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 ATI GPU F@H client to be released next week.
 
 9/29/2006 7:33:52 PM
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ATI GPU F@H client to be released next week.
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http://ir.ati.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=105421&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=910520

It is supposed to be 40x faster than a P4 2.8Ghz

 9/29/2006 8:00:01 PM
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Re: ATI GPU F@H client to be released next week.
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Crazy. Now, if they could get that BOINC version going....
 9/29/2006 8:48:12 PM
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Re: ATI GPU F@H client to be released next week.
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Looks cool...
 9/30/2006 1:07:59 AM
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Re: ATI GPU F@H client to be released next week.
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Amazing. It also brought to mind the old Seti-accelerator hoax from early on in Seti Classic (chips from the guidence systems of dimantled ICBMs were placed on a PCI board and could be used to speed SETI). I wonder if one could use a ATI X1900 solely for crunching (ie: have two or three non-SLI cards for the sole purpose of ramping up DC). Even at the $250-350, its a pretty easy and fast way to maximize production.

Not that I have an ATI X1900. Or a pci-x system.. I am so far behind...
 10/1/2006 3:08:50 PM
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Re: ATI GPU F@H client to be released next week.
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After some explanation in irc from nutcase and Xaak, I better understand the processing power inherent in today's gpu's. As it was explained to me, gpu's are essentially extremely fast and powerful floating point processors, which is just what DC projects need. This is pretty amazing, I wonder why a BOINC app wasn't made utilizing this computing power.
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 10/1/2006 3:42:23 PM
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Re: ATI GPU F@H client to be released next week.
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There are 2 main reasons why GPUs have not been used for DC projects before.

  1. Memory bandwith- Prior to the PCIx standard bandwith was all one direction, from main memory to the video card. The PCIx standard allows nearly equal memory transfer speeds in both directions.
  2. Accuracy- Most GPUs are designed to get a close answer very fast, however a DC project usually needs a very accurate answer. Only the latest video cards have the capability to get an answer up to double precision standards.
BOINCing since 2002/12/8
 10/20/2006 10:23:13 AM
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Re: ATI GPU F@H client to be released next week.
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Looks like the implementation isn't going to be as high-scoring as initally thought

http://techreport.com/etc/2006q4/gpu-folding/index.x?pg=1
 10/20/2006 7:52:02 PM
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Re: ATI GPU F@H client to be released next week.
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Good read.
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