Best GPU card for folding?

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I have like 3 260s I ve always used and were workhorses. Have not folded in awhile, what is the new card for being getting points?
 
At one point there was a lot of buzz over the HD5870. Not sure that is still the case.
 
Depends. anything from the GTX 560 Ti to the GTX 590 will do great depending on how much money you want to spend, how much power draw you consider reasonable, and how much heat you want to deal with.

The 560 Ti is my card of choice because it's less expensive, has a much lower power draw, and runs cool. It gets ~14k PPD, more or less depending on the WU.
 
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Too convienient...... I just switched out my 2 260-216s for an evga 560ti 850mhz model.

I'm getting 12.5-18.5k ppd on it vs the 6300-7500ppd per 260 i was getting.

Though it has upp'd my core temp by 4C @load
 
pgaster said:
ATI is good for bitcoin, not folding. Nvidia is much better for folding.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2011/04/26/best-graphics-card-for-folding/3

Note, those benchmarks were done before software updates which really helped ATI cards. Still, ATI is behind Nvidia even after the update.
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ATI cards are about 3x better than those numbers now

however, the point still stands that something in the mid GTX500 series is probably going to be best at this point.
 
Thanks for all the input, is the 460 better then the 260? I have one in the box I have not tried
 
I believe the 460 is around the same performance as a GTX 285.
 
my OCed 260 would get 7900 (GPU2)
My OCed 460 gets 10500 (GPU3)

 
I was getting 12k on my old gtx 460 with it clocked to 850 mhz.
 
how do you have that rig set up for FAH?

What PPD are your 570s getting? Are you running bigadv "smp 10" or similar on the CPU?
 
970 SMP 10 36500 PPD bigadv

GPU3 for all GPUs, Driver 266.58

GPU0 (topmost) GTX 570 14000PPD (this one has always been slow no matter what slot it's in so I put it in the top, lowest air flow)
GPU2 (middle card) GTX 570 16800PPD
one slot air gap
GPU1 (bottom card) GTX460 10500PPD

I know the difference in same clocked 570s is weird, no, it's not Aero, it stays with the card no matter the slot, even if it is the only card installed or not installed. This is just a quirk that I and other 570 owners have noticed. These are literally same 570s with sequential SNs and identical BIOSs.
 
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I have two 460's one clocked to 840 and one to 880 and they both turn 11,600 to 13K on this box with a SMP instance running.

FYI
 
jfb9301 said:
970 SMP 10 36500 PPD bigadv

GPU3 for all GPUs, Driver 266.58

GPU0 (topmost) GTX 570 14000PPD (this one has always been slow no matter what slot it's in so I put it in the top, lowest air flow)
GPU2 (middle card) GTX 570 16800PPD
one slot air gap
GPU1 (bottom card) GTX460 10500PPD

I know the difference in same clocked 570s is weird, no, it's not Aero, it stays with the card no matter the slot, even if it is the only card installed or not installed. This is just a quirk that I and other 570 owners have noticed. These are literally same 570s with sequential SNs and identical BIOSs.
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Is the lower PPD 570 the one that the monitor is connected to?
 
yes,

But, I have tested extensively, and know for certain, it's that card, because the other installed solo scores just as good.

I have seen better numbers, but on other WU. but its sounding like all my cards are a bit lower than normal.
 
The 460 that I just got has varied from 10,000 to 15,000 depending on WU. I have it OC'ed to 850 and have had it up to 875 for a little while.
 
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