Soo.... I just got my 5850 installed today. Got all the drivers up, uninstalled F@H, cleared all the files and re-installed with the one supposedly that works with AMD cards.
Initially, the client told me the card wasn't compatible, eventually I found that I should add '-forcegpu ati_r700' in the Additional Client Parameters to get it running. Okay, all up, Folding started.
BUT, the performance seems really bad. My 9600GT had about 2900-3100 PPD, this 5850 seems only to be crunching at just under 3600 PPD, which is not a very large step up and certainly isn't reflected the HUGE difference in capabilities between the two cards.
What do I need to do to get this baby humming along, or is the F@H project just not ready for the 58xx series?
Initially, the client told me the card wasn't compatible, eventually I found that I should add '-forcegpu ati_r700' in the Additional Client Parameters to get it running. Okay, all up, Folding started.
BUT, the performance seems really bad. My 9600GT had about 2900-3100 PPD, this 5850 seems only to be crunching at just under 3600 PPD, which is not a very large step up and certainly isn't reflected the HUGE difference in capabilities between the two cards.
What do I need to do to get this baby humming along, or is the F@H project just not ready for the 58xx series?
) and might as well put it to use as well. Do I really have to do the VM Linux method to get the most from the Quad, or is that more for the i7/i5's with HT or more cores?
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