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05-23-08, 04:29 AM
http://www.pcper.com/comments.php?nid=5679

Yes, it's finally coming - the NVIDIA GPU client we have all wanted since first seeing and tasting the power of the ATI GPU Folding@Home client.

Vijay Pande, the man behind the Folding@Home project, was on hand to demonstrate the first showing of the NVIDIA GPU client.

I don't think I'll be spoiling anything by saying the new GPU was incredibly fast and the upcoming GPU will be faster than any Folding client today including the PS3; you will be impressed.

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/1200/folding4im7.jpg

http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/8950/folding3wj7.jpg
BioHazZarD
05-23-08, 04:42 AM
About time :)
CaptNKILL
05-23-08, 04:56 AM
Seems like a good way to run up the electric bill and burn up your $600 video card. Though it could heat a small room pretty easily.:o

Pegging one of these things at 100% usage for days on end just seems like a bad idea to me.
G-Man
05-23-08, 05:14 AM
hahha, add another $100 to the power bill pls :)
Madpistol
05-23-08, 11:12 AM
Why did it take so long for them to develop this? ATI's had a tool out for years now.
slaWter
05-23-08, 01:48 PM
Nice :D Especially the performance bar!
heatlesssun
05-23-08, 03:29 PM
Why did it take so long for them to develop this? ATI's had a tool out for years now.

Maybe there were more concerned about kicking AMD's butt! :afro: Folding is a worthy cause and with this performance level perhaps the wait was worth it.
pross
05-23-08, 03:30 PM
will it work on G80?
heatlesssun
05-23-08, 03:37 PM
will it work on G80?

There's no reason why it shouldn't. Its got the same instruction set.
k0py
05-24-08, 02:45 AM
Seems like a good way to run up the electric bill and burn up your $600 video card. Though it could heat a small room pretty easily.:o

Pegging one of these things at 100% usage for days on end just seems like a bad idea to me.
+1 Totally agree!
Runningman
05-24-08, 02:53 AM
Seems like a good way to run up the electric bill and burn up your $600 video card. Though it could heat a small room pretty easily.:o

Pegging one of these things at 100% usage for days on end just seems like a bad idea to me.
I think if this was true, we would have heard this from the ATI community. i havent heard anything about shortning the life span of the GPU's, have you?