak your F@H client settings so you get the newer OpenCL WU's

Let it run! 🙂

After ~20 minutes or so, you should be able to spot a Estimated PPD (points per day), and that'd be it!

If you're awesome, you'll let it keep going 😉

I know it might sound like a PITA (and if you get a message about OpenCL.dll missing, I can help out there too...) but the information would be really nice to have!
 
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Off Topic, but any idea how to get the Stream client of distributed.net working? Is there a newer version somewhere that properly supports OpenCL?
 
Off Topic, but any idea how to get the Stream client of distributed.net working? Is there a newer version somewhere that properly supports OpenCL?

Sorry, don't know - but if you create a topic over in DC, I am sure someone does 🙂 There is a Seti race on, so I think there is even some decent traffic there right now...
 
Sure - happy to! It is a scientific application that does work on your GPU (and CPU, if so configured.)

There are two main steps.

http://folding.stanford.edu/ Download and install the app. I believe this will also have your create an account. Be sure to join team # "192" - that's TeAm Anandtech 🙂

It will create "slots" during the initial configuration, I would just have it create one GPU slot and forgo using your CPU (for now.) This will ensure the GPU gets the CPU assistance needed to work optimally.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...ore-16-taking-amd-gpu-folding-next-level.html <-- Tweak your F@H client settings so you get the newer OpenCL WU's

Let it run! 🙂

After ~20 minutes or so, you should be able to spot a Estimated PPD (points per day), and that'd be it!

If you're awesome, you'll let it keep going 😉

I know it might sound like a PITA (and if you get a message about OpenCL.dll missing, I can help out there too...) but the information would be really nice to have!

following the links you gave me, adding or choosing a gpu fails on me. i don't know why.
 
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